Classy place serving good-to-excellent food, and a place buzzing but still able to conduct intimate conversation. Wait staff was helpful in wine selection. Service was very quick.
Bob
We had a table of 8 after seeing a musical at Stanford. Service was prompt and very courteous. Great food! 4 of the guests had never been and the restaurant is now on their “A” list.
Bonnie
This is my favorite restaurant in Palo Alto, it never disappoints. I always order the same entree, the horseradish crusted salmon, and it is fantastic! The owner could not be friendlier, and always acknowledges me. I've been here no less than 50 times over the years.
Carolyn
All four if us experienced great service, excellent cuisine, and a splendid time at Cafe Pro Bono last evening. It is one of favorite restaurants and enjoy taking friends there to dine.
Indrani
Christmas Eve dinner was the perfect holiday treat! The bread and dipping oil was delicious with our cocktails: vodka gimlet and negroni. We started with carpaccio and caesar salad, then halibut and filet mignon and finished off with tiramisu. We had an exquisite bottle of wine as well. All was perfect, the service was friendly and responsive but not overbearing. The only negative was the noise level was over the top.
charles
Food and service were excellent. We asked for a quiet table, but that was impossible given how popular the restaurant is.
Joanne
Well, I love that restaurant, but it is noisy. We'd indicated on our reservation that this was a birthday, but nothing special was done for that by the restaurant. Also, the birthday guest had ordered Risotto as an entree, but was served pasta instead.
R A M
Spectacular service. Old school and delightful. Sever Akif was excellent sharing various pairing wines for the Halibut lunch special. While some prefer a white with fish, the right red can work well. I choose a 2018 Italian Amorona Classic 2018.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Barbara
We had a very nice lunch with visitors from France. The customer service was impeccable. The food was delicious -- everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. The noise level was between quiet and moderate -- just right for having a conversation. The prices, as with most restaurants in Palo Alto, are a bit high.
Very bad experience with the manager today. He is being soo rude to the people who comes for online pickup food for customers who orders through doordash and ubereats and they treat them very bad like they are servants. One indian guy came to them when I was there and the manager with no hair told him to go out, go out and the guy asked him why - he said go out we will give you food outside and don't come inside and I feel soo bad they are doing the racism. He was being soo loud because there is only 2-3 guests sitting in the cafe and we can hear him clearly. Am never going back to this restaurant. Everyone is working here and you should respectful towards everybody to other people who works hard. It happens today few minutes back there and we are not gonna come back to this cafe again and am gonna tell my friends too who come here quite often. Very bad service amd very bad treatment.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Amy Wang
I’ve been to this place a couple of times with a friend who raves about the Italian food and I couldn’t agree more. Today we tried the polenta and shrimp appetizers, the rigatoni pasta (which they kindly split in two plates for us to share), and we finished with tiramisu for dessert. Everything was well prepared; flavorful, well-balanced, and not too salty or overpowering. Truly a great meal over good conversation.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sheryl
Cafe Pro Bono is amazing. The people are amazing, you feel so welcome and appreciated. The food is also outstanding. And the prices are really good. Love the place!
Anuj A
Been here over 20 times. It does not matter if you come for lunch or dinner! It’s consistently incredibly delicious. Food is always fresh and yum! Staff is always ready to please. The menu has something for everyone to enjoy. Great bar! Awesome for a business discussion and meeting or a casual friend meeting. Definitely worth a visit
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Debbie
Excellent food, excellent service, this is one of our most favorite restaurants for over 25 years!
Classy place serving good-to-excellent food, and a place buzzing but still able to conduct intimate conversation. Wait staff was helpful in wine selection. Service was very quick.
We had a table of 8 after seeing a musical at Stanford. Service was prompt and very courteous. Great food! 4 of the guests had never been and the restaurant is now on their “A” list.
This is my favorite restaurant in Palo Alto, it never disappoints. I always order the same entree, the horseradish crusted salmon, and it is fantastic! The owner could not be friendlier, and always acknowledges me. I've been here no less than 50 times over the years.
All four if us experienced great service, excellent cuisine, and a splendid time at Cafe Pro Bono last evening. It is one of favorite restaurants and enjoy taking friends there to dine.
Christmas Eve dinner was the perfect holiday treat! The bread and dipping oil was delicious with our cocktails: vodka gimlet and negroni. We started with carpaccio and caesar salad, then halibut and filet mignon and finished off with tiramisu. We had an exquisite bottle of wine as well. All was perfect, the service was friendly and responsive but not overbearing. The only negative was the noise level was over the top.
Food and service were excellent. We asked for a quiet table, but that was impossible given how popular the restaurant is.
Well, I love that restaurant, but it is noisy. We'd indicated on our reservation that this was a birthday, but nothing special was done for that by the restaurant. Also, the birthday guest had ordered Risotto as an entree, but was served pasta instead.
Spectacular service. Old school and delightful. Sever Akif was excellent sharing various pairing wines for the Halibut lunch special. While some prefer a white with fish, the right red can work well. I choose a 2018 Italian Amorona Classic 2018.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had a very nice lunch with visitors from France. The customer service was impeccable. The food was delicious -- everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. The noise level was between quiet and moderate -- just right for having a conversation. The prices, as with most restaurants in Palo Alto, are a bit high.
Italian pasta was nice
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Very bad experience with the manager today. He is being soo rude to the people who comes for online pickup food for customers who orders through doordash and ubereats and they treat them very bad like they are servants. One indian guy came to them when I was there and the manager with no hair told him to go out, go out and the guy asked him why - he said go out we will give you food outside and don't come inside and I feel soo bad they are doing the racism. He was being soo loud because there is only 2-3 guests sitting in the cafe and we can hear him
clearly. Am never going back to this restaurant. Everyone is working here and you should respectful towards everybody to other people who works hard. It happens today few minutes back there and we are not gonna come back to this cafe again and am gonna tell my friends too who come here quite often. Very bad service amd very bad treatment.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I’ve been to this place a couple of times with a friend who raves about the Italian food and I couldn’t agree more. Today we tried the polenta and shrimp appetizers, the rigatoni pasta (which they kindly split in two plates for us to share), and we finished with tiramisu for dessert. Everything was well prepared; flavorful, well-balanced, and not too salty or overpowering. Truly a great meal over good conversation.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cafe Pro Bono is amazing. The people are amazing, you feel so welcome and appreciated. The food is also outstanding. And the prices are really good. Love the place!
Been here over 20 times. It does not matter if you come for lunch or dinner! It’s consistently incredibly delicious. Food is always fresh and yum! Staff is always ready to please. The menu has something for everyone to enjoy. Great bar! Awesome for a business discussion and meeting or a casual friend meeting. Definitely worth a visit
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent food, excellent service, this is one of our most favorite restaurants for over 25 years!
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