081 Cafe: Good Food, Disappointing Service Visited 081 Cafe on Friday night, November 29th. The restaurant far from packed, only two other parties were there; plenty of empty tables and no real pressure on the floor. The food was good: well-executed, tasty, and generous portions. Kitchen is doing everything right. Service was the letdown. Our male server took the order promptly, then vanished. He checked on us a couple of times the entire meal. Water glasses stayed empty, brought my own bottle of wine, he simply left a couple of glasses and walked away. The overall vibe was oddly dismissive, like we were an inconvenience and should feel grateful just to be served. Overall: 2.5/5 stars. The food is good enough to maybe bring me back, the indifferent (almost rude) service was hard to excuse. Great cooking, shame about the “you should feel lucky we're serving you” attitude.
steven
Wanted to like this very chic neighborhood Italian restaurant with nice server, but the food was just awful. It's not conceivable that the food could be as bad as it was. That's why I was probably able to get a 7:30 reservation at 7pm on a Saturday night. Very sad
Amanda
This place offers great food, excellent service, and the perfect atmosphere for catching up with friends.
Pravesh
Did not acknowledge the reservation. Placed people as they came in even when they did not have reservation. Never clearly communicated when we'll get table. Complete chaos.
christine
Wanted to try it since it changed hands awhile back. New Staff/ownership was not at all welcoming when we arrived. Most of them seemed like they didn't want to be there. Food was very good, service mediocre. Seemed like the waiter had very little assistance and also wasn't particularly concerned that our pasta entrees took forever.
Bruce Simon
Room is nice, if a little loud when busy; food was good; service was just a bit slow.
Only thing I didn't like was the waiter taking the cork after opening our wine (the restaurant is BYO), which meant we had to carry out and drive home with an open bottle.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Tim at LeastTrust
Always a great spot. We are regulars and live nearby.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lynne Clements
Cute little place for lunch with friends
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
ROBERT ZALUSKY
Great Food Amazing service Calm and upscale atmosphere
I would highly recommend ordering the truffle pasta it was something special , I will not forget
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michael
Food was outstanding. Service very good. Brought some friends visiting from out of town. They said was one of the best Italian meals they have had.
Overall the food, service and atmosphere at this location is amazing. The menu is perfect and they let you order as you go if you want. Perfect location, beautiful decor etc. Give this local place a try.
Larry
We enjoyed. We will try again. We did not love everything that we ordered. The octopus appetizer was saturated with a tomato based sauce and whereas the sauce was tasty we didn't love it all over the octopus. Maybe this is an hour fault for not recognizing that's how it would be served on from the menu. The stuffed artichoke appetizer head far too many bread crumbs and just wasn't soft and tender enough and a bit dry actually. I got the homemade truffle Propel with mushrooms and it was absolutely delicious. The sauce was a little heavy but it was done amazingly and I loved it. We also had another fish dish that was quite good and then we finished with the krapfen dessert and it was yummy. The pizza look amazing and hopefully we will get that as an appetizer next time we were there and then we will find something else to try. I want to give this place another chance as we did like it we just didn't love it but we think if we get the right things could become regulars
Kathy
I ordered one of the specials. The veal Ragu over a string pasta. I don't remember what kind of pasta. There was no sauce. Just shredded clumps of veal with the consistency of baby food in a brown gravy. It was incredibly salty. The portion was small. Which in this case ended up being a good thing. The stuffed artichoke was good and we split a dessert but the bill with tip was $75 For each of us, which was ridiculous.
Richard
Delicious food and a nice table. Waitress did not check back very often.When it came to dessert, she handed us the menus and then disappeared for quite a few minutes
081 Cafe: Good Food, Disappointing Service Visited 081 Cafe on Friday night, November 29th. The restaurant far from packed, only two other parties were there; plenty of empty tables and no real pressure on the floor. The food was good: well-executed, tasty, and generous portions. Kitchen is doing everything right. Service was the letdown. Our male server took the order promptly, then vanished. He checked on us a couple of times the entire meal. Water glasses stayed empty, brought my own bottle of wine, he simply left a couple of glasses and walked away. The overall vibe was oddly dismissive, like we were an inconvenience and should feel grateful just to be served. Overall: 2.5/5 stars. The food is good enough to maybe bring me back, the indifferent (almost rude) service was hard to excuse. Great cooking, shame about the “you should feel lucky we're serving you” attitude.
Wanted to like this very chic neighborhood Italian restaurant with nice server, but the food was just awful. It's not conceivable that the food could be as bad as it was. That's why I was probably able to get a 7:30 reservation at 7pm on a Saturday night. Very sad
This place offers great food, excellent service, and the perfect atmosphere for catching up with friends.
Did not acknowledge the reservation. Placed people as they came in even when they did not have reservation. Never clearly communicated when we'll get table. Complete chaos.
Wanted to try it since it changed hands awhile back. New Staff/ownership was not at all welcoming when we arrived. Most of them seemed like they didn't want to be there. Food was very good, service mediocre. Seemed like the waiter had very little assistance and also wasn't particularly concerned that our pasta entrees took forever.
Room is nice, if a little loud when busy; food was good; service was just a bit slow.
Only thing I didn't like was the waiter taking the cork after opening our wine (the restaurant is BYO), which meant we had to carry out and drive home with an open bottle.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Always a great spot. We are regulars and live nearby.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cute little place for lunch with friends
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great Food
Amazing service
Calm and upscale atmosphere
I would highly recommend ordering the truffle pasta it was something special , I will not forget
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was outstanding. Service very good. Brought some friends visiting from out of town. They said was one of the best Italian meals they have had.
Restaurantji Recommends
Perfect!food was delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Overall the food, service and atmosphere at this location is amazing. The menu is perfect and they let you order as you go if you want. Perfect location, beautiful decor etc. Give this local place a try.
We enjoyed. We will try again. We did not love everything that we ordered. The octopus appetizer was saturated with a tomato based sauce and whereas the sauce was tasty we didn't love it all over the octopus. Maybe this is an hour fault for not recognizing that's how it would be served on from the menu. The stuffed artichoke appetizer head far too many bread crumbs and just wasn't soft and tender enough and a bit dry actually. I got the homemade truffle Propel with mushrooms and it was absolutely delicious. The sauce was a little heavy but it was done amazingly and I loved it. We also had another fish dish that was quite good and then we finished with the krapfen dessert and it was yummy. The pizza look amazing and hopefully we will get that as an appetizer next time we were there and then we will find something else to try. I want to give this place another chance as we did like it we just didn't love it but we think if we get the right things could become regulars
I ordered one of the specials. The veal Ragu over a string pasta. I don't remember what kind of pasta. There was no sauce. Just shredded clumps of veal with the consistency of baby food in a brown gravy. It was incredibly salty. The portion was small. Which in this case ended up being a good thing. The stuffed artichoke was good and we split a dessert but the bill with tip was $75 For each of us, which was ridiculous.
Delicious food and a nice table. Waitress did not check back very often.When it came to dessert, she handed us the menus and then disappeared for quite a few minutes
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