I am very to report that Cafe Sams is closed after 30 years of delicious food and good service
K Pras
Very quiet place. Good service. Somewhat pricey. Not very spicy.
Cindy W.
Stopped here yesterday to meet a friend for dinner. Had nice rooftop seating as the weather was great. I ordered the CAJUN CHICKEN CAESAR SALAD with Parm cheese. What I received was some sort of odd salad with leaf lettuce, red onions, tomatoes, olives, cranberries, cantaloupe, honey dew, pineapple and some oddly coated cold chicken. I did not get any romaine lettuce or parm or croutons. The server returned some 20+ minutes later and asked how things were, and I asked her what she had served me and she was quite puzzled, and said she must have placed the wrong order. She offered to make me another but at this point I said no, I'd just pick on this one as my friend was nearly finished eating, and she said she'd try to adjust the bill. Well the bill came and not a dime was reduced. I am sadly disappointed no steps were taken to rectify their mistake. So, I ended up charged $9.95 for a barely edible odd salad. Please note, this is why you were only tipped 10% on a nearly $30.00 check.
Jordan B.
The first sign should have been an empty room. I ordered a steak take out. For being a New York strip, it had no flavor and was tough. The sides looked old and were not appetizing. The fork and knife provided were of the cheapest quality and made eating the steak interesting since the knife couldn't cut even into the steak. I would not recommend this place to anyone.
Megan S.
We are visiting Pittsburgh for the weekend and someone recommended this for a quick bite to eat. The entire place smelled like sewage. It was really bad.
Ahmad R.
Nothing special. Beef tips in the pasta were underwhelming. Very ordinary. Service was nice though
Seungho Yu
Great food! I absolutely recommend this place. Not over priced and great services.
Christian Gineste
Beautiful setting, excellent food, and fantastic service. Highly recommend.
Brian Wachowicz
Eccentrically decorated. Gourmet food at a reasonable price. The wait staff is super friendly and will often bring out a sample of ordeurve during the meal.
Marv G.
Simply one of the most bizarre dining experiences I've ever had. Food wasn't terrible, but not very good either. Complimentary strawberry soup?? Pasta and red sauce served with sliced kiwi on top?? Bizarre. Sat on the upstairs outdoor rooftop, which was charmingly decorated with dead plants and flowers in plastic Miller lite cups and looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years. If anything, it was memorable.
Food is always pretty good. Upscale I'd say. We go for the Pittsburgh Piping Society meetings every month (great trad. music and a really good time)
Jay B.
This is a hidden hide away with great food. With personalized dishes cafe sam's amazed my taste buds. The dining room is severely out of date, everything in there is from a different era. The service was sporadic and kinda of odd at some points. I think the waitress didn't have much experience, she seemed kind of young. Overall the food was great and I'll probably be going back to try it again
Kate R.
The food is below par and you are limited to two mixed drinks. The decor is odd and outdated. In need of Gordon Ramsey!!!!!
Joy B.
We went to Cafe Sam to celebrate 2 birthdays. Service was slow. Downstairs was not to busy. Four out of seven meals were unedible. Steaks we found out were from last week for Valentines Day. The steaks were tough needless to say. No bread. I had to ask for our salads. Manger Dan really was passive in talking to us. He did give us alcoholic drinks which was nice but I don't drink alcohol. The only thing that was great was conversation with friends.
Aaron C.
The first sign that something was up was the menu having items not even remotely Italian. Though so be it, why not mix things up? Then, it took a long time to get the food after being seated, about 1 hour. Even if we waited a little while to order, that was still a long time. The food. It was food. Good food? Not so much, but food it was. Either bland, a bit too cooked or just not at all how you'd expect somethings to be prepared. I've had plenty of good Italian food, great food even, and while I wasn't expecting that, this still fell well below my expectations. The good news, our waitress Brianna (SP?) was great. She was attentive and while busy at times, was always on point. I appreciated the effort to correct or improve things that we didn't like and the complimentary drinks, though given the long wait for food and the poor food quality, I wouldn't go back. Three stars for the staff and effort.
I am very to report that Cafe Sams is closed after 30 years of delicious food and good service
Very quiet place. Good service. Somewhat pricey. Not very spicy.
Stopped here yesterday to meet a friend for dinner. Had nice rooftop seating as the weather was great. I ordered the CAJUN CHICKEN CAESAR SALAD with Parm cheese. What I received was some sort of odd salad with leaf lettuce, red onions, tomatoes, olives, cranberries, cantaloupe, honey dew, pineapple and some oddly coated cold chicken. I did not get any romaine lettuce or parm or croutons. The server returned some 20+ minutes later and asked how things were, and I asked her what she had served me and she was quite puzzled, and said she must have placed the wrong order. She offered to make me another but at this point I said no, I'd just pick on this one as my friend was nearly finished eating, and she said she'd try to adjust the bill. Well the bill came and not a dime was reduced. I am sadly disappointed no steps were taken to rectify their mistake. So, I ended up charged $9.95 for a barely edible odd salad. Please note, this is why you were only tipped 10% on a nearly $30.00 check.
The first sign should have been an empty room. I ordered a steak take out. For being a New York strip, it had no flavor and was tough. The sides looked old and were not appetizing. The fork and knife provided were of the cheapest quality and made eating the steak interesting since the knife couldn't cut even into the steak. I would not recommend this place to anyone.
We are visiting Pittsburgh for the weekend and someone recommended this for a quick bite to eat. The entire place smelled like sewage. It was really bad.
Nothing special. Beef tips in the pasta were underwhelming. Very ordinary. Service was nice though
Great food! I absolutely recommend this place. Not over priced and great services.
Beautiful setting, excellent food, and fantastic service. Highly recommend.
Eccentrically decorated. Gourmet food at a reasonable price. The wait staff is super friendly and will often bring out a sample of ordeurve during the meal.
Simply one of the most bizarre dining experiences I've ever had. Food wasn't terrible, but not very good either. Complimentary strawberry soup?? Pasta and red sauce served with sliced kiwi on top?? Bizarre. Sat on the upstairs outdoor rooftop, which was charmingly decorated with dead plants and flowers in plastic Miller lite cups and looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years. If anything, it was memorable.
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Food is always pretty good. Upscale I'd say. We go for the Pittsburgh Piping Society meetings every month (great trad. music and a really good time)
This is a hidden hide away with great food. With personalized dishes cafe sam's amazed my taste buds. The dining room is severely out of date, everything in there is from a different era. The service was sporadic and kinda of odd at some points. I think the waitress didn't have much experience, she seemed kind of young. Overall the food was great and I'll probably be going back to try it again
The food is below par and you are limited to two mixed drinks. The decor is odd and outdated. In need of Gordon Ramsey!!!!!
We went to Cafe Sam to celebrate 2 birthdays. Service was slow. Downstairs was not to busy. Four out of seven meals were unedible. Steaks we found out were from last week for Valentines Day. The steaks were tough needless to say. No bread. I had to ask for our salads. Manger Dan really was passive in talking to us. He did give us alcoholic drinks which was nice but I don't drink alcohol. The only thing that was great was conversation with friends.
The first sign that something was up was the menu having items not even remotely Italian. Though so be it, why not mix things up? Then, it took a long time to get the food after being seated, about 1 hour. Even if we waited a little while to order, that was still a long time. The food. It was food. Good food? Not so much, but food it was. Either bland, a bit too cooked or just not at all how you'd expect somethings to be prepared. I've had plenty of good Italian food, great food even, and while I wasn't expecting that, this still fell well below my expectations. The good news, our waitress Brianna (SP?) was great. She was attentive and while busy at times, was always on point. I appreciated the effort to correct or improve things that we didn't like and the complimentary drinks, though given the long wait for food and the poor food quality, I wouldn't go back. Three stars for the staff and effort.