One of my favorite bars in the city. Live music most nights, great jukebox, fantastic beer selection, awesome food!

Went on a Saturday evening. Not too busy at all. Placed our order and sat outside. Was told our food would be brought out in 10-15 minutes. After about 40 minutes had passed I went inside to check on the food. Was told I never gave my credit card for payment - I had. Oh, there you are. says the guy behind the bar after double checking the computer. Hands me my receipt to sign and leave a tip. I say I havent even received my food yet and weve been waiting outside this entire time. The food was made as a carryout order by mistake and was sitting in a brown paper bag. No apologies from the bartender. He ignored me for about 5 minutes as I sat trying to get his attention. Im usually easy going but the service here is actually terrible. From the sounds of the other reviews this is just par for the course at the Comet.

One of the things I miss most about San Diego is a real Cali Burrito, and its proved nearly impossible to find anything close in Cincinnati. The burritos at The Comet definitely satisfy the craving. Apparently the owner is from San Diego, so Im not surprised! Excellent food and very comfortable atmosphere!

One of my favorite bars in Cincinnati. Great food. The queso with chicken and medium salsa has been my go to for years but I honestly haven’t tried anything I haven’t loved. The staff is great and they always have a wide variety of live music and the jukebox is one of the best in Cincinnati.

We were thrilled to see a vegetarian option in the menu and intrigued with the idea of jerked tofu. It was amazing. As in we had it 3 different ways and I was too full to eat anything but I wanted to have it again. The kitchen told me they make their own marinade. Truly amazing. You order at the bar - get their homemade ginger with a shot of whiskey - to sip in while waiting for your food. The bar gives you a slip that you take to the kitchen window. They given you a table marker and they will deliver your food when it is ready. They have a great back porch and an interesting bathroom configuration. Seriously, get the jerked tofu tacos with the pickled onions. Their jalepenos are fresh sliced by the way.

Over priced food terrible setup with cov19

Us old folks like this place too. Good food, an extensive collection of beer and an eclectic mix of music on the jukebox. A collection that all ages can enjoy. Id give it a solid 9, Dick Clark!

Love it awesome music great food

I have been going here since I moved back to Cincy in 2016. Bluegrass Sundays have been a huge part of my life ever since, and thats not an exaggeration!

Placed an order for pickup and drove over to get the food. When I walked in the bartender told me he “forgot that the kitchen would be closed for a couple more hours after brunch” so there was no food for me to pick up. A call back would’ve been nice before I drove all the way there...

Whats not to love? Sweet little dive, amazing jukebox, amazing food. Local fave.

Its an institution. Order a burrito. Have a beer. Good times

I picked up dinner for us on 6/18/2004. It really is a very unique place. For all intents and purposes, its a bar. But if you are in the know, you are aware of the fact that there is a small kitchen in the back, accessible only through a window. You order and pay up front, then take your receipt to the cooks counter in the back. Im no expert on bars, so I cant really rate this one.As far as the food goes, pretty much all they have are burritos. They do have several vegetarian options: The Comet, a black bean, a pinto bean, a mixed bean, and a tofu-jerky burrito. I had the tofu-jerky burrito; Debi had the black and tan. They were both very good. I should also note that the burritos are huge. You could easily split one between two people; unless youre absolutely starving, it really is more than one person can eat.The burritos are fairly inexpensive and worth the amount you pay.

This is one of those places Ive heard everyone talk about but havent gone in the 10+ years Ive lived in Cincinnati. I finally crossed off an iconic Cincy location off my to do list!The first thoughts we had as we headed in with a group of about 8 on a Sunday was Im eating Mexican, in a dice bar, listening to Blue Grass. And that kinda sums up the eclecticness of the place and the neighborhood! Its dark which makes it look dingy, but I love me a good dive lookin place. This is perfect. Theres not a ton of seating, but we did snag the nice round booth, unfortunately the table is a little too small for the booth.You place your order at the bar. They have a few taps and a generous supply of liquor. Check their board for both food and drink specials. Theres also about 3 refrigerator cases with canned and bottled beer you can purchase. (Fun fact, Little Kings is normally 2 for $5.) The food is sort of build your own ala carte. You can any meat/tofu, and veggies to orders. Hubby and I got the quesadillas and an order of nachos with queso. And there was plenty of food! The entrees normally.come with chips and your choice of salsa. The mild was definitely flavorful! The medium lacked the flavor but had a slight bit of heat, but not overpowering.The food was delicious and was very generous portions for what you paid for. The live band wasnt overly loud for the smallish space either. They also have a nice patio out back with about 6-8 tables as well if you like dining outside. I wished I had stumbled upon this place sooner! Will definitely be coming back!

Literally eating the best quesadilla of my life right now. everything is always perfect

Pretty alright place except for the weird sad little carrot top/homeless Gallagher/mole rat dude that works in the back making burritos. Unless youre into a pompous burrito roller acting condescending and making snide comments towards you, id reccomend getting some drinks, listening to some music, then getting food elsewhere.

Love the comet, great dive bar with a decent beer selection. Burritos and tacos for good drunk food. Blue grass comet all Stars on Sundays are phenomenal just get there early

I wish I lived closer. Great dive bar. Great beer selection. Free music with the Comet Bluegrass All-Stars every Sunday

Great food, atmosphere, beer, and live music!

My Mom frequent here for huge burrito and good varieties of salsa for a low price. We went to family brunch a few times and had enough food to bring home for lunch. Great food. Friendly atmosphere.

I was looking for a nice brunch spot on a Sunday and The Comet did not disappoint. Between the full bar with mimosas and bloody Marys, to the fast service, and the delicious ever changing brunch menu, you cannot go wrong. The crepe cake is a must for those who do and do not like sweets.

This is My absolute favourite place to eat in Cincinnati. The salsa is addictive and the burritos are as big as your head for fantastically affordable prices.

One of my favorite bars in the entire world.

Neighborhood. I like their brunch. They have a good liquor/beer selection, and their bartenders are very good. Wonderful small music venue too. The jukebox cant be beat.

Really good food at very reasonable prices! The atmosphere is very laid back and cool. If youre looking for some place to hang out and get a few drinks and/or something to eat - this is the place.

Great food! Great atmosphere! The chicken and waffles for Sunday Brunch is FANTASTIC!!! Make sure you get there early, as they will sell out!

This comet is unique , young and older. People enjoy the food people and bands that arrive hear, they plug in. Play their music free , then another band arrives at any given time. Plugs in , free music. One band called ( lung ) she played very well! Dont miss lung. As they travel. Most do whom play here..again COMET IS UNIQUE. GREAT. AWESOME. ME! Just a customer

Great venue for local bands and smaller touring groups. No stage to speak of; bands just play in the front of the room. Neat ameri-Mexican food menu w/ vegan options. Would be 5 stars but shows often start late.

I love this place. But could you all make the mens bathroom lockable? Itll cost 2 dollars. Dont nobody wanna see my duck.

Definitely a dive. Order at the bar, then sit at a table. I just want impressed with my food. If I wanted boring tacos on flour tortillas, I have plenty of other choices that are much cheaper.

A very relaxed bar with some great atmosphere, great local bands and somehow, the best burritos in Cincinnati. I would recommend going here if you are just looking to kick back and enjoy the environment with some friends.

I love the vibe. We showed up and two punk rock bands perfromed great shows. Loved it!

I like the idea of the Comet. I banned myself from going there 6 months ago, but went tonight as I had friends meeting there. Once again, rude, inattentive staff. Its a place for young hipsters to hang and be in the know. No problem. I recognize that the Comet has affordable, healthy food and is supportive to Cincinnatis music community. It just seems to an outsider to have a chip on its shoulder.

The fresh salsa sampler is a must have! Tacos & Quesadilla are both delicious

After 20 years of patronage, the Comet is still a favorite. When my husband and I get our burrito and quesadilla craving, we just gotta run up the hill and get our fix!

Great beer selection, amazing and eclectic live music seems like everyday. The food is amazing, its burritos tacos quesadillas etc. Phenomenal, the salsa of the month is always my favorite and the price is shockingly low. Wonderful place, I love the comet

The comet is great they had Chipotle Style burritos since the 90s great atmosphere

Delicious food and fun place!

One of the best burritos, jukebox, and Sunday brunches in the city. Food prices are a great value, better than Chipotle or other burrito joints. Okay to take your kids during the day. It is also a bar with a great selection of beer. The kitchen is open late so if you get the muchies after a night of socializing you have great eats, in-house, to satisfy that craving.

Day4 of cross country trip. Biggest selection of different beer which is good. Didnt eat so couldnt give a fair review on the eats. Looked like they could have like music but not the night I was there. Id give it a B-. Good but nothing to write home about.

Tried this place out while visiting Cincinnati for brunch. Very disappointed at how long it took for everything. Took about 30 min to order, even though there was only about 10 people in front of us. After we ordered, our food finally showed up 45 min later. It looked like the kitchen was working on one order at a time. There wasnt anything special about the food either. The place also smelt bad, too.

Neat little old timey place . The food was delicious, staff was very friendly. Could use a few fans but thats about my only complaint

Food was alright--folks speak highly of it, but I wasnt impressed, as I eat Mexican cuisine regularly and maybe Im a snob.At any rate--the bathrooms....what? I think you guys can do a little better on that situation. Doorknob would be a nice addition.Also, the PA system kept shocking musicians as they used the microphone, indicating a grounding issue with the power source in the room, with the mixing console, or faulty wiring in the room. Please consider that this actually is a physical danger to musicians and can seriously injur users. BIG problem, please fix this--in fact, you may want to reconsider putting on more live music before this is fixed so you dont hurt anyone.Apart from that, solid place.

One of Cincinnatis classics. This place just rides the waves of change in the city and keeps a consistent following. We go to Blue Grass on Sunday nights and get the chicken nachos with a side of queso blanco. Delicious.

Tacos are awesome. Drinks are always good n not watered down

Awesome place with dinner till 1am! Super chill people, definitely recommended

Cant beat bluegrass on Sundays with a bowl of queso. Always plenty of great beer options and the food never disappoints.

Great local crowd. Bluegrass. Burritos. And great Sunday brunch.

Not overly crowded. Interesting music. Pool table

This dive bar has delicious, authentic Mexican food & a fabulous Sunday brunch - the 20 layer crepe cake is a must!

Great food, great beers. Fun atmosphere. Legit jukebox.

A good bar with not really good quality but delicious food.

Rice bowl with tofu is amazing. Good pool table too.

Cincinnati! YouHave a great beer bar right here!Bluegrass on Sundays

You go for the local bands and stay for the buffalo burritos. Good stuff

One of my favorite bars in town, it has a whole lot of character.

We tried this place on a Tuesday night around 7p. We found a place to park across the street with no problem. Upon entering and not being greater, we realized that we could seat ourselves. But just before sitting down we happened to notice a sign saying to place your order at the bar.When I approached the bar, the bar tender immediately asked me what I would like. This gave me the impression that most people are regulars who don’t need to see a menu. But it was my first time.I proceeded to order Rice and Beans (basically, it’s a burrito bowl). I let her know up front that I had a very annoying request - I wanted the rice and beans in one bowl and everything else in a separate bowl. She totally understood and then asked me what all we wanted in our bowl. I took her suggestion and tried the mixed beans (pinto and black) and the chicken (instead of beef). I also ordered guac, salsa, onions, shredded cheese, sour cream and lettuce. The annoying thing about this? The guac, salsa, cheese, sour cream and meat are all extra and you are charged separately. Who on earth would order a burrito and not want this things?? I wish they’d just charge the rate they want and make it flat. Paying for “extras” makes me feel like they’re nickel and dime-ing.After placing our order, she asked if we’d like to open a tab or pay immediately. We left a card with her to open a tab. Then she explained that we’d need to walk our order receipt to the kitchen window which was in the next room.We ended up sitting in the second room because it was entirely empty. And not having any high chairs, I wanted my thirteen month old to be able to exist and not annoy fellow customers. (The first room had a few tables that were full and the patio had a set of steep stairs leading down the hill). There was another family with kids who were playing pool, so this place obviously attracts all ages.Our food probably took about fifteen minutes to come out. And when it did, we saw that they actually put EVERYTHING “on the side”. Lol. One bowl for every topping. We each made our own bowls with what we wanted. Looking back, I wouldn’t bother getting the onion because they’re raw. The chicken is pulled and seasoned, but not very flavorful or juicy. But the salsa of the month was good (roasted garlic salsa). The guac probably isn’t made in house and is meh. But I really appreciated the large portion of sour cream. In fact, the whole thing was a large portion and super share-able. So that’s nice!Once you’re done you pick up after yourself. There’s a place for your empty trays and glasses right next to the kitchen window.I wasn’t really blown away by my experience here. But I’ve heard such great things about they’re brunch? Maybe I’d try it some weekend if I could get there without the kiddo.

Solid atmosphere tasty queso and burrito plenty of beer options. Eclectic and almost hipster very friendly.

Im not one to write reviews especially bad ones, but I felt like this was a must. I visited The Comet Sunday afternoon for dinner and it was fairly empty. I had visited prior that week and it was great. The restaurant doesnt have a wait staff so you have to go to the bar to place your order. The manager was the only one working the bar, his name was John. We ordered a quesadilla and a plain chicken burrito with queso. The exact same order as what we did prior that week. He said that they couldnt do it and we stated how we had had the exact same order a few days prior. He refused and to mitigate the situation we simply asked if we could just buy a bowl of queso and have them put it in the burrito with just chicken in it. He was absurdly loud and rude at this point causing a scene as he said Im not doing it but you can ask the chef. We went and asked the chef and he was nice and said that was totally fine. He brought out our food and there clearly wasnt any queso in the burrito. I went and told the bartender there wasnt any queso put into the burrito and once he adamantly told me the chef said there was I literally tore open the burrito in front of him to prove there was absolutely no queso and he looked at me and said my chefs dont lie. Almost at this point I thought that John Quiñones was going to pop out with a camera from the show What Would You Do?. He was so absurdly adamant that there was queso in the burrito that I almost wanted to ask if he was blind. At this point we didnt even eat. We paid and we left uneaten food sitting on the table.

Love the beer selection! Kind of steep pricing on some of them, but overall if you go with about $20 youll be a happy bar bug.

Good beer selection, clean, and seemingly well managed. The live band that was playing the night I was there was more noise than music but hopefully other bands that play are better.

The Comet was low key. It was full of art college hipsters, that Im certain wouldnt call themselves hipsters, but it was a man bun and beardfest , and girl gauges none the less. I came to see a band play. I love new music.The bartender was nice and made a good drink. You had to ask for a menu from the bar though, then order your food from a window, where they gave you a number, so if you were a timid person, you were not eating because trying to figure out how to get food was hard. I dont want to have to watch other patrons ordering to figure out how to order food. There was no one milling around getting drinks at the tables, or waitresses and it was 9pm on a Friday. The food was surprisingly good. GREAT salsas.Bands were rough. very rough, but the food made it worth it.

One of my favorite bars in Cincinnati, be sure to see the All Stars play!

I went for the Sunday brunch. The hot mess was pretty good.

Went there last night to see The Bluegrass Allstars band. They were excellent. The service from the bartenders is horrible. They totally ignore you even if you are standing right in front of them. The mens room is one of the most disgusting places on earth. The food was ok. The two stars I gave it was because they had good music. If not for that Id give it maybe 1/2 star.

Great salsas. Great beers. Good prices. A staple in Northside.

I tried to order queso and then sat down at a table with all of my friends who also had ordered food. I dont frequent this bar so i didnt know the exact order of business. The bartender came up and in front of all of my friends said hate to break it to you but you have to pay for your food. That was so rude, and so embarrassing for me. OBVIOUSLY i know that if i order food, i have to pay for it. Im also in the service industry and i understand being annoyed but wow id never talk to a customer like that. The only reason this isnt one star is that after i called him out, he offered to buy my queso which i will not let him do but it was a nice gesture. Just because youre friends with my friends doesnt mean you can berate me in front of them and make me feel like an idiot for walking less than 6 ft away. I probably wont be back.

Its a great spot to eat, talk and enjoy music and drinks

Just drink the saltshaker to experience the taste of the queso dip.

Interesting beer selection, great burritos, local music with no cover, pretty much all awesome. The only downside is its kinda far outside of Northside and parking sucks when theyre busy.

Drinks are a little pricey but its a good venue

Bar tender is a guy named John with a cocky high school bully attitude! Not impressed whatsoever! Stay away from this trash can!!

Best bluegrass in the area on Sunday nights.

Great food, great people, great atmosphere.

Two wheel Tuesday are a blast, great burritos.

Great beer selection, tons of shows, and dank food. I dream about the queso

Great service. Nice Homely feel ...

Cute spot. Good tacos.

Such a cool place! Great food!

Nice crowd...good beer selection.

Great beer selection that constantly grows!

Chicken quesadillas here are excellent!

Awesome little bar with decent prices

Decent bar, fantastic juke box

Great tacos, music, and atmosphere

Great beer selection, even better bluegrass

Sunday Brunch is awesome!

Bike night

An integral pub+grub for the local neighborhood, art, music and pool scene with burritos as big as your arm.

Theres only one Comet

#TopNotch

I dont really understand what about The Comet people like so much. The burrito was lackluster and the nachos were clearly random store bought chips. I dont get it. Must be the music?

Burritos!

Great Bloody Marys!

I like this place so much I moved there

Kate Wakefield & Brianna Kelly

My favorite bar

Too expensive of a menu.

No

Quality food, drink, and music. Also take a minute to check out the art on the walls.