Home › Forums › West Seattle Food › REVIEW: Cafe Revo ~6 months later…
- This topic is empty.
-
AuthorPosts
-
August 2, 2009 at 4:21 pm #591770
HomerParticipantSo, we’ve been to Italy and thought, jeez, how have we not tried Cafe Revo yet? I also like to let a restaurant work out the kinks for a few months before trying them. Well, last night we tried them and were quite unimpressed. The atmosphere was great, the staff was great but the food and the menu were just “eh”. I had such hope for this true authentic Italian restaurant. All four of us with different dishes left thinking…”eh, that was ok”. The menu seemed very limited and the prices seemed high for what we got (and no free bread). For example, I start to judge a place by it’s spaghetti marinara which said it was a “rich pear tomato sauce” for $7.95. Well, it tasted like sauce from a jar and was very runny and liquidy and had no real flavor at all. Nothing like in Italy or other restaurants around the area. Our party had lots of other dishes that were pricey and also had no flavor or were quite small.
Well, it had potential and maybe it will in the future but as for now, just another attempt at Italian that is expensive, not much flavor, and a limited menu. Again, we did like the atmosphere and the staff was great but the food is what keeps me coming back to restaurants. Oh well….*sigh*
August 2, 2009 at 4:31 pm #673576
JoBParticipantHomer…
That’s the conclusion i came to.. though i do enjoy dropping in for lunch occassionally…
just not dinner.. i expect too much from dinner.
August 2, 2009 at 10:07 pm #673577
c@lbobMemberWe went to Cafe Revo Saturday night and had an excellent meal.
We started with the non-alcoholic lemonade with strawberry – refreshing and just sweet enough.
Caesar salad was as expected, nothing to complain about, nothing to write home over. The croutons were good.
The rack of lamb was tasty, well prepared and consisted of 4 large chops. They came with a delicious risotto, green beans, mint and rosemary garnish.
The Torta Revo we shared was a satisfying end to a great meal.
No reservations required, ample parking, friendly staff. I guess I could always ask for more, but what would be the point?
August 3, 2009 at 12:44 am #673578
CaitParticipantMust have a really great reputation if an “eh” experience constitutes a rant. I’ve always loved it there, but you do pay quite a bit.
August 3, 2009 at 12:54 am #673579
EmmyJaneParticipantHomer- we just came back from Italy a couple months ago and I’ve never expected anything to ever come close to that (although believe me, I’ve hoped!!) I agree, I was hoping for it from Revo, but its American Italian and for what it is it really is decent. Although I’m speaking from a very limited place b/c I’m a vegetarian so I can’t eat a lot of the meu. One bonus they do have though on most places around here is outdoor seating.
August 3, 2009 at 12:54 am #673580
EmmyJaneParticipantHomer- we just came back from Italy a couple months ago and I’ve never expected anything to ever come close to that (although believe me, I’ve hoped!!) I agree, I was hoping for it from Revo, but its American Italian and for what it is it really is decent. Although I’m speaking from a very limited place b/c I’m a vegetarian so I can’t eat a lot of the meu. One bonus they do have though on most places around here is outdoor seating.
August 3, 2009 at 1:23 am #673581
kgParticipant“If you are posting a rant about a business, YOU MUST SAY WHAT STEPS YOU TOOK FIRST TO NOTIFY ITS OWNERSHIP/MANAGEMENT. If you took those steps and still want to tell the world, fine, but this is NOT the place to come just to rag on a business without having let them know directly.
If you tried but could not get through – include that info, because that’s a helpful part of your story.”
Those are the rules for a “RANT” post here on WSB.
What did the management say?
August 3, 2009 at 2:21 am #673582
JanSParticipantkg…doncha think it’s more of a review than a “rant”? I mean…what do you do…call them up and say…Hey, your service was great but the food was…eh…”…that’s a review…and it’s posted in “open discussion” What could the restaurant have possibly done…hand out gift certificates to everyone who has a less than wonderful experience?
I think maybe homer should write to the owner..snail mail…and voice his disappointment…
August 3, 2009 at 2:24 am #673583
SarahScootParticipantJan:
Yes, of course this is more a review than a rant. Since that’s the case, Homer shouldn’t have labeled this post a “rant.” I think that’s what kg’s annoyed by, and I am too. It doesn’t matter what the body of the post is; there’s a psychological connection made when people see “Rant: Cafe Revo…” as the post title.
I know the owners of Revo and am irritated by this post title.
August 3, 2009 at 2:28 am #673584
WSBKeymasterI’m retitling it a review, which as suggested seems to be the proper label. (Disclosure, Cafe Revo is a WSB sponsor.) May have a few hours later tonight to finally separate out the food posts into their own Forum category, as was also suggested some time ago. A protocol to classify reviews with REVIEW in the heading will be part of it.
August 3, 2009 at 3:57 am #673585
JoBParticipantAugust 3, 2009 at 4:56 am #673586
kgParticipantAt the time it was labeled “RANT” so no I didn’t think of it as a review. It’s hard to read implied content on a forum.
A review venue would be a great idea.
Let’s have this thread have more posts than the cupcake one. LOL.
August 3, 2009 at 5:09 am #673587
HomerParticipantGuys, enough, it’s been changed to REVIEW but really who cares. Most of you are missing the point. JanS, thanks for saying that because, KG, no, I don’t have to go to the restaurant first. That’s the point of these open forums. There’s nothing a restaurant will do when I say their food is somewhat bland and a bit overpriced. I post it here to alert others about it and maybe the owners will read this, maybe they won’t, but it’s my decision to write about it. I’m not “bashing” them, I’m just informing everyone else to my experience as I’m fully allowed to do. Your rules are your rules, not mine. You may think you’re more decent because of them, but to me, I do talk to places that I feel will be able to change if they hear it. As others said, this isn’t something they would be very receptive too.
Either way, go and form you own opinion everyone, I just voiced mine for anyone that wanted to hear it…ahh, the internet. :-)
August 3, 2009 at 5:09 am #673588
HomerParticipantOh, and a food review venue would be great!
August 3, 2009 at 5:14 am #673589
SarahScootParticipantHomer, those aren’t kg’s rules, they are the WSB Forum rules. Right at the top of the forum listings is a sticky labeled “rules reminders.” This contains the rule that if you post something as a “rant” in the forums, you must include the steps you took to address said rant with the business owner/management. That’s why kg put the rule in quotation marks. No one’s upset by your opinions, just pointing out that semantics do matter in this case.
August 3, 2009 at 5:24 am #673590
kgParticipantAt the time that you labeled your post “RANT” you were obligated as a registered user to adhere to WSB forum rules which as I quoted in my first post regarding posts labeled “RANT”. I suppose following rules on a forum isn’t for you?
Regardless, the title of the post has been changed by a moderator, since you made the mistake so feel free to do/say what you want.
Come on guys we can beat that cupcake thread.
August 3, 2009 at 6:10 am #673591
JanSParticipanthey, kg, chill a bit…TR said it was OK…OK? Why does everything have to be an argument? Yes, I realize that you were pointing out the rules…which I agree with. I support TR,et al in that. But in this case it really seemed more like a review. Maybe other posters are right, that there perhaps is a place for reviews in the offing. That would be nice, even if just for restaurants, since it seems we all like to eat in West Seattle :)
Words, labels, semantics…mistakes…we all make them..let’s give this guy a break :)
August 3, 2009 at 6:17 am #673592
kgParticipantI am as chill as they come. My statements were neither argumentative nor posted in anger.
August 3, 2009 at 6:27 am #673593
JanSParticipant:)
August 3, 2009 at 3:04 pm #673594
cjboffoliParticipantThe owners of Café Revò are descendants of Northern Italy where the cuisine is quite different from what most Americans consider Italian-American food. That cuisine has Tyrolean influences and almost completely excludes tomatoes. So I’m not sure that using the quality of their marinara sauce is the best litmus test by which to judge the quality of the Revò experience. They have a fairly diverse menu. I recommend going back in and sampling some of the dishes that are more authentically Northern Italian and I think you’ll see what makes them special.
August 3, 2009 at 3:08 pm #673595
HomerParticipantThanks JanS….I guess the moral of this story is that people would rather focus on a mistake rather than accept a mistake was made move on to the “meat of the article”. Some people don’t feel comfortable in “confronting” someone or a business and this was my way of letting everyone else KNOW about my experience. Moral of the story here: to get people to read my review, maybe I should just lie and say I contacted the restaurant with no call back every time I post a review.
So much for helping others out…if I ever get sick or something from eating out at a local eatery, guess I won’t be posting it here for all to be forewarned about…I’ll only PM JanS about it! ;-)
August 3, 2009 at 3:41 pm #673596
JoBParticipantYesterday I made an Orzo salad.. totally italian.. mostly northern italian.. took me much less than half an hour and it gets better every hour it is in my refrigerator…
i want italian food that will beat my orzo salad by a mile if i am going to spend the dollars for dining…
my experience is that Cafe Revo often meets that standard.. which makes it a great place to drop into for a quick meal or with friends for a great time.. but not someplace i would choose for dinner out…
All places don’t have to be all things to all people… they still get some of our dining dollars.
Isn’t it better for a restaurant to meet or beat the expectations generated by other people’s reviews than to be good.. but not quite what you were hoping for?
I would love to hear where i can find that northern (or not) Italian dinner out that will knock my socks off…
we saw a chili place on the food network’s diners and dives (i can’t remember the full title) program that we are going to try next. They had hubby at the chili verde… :))))
not West Seattle but i will still let you know…
August 3, 2009 at 4:44 pm #673597
HomerParticipantJoB, there used to be a GREAT little place, of all places, in the U-district that was so authentic but bad placement and it went out of business. Not sure why Italian around here can’t really be just that, true Italian. If I find it though, I’ll be sure to post it here! Mmmmm….Caprese salad…..
August 3, 2009 at 5:08 pm #673598
GinaParticipantThere is a place called Vito’s on Madison St., up by the blood bank that has what I consider to be the closest to waaay Southern Italian food. Kind of a dive bar type place. Buca di Beppo isn’t too far off the Sicilian trail either. The “corn eaters”(polenta, not part of Sicilian cuisine) are everywhere else.
Rosellini’s, gone but not forgotten.
August 3, 2009 at 6:04 pm #673599
JanSParticipantahhh, Gina…didn’t Vito arrive with the first settlers? ;-)
-
AuthorPosts
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.