Roma Cafe

09/13/09

terrible food and service

by art1047 at Citysearch

I would never go there again !My sauce was watery and the steak was rare when I ordered it medium.I've been treated better by McDonald's wait staff.Save your money and the drive to an unsafe part of detroit.

• Pros: none
• Cons: parking,food,service

01/02/09

Old and Overrated

by letseatdinner at Citysearch

I've been to Roma Cafe a few times and have been disappointed each occasion. I've read the other reviews and have to agree that I think the experience is directly related to who you know and how well the staff knows you. Frequent visitors seem to get a great deal of attention, while everyone else suffers through a rough dinner with tight seating. The food is simple but did not impress me as having the homemade, fresh ingredients as promised. This place is old, stodgy and severely overrated. I'd go to Assaigi in Ferndale any day of the week but I'll never go back to this place.

• Pros: Location
• Cons: Food, atmosphere

11/08/08

If you are not a regular

by DocSeverin at Citysearch

I know a lot of people who frequent this establishment who rate it as one of the best italian

restaurants that they go to. I have to say that these people do have good taste but I have

to say my experience there seriously fell short. My girlfriend and I got seated in a cramped

corner next to a big party of people who occupied the attention of our tuxedo clad waiter the

whole night.

THE GOOD: Old world atmosphere. The bartender was amiable and made a good bloody mary. There were a lot of people there who looked like regulars and they looked like they were getting special treatment.

THE BAD: Seeking to impress my girlfriend at a highly rated Italian restaurant I ending up getting mad instead because the waiter ignored us all night and when our meals arrived (mine being Linguine w/ Clam sauce) the waiter dropped my dish down like he was giving me my prison meal. It was the most unimpressive Linguini I have ever had. It was like someone dumped some butter and a can of clams on it. Someone later told me that maybe that's because what I ordered is more of a northern Italian dish and not sicilian, so I guess I should have ordered something with a red sauce. What I found there is It depends on who you are pretty much. Expect to get treated as special if you ARE special (to them) That's why the reviews are so off balance.

• Pros: Atmosphere, the bar is good
• Cons: If your not important to them, then forget about service and food