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Ohio, United States Food Guide: 10 American food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Lima
Reviews on American food in Lima, Ohio, United States. Lima (/ˈlaɪmə/ LY-mə) is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio along Interstate 75 approximately 72 miles (116 km) north of Dayton and 78 miles (126 km) south-southwest of Toledo.
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10. Panera Bread
Overall Ratings
4 based on 48 reviews
Reviewed By Kwasi Y
Great selection of sandwiches freshly made. The tuna was good and portions are just right to avoid the post lunch heaviness. Smoothies are okay.
9. Skyline Chili
Overall Ratings
4 based on 38 reviews
Skyline Chili restaurant chain. Famous for secret recipe Cincinnati-style chili & fast, friendly dine-in & drive-thru service. Serving Cheese Coneys, Ways, Greek Salad & more great-tasting food since 1949. Locations in OH, NKY, IN & FL. Grocery products a
Reviewed By johncP9082BH
Every time I travel through Ohio, I stop at Skyline for my 5 Way Addiction fix. This is the best Skyline I have visited in 20years. Extremely friendly staff, prompt service and excellent food.I highly recommend Skyline fans to check this place out.Ein Prosit.
8. Lu Lu's Diner
Overall Ratings
4 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By cream78
The food is always delicious and the servings are huge! The pancakes are huge and golden delicious. I highly recommend the Breakfast Club. Buy a loaf of orange bread when you dine at Luluâs. It is amazingly moist and delicious!
7. Cracker Barrel
Overall Ratings
4 based on 109 reviews
Reviewed By sunnydazesunnydaze
Came in here for lunch on a weekend. Busy as always, but seated quickly. Turkey soup was so good. Meatloaf not so much. Well now I know. Hubby had the liver and he enjoyed it. Service was good, store was fun. Always an interesting time at Crackle Barrel no matter which location.
6. Kewpee Hamburgers
Overall Ratings
4 based on 78 reviews
Kewpee Hamburger is an institution in Lima, Ohio. The dinerâs mantra is âHamburg, pickle on top, makes your heart go flippity-flop.â
Reviewed By 570alainc
Ordered fish sandwiches... place was busy. I saw a bag sit there a while. Turns out it was mine... no tartar sauce or cheese. Worst we ever had...especially after sitting there Turns out was cash only since nachine was down. Needless to say they didn't tell you as they were taking orders.
5. Texas Roadhouse
Overall Ratings
4 based on 179 reviews
Texas Roadhouse is a steak restaurant providing legendary food with legendary service. Texas Roadhouse specializes in hand-cut steaks, fresh-baked bread, fall-off-the-bone-ribs, and made-from-scratch sides. We also serve ice cold beer and legendary margar
Reviewed By TomD372
Stopped there for early dinner on Easter SundayOn our way back to Michigan. Could not believe how busy this place was. Because it was sobusy it was noisy. Had a great server who was very nice and attentive. Food was ok nothing to write home about.
4. Old City Prime
Overall Ratings
4 based on 126 reviews
Reviewed By fishjcc
My wife, son and I, without any plans, went online and made reservations for dinner for the same night. I also made reservations for dualing piano's in the upstairs lounge. Make sure your allow yourself 2 hours for dinner before going to a show. We arrived early and was accommodated and seated promptly. Our server Scott, even though he had 4 tables, our service was pretty good. We ordered 2 appetizers, bacon wrapped scallops and crab stuffed mushrooms. We all ordered the smaller cut of prime rib. 2 with baked potatoes and 1 with garlic mashed potatoes. Our server promptly bought our drinks, then we sat for a while (10 minutes) then our salads came out with a basket of bread. The variety of homemade breads was great. The salads (mixed greens) served on a chilled plate were great. The bussers took away our plates promptly and refilled our wate. Our server was busy with the other tables and we couldn't get his attention, but we sat there for at least 15 minutes or more waiting on our appetizers. Next thing I know our dinner is being served. I told our waiter he had forgotten our appetizers. He apologized had brought them out a little after our meal was served and said he wouldn't charge us for them. The bacon wrapped scallops were good. The bacon over powered the scallops through. The crab stuffed mushrooms were great. Plenty for the 3 of us to share.Each of our prime ribs was cooked perfectly. Our srever did mix up the orders for who got what but the steaks were maked so we made the change ourselves. The baked potatoes were cooked perfectly but the garlic mashed potatoes wasn't very good. Our powered with garlic. Our server Scott did great with all the tables he had. Maybe the host over seated his area. Scott, knowing that it was my wife's Birthday he brought out a small slice of cake with a sparkler. That was cool but then he sang to my wife and that was a treat. What an amazing voice! The atmosphere is very nice. The prices are expensive but with our knowledge of restaurants we thought it was appropriate. The dueling pianos was in the lounge above Old City Prime. The website was linked to there's too. We paid online. We went upstairs and our table was reserved. The waitress asked if we wanted menu's and we told her we just ate downstairs and we ordered sodas, no alcohol. She brought our drinks and never seen her after that. Only 3 of us she figured we wouldn't spend and more money and proceeded to wait on everyone else except us. We would have ordered dessert and more drinks. I had to go to the bar and ask for our check. The dueling pianos was good but one guy thought he was a big shout and kept buying shots for the players. Then drunk girls started buying shots for them two. We tipped the pianist to play a song but her ignored our request and only played requests from people who tipped them $20 or more. We got frustrated with the lack of service and the drunk crowd and the show was getting inappropriate so we left after 2 hours of a 3 hour show. We will eat downstairs again but probably won't go to the upstairs lounge again.We appreciate your feedback and business. Feel free to reach out to us to discuss your visit further. We are looking into your concerns.
3. Beer Barrel Pizza & Grill
Overall Ratings
4 based on 154 reviews
Reviewed By 1956ron
We live in Lima and been to all of the Beer Barrels in town. Same menu in all of the locations. Good Subs,great appetizers. Dinners are ok an Pizza is PiZza. we had most of the Pizza on the menu and they good not great but good. Beer is on tap,in bottles, good selection but i wouldn't call it a craft beer bar but they have tons of TVsThank you for the feedback and your business. We look forward to seeing you again!
2. Lulu's Diner
Overall Ratings
4 based on 119 reviews
Reviewed By professorroyhinkley
We stopped in for breakfast and had some blueberry pancakes which were huge and delicious! We also had the breakfast bowl - lots going on in there with a ton of flavor. The hash browns with cheese were amazing.We went on a Saturday morning and lucked out walking in and getting a table right away. The service was good (it might depend on where you sit). It's definitely a local place - not fancy at all. It's great - we'll be back!
Lima Food Guide: 10 Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Lima
1. The Met
Overall Ratings
4 based on 178 reviews
Reviewed By juniorgg
We were in town for a soccer tournament and a group of 16 parents went to The Met for dinner on a Friday night. We called ahead and were told they would do our best to seat us quickly. When we arrived we had time for a drink at the bar and then seated within 20 minutes.Jason did a great job taking care of our large group - we ordered lots of drinks and food and he didn't miss a beat. The menu is unique and fun. Highly recommend the "Sin Greatly Fries." The Buffalo Chicken Dip was great too.When in the area we will return for great food and service at The Met
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