Quince

Outstanding. An inspiring meal at a reasonable price point.
Our group of four had, Beef Tenderloin, Chicken Parmasean, Grouper and lobster chowder.
We shared our meals so we could all enjoy the different creations. All four of our selections were very good. The Chicken Parmasean was the simplest of the four dishes. The beef tenderloin had the best overall flavors.
I have been here about 7 times. Each time I visit I can’t wait to go back.
I have even been there once just for soup and appetizers. A wonderful way to enjoy a selection of goodies that burst with flavor.
Be prepared to take some home. The portions are sometimes more than one can complete.
This restaurant closed in late 2012. Not due to food quality but most likely location.

I just found out that this place closed yesterday. I searched the news and their website, but no other information. Why?
All the dishes that I tried there were either extremely flavorific or mind-​blowingly creative, most of the time both. I remember creamy asparagus soup and broccoli whose fractal heads were brought to a salty crisp with a technique that to this day I have not been able to identify.
Does anyone know what happened?

My wife and I go to Quince regularly. All food is prepared from scratch and is always excellent.
My wife has a gluten allergy and they adapt many items to address that. The menu changes seasonally and the presentation is excellent. All menu items are originals and creative.
The service is best in class and prices are reasonable for the quality and quantity served.
Stop in and you won’t be disappointed.

This reviews is actually based on several visits to Quince over the last few years. The whole reason for being able to do a review like that is consistency. Quince has consistently been serving us great meals with great service each and every time we go. One of my favorite places to eat.
The menu is always changing and the specials are just too hard to not order especially when the servers can describe them as accurately as they do. Their seafood meals are some of the best around. The fish is always perfect no matter what the dish is. The meatloaf is maybe the best meatloaf I’ve ever had, the pot roast is amazing, the «little ears» orecchiette pasta dishes are always awesome. Get an appetizer while there too.
The dining room is a beautiful place and part of a nice little shopping center. My only suggestion is changing the décor. But who really cares about that when your serving dishes like they are. Great stuff.

After becoming lazy and not making a reservation in Tremont as my wife and I planned, we found we could not get in anyplace out there so I Unilocaled Olmsted Falls restaurants and Quince popped up. I would have never known it was there and it was tucked away behind the main road. The dining room was very tiny, perhaps 15 tables and 50 people tops on a busy night, but that is a great part of the ambiance. We were seated immediately and ordered cocktails, which were rushed out. We got an appetizer– the proscuitto and wild mushroom pizza, which was incredible– unlike any other flatbread I have had. We did feel a little rushed, as the waitress was very friendly, but kept coming back to take our dinner order, so finally we relented and felt guilty and ordered. FYI… if you want bread, you have to ask. Same with salad or soup, as they don’t offer it to you with your dinner as is customary, even if it is a la carte.
Dinner consisted of Pad Thai for my wife, which consisted of chicken, shrimp, scallops and mushrooms on top of rice noodles with a mild peanut sauce. Not spicy at all, but tasty nonetheless. I chose the bacon wrapped meat loaf, which came with «onion rings», «cheddar tater tots» and «BBQ». The actual meat loaf was small, but thick and was very tender. The bacon was a nice touch and the BBQ was just a few drizzles of some type of Bar-​B-​Que sauce, which was tasty. I had no problem with the meat. The problem lied with the sides, which were such a small part that I can’t really hold it against them, but teh onion rings were literally a circular raw onion with bread crumbs… like an onion ring looks like BEFORE You cook it… I almost wanted to ask if it was supposed to be cooked. Horrible and I love onions. The tator tots were exactly like you got back in grade school, only larger. There were 2 each onion rings and tater tots and the mention of cheddar tater tots was a mirage, because there wasn’t even a hint of cheese.
The dessert menu sounded ok, and we tried the banana cheesecake and the chocolate cake, both of which were ehhh. Looked and sounded a lot better than they tasted.
Overall a very nice dinner that was very close to home. I will try them again and try a different menu item to see if it is simply another decent restaurant (at a little higher price than typical) or a cut above.

A great menu and the best service I’ve had in a while. Food flew out of the kitchen, apps and the entrees.
App — Oatmeal crusted calamari, dried fruits & nuts, cranberry caramel teriyaki — $ 7
The oatmeal encrusted calamari was almost a dessert. It was cooked perfectly — most places overcook the squid. Not here. Tender and crispy. The sauce was ridiculous. Never had anything like it.
Entrees — Seafood Mac & cheese, lobster gnocchi, tomato vodka lobster cream $ 22
All spice Tuna with sweet potato gnocchi, butternut squash purée, seared pear and the cornmeal encrusted colossal scallop, and some more awesome stuff — $ 26
I had the seafood mac & cheese, which is a pretty simple description. It was really gnocchi, with baby scallops and shredded pieces of lobster in the sauce above. The sauce wasn’t too heavy, which was good news because the gnocchi was hard to finish. The waiter came back to check on us after about 15 minutes, saw our empty plates and just says «Whoa!»
The tuna was huge and cooked perfect rare. And that scallop — hoh boy. My girlfriend really liked it and shared some — as I shared some of my meal with her. Ahh, food. We’ll be going back.

It’s not someplace I would have gone on my own, but it was the site of a rehearsal dinner we attended.
The food was quite good, but it seemed to be trying a little too hard to be different or eclectic or whatever the buzzword is these days. I had «deconstructed lasagna» which was basically a big bowl of (possibly homemade!) small noodles, tomato sauce, and lots and lots of cheese and roasted veggies. He had some sort of chicken with a sweet crust and cornbread stuffing. I think I got the better choice.
The salads were excellent, and the ginger ale was a source of constant interest; it came from the common soft-​drink tap, and so always had a slight hint of the previous beverage dispensed.

I’ve been reading really good things about Quince for a long time so I was looking forward to finally visiting. I’m happy to say that it was all that I’d hoped for and more.
We stopped in on a Tuesday evening, and entered to find a nearly empty dining room. Once seated, our server took our drink orders and we set about the task of selecting just one of the entrees each.
The menu seems to be based on comfort food staples (meatloaf, mac & cheese, bbq, etc.) but from there, it’s really taken to the next level in both flavor and presentation.
We finally decided on entrees (the bbq ribs/​roast pork and the meatloaf) and after a reasonable wait, were brought two large plates of elegantly presented deliciousness.
I want to reiterate the size of these portions. I’ve been known to get cranky if the price to portion ratio is two far out of whack, in this case it was very evenly matched. If you factor in the excellent quality of the food, the price begins to seem like a steal compared to the amount of food on the plates.
The food itself was excellent. Everything on both of our plates was really good. The meatloaf was moist and flavorful, and the bbq ribs and roasted pork were slathered in a thick sweet and spicy sauce that complemented everything else on the plate as well.
In some ways, Quince reminds me of another of my favorite place in the area, Wild Mango, in that the location and casual atmosphere belie what a truly great dining experience awaits those who visit. I’d say it’s worth going out of your way to check it out.

OK cool menu… it came up on Groupon so we decided to try it… Nice wine selection… then we ordered wedge salad and beet app… and bacon wrapped beef tenderloin and Pot Roast… the waiter then came back after taking our order and asked if we were using a coupon or something… So we gave him our Groupon… That kind of bugged us… we just didn’t think it was appropriate that early on but whatever. Then the salads came… mine was on a chipped plate and my husband salad had a huge discolored heel from the Romaine Lettuce still attached… Strike 2 – 3 depending on how you look at it. Then the main course came out… the Beef Tenderloin was so small that my husband and I just laughed. It was the size of a golf ball! We’ve never seen anything like this… EVER. The grease was all over the plate and you can tell that it had been sitting for awhile. It was pretty messy. The Pot was ok… odd presentation. The potatoes with both dishes were very yummy! strike 4 or 5… then the waiter brings our bill and explains since we used a Groupon they added 20% for tip! What? We love to tip… that they billed us – ticked us off. We will never go back.

Flavor overload! I love experimenting with food so after taking a peek at the menu I was excited that this cuisine was not going to be status-​quo. The environment is cozy (small) and for a Saturday night was moderately busy (for its size). Our table waited longer than we expected for our main course, but after it arrived we noted that it probably takes longer than average for these amazingly complicated dishes to be prepared.
I agree with a previous review poster, come here to eat one treat — app, dinner or desert. Do not combine (or your taste buds will explode! ok — not really, but you’ll be really happy with me if you follow this advice)
Note: Do. Not. Take. Unadventurous folks here!

I had been wanting to go to Quince for a while and was very excited when it came up on Groupon. They are open 11:30 — 2 for lunch and then reopen at 5 for dinner.
I went for lunch and tried a few different things. First we had the Coconut chicken, spinach salad, orange ginger vinaigrette, brie, mélange of nuts & dried fruits. I am a huge fan of coconut and they had the perfect amount of coconut on the chicken (it was a breading) perfect to taste. The dressing was unique and a perfect compliment. Next we had the Quince grilled cheese. Two different small sandwiches came out with 2 different soups. Both unique and delicious!
Our server was very helpful and knew everything on the menu. It is very small and cozy inside and I am excited to go back and try the new things on the menu!

An evening at the «Moulin Rouge»…sums up my visit at Quince. An assault on our senses.
Went to Quince this week for dinner with the hubby. Very cute area, the Grand Pacific Junction. Little shops with live trains that pass by… at least two during our dinner.
The evening at Moulin. I mean Quince began as we walked through the doors. The host that greeted us and the servers were an unusual bunch. Overall, very nice and accommodating but misfits of sorts. Lacked a level of formality and polish.
The décor of the restaurant is country with bad decorating sense. This was the biggest down fall for us. The wall art didn’t fit with the country wall paper and light fixtures. Lighting wasn’t dimmed and table lacked candles yet had some very modern glass sculpture on it. With the bright lights and bad décor, my senses were overwhelmed.
The food… the appetizers were ordered were creative and executed wonderfully. I must say that the «appetizers» were the size of an entrée. Hubby had the sweet potato pierogis and I had the crab tater tots. The size, the creativity and the commitment to flavor was appreciated by us. On to the salads, again we had «small» dinner sized salads which were so large. I had the chopped salad and hubby had the wedge salad. Same thing, size, creativity and commitment to flavor was great. Entrees came out on dishes the size of serving platters. I had a veal dish with homemade ravioli. Veal was cooked perfectly, the ravioli was some of the best I had around and the lemon sauce was bold. My husband had the «three little piggies» which was three pork dishes on one platter. Size, creativity and commitment to flavor excellent. The only food aspect that was lacking was the dessert. We had a lemon tart with lemon ice cream. The lemon flavor was lacking and the tart was doughy and not crispy flaky like a tart should be. PS their homemade bread and basil dip was great.
Alluding to Moulin Rouge comes in because of the attack on my senses. The cast of characters, the location and décor, and the several courses we had with large portions and strong flavors just had me overwhelmed.
Kudos to the chef for such inventive, larger than life and flavorful dishes. Wish they would move to a space that fits the cuisine. Next time we go, I would choose an entrée, savory every bite and stop there. No apps, no salads, no chance to mix too many flavors. I was like a teenager who let loose on their parents liquor cabinet. mixing too much of a good thing made me feel a bit queasy.

Why aren’t there more reviews here?! This place is great!
I’ve been here twice now for lunch, and both times I’ve left flabbergasted that such a great little place can be hidden away in Olmsted Falls. The quality and creativity of the food rivals the best of any nice bistro or café you’d find in a big city like San Francisco or New York.
The food is extremely creative, and to my eye there are so many dishes and components of dishes that are all unique and freshly made – I don’t know how their seemingly small kitchen can do it all.
The service has been very good both times we’ve gone. And the second time we had a family party of 30 guests – and the waiters were able to keep everyone happy and the kitchen served up the orders mostly together.
I can’t comment on dinner but they serve a mean, innovative lunch at a reasonable price. When we return to Cleveland to visit family we definitely will be stopping at Quince!
I have some pics of the food I will try to post later.

Rah! You pay PAUL BUNYAN PRICES here, but get PAUL BUNYAN PORTIONS. So it kind of works out.
I started out by ordering a coconut-​crusted chicken salad with spinach, eggs, and pineapple. Generally, coconut-​crusted chicken is a disappointment — the coconut flakes off the chicken, creating two sad little piles of awesome that never quite touch — the Romeo and Juliet of foodstuffs.
In this case, though, they’d done a bang-​up job. The chicken was juicy and cooked perfectly, and the crusty coconut wrapped around it to create a buttery coating that was absolutely delectable with every bite. In addition, there was a soft-​boiled egg with a yolk spread out over the spinach leaves, making this a kind of gooey, fattening heaven.
BUT IT WAS THE SIZE OF MY HEAD.
Seriously. I like food, but you ever get an appetizer and go, «Crap, is it too late to send back the main meal?» Because I had a steak a-​comin’, and here I was looking at this football-​field-​sized expanse of purest green, and the empty space inside my stomach was shrinking by the moment.
On the other side of the table, my wife and my friend MedKat were eating the remains of a wicker chair they had brought to the table. No, really. They said it was tasty, though.
The steak was a big disappointment. I asked for medium rare, which in this place evidently means «dead cow rare,» and it was supposed to have bleu cheese on top. It did, but when I hear «bleu cheese on top,» I don’t think, «a half-​inch-​sized chunk of unmelted bleu cheese.» I mean, I REALLY had to like bleu cheese, which I did, but this was a solid, imposing hunk that rode proudly atop the meat, like all those African women who balance jars of water on their heads.
Still, overall, we’re looking forward to going back and trying it again. What we had on the whole was good.
A couple of other odd notes:
* You have to ask for bread. This is very strange behavior; I didn’t realize bread rationing had started. We did ask, however, and got cold bread — always a disappointment, but it came with a very yummy vinegar-​and-​oil dip.
* They will wrap anything in bacon here. Seriously, about half the menu items were wrapped in bacon. I half-​expected to see the waitresses emerge wearing bacon wristbands and jewelry.
* The service, not to put too fine a point on it, sucked. They were friendly, but we waited forever for our food. On the other hand, we showed up without reservations on a night when they were preparing for a wedding, so I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that this was an aberration, since they seemed very nice there.

quince, located in the Grand Pacific Junction shopping district of Olmsted Falls, brings a bit of food whimsy to the area. The dining room has retained the slightly-​colonial décor from previous restaurants, giving it an uncluttered but homey atmosphere. The wine list is not extensive but does provide some good selections.
We started with the calimari in Thai sweet chili sauce with soba noodles. The noodles were flash-​fried and delivered in a stiff rectangle of what looked like a collapsed wicker chair. They were a bit odd but quite tasty. The spinach salad with coconut chicken was fantastic, but be warned: it’s large enough to be a meal, and my husband had only a couple bites of his steak because he was so full from the salad.
I had the bacon and horseradish-​wrapped pork, which arrived on an oblong platter almost two feet long. It was delicious, but at a crowded table the platter could become a bit awkward to negotiate. The pork was accompanied by mashed potato balls that were fried crispy on the outside and sauteed onion and zucchini that formed the bed on which the pork medallions and potato balls rested. It was all very good.
Another person in our party had the spinach gnocchi, which was homemade and quite delicious, the gnocchi had terrific texture and the sauce was very tasty. My husband’s steak was the most disappointing entre of the evening. It came with a horseradish and bacon topping and bleu cheese — it was the strangest presentation of bleu cheese I’d ever seen, being a half-​inch thick rectangle of sort of plunked on top of the steak like an afterthought. The steak itself was very tasty, though.
The chef is apparently a big fan of bacon. There are many bacon-​wrapped choices on the menu, and the specials included at least one additional bacon-​wrapped choice. Now, I never regard bacon as a bad thing, but it’s good to know the «lay of the land.»
The only ding I have is the speed at which food came out of the kitchen. I have no idea what exactly was going on in the kitchen, but for a long time *nothing* came out of there, and then there were sudden spurts of dishes all coming out at once. Everything was still hot and fresh when it arrived at our table, so it obviously wasn’t just sitting on a sideboard, but we were a bit pressed for time. The wait staff was attentive and friendly, and it was probably just a one-​time thing, but I can’t quite give it five stars under the circumstances. Still, it was quite tasty.