Cafe Volare — Restaurant in Enid

I'll start like this, I wish I could give Café Volare 10 stars. 5 is just not enough for this experience.

The location, the building, the decor I'll let you experience that without me spoiling it. I'm going to talk about the food and the customer service.

The Staff here truly sets the bar like no other establishment I've been to in Enid. You are met with a warm feeling, genuine smiles, friendly faces. It's a place where you feel like those in the know have been keeping this a secret.

Since my visit was voted on by the town to visit ( a Landslide of votes) One of the Owners Kaycee had my wife and I start with a flight of their coffees. I will say this, and also not ruin this experience for you but... ( Black Forest) coffee. It makes sense when you find out the Business Partners of Café Volare also are the owners of one of the towns most successful coffee shops Davinci's. This is a Big Brain move, they're playing you like a fiddle. These Culinary Manipulators knew the Hypnosis roller coaster they are about to put on you. Which brings me to the food.

Apparently they found this Wizard (Chef de cuisine, Head Chef, Mr Hesston) from the old world and time traveled him to this one we live in. Let me tell you... As someone who has the resume, I went to Culinary School, I come from a long list of Sicilian Restaurant Owners and have over 25 years experience myself. I say all this first because mastering the dishes they have is no easy task. They had no idea my favorite breakfast is eggs benedict. People who think hollandaise sauce is a simple thing to make. Truthfully, have probably never had it correct, nor at this level.

I will stop rambling and get to the dishes.

Benny Flight.

The Veggie Benny. 9.1 The mushrooms were truly perfect and had so much depth in flavor. The Basil Pesto with Spinach is like the air traffic control tower clearing your palate for takeoff.

Nashville Hot Chicken Benedict. 9.6 This is where the Chef - Mr Hesston tells "you sit down children, class is about to begin" Let me explain here. The balance, between good and evil in this is remarkable. Nailing sweet and spicy is one thing, doing it with hollandaise sauce, and creamy egg yolks is an entirely different thing. This Chef is built different.

The Nova Lox Benedict 9.7! This is where the Chef Erases your previous experiences with Eggs Benedict and escorts you from coach to 1st Class. This soft mini bagel that still has texture to hold up the cream cheese, the smoked salmon, the decadent hollandaise sauce, the capers, the pickled red onions to perfection, the cucumbers, the fresh dill..... THE WHAT did you do to my (face) you put on after your first bite. Yes, this is what I call a Masterpiece.

I wasn't asked to write this, and for sure was not paid, it's the thing you do when 2 weeks after you visited the establishment and you still think about it. Anytime someone says, Let's grab lunch, I'm immediately thinking Benny Flight, I'm ready to have my brain melted again.

I purposely Did not talk about the Best Pork Bahn Mi Sandwich I've ever had because I don't think the Bible needed another book added to it. One day, I will meet Chef Hesston and I will say to him, "How Dare you make me that Sandwich after a benny Flight". lol. It was mean, rude, and wrong. My brother called me after seeing the Video I posted about Café Volare and said Tell me about that Bahn Mi. I said 9.9. It was perfect.

To have Owners and Chefs pushing the limits of dishes that even a Perkins and Denny's has? Should be the biggest sign they know you have not experienced it the way they will show you. The Journey they take you on, is Magical.

Forgive my grammar, I'm no writer. Just a...

Cafe Volare has become one of my MUST VISIT places in Enid. I travel into town on a frequent basis, and the food and service are always great. The servers are kind, attentive, and detail oriented.

The food always has great and interesting flavors, it's an experience on its own.

On my first visit, I was tempted to call the place pretentious or bougie. However, even then, the flavor of the Blue cheese burger rapidly changed my mind.

The word that comes to mind now when I think of Cafe Volare is BESPOKE.

There is a deserved air of difference between bougie and bespoke. They provide flavors and a simple dining experience to be savored and enjoyed. Stop by when you have the time to enjoy the experience (not that you need to wait. The service is great). It's just nice to slow down and enjoy the little touches that elevate the savory experience.

Today, I was confronted with the delema of the Nashville hot Benedict or a special of Coffee Cake Pancakes, I knew the special was a limited time thing...

Wow, just wow!!

They needed no syrup, and they weren't drowning in the coffee cake topping. The wonderful taste of the pancakes still came through, but the butter and coffee cake topping, sigh. Words don't cut it.

Come and enjoy the experience.

(Update)

9 months later, this is still one of my favorite places to visit.

I would recommend making reservations if you are coming during the typical lunch hours during the week and especially if you are coming during the prime brunch hours on the weekend. A few new faces in the staff, yet, the service has been maintained, and the food continues to exceed my hopes.

If you're in Enid and reading this, quit reading and go experience it. It's...

This was a disappointing experience for my fiancé and I. We were hoping for a nice brunch place in Enid, but what we ended up with was a Enid-quality brunch in Enid. The service was slow. Very slow for a place with limited seating. We were never given silverware or napkins until we asked. And when we first asked for "napkins" hoping to hint at needing silverware and towels, we were given a confused look and eventually brought a stack of bar napkins. After brunch arrived, when we asked for silverware, there was more confusion on the fact that we hadn't been given a roll of silverware. I ran out of water quickly. It was about 20 minutes before any offered me more, at which time both our waitress and the host offered to get me more water; however, it was 10 more minutes before the waitress again realized I was out of water and finally brought more. The cocktails were fine, a bit bland. But the food was poor. The beignets were recommended, but came out burnt on the outside and crumbly in the middle, which if you've ever had a beignet you would know is not even close. So I don't know if these were a bad batch, or if they just don't know how they're supposed to be. The chicken on the chicken and waffles was spicy but otherwise flavorless, and the waffle was the opposite of the beignets: undercooked and soggy, which made it a poor foundation for the chicken. My fiancé's BLT was fine, but really only saved in being flavorful by the goat cheese. The fries were unremarkable. That would all be understandable, in Enid, if it didn't cost as much as a fantastic brunch in OKC, or any reasonable city, but $86 for a couple drinks and poor food in Enid is just a major...