Cafe Pasta and Grille
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The only thing good here is the wine because it makes me not think about the meal i just had. I gave this place and second shot and there is no way th…
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The food is awful! Nothing is fresh and comes out cold. Beware, if you have a gift certificate that someone bought for you they won't let you use a co…
Meredith Moore-Painter
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9 Reviews on “Cafe Pasta and Grille”
The food is awful! Nothing is fresh and comes out cold. Beware, if you have a gift certificate that someone bought for you they won’t let you use a coupon too? The decor is straight out of the late 80’s and the live music is probably the most amusing. The music is so bad it’s funny like a dog that is so ugly it’s cute.
WOW How could it be this bad?!. This place *used to be* good; the service was absolutely atrocious. my girlfriend received 3 different watered down beverages (two teas and one soda) in a row despite letting the waitress know. it took 15 minutes to get drink order filled, we didnt receive any bread till the food *finally* arrived after about 30 minutes (for lasagna, seriously). the live music was a joke (one guy played classic rock while the other guy played emo music). this is an italian restaurant….. when we politely let the waitress know that the performance was more than unreasonable, she didnt even make an attempt to apologize, etc. multiple tables received drinks, bread, and entrees before us despite the fact that we arrived much much sooner and ordered much simplier dishes. for a $13 plate of lasagna (which didnt even come with a salad), this was 1000% unacceptable. i will never be a patron of this restaurant and will make it my duty to let every single person know how lazy the staff and head chef are. i certainly understand now, why cafe pasta keeps running a groupon, because by the way they treated us, they must be getting ready to fold and close their doors. this review is going to put on every single review website i can find.
Don’t be fooled by the hip name and the online appearance (via Groupon, LivingSocial, etc.) of this otherwise boring, outdated and poorly managed restaurant. If you should go and wonder why no one else is dining there, you’ll know that this review was on point. The owner/front of house man comes across as a hustler. One doesn’t feel comfortable here due to this image that is conveyed; and also due to slothful service, lack of patronage, over cooked pasta and apparent use of lower quality ingredients utilized in their preparations. Additionally, make sure to inspect your check carefully at the end of your meal, as extra glasses of wine or an automatic gratuity charge can mysteriously find their way there. Shame, because when the place opened circa 1985, it was the hit of Greensboro. Fast forward to present day, and one may find it hard to believe how this establishment can continue to keep its doors open. Sorry, Cafe Pasta, but too many bad experiences have forced me to write and inform my fellow Spooners of your lackadaisical antics.
Phenomenal tasting food. I liked this place better than I like Olive Garden. Service was great, prices were great, good appetizers, the establishment was very clean and very nice setup. Only suggestions is more options on the menu, otherwise A+ restaurant for me!!
We had great food! We had purchased a coupon and went expecting the worst after reading the 2 reviews. We ordered traditional dishes: lasagna and chicken parmesana. Both were ample servings and very tasty. Service was great, too
As long as your expectations are low, you should be ok. The calamari didn’t make it’s way out so we just cancelled that. Temps on three ribeyes were off; undercooked. Lastly, my wife’s chicken parm for the 2nd visit in a row did not have light cheese, light sauce as requested. The owner wants it to be right, and really tries, but unfortunately it comes too late. I was embarrassed to have brought my parents and brother for the first time.
Cafe Pasta…a culinary embarrassment. Caf Pasta -305 State Street, Greensboro NC 27408We chose Caf Pasta as the perfect place to have our 1st anniversary dinner. It’s located just a few blocks from our house and we had a great new year’s dinner there. It still has the ambiance of a jazz bar but is cozy enough for dinner. They offer free event space and had a wedding party in the upstairs space during our visit. The menu arrived on an oversized, one-sided piece of well-worn card stock. The menu had obvious signs of wear and what appeared to be oil stains. I expect better first impressions from lower-end chains. For our appetizer, we selected the Tuscan Oil Dip which is listed as a blend of spices, garlic and cheeses. It arrived in an au gratin dish with a side of assorted rolls. I was delighted to find that this was not your typical seasoned oil dipper. It was more like marinara mixed with olive oil and cheese. My excitement quickly diminished as I found the cheeses were powdered parmesan and pre-grated asiago. The dish was also chilled and may have tasted slightly better having been warmed at least to room temperature. The accompanying rolls were stale, tasteless, and semi-frozen in the center.My boyfriend chose the Filet Oscar which he’d enjoyed during our new year’s dinner. The filet was ordered at medium but arrived glaringly rare, without crab meat topping, and lacking hollandaise sauce. Our server quickly returned the plate to the kitchen and apologized for the oversight. Unfortunately on its second arrival, the plate was equally disappointing. The filet, now re-cooked, was dry. The crab meat topping was brown and severely discolored. Needless to say the crab was not eaten. The hollandaise sauce was curdled and looked like chunky lemon pudding. This meal should not have been served to any guest under any circumstances. The visual clues alone should have been enough for someone in the staff to ask quality related questions. I was disappointed that the chef allowed it to leave the kitchen and that the server paid such little attention to the plate she carried.Advertisement I selected the chef’s special risotto with shrimp, sundried tomatoes, mushrooms and parmesan cheese. My entree arrived semi warm and did not look like the creamy dish I am accustomed to. I was offered a topping of preshreded parmesan cheese. Even Olive Garden has freshly grated cheese! My risotto, if you could call it that, was essentially sticky rice topped with sauted mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, and under cooked shrimp. There was no creamy sauce; the risotto was literally like paste. The one and only shrimp I dared to taste, was under cooked and was less than fresh.The restaurant owner stopped by our table several times and commented that I had not eaten my shrimp. My boyfriend mentioned that they were undercooked. The owner summoned our server and asked that she give me a dessert on the house. We found it interesting that there was no mention of my problem entre. Who said I wanted dessert anyway? Never one to turn down dessert, I selected the tiramisu. It arrived perfectly chilled and was the best tasting part of my meal. The mascarpone cheese was nicely whipped and the sponge cake was laced with just enough coffee liqueur. Overall our meal at Caf Pasta was a bust. We were disappointed that the meal was so terrible while our experience just a few weeks ago was so good. We’ve vowed to never go back. On our next anniversary we’ll go out for pizza