Nutshell Cafe

3 Reviews on “Nutshell Cafe”

• Marquezcarmen05

  Eating at the nutshell cafe. My family an I had a really great time at the nutshell cafe. We went with my grandmother an my mother the experience we had is unforgettable . The waitresses were amazing . The food was delicious. By all means the service was outstanding the food was on time an the waitresses were always on the floor the restaurant it self is very cozy an the service an tasty food is a reason to never forget the nutshell . I will be back sooner then i think. If it was up to me i wouldn’t cook at home . I could see myself eating at the nutshell cafe every night…. thank you guys for the wonderful hospitality …

  May 9, 2015, 7:05 pm

  Log in to Reply
• Kristalmayuri05

  Eating at the nutshell cafe. My family an I had a really great time at the nutshell cafe. We went with my grandmother an my mother the experience we had is unforgettable . The waitresses were amazing . The food was delicious. By all means the service was outstanding the food was on time an the waitresses were always on the floor the restaurant it self is very cozy an the service an tasty food is a reason to never forget the nutshell . I will be back sooner then i think. If it was up to me i wouldn’t cook at home . I could see myself eating at the nutshell cafe every night…. thank you guys for the wonderful hospitality …

  May 9, 2015, 7:04 pm

  Log in to Reply
• Coffee_wake

  A mixed review. I went to the Nutshell with some friends in the past month and we all saw some good and some bad things in the experience.Good Things:- The spices and flavors in our food was great. I got a seafood dish with a little heat in it and it was very tasty. Others had seafood pasta or paella or steak dishes that they all agreed had interesting and tasty seasoning.- Small, intimate environment.- The bar was in a separate room, which segregated some of the conversation/noise from the dining area.- The wine menu features some Portuguese wines, which is a nice thing we don’t see everywhere, and makes sense considering it’s a Portuguese restaurant.Bad Things:- The service was BEYOND SLOW. We had to wait an excessive amount of time for appetizers, then another excessive amount of time for entrees. Not just a little slow–REALLY slow. Don’t go here if you’re trying to catch a movie later on or something. I get the feeling this is normal for them too because the restaurant was not busy and the waitresses while polite were not apologetic–seems like the status quo?- At one point the waitresses were re-setting tables around us (with no one else eating in the room), yet they were completely ignoring dirty plates on our table for over half an hour. At one point I stacked a bunch of the plates at the edge of the table and eventually they did pick them up, but they still walked past them several times before taking the cue. I mean, come on, this is Waitressing 101. – Another waitressing/pacing thing we thought was odd–we ordered a couple appetizers and then a couple of us ordered salads, but the salads came out before the appetizers leaving over half the table hungry and a little confused.- While the food was flavorful, everyone at the table commented that their protein was at least a little overcooked (if not moderately overcooked). We didn’t complain because it took forever to get the food in the first place and we were all starving by that point.Neutral-ish Things:- The price point for most entrees is $20-$30 a plate. It seems reasonable considering that there’s a lot of seafood offerings and the portions are generous (but proteins should be cooked more precisely considering the price points, in our opinion).- If you order a caesar salad, they don’t mix the dressing in, rather they serve it on the side. I can see some people hating this, but I thought it wasn’t a bad thing for the health-conscious person. We were a little surprised that this is automatically how they do it, but I guess it’s fine.- Most entrees come with potatoes and rice, which perhaps is just a Portuguese thing but was a little unexpected for some of us who didn’t anticipate two starches. It’s something to note if you plan to go.- The environment was cozy but almost too dark. We realized part way through that there was a ceiling light bulb or two that was out. It might sound like a minor detail but it’s a small restaurant, so every bit of light kind of counts and it seemed strange that no one on staff noticed this.

  October 16, 2012, 5:38 pm

  Log in to Reply