Paba's Restaurant — Restaurant in Waterbury

I must say this because I have been in the food service industry for 40 years and things have changed a lot. Today there are standards that are essential. One of which is to wear gloves when handling ready to eat food. And to wash your hands frequently. As a chef I am held to a very high standard for the safety of our guests and just common sense. Even back in the day we left a little paper on the straw as to be sure we didnt touch it when presenting it to the guest. The cook never wore gloves and used his hand to wipe off his cutting board not a towel. In fact I didnt even see a towel on his line. Then he handled raw meat and continued wiping his board down with that same hand. Not once did I see him wash his hands The closest he came was to wipe his hands on his apron then commence to cooking and handling food again never having washed his hands. Im not one of those people I mean my immune system is strong but my eyes couldn't take anymore and I was not able to finish food because I totally lost appetite watcthing this cooks horrible practices. Where is the health inspector ? If I did that in my store and HD walked in I would be in serious trouble and fined. I am sure he is a great guy and cook but the sanitary aspect for me is why I will not be...

First time visiting and overall it was good. The home fries they have I wasn't very impressed with. They had a freezer burn type of taste to them and were burnt around the bottom and edges. The sausage links were tasty as were the eggs and rye toast. I really enjoyed the Omar coffee they had, it was delicious!

The environment is extremely loud. Very difficult to talk amongst your table with how loud everyone around you is. Not really in the restaurants control, I understand that. But this would ultimately keep me from frequenting as I don't care to hear chaos while I'm trying to enjoy a meal... but of course that is my personal preference. I did enjoy seeing the cute coffee cups lined up on the wall, they had frequent customers names on...

The place was packed with hungry customers. The waitress was doing her best to keep up with the orders. My thoughts. There should be more than one waitress there at 730 am. The food and atmosphere are great . Was a little disappointed that the waitress took about 10 minutes to take our order but I understand that she had more orders to place. Overall it's a nice peaceful restaurant to get homemade food for over 50 years. God bless this restaurant for being able to survive and thrive the past 50 years. I am highly recommending this morning place to gather and enjoy the food...