Felice

Wonderful dining experience. The ambiance is great as it feels like you’re at a dinner party at someone’s house. I really enjoyed all the food we ordered — the baked goat cheese was perfectly flavored, the truffle polenta was appropriately rich, and the korma tacos were surprisingly tasty. The coffee crème brûlée desert was also a hit, not overly sweet and perfectly textured. The service was great and it was nice to see the owner coming around and introducing herself. Overall, a great neighborhood restaurant that I hope to frequent again.

First impression this place is very loud. They need to install sound dampers so you don’t have a headache before dinner. The menu has a nice variety to choose from. We started with the small meat board. The soppressata was not edible. The rest of the cured selections where very good. We ordered the seafood bouillabaisse which needed flavor. The seafood was fresh but was missing flavor. The server was outstanding she was professional and attentive. I will try it one more time because everyone has a off night. I would give it a solid ³¹⁄₂ stars.

Had the pleasure of visiting Felice for the first time last Friday evening. We went with another couple who recommended we meet there on a chilly evening. What a great place! The restaurant is in a wonderfully remodeled old home, the bar is located upstairs and is very comfortable and warm. The staff is very friendly, helpful and obviously very appreciative of the owner Margaret Mueller who created this restaurant in 2007, when apparently she was nearing her 80^th birthday. Like many good owners, we were told she is present in the early evening almost every day and does live next door to the restaurant.
The beverages were great, the wine list very good, the servers were knowledgeable, prompt and friendly. The restaurant was clean and we dined off the happy hour menu that was also very nice. Very nice selection of nicely prepared and tasty small plates, appetizers, entrees and sweet plates. We enjoyed cauliflower, burgers, frites, chocolate cake, apple cobbler and a good time! Looking forward to visiting on the large patio in warmer weather.

This place was super cute, we are in town for New Year’s Eve and happen to run across this last minute place. Me my brother sister and niece. We called ahead because it is New Year’s Eve and figured they would be booked but we went around 6pm so they let us stay… we got the shrimp and goat cheese appz Both really yummy. I got the steak my sister got steak tacos and brother got lamb shank. We all were very impressed, the service was great and they were baby friendly which was nice. Prices were reasonable, portion sizes were big and very fresh food!

Visited here 10/​09/​2015 and the charm of this house restaurant is just amazing… I didn’t eat on the main floor of the house but choose to go upstairs to the bar lounge area… there I met a very nice woman our bartender Rebecca… and wouldn’t you know it was her first day but she handled herself like a pro whose been working there for years… the drinks she made were divine and the food to my surprise was brought up by the owner… talk about taking care of your patrons… I will definitely be back but I would love to check it out during the summer so that I can sit outside… check it out… you’ll love it!

Anniversary dinner with my wife, a bit loud on the interior of this old home turned restaurant… but some unique preparations of their globally infused American food.
We started off with the chilled avocado soup. It had the velvety texture of being blended in a Vitamix (not sure if it was or not) and was topped with breadcrumbs giving it an interesting texture on the tongue. Followed that with a large portioned mixed greens salad that had a delightful, light dressing to it.
For our next appetizer course, we chose the fried goat cheese served with crostini bread. The cheese was warm and oozing, and along with the accompanying sauce made for bite sized heaven.
Our dinner plates consisted of chorizo mac-​n-​cheese (for me) and a hanger steak (for my wife). The chorizo mac-​n-​cheese had an unusual combination of flavors and textures. The noodle were large elbow and the mix of cheese was creamy and tangy. The chorizo gave the dish a spicy kick, but then it also had chunks of granny smith apples sprinkled throughout and the entire dish was topped off with sweet caramelized onions. When you got a bite of all those flavors together it was a real explosion!
My wife’s steak was cooked perfectly and had a hearty sauce on it. The dish was served with chilled asparagus and crispy new potatoes with a wonderful aioli dipping sauce.
Overall an excellent meal and a nice evening out.

Felice is a rarity… a fine dining restaurant with a casual vibe and very reasonable pricing. Love the Hanger steak and the burger. And the outdoor patio is a wondrous place to spend a calm summer eve. Drinks are fairly priced. Service needs some polishing up but it’s generally fine. This is a good spot to have good to excellent food for below market pricing.

Felice is a very solid restaurant in the Cleveland area. I’ve been a few times and each time I have been pleasantly surprised. The atmosphere is very laid back and the cocktails are great. The third floor is really funky and is a great place to hang out with a big group of friends. The service is very good as well. The food has always been good, with the burger really standing out, but with the seasonal menu’s you really don’t know what you might be getting. Felice is definitely worth a try if you are looking for some good food and drink in the Cleveland area.

The menu changes seasonally here. It’s good and bad. I like that there is variety but then there is inconsistency. I love the chick pea melt, spring mix salad, and mac and cheese. I tried the barbecue chicken today and was disappointed. The flavors are just not harmonious. I have had much better barbecue chicken in my life. The portion is reasonable but the flavors fall flat. The atmosphere here is great, I think I may need to stick my three staples on the menu to avoid being disappointed.

No beers on tap. $ 12 appetizers… rude at front. I couldn’t bring myself to order anything. It was pretty outside. Definitely a «first date”-kind of place. I just wanted good food and atmosphere at a decent price price. Not here.

Some things pretty good, others particularly awful. Was excited about this place.
I and a friend had the 3 course for 25, with an extra starter of oysters.
My friend is deathly allergic to honey and carrots and tells the waitress this upfront. Oysters, gazpacho and octopus all pretty good, not mind blowing, but pretty good. The gazpacho was maybe pretty good plus.
We both got the porkchops which come on a bed of rice cooked in red stuff and greens [edit: was talking to my wife and she pointed out that they never asked us how we wanted our chops]. Apparently the red stuff includes carrots. Both orders of chops come with carrots cooked in with the rice. My friend notices them in time due to years of habitual checking and we avoid an ER trip (we did, foolishly, leave his epi-​pen at the hotel, shame on us) and returns his ‘chop. Now, his ‘chop had a line of browning on one edge and by the bone but my chop was almost totally brown and hard on one side. You’d think knowing both chops were going to the same table you’d burn both and make them look the same, but nah. Then to top it all off the «steak knives» which are really butter knives are just not enough to cut the ‘chop. I’m shaking my hipster outdoor metal table all over the place trying to cut my ‘chop and leave after they tried to kill my friend.
Dear Felice, Get some actual steak knives. Especially if you intend to serve burned ‘chops.
Dessert. My friend sent his entrée back and they took it and his starter off the bill. He skipped dessert lest it have surprise honey in it. I had the ginger-​something cheesecake but could not detect any ginger. It had orange colored fruity stuff (maybe apricot?) and berries around it that was ok. The cheesecake itself wasn’t any better than what you get at Aladdin’s but the plate was prettier and you could smoosh it in the schmear, meh.
Very underwhelmed. As usual, I shoulda had the bacon cheeseburger.
Waitress was kind of around when we needed/​wanted her. Guy refilling water was on point. Drinks: again pretty good but not mind blowing

So Felice is one of my staple happy hours in Cleveland, however (and I know this sounds crazy) the HH is waayyy better in the winter than in the summer. For some reasons the portions are smaller and the quality of food is just not up to par in the summer.
Good for both of us winter in Cleveland is about 9 months long so it usually a moot point. They do however have a very cute patio in the summer which occasionally makes up for the half sized portions.
Regular menu wise the chorizo Mac and cheese is delicious. And i think they still have half off bottles of wine on Thurs! (I think!)

Wow. So disappointed. This place used to be one of my favorite spots. They had great food and happy hour. I went a few times after change of management and felt like their prices were poor and their service had tanked. BUT, I decided to give it another shot (twice). The first time was for reverse happy hour on a Saturday. Not too busy, however we literally sat at the bar for 10 – 15 minutes (in front of the bar tender walking back and forth) and were not once greeted or given menu. We walked out and didn’t go back until today.
Now I will actually never go back. We came for happy hour and it was pouring. We were told by the manager the happy hour is only outside at the bar. Fine. But absolutely no room and there was an adjacent table (literally almost in the bar) free. The waitress was kind enough to ask the manager if we could get happy hour at that table since it was pouring and no other outside area was open. He came by and very rudely emphasized that happy hour was only at the bar and then walked away. The poor waitress was super apologetic. He seriously should not be a manager with that attitude. If he was even remotely friendly, this would have been a totally different ending. Needless to say we left immediately and went to a much friendlier and reasonable restaurant.

This was our first visit. The staff were really good, polite and accommodating (they even hung out with my 1 yr old). We ordered the goat cheese, the lentil taco and bread/​herb-​butter. The goat cheese easily stole the show, great taste. The taco had fresh ingredients and was a delight too.
Overall a great experience, although slightly overpriced for what you get.

Lets start with the good. The third floor is pretty funky. Its set up like more of lounge and family style benches and couches.
Our service was very good. The woman who took care of us was attentive and efficient.
I was quite surprised that they did not have bloody mary’s.
Ok lets move to the «not» so good. I got a hangar steak. The steak was decent and prepared to a perfect medium rare. However for 21 $ they should give you more than 4 – 5 ounces. The side or spinach was about 3 bites work. The fries were ok
Another person in our party ordered the duck breast and it was very gamey and full of gristle. It did not taste like duck. I really wanted to like this place however it was just no a very good value.

Felice is one of those places that you always keep in the back of your mind when in need of a last minute semi-​fancy hang out for friends, co-​workers, or significant others. I’ve been here many times, in the company of many different people and have never failed to have a great time! The venue is a cute little house with a mixture of seating options: small and large tables, outdoor patio seating, bar seating, and low arm-​chair like seats. The service is good and the menu is very diverse. Must tries include the roasted brussel sprouts, goat cheese, fish tacos, and the house burger! Also don’t feel that you have to order an entrée, you can easily make a delicious meal out of a few appetizers!

So happy that reverse happy hour is still in place!
I’ve always loved the idea of their happy hour (10-​midnight) and was disappointed when I heard it may be ending. We were in the area on a Friday night and stopped in for a drink, to find it’s still going strong! Even better! The food is outstanding for the price and the cozy upstairs seating is perfect for a late night date or drink!

Felice is a strange place, I’ll give them that. And until our most recent visit, I wasn’t entirely too thrilled with the place. Since the ownership shift, I’m not sure if the happy hour is the same, but the first time I was here for it, it wasn’t the greatest. The service was wonderful, but the drinks and food were not. The goat cheese was amazing, but the chickpeas were nothing to write home about.
We did come here for dinner post-​ownership shift and were really impressed. I haven’t been here more than those couple of times, but I can see the 3 stars turning into 5. I got the mac and cheese and it was absolutely amazing. White cheddar, gorgonzola, chorizo, apple, and onion… I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. I can’t wait to come back and hopefully try something else, though I know that I’ll probably get the mac and cheese again.
What is holding me back from the 5 stars the mac and cheese deserves? Our dinner service was weird. Our server was nice, but we felt a little neglected. And the layout of the place, while interesting, doesn’t lend itself to a really great experience in the winter. The seating area in the «porch» area was cold and felt really disconnected, though I’m not sure I would have enjoyed eating in the other cramped space we saw. I guess I just need to come back and get a better feel for the place.

Great food at a great venue! Felice is a revamped Shaker Heights home decked out with gorgeous chandeliers and vintage wooden furnitures.
We started our dining experience with the grilled octopus and calamari! The grilled octopus had a very ceviche-​feel to it, rich in citrus and lime flavors. Be warned though, there are very few pieces of octopus. It’s an appetizer, so you can’t expect that much more I guess. The calamari was also really delicious, perfectly crispy! The dipping sauce was a mixture of sweet and savory! Both are great appetizers! I chose the duck breast as my main course. I was surprised by how little food came on my plate. There was a small piece of duck along with a spoonful of mashed potatoes and 4 pieces of brussel sprouts. I got my duck medium, which is what the chef prefers. The duck was rich in tangy flavor, very tender and juicy! It had a nice crispy skin as well. The brussel sprouts were nicely seasoned, not too salty or overpowering. Wish there were more pieces though! The mash potatoes were so-​so. It could use a little more salt or other seasoning because it tasted rather bland. Overall, I enjoyed my dining experience at Felice!
Apparently there are three stories, but I only explored the first floor and was already impressed! The servers are all super chill and friendly, dressed in casual clothing, so don’t be scared to be comfortable!

We saw Felice recommended by a guide to local happy hours, and we decided to give it a shot!
Something to note is that the guide we saw online said it opened at 4, whereas it opens at 5 (as noted on this page and on the door… so hopefully you won’t have this issue).
We walked in soon after they opened and asked for the happy hour menu. We were told that we could eat on either the 2^nd or 3^rd floor. We decided on the 2^nd floor for this visit, though the 3^rd floor is very pretty and we will definitely try it on a return trip.
The happy hour menu has lots of great options, and we took some time to decide what we wanted. We ordered the pizza with olives, summer squash, and pesto, the goat cheese, the hamburger, the mussels, and the beet salad. We also got the victory prima and a white wine.
The pizza was pretty good, though the olives were sparse; there was only half an olive per slice. The goat cheese was good. The mussels were okay; I had one and it tasted pretty fishy to me, but my boyfriend ate the rest and said they were pretty good. The beet salad came out later than everything else, which was weird, because it was extremely small and relatively simple. It tasted pretty good, though. Last, but not least, the hamburger. Oh my god. It had aioli sauce, pickles, and a toasted brioche bun. It was amazing. It was moist, and the sauce was superb. At least top 3 hamburgers I’ve ever had. And it was $ 5, like most of the other happy hour specials (though the pizza was $ 4 and the beet salad was $ 3).
We decided on a dessert, and went with the chocolate lava cake. It was really good. I’m not a chocolate cake fan, generally speaking, but I really liked this. It was warm and melted and delicious!
The service was fairly attentive. The restaurant had really trendy décor, modern and artsy. At one point, the owner came over to us and introduced herself to personally ask how we were doing. I love when owners make it very clear that it’s not just a business; they truly care about their customers. We felt that way on this occasion.
If you’re in the area, you should definitely stop by, especially for happy hour! Can’t wait to try their full menu.