The Peppermill Pub and Grill

Great happy hour specials, biggest wings in Cleveland, amazing selection of sauces, and they have White Rajah

Was not impressed with the ‘atmosphere’ — it’s kind of just one big room — decorations are minimal and uninteresting.
Was also not impressed with the food — basic bar food.
I think it’s important to really enjoy your food and if it’s healthy too — it’s a bonus.
Neither of those were true for this restaurant.

Great Service… Fun atmosphere… So far so good… All appetizers have been delicious! The wings were excellent and a nice finishing touch with Lemoncello Mascarpone Cake… YUM! Ted and the engineer were here too… thanks Uncle T-​Bone…

This is a quirky and quaint little neighborhood bar/​eatery where the staff consistently over achieves. The bartenders are friendly and helpful. The food here is solid bar food. Great fries. Great wings. The owner and head-​chef, Mike has a real flair for Italian food. His pasta entrés are savory and delicious. Mike always has some top notch specials on his board. I always just ask him «what’s good tonight?» and he’s never steered me wrong. He conjured up some fresh clam sauce pasta recently which was absolutely killer. I’ve been to Tuscany and Mike’s Italian dishes would fit right in there… no kidding. The food here is better than anyplace within a 5 mile radius. I’ve been a customer for a long time and this place has really come into its own in the last year or so, now that Mike has things the way he wants them.

I was driving past the area and was starving and seriously craving wings. I have been to Peppermill before so I knew they had really huge wings but I was a bit in a hurry so as per my fiancés recommendations I called them to order my wings ahead of time. Extra crispy, just how I like them.
I came in right as my wings were coming out and they were amazingly crispy and ginormous. The sauces aren’t all that special although their own house made sauce is pretty good. Super friendly staff makes the place. I was in on a Tuesday around 6 – 7 so it was dead. I was one of three people LoL. That just made for a more personalized experience. The rest of the food I’ve had and it’s nothing special, a three star eatery but the fact that they so readily accommodated me with my demands and he sheer size of the wings I give them an extra star.

WARNING. NEW OWNERS. Disgusting. Dinner was heat and eat — nothing fresh. One of the worst dinners we had.

Found the place on Unilocal,looking for a small pub.
This place has a real family vibe to it.
Not a big beer selection, but Guinness on tap so can’t complain.
Had the Greek salad, with grilled salmon on top. The salad was good, the salmon was freaking delicious!
Met Ken, the owner, as I was closing my tab.

This place is great! I really like the new menu.
We have eaten here a number of times and have always had an excellent meal. My favorites are the stuffed Italian hot peppers, lobster bisque and burgers. The wait staff has always been very attentive and really friendly. The owner, Gus, seems to love his job and welcomes everyone in.
Update
New owners, new staff, new menu, new clientele, new opinion. Food below average, we had dinner. It was meh. Staff /​service… not so friendly, not so attentive. Probably won’t go back. So sad.

Mike the owner is outstanding personality. Soups are homemade and
fantastic. Chicken parm and the early bird ziti are fabulous. IVe been there
at least 30 times, and the service was excellent at least 27 of those times.
Bartender is cool. Prices are actually low considering QUALITY and
QUALITY. And there are a plethora of bands if you like entertainment.
GREAT PLACE.

Visited from out of town on a suggestion from hotel clerk. Parking lot was being resurfaced and there were no cars out front; we weren’t even sure they were open. Walked in and eyeballed the place and made assumptions about the bar food we would be getting. Our assumptions were way off. The food was unexpectedly varied (mushroom gorganzola rigatoni in a bar??) and unexpectedly delicious. Service was attentive and fast, though we were the only ones in the place. The food did not match the décor, but this place did not disappoint. Not too expensive either.

I will preface this by saying my rating is based strictly on the service received at the bar last night at the Peppermill. I have been in world class saloons and the lowest of dives and I don’t believe I have ever seen a bartender less deserving of the title than Anthony, my bartender last night. I watched him argue with customers about their drink orders. I watched him decant one kind of wine into a decanter, pour it into a glass then pour a second kind of wine into the same decanter without washing it and serve both to a table. When i said something to him about it, he lied right to my face saying it was the same kind of wine, despite the fact that both bottles were still sitting right there. I sat for ten minutes with a completely empty drink before he finally asked if I would like another one, at a time when all of 5 people were seated at the bar. He was far more interested in discussing the drama of the day with fellow employees than taking care of his patrons. Based on my experience last night, I doubt I will be returning.
NOTE: reviews for this establishment dated prior to 2012 reflect different ownership and management.

This place is horrible. The manager was behind the bar and did about 10 shots in a row. Then completely messed up our checks because the server was too incompetent to close then out herself. We waited almost 2 hours for our food and it took them almost 45 minutes to cash a table of 8 people out and there was only 2 other tables! Then on top of it they never gave me back my credit card and the drunk of a manager was slamming things and getting angry and swearing and being a huge a hole. This crap hole strip mall ghetto place is a terrible experiece! Avoid avoid avoid!!!

Last night I went to the Peppermill Pub and Grill. I found this place on Unilocal,staying south of Cleveland for business. I was surprised at the «store front» appearance and hesitated, but decided to go in. I was met by the owner, Mike, who was extremely pleasant and told me about the specials — which sounded fantastic. Unfortunately it was late and I was looking for something lighter. I had the Greek Salad with Chicken — delicious! The rock music was a little loud, but not overbearing. The bartender, Danielle, was very pleasant and attentive to the food and drinks. Don’t hesitate, go in and have a great meal and enjoy it!

We were here on Friday night just for a quick dinner after work. I wish we would have turned around when we realized it was karaōke night. Besides one girl that was great, it was 80 year old men singing frank Sinatra. We looked past that until it took 32 minutes for a soup and salad before our burgers. The bartender was so drunk she couldn’t even look me in the eye without going cross-​eyed. She brought us the wrong drinks after mine was empty for about 10 min. She didn’t even visit our table in the half hour it took for our soup and salad. It’s infortunate that the bartender was so horrible because the burger was pretty good. If I ever go back it will definitely be a day time visit before she starts hitting the shots.

The burgers here are fantastic. You won’t leave hungry or broke. I had the BBB burgers and it was great. I also had the ravioli before and it was good too.

This is our first visit to Pepper Mill and our last! Service was horrible, waited for for 53 minutes to just get appetizers. There were 8 of us and only a few received their dinners at a time. The manager was made aware of the situation but was too busy on his cell phone and going out to smoke. He never came over to our table but made his way to the bar!

Met some friend for lunch here over the holidays. The décor leaves something to be desired, but the food was good enough that I plan to return. My husband got the meatball sub, which he said was probably the best he’d ever had. I got a half order of pasta with the «My Nani’s Sauce,» which was also really good. We had the brie appetizer, which was not great. The cheese was fine, but the fruit all looked way past its prime. I don’t think anyone at the table was even brave enough to touch the grapes. While I am grateful that they have a website and their online menu lists prices, the website could really use a makeover.

Hasn’t been the same since ownership changed :(

What is the opposite of a bait-​n-​switch? That’s what this place did for me, it was not compelling from the outside then blammo it turns out to be super cute and nice on the inside.
It appears to be recently redone in a nice neutral non-​offensive way. The staff was really friendly and welcoming.
The food was outstanding and obviously homemade. I was craving meat after a long day of traveling so I decided to order the meatball sandwich. I now realize that I have never had a good meatball sandwich before this glorious treat. Homemade meatballs… HOMEMADE. They were totally a hybrid, probably pork and beef. So yummy on ciabatta bread. Accompanied by a hearty side dish of double fried french fries.
Heaven.

Had a meal and some drinks here while home for Christmas.
I would describe this place as a sort of hybrid neighborhood bar/​gastro pub/​italian restaurant. They have lots of different sorts of bar food, but the owner is from a very old-​school family of Italian grocers from NE Ohio – not sure if it is still there but they use to have the Galluci grocery up in Cleveland
I had the chicken soup with shell pasta and it was very tasty. Also had the stuffed banana peppers which were really good stuffed with ricotta and italian sausage. Followed that up with a small serving of spaghetti with a meatball and the «nani’s sauce» which was your real deal italian grandma sunday gravy with meat.
Other person at my table had an order of wings which also looked good. Not the standard buffalo style sauce but looked like an asian hot chile sauce. I didn’t taste them but they looked and smelled good.
All of the food was obviously made in house. This is NOT some sysco truck garbage bar food.
The only dish that we did not like was the salmon which came in some sort of reduction sauce that was too sweet for our palates. The fish was good, just didn’t pair well with the sweet sauce in our view. This may be a personal preference rather than an issue with the dish.
If I had to criticize the place I would say that the wait staff was a little slow to get new drink orders, fill water, etc. However, this is a bit par for the course when you are seated in the bar area rather than the tables in many places. Or maybe we were just drinking at a faster pace than they were used to – I was at a table of «pros.»
I grew up in Brecksville and it was always lacking a local pub with good food so I was glad to find this place and will definitely go back whenever I am home visiting family.
The owner and his wife were present and it was obvious that they take pride in their place. I heard that there have been several failed bars/​restaurants in this location so I hope that this place breaks the curse because I would definitely go back for some of the italian items.
I live in Philly and would say that Peppermill is serving the real deal as far as their gravy, the meatballs, stuffed peppers, etc.
Just be careful getting here and leaving! Brecksville cops are legendary a*&holes and you want to watch your speed coming down 82 or 21. I would suggest getting off 77 at Wallings Rd. and coming down Mill to avoid the speed traps!