Marble Room- Cleveland, OH

Cleveland’s Marble Room is the first restaurant I have ever featured. It is that impressive. By far one of my favorite restaurants EVER based on their sous vide Old Fashioneds and Fish-n-Chips sushi rolls alone, the architecture elevates the experience even further.

I would not hesitate to call it out as the best restaurant in the city, located in one of the city’s finest spaces. Apparently Baker Mayfield agrees, who, according to our waitress, is a regular that enjoys En Route Pinot Noir while entertaining at the restaurant.

Built in 1893 by James A. Garfield’s sons, as a tribute to their slain father, it was the first steel frame skyscraper constructed in Cleveland. In 1894, the Guardian Savings and Trust bank moved into the building, hiring the famed Architectural firm of Walker and Weeks to convert the first floor into a substantial marble walled public banking room. Although it changed names several times, the property served as a bank until 2008.

In 2015, the building was purchased by a developer, who converted the old offices into apartment and hotel space (currently a lacking Holiday Inn Express). In 2017, the first floor was restored, and opened as the Marble Room, with many of the original design details intact. The lower level vaults, some of the largest in the country, were converted to private dining areas, with executive offices functioning as private lounges.

With expert interior design work softening the space, a dinner at the Marble Room is the absolute definition of decadence. All around amazing, it will definitely leave you planning your next visit.