Crocodile Cafe
(626) 768-3307
140 S Lake Ave
(at Between E Green Street and Cordova Street)
Pasadena,
CA
91101
34.1435
-118.1322
Neighborhood: South Pasadena
Hours:
Sun-Thu 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat 11am-11am
Price:
$
Last updated 7.02.09
What People Are Saying About Crocodile Cafe
The Owner
Crocodile Cafe
Owner
The Crocodile Cafe features California cuisine, boasting a style of cooking that uses only the freshest ingredients with creative marinades, vinaigrettes and salsas. Simply prepared over an Oakwood grill, familiar favorites like pizzas, pastas, burgers and salads are transformed into dishes that are absolutely delicious.
Our famous burger is cooked to your liking over our Oakwood grill and served with the works. Our homemade pasta is always served with sauces made from scratch daily. Even our lemonade is fresh-squeezed and made to order. We offer a large selection of California wine by the glass as well as micro and brewed beers on tap. Our gourmet pizzas are hand-tossed, topped with fresh ingredients and baked in our wood-fired Oakwood pizza oven.
The Editor
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Citysearch
The Scene
Wannabe wacky décor, exposed brick walls decked with modern canvases and an open kitchen with loopy tile mosaic set the stage for high school dates, family dinners and office workers' lunch breaks.
The Food
The Croc bridges the culinary generation gap. Mom and Dad can get eclectic with dishes like oakwood-grilled salmon bathed in a guajillo sauce while the kids can wolf down their beloved burgers and curly fries. Culinary epiphanies are unlikely but the food is consistent and the prices right, with most entrees hovering around $10. If you only try one dish, chow down on the three-section pizza, a chewy wood-fired crust layered with sections from the barbecue chicken, sausage and pepperoni and four-cheese pies. Occasionally, the fusion doesn't work--like the grilled Cuban chicken breast flecked with the vaguely Indian cinnamon and raisins, but usually it's fun, fast food.
User Reviews
GlosPolek
October 18, 2008
We decided to try Crocodile Cafe after walking past full dining tables on evening strolls. We knew it was a chain restaurant but the crowds drew our curiousity. The burgers tasted like they had been marinated in liquid smoke and the buns were cheap and fell apart. The fries were extremely salty. The meat in the BBQ pork sandwich was good but the presentation of the dish was a hot sloppy mess on a hard hoggie bun. It was very busy and took nearly 45 minutes to receive any food. Save your money eat at home.
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CaliforniaT
July 27, 2008
I like the location, it's so Californian, it's what I used to watch on TV in New Jersey and think "That's what California is about, sunshine and hot chicks! I'm moving there!" Oh forgot, I'm married, ahem, "That's what California is about, sunshine and friendly people!". The food isn't bad, it's clean and healthy, very fresh California Cuisine, I get the concept, what I didn't get is being in a table that obviously didn't belong there, it was if if they placed it in the middle of a model runway, except the wait staff are the ones strutting their stuff, and we're being bumped around like airline passengers in heavy turbulence. .I like the food, I want to go there again, I'd just wish they'd either expand it , or give more space for the patrons.
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wam08
July 02, 2008
This restaurant is one of the better family dining chains. The food is probably the best of all its competitors(better than applebees, olive garden, sizzler, etc) and has more of an interesting selection of choices without over doing it. Great portions and decent prices. I would even choose this restaurant over its "nicer" neighbors smittys and green st because I think the food is better for what you pay - - I will go somewhere not a chain if i actually want fine dining.
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Restaurant Special Features:
Family-Friendly Dining, Online Reservations
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Message from Crocodile Cafe
- Two L.A. locations
- Speciality pizzas and pasta
- Microbrews and wine
The Crocodile Cafe features California cuisine, boasting a style of cooking that uses only the freshest ingredients with creative marinades, vinaigrettes and salsas. Simply prepared over an Oakwood grill, familiar favorites like pizzas, pastas, burgers and salads are transformed into dishes that are absolutely delicious.
Our famous burger is cooked to your liking over our Oakwood grill and served with the works. Our homemade pasta is always served with sauces made from scratch daily. Even our lemonade is fresh-squeezed and made to order. We offer a large selection of California wine by the glass as well as micro and brewed beers on tap. Our gourmet pizzas are hand-tossed, topped with fresh ingredients and baked in our wood-fired Oakwood pizza oven.
