Tomato Bar & Bistro — Restaurant in Pittston

Two strikes and we're done with this place. There is never anyone to seat you or greet you at the door. No sign saying to seat yourself so we've witnessed many people standing at the door not knowing what to do and never ever being acknowledged. We end up going to the bar to ask what they want us to do, which we shouldn't have to do. Last night was atrocious. We eventually seated ourselves and then we're then told food would be about 45 minutes. We said ok, no problem and ordered drinks. There was no drink menu given to us, which was annoying. The server came back around and said she couldn't put food orders in yet. Ok. We waited. After one more drink and no one acknowledging us for over 30 minutes we went up to the bar to get the bill, pay and get the hell out of there. We always tip, but tonight we didn't because why would we? When you say 45 minute wait for food that sounds like you would order and get the food in 45 minutes. Not that you can order in 45 minutes and wait longer. We ended waiting well over an hour without getting to order and decided we had enough. We even saw another table who came in after us getting food. The place is a joke. It looked like there was one bartender and one server for the inside part of the restaurant. Either they don't want to pay people to work, or people don't want to work there. When we left we walked between the buildings and down an alley to get to our car. The door to the kitchen is on that side. We saw one of the cooks sitting outside the door smoking and I on his phone with blue gloves on. That is beyond disgusting. So he cooks with those gloves on then goes outside to smoke and talk on the phone. Then goes back in and cooks with those dirty gloves. Does he use the bathroom with those gloves on too? Does he even wash his hands at all? Makes you wonder about the cleanliness of this place. We will never go back. Customers don't matter and the kitchen staff are obviously not trained in cross...

Chef has some very creative items on the menu. Love it, gives me a chance to try new things. They had sweet and spicy buffalo wing bites with black and white truffle oil. Being someone who loves truffle oil I wanted to give them a try. The chef did not disappoint. They were 'Beyond' out of this world ....you could really taste the Truffle oil when you bit into them. The menu claimed they were infused with it.That was the decision to rate these Wing bites as five star! The sweet and spicy buffalo sauce was tasty too. A bit different than the Ho hum everyday sauce many other places use. Tasted hand crafted. The garden salad was very large and fresh. A wonderful balsamic vinaigrette which we chose from the various dressings was served on the side. Our main dish was crab cakes 8 oz each two of them with a side of Old Bay seasoned fries. Both of us thought the fries were amazing. However we had different takes on the crab cakes. My partner likes standard crab cakes which these were not. They were lighter and had a smoky taste to them and were broiled. I found them quite intriguing. They were placed on a bed of sriracha mayonnaise. Be forewarned, this place does not carry tartar sauce or the standard red seafood sauce if that's what you look for. Forgot to take pictures of the glasses but they had a nice full fill on the wine and beer. Bathrooms were clean and well kept. Ample parking in the area. The help was pleasant but seem to be very strapped with the crowd indoors. Probably why the outside tables were not wiped as clean as they could be they had obvious drink rings and things left on them that is why they didn't get a five star for atmosphere or service . We sat downstairs outside which was nice. it would have been Pleasant if not for the hatch of gnats that were swarming the area and also invaded a very close by Church picnic. Obviously not the restaurants fault.... that we had to blame on...

I went there with a friend to have dinner and was mildly disappointed. I ordered drunken clams as an appetizer and they were really very good but there were three out of the 15 that didn't open all the way and so I didn't eat them because the muscles that hold the shell together were never released. My friend brought this to the waiters attention and we received quite a rude response. Apparently the kitchen staff told them because the shells were cracked they were fine to eat. I really was being Pleasant about it and told them not to worry I would just take my second course no harm no foul. My second course was boneless bites and they really didn't deliver much value for the price. It is not the Tomato Bar I remember from years ago. Not a fan,...