San Gennaro Cafe

10/11/09

THE WORST RESTAURANT EVER

by eriklarsen at Citysearch

I used to actually like this place. Now it is AWFUL. And I think they raised their prices to make up for the 25% off they now have. Seafood lasagna was runny, barely had any seafood in it and came in a bowl (because it was so watery) and get this it cost $28.95! WOW. And it was a small portion too. Pizza was very average. I'd much rather go to Oak Fire Pizza at least they have $10 pizza on Sundays. And I ordered a salad which 10 minutes the later politely told me they were out of (out of a salad?) and asked if I wanted to order anything else. I was annoyed so I said I didnt want anything else but he never compd anything as a friendly gesture/token. An older guy in the back (maybe the owner) was very rude to people waiting for takeout. Our server was truly super nice but this restaurant sucks. There were flies inside, the balsamic vinegar leaked, there were fingerprints everywhere and the food was horrible. I will never go back. People need to stop blaming the economy for their businesses going belly up and start giving better food and better attitudes.

• Pros: waiter was friendly
• Cons: everything else

08/30/09

food is good and the staff is excellent

by AandJ Gerard at Citysearch

We eat here a few times a month. We frequently go for the 1/2 off Tuesday dinner, but we go any night when we just want to relax and have a nice, reasonably priced meal. Everything is very good, the pizza is superb. The wait staff is friendly to customers and to each other. That''s saying something on Tuesdays when they are mobbed for the 1/2 off dinner. All in all, they work very hard to make their customers comfortable and the kitchen staff does an excellent job. This is a wonderful place to go, expecially if you are hungry and exhausted. They will take good care of you.

• Pros: good food, good service, friendly wait staff,

05/07/09

Worst place ever

by Prikke at Citysearch

This place is simply just bad! Went there yesterday and it was one of the worst dinner experiences in a long time.

Our waiter was very old and not a bad word about that, but he was either senile or drunk. We waited 20 minutes to order and then 30 minutes for the food.

In the mean time we noticed that the staff was rolling their eyes and making faces at each-other after taking orders from the other customers. Apparently, it was 50% off that day and they were annoyed that people " only" wanted a pizza.

Then the food came and it was BAD, I had ordered a goat cheese salad with grilled chicken. On the menu it said mixed greens, but I guess at this place it means iceberg and romaine lettuce witch in my opinion isn't mixed greens. The chicken was extremely dry and cold. I called the waiter to send it back, he just looked at me and took my plate went up to the open kitchen and started pointing at me while talking to the cooks. Needless to say, this was very uncomfortable. Then a lady, I guess the manager comes down and tells me that this is how they serve it, and if I don't want it she will eat it for dinner, how rude it that?

While all of this happens, the old/drunk/senile waiter starts to open a bottle of wine at our table, WE ALREADY HAD A BOTTLE OF WINE?????

I mean, this was bad bad and bad.

We decided to leave and not eat the food and as a little bonus we waited 30 minutes for the bill and ended up paying at the counter!

• Cons: Food, service