Scaffidi's Restaurant & Tavern — Restaurant in Steubenville

I’m giving the food a 1 because I loved the olive oil and garlic and bread, that was given to the table, it was delicious. But the bread wasn’t fresh or homemade, I got the meatball appetizer with was good, but they give you frozen (I’m gonna guess Kroger) garlic bread, that they don’t toast enough. And they put it in the sauce of the meatballs, so the already soggy garlic bread is now way to soggy to take home with you: I think with different homemade bread on the side that appetizer would be well worth the price. Then I ordered the chicken parm sandwich. With a side salad, we’ll the salad was good quality, it wasn’t just your typical small family owned restaurant bed of iceberg. It was spring mix. But the house balsamic was gross. It was veeeeery thick. And almost slime like, it didn’t pour out of the little side dish, rather than clump out, my friend ordered the chicken panini. It just didn’t look appetizing at all: and she brought me chicken parmigiana instead of the chicken parm sandwich. Which I didn’t even care. Because he was the ONLY server there, and had a restaurant full! Plus NO bartender. So she was making drinks waiting tables, NO host!! So she was all over doing everything. So when she sat it in front of me I didn’t even tell her: I actually felt bad she was so over worked. Of course she’s going to make the mistakes. What she gave me was edible I guess. But the pasta was over cooked and the “chicken” was literally a chicken tender (frozen) on a bed of VERY over cooked pasta. I’ve worked in the food industry for years, I am also very passionate about food as a person. My dream is to become a restaurant owner myself and am on my way to culinary school. And this whole experience other than the oil and bread they got somewhere else was horrible. Everything is either frozen or no homemade. DEFINITELY not authentic Italian food!!! The server was a trooper tho!!! Probably the only good thing (other than the oil) about this place!! She was trying her best with a restaurant full and some weird guy just walking around looking at everyone!!! I wish I remembered her name!! But it was Friday April 26th at 11am (opening time ) when we got there. She deserves a raise or a...

Prices were good. Everyone at the table said their food was great. The appetizers were good as well. Although our bread sticks were somewhat bland tasting and the side salad was made up of things that should only be used for garnish.

Things that bother me but do not have to do with the food:

The bathrooms were kind of weird. First you push a door that leads you into an intersection, left is men's and right is women's. Inside the bathroom is was clean, although the sink was not automatic but the soap dispenser was (should be the other way around if you ask me). There was one of those fancy xlerator hand dryers but there was only one and no other way to dry your hands. This sucks because in the men's you have to pull the door open to leave. And after going out of this door you still have to pull open the second door separating the bathrooms and the restaurant. Eww. I noticed that on the women's bathroom the handle was the other way, meaning you had to push it to leave. But you still have to pull on the second door. Overall the bathroom situation grossed me out. The only other thing that I did not like about this place is that I did not understand the theme. It was just weird to me.

In the end I would come back here. The food was good!.Although I will be sure to try my hardest to not use...

Terrible service and terrible food. Came in and had to wait a good ten minutes before an employee showed up to seat us for lunch. I had the Alfredo, husband the chicken parm and mother in law the fish. The food came out and the waitress dropped it on and literally disappeared from the face of God's green earth. The chicken parm was barely edible, the fish was inedible and smelled awful, but the true gem was the Alfredo. The sauce was congealed and half the plate was burnt from clearly sitting under a heat lamp. Took one bite and the pasta was raw. How they managed to both not cook the pasta and burn it at the same time is truly a marvel of ineptitude. My mother in law was not happy to put in mildly and we waited patiently for the waitress to come check on us. It never happened. Mother in law walked around the restaurant and even into the kitchen, shouting "HELLO?". The waitress magically appeared a half hour later and when we told her about the food her response was, "Well, I didn't cook it!". I was dumbfounded. I will happily celebrate when this place goes out of business. It's a shame considering the economic state of the city. Stay...