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If you’re too old for an egg hunt but still want to relax and enjoy family time this Easter, a special Sunday brunch is the perfect choice. Whether you want to visit with the Easter Bunny or enjoy a Bloody Mary, local restaurants will help you make sure your basket runneth over.
Camp Cedar
5158 Kings Island Drive, Mason
(513) 701-9635
www.visitcampcedar.com/amenities/special-events
The menu includes shrimp cocktail, sliced fruit, bakery items, garden salad, scrambled eggs with cheddar, French toast sticks, applewood smoked bacon and sausage links, and more. Also on the menu is chicken dijonaise, oven fresh rolls with butter and chef carved honey ham with house honey mustard. Coffee, juice, milk and soda are included, wine and other alcoholic beverages are available for purchase.
For fun after brunch, Kings Island will be open from 12 to 7 p.m.
Price for the Easter brunch is $24.95 for adults, $11.95 for children under 10.
deSha’s American Tavern
11320 Montgomery Road
(513) 247-9933
deshas.com/
For Easter Brunch, deSha’s offers a three-course meal which includes prime rib, chicken and waffles, shrimp and grits and more, all made in-house by Chef Thom and his team. This year, deSha’s will donate $1 from every entree purchased on Easter to Matthew 25: Ministries to support their ongoing humanitarian aid and conflict relief to Ukraine.
Forno Osteria+ Bar
3514 Erie Ave.
(513) 818-8720
fornoosteriabar.com
A tradition continues, as with the Easter Breakfast Brunch Buffet at Forno Osteria+Bar. The Buffet includes Greek yogurt with fresh fruit, almonds and honey; house made pancakes, biscuits and gravy with sausage, Italian frittata Parmigiano Reggiano, shrimp and grits, Tuscan lamb roast, and more, with Budino di riso with fresh berries and pistachios for dessert.
The cost is $32 plus tax for adultsm $12 plus tax for children 12 and under.
The Grille Buffet at Palm Court at Hilton Netherland Plaza
35 W. Fifth St.
(513) 421-9100
https://www.opentable.com/the-grille-at-palm-court
The decadent Easter brunch returns, with a menu of assorted local cheese and charcuterie display, seasonally inspired items such as strawberry panacotta, “Bloody Mary” oysters, Tuscan kale salad, and Spring Panzanella with omelet stations, prime rib, rack of lamb, and glazed ham carving stations, and a seafood display featuring crab legs, poached shrimp and more. Buffet also includes desserts and decadent cakes. Cost is $102 per person (includes tax and gratuity) for adults; $45.25 (includes tax and gratuity) for children (ages 4-12)
Hard Rock Cafe
1000 Broadway
(513) 250-3150
hardrockcasinocincinnati.com/dining/hard-rock-cafe
This unforgettable brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. includes live music from all genres. Start small with a bagel and a schmear or go big with the surf and turf burger. Brunch options include New York Steak and aged cheddar omelet, blueberry Johnny cakes, and the Rhineland scramble. Plus enjoy a special brunch-only drink menu!
Louvino
1142 Main St.
(513) 813-3350
louvino.com/otr
For Easter brunch, Louvino offers a three-course meal. The first course offers fresh baked croissants with butter and fruit. The second course is a choice of either pancake tacos, farmer’s market breakfast scramble, biscuits and gravy, Brussels sprout salad or croissant BLT. The final course is dessert of biscuit doughnuts with anglaise. Kids’ menu has pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon. Adults are $25 and kids under 12 are $12.50.
Moerlein Lager House
115 Joe Nuxhall Way
(513) 421-2337
www.moerleinlagerhouse.com
Moerlein Lager House’s Easter Weekend Brunch is available Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Brunch favorites including the Good Moerning Burger, eggs Benedict, chicken ‘n’ waffle, and berry buttermilk pancakes will all be available. With every entree purchased, guests will receive a free ride on Carol Ann’s Carousel, right next door.
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
100 E. Freedom Way
(513) 381-0491
www.ruthschris.com/restaurant-locations/cincinnati
Typically only open for dinner, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse opens at 11 a.m. on Easter. “Ruth’s Seasonal Classics” offers a prix fixe menu that includes a starter, entrée, personal side, and dessert of some of Ruth’s best known items. The full menu is also available.
Season 52
3819 Edwards Road
(513) 631-5252
www.seasons52.com/locations/oh/cincinnati/cincinnati
Season 52 will be having an exclusive brunch menu for Easter, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the amazing starters, such as strawberry spinach salad and avocado toast, lead to entrées including crab and cheddar quiche, upright French toast, wood-grilled shrimp and grits, and apricot-glazed spiral ham. Celebrate with a mimosa, a rosé lemonade, or sangria.
Subito
Lytle Park Hotel, 311 Pike St.
(513) 579-3860
www.thelytleparkhotel.com/dining/subito
The culinary experts at Subito have planned an extraordinary brunch experience for the whole family to enjoy, including a visit from the Easter Bunny, from 10 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. The buffet includes a selection of delicious salads, beautiful Italian pastries, mini lemon ricotta pancakes, banana bread, a carving station, made to order cacio e pepe in a giant parmesan wheel, with a fruit and cheese display. Kids will enjoy chicken tenders, mac-n-cheese and all the bacon they can eat! Cost is $45 for adults, $20 for children.
Overlook Kitchen + Bar
The Summit Hotel, 5345 Medpace Way
(513) 527-9900
www.thesummithotel.com/dining/overlook-kitchen-bar
The Overlook Kitchen + Bar serves hot and cold buffet selections for Easter brunch, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cold buffet includes spring greens with radish, carrot, sunflower seeds, and green goddess dressing; charred corn Panzanella; locally sourced cheese, & artisan cured charcuterie and iced seafood display.
The hot buffet includes hardwood smoked bacon and country sausage; asparagus and roasted tomato frittata; challah French toast with peach compote and Ohio maple syrup; salmon “Oscar” and chef's attended stations of carved prime rib of beef and carved leg of lamb; and made-to-order pasta station. Choose your desserts from The Pâtissier’s Table!
Cost is $40 per person.
Trio Bistro
7565 Kenwood Road
(513) 984-1905
www.triobistro.com
Trio Bistro offers a prix fixe breakfast menu for $28 with first course of fruit or yogurt, second course of classic eggs Benedict, French toast ,or scrambled eggs with English muffin served with potatoes and choice of meat, and dessert of chocolate mousse, carrot cake, or Key Lime pie. Looking for lunch? The three-course prix fixe menu ($36) starts with soup or salad, with entrée choice of lemon chicken, sliced beef tenderloin, or pan seared salmon, each served with mashed potatoes and haricots verts. Raise your glass with a Bloody Mary, Bellini, or mimosa, at $9 each.
Via Vite
520 Vine St., Fountain Square
(513) 721-8483
viaviterestaurant.com
A decade-long tradition continues, in the newly renovated restaurant. The buffet offers fresh baked pastries, fresh fruit, scrambled eggs, butcher’s cut bacon, roasted potatoes, French toast, with Italian sausage and cannellini beans ragout, shrimp and grits. They will also have a carving station which will have Tuscan lamb roast and house cured salmon. End your meal wit tiramisu and vanilla risotto with fresh fruit.
Cost for the prix fixe menu is $35 for adult (plus tax), $12+ tax, for children 12 and under.