Valentino's Cafe — Restaurant in Lancaster Township

This place has two unique personalities. If you are looking for an old-timey neighborhood bar vibe, this is your place. Once you get past the fun-drunk locals sitting on the front porch, yucking it up, having a good time, and you figure out which door to use to get in the building, you'll find a big, boisterous party inside. Everybody knows everybody. Lots of laughs. Lots of rude humor. You better be comfortable with cigarette and cigar smoke. This place reeks of it. Decades of hardcore smoking has soaked into the building's pores.The establishment is split down the middle so the bar side can still legally allow smoking. Unfortunately this stench wafts over to the restaurant through a big open door.

Personality two is the quiet basic mom-and-pop restaurant with a no-nonsense menu and friendly servers. There are just a few tables pushed along the walls hung with old photos and memorabilia. The fare consists of iceberg lettuce salads and LOTS of bread and pasta (the only thing on the menu without wheat is a really basic antipasto salad...served with a side of bread). They have weekly specials that the locals seem to enjoy. My grandparents used to haunt this place back in the day. Trust me, it hasn't changed AT ALL. Depending on who you are, that can be charming or disgusting. Check it out for the experience.

Easy in, easy out. Huge parking lot. Good prices. Experienced and...

First time coming to Valentino’s and I was blown away at the experience. It’s certainly your friendly neighborhood dive bar, but with class. Everyone that comes in here is a regular and knows each other. They all jab at each other and it gives off a family vibe. My wife and I just sat there and listened to the old heads talk smack to each other. The food was also better than expected. The chicken parm and garlic bread was quality food. The prices for food and drinks are super reasonable too. When we left, random people were saying bye like they knew us for years. One of the coolest bar experience...

Valentino’s has been in Lancaster for many years and probably will be here for many more. Not your typical bar. Go here for cheap beer and a plate full of delicious spaghetti. It hits the spot and is refreshing in a world dotted with new, hip bars. Here you can be “at home” and eat filling delicious food, along side a PBR or Yeungling, and it won’t cost you a fortune. Very local spot, don’t go here if you want sophisticated and hip. I’ll be...