Gateway Grille

During a layover at the Ohio Airport I enjoyed a lunch buffet at this hotel. Decent salad and fruit selection, but was not all that impressed with the hot plates. Atmosphere and staff was great, but good was just okay. Thinking back it was this or McDonalds, so I think I made the correct choice.

If you have to eat near the hotel at the airport, your options are this or the McDonald’s. I prefer this. I really did not want to gamble on the food, since no one was in there when I walked in. I ordered a burger — which was fine — the fries were a bit over done but OK. Service was acceptable but she tended to talk to her coworkers instead of checking on me. All in all a OK place if you have no options.

When you’re stuck out by the airport on hotel row, this is the only place to go without a ride. It is not horrible, but not great. Was there for a late lunch, the service was decent. For veggies — there are very few choices, and even the Caesar salad had bacon in it (they gladly took it back and remade it quickly). Two stars might be harsh considering it is a hotel restaurant, but the food was so ‘meh’ even for the circumstances I can’t go much better.
It is one of those places that gets by since there aren’t really any other choices near by. The best one can do is hop in a cab or hotel shuttle to the Easton mall area where there are about a dozen restaurants of varying types and price ranges (many hotels near the airport offer a free shuttle to the area about 5 — 10 minutes away). If it needs to be fast and no frills, this place will do.