Cafe Michelangelo — Restaurant in Philadelphia

The caprecai salad was overall bland. The little amount of basil on it was few and far between. No additional flavor. Had to add salt and pepper. Served on a bed of lettuce

The polenta was bland as well. And little lumpy. But I'm not holding that against them. The lumpy. The sauce was very good and would be great against a background of pasta to engage the eater but the polenta got lost and with its bland taste dissappear ed in the dish to be nothing more then a textural item

As the main dish is concered. Overall it was salty but in a good way. The worst offender to the dish I cannot decide. Either the sautéed veggies or the sauce. The veggies were sautéed over a gas range and you can taste an off taste concerning them. The red wine deme glaze was very salty and while it definitely helped the roaster potatoes it overpowered most of the dish. Supra singly enough the star if the dish was the bone. The amount of the meat on the bone was amazing. The char on the bine meat was perfect and complimented the medium veal perfectly but there wasn't enough of it.

The ratio of fat to meat on the veal was high but no much so and added a textural and flavoring difference to the meat which came as a welcome supries. The sauce tho was abismal in such that it was a salty dark demiglase.that was more like a pool the a drizzel. This dish would of been better if the veal was charred using the demi glaze to enhance the veal then to over power it.

The roasted potatoes were perfect as they were but with the demiglase pool on the plate. They were ruined.

Overall it was an OK dush better to serve the veal alone with the side dishes o the own plates.

Everyth I ng needed seasoning

The bread here is absolute amazing. Much more dense the traditional white bread. It's soft and moist not dry and crumbly like most rewtrauants. It's only downside is that it's served with commercial butter and would definitely be impressed upon with a whipped butter or even an oil accuremount

The decorations are definitely give that outdoor feel but the tables could use some sort of candel. It's dark overall. If you have glasses or are hard to see in the dark bring a flashlight.candels would definitely be an improvement. Tables are ordained with the normal bland salt and pepper shakers. And commercial sugar packet jolder. Plastic checkered table cloth decorate every table.

At night one can see into the other areas of the restaurant where storage is kept for holiday decorating. Or storage.

I was seated by the window and despite it being in the teens I was still warm. Water glasses are plastic. Olive garden at least give you glass.

The one blessing is that it is quite and on a Tuesday at 9-10pm hour I'm greatful

O. Suggestion to the waitress I ordered the crem brule with a sparkle whine,percecco.

I'm dissapointed. While the burnt sugar top is warm and great the Brule is cold inside. Which detracts from the dish over all. The waitress is right with the percecco this and contrasting greatly with the dish cutting thru the sweetness if the dish.

It's served with a small cocktail spoon to enjoy in small quantities, an adiquite chhoice. The portion size is generous

The waitress is very accommodating abs does now her way around the menue. Wine included. Served me a reisiling to start and it WAS welcomed as a personal...

First off, the pizza here is great, one of the best in the area and I order here all the time. However, sometimes the service isn’t so great when it comes to ordering take-out. I called in tonight and someone answered and said “Café Michelangelo please hold” and then kept me on hold for 10 minutes. I was ordering while driving so the pizza can be ready by the time I got there, but I got there while still on the phone, still put on hold. I usually don’t write reviews and I tend to not act in such a bitter manner about things like this, but when I got there the lady who runs the take-out part of the restaurant was literally standing there. If she was busy I’d understand as it’s a Friday night, but she was doing absolutely nothing. I showed her my phone and said you put me on hold and never picked up again, LITERALLY showing her proof, and she tells me she never got a call. I then ordered a pizza and asked if I can please speak to a manager. She replied yes of course, and 8 minutes later another employee walks out with my pizza and the manager never showed. I find this to be very unprofessional, especially when a customer asks to speak to a manager. I’m guessing she didn’t want me to complain about her so she didn’t say anything to anyone and was hoping I would just leave with my pizza, which I did (the pizza is best when eaten hot and ASAP, it’s not nearly as good when it cools down). However, I’m writing this review, because of the incident. Like I said, I love the pizza there, but the service, at times is okay, but at times, expect to have not so great...

Usually this place is great however Xmas Eve was a disaster and a huge disappointment we got dinner for 4 ... we had a pick up time which was a joke ppl all waiting and complaining when we got there at 3:30 for a 3:45 pick up ppl were all waiting for the 3:15 and 3:330 pick up sad that we missed family because we were stuck waiting for food... the food now that was also horrible scallops for 4 were rubbery and not eatable the salad was brown unbelievable they gave us a salad that looked like that .. even the bread look like a piece fir one person.... we ordered lobster ravioli cdnt taste or find the lobster cut one open look like a paste again horrible.... even something we get often like chic park which we got only one order however I think they forgot to put the chicken in it as it was a small piece not like I’ve gotten in the past.. everything was wrong and we paid a lot of money to have our Christmas Eve ruined thank got pizza place was delivering... on a good not the cannoli was great!!! This place needs to redeem themselves to us the ppl ur servers know and us that frequently support our local restaurants in this day and age what is going on u can’t treat you customers like this PERIOD!!!!!!!!!! To pay that much and get what we got was horrible you guys need to fix it to many restaurants and bars competing for all our business you messed up big time ruined Xmas Eve for a few ppl... we ordered to make things easier not to ruin our holiday with spending a lot of money to then just...