Great lively place on Friday night. Brick oven pizza is great, scallops with caper sauce was good but scallops were too small. Lamb and chicken skewers also good but could have been great if they were not a bit over cooked. Still one of the best lunch buffet deals around, the dinner experience was good overall. Looking forward to trying again. read more

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I have been coming to Cafe Michelangelo's for 15 years now. My favorite is the lunch buffet. It includes up to six entrees, pizza (my favorite pizza in Philadelphia), antipasto, side salad, and breadsticks. The outdoor seating area is beautiful with grapevines growing over pergolas. It is also a great place for after work drinks and apps or a nice dinner of a hearty plate of Italian pasta. I just really enjoy everything about this place! read more

Definite go to spot. This place covers all bases...good beer, good food, varied menu to cover picky eaters as well as vegetarians and those seeking something a little adventurous...great service. All around a winner. read more

Showed up here last Friday night with 5 friends at my recommendation. It was a fabulous time. Fabulous food, great service and welcoming atmosphere. I would recommend this place to anyone. It's family friendly, late hours all week and reasonable prices. We sat on the upper deck and enjoyed our food and drink as we celebrated one of our parties 50th birthday. We were there for three hours and weren't rushed out after our meal. Natalia our waitress was the bomb ! This is a fabulous restaurant. I was the hero of the night with my friends for recommending Michaelangelo's. read more

Such a Cute place!! Never ordered a dish I didn't like. I like coming here for drinks with the girls OR dinner with the family - including my 2 kids. Love the ambiance. Only complaint - as much as I love the little outdoor patio area we have usually had to move due to a nasty stink of cigars by some men out there. Not the restaurants fault I just can't take that smell while I'm trying to eat. But to each his own. It's a free country & it seems to be the bocce ball crowd which I find a charming addition as well. We've had the same waitress the last 2 times. She was very thorough & pleasant. Wish I could remember her name. I'd recommend giving this place a shot if you haven't experienced it yet :) read more

They say you take for granted what you love. I can't believe I haven't reviewed the Cafe sooner. We eat here at least 2-3 times a month. Get their pizza, Caesar salad, add grilled chicken to that, order any pasta dish or just come here for their lunch buffet. You will love it. If you're really lucky, Farook will be your server. He's the definition of customer service. If not, service has always been good. Enjoy! read more

Uhhhh. Again. Here for a family party this time. Arrived at 730. Took over a half hour for someone to get a beer... one beer. My friend got the glass for the beer. Then it got taken away. Then brought back. Eventually a pitcher of beer made it to the table. I asked for a pitcher of water for the table (you know, one trip for the server because I've done this before) and was told I have water in my glass. My husband went to the bar directly to get drinks and he said everyone was cancelling their orders because of long waits. A scoop of pasta was thrown on my moms plate after she said she didn't want any. The pasta was supposed to be penne Alfredo. Well it was penne. And it was white. And tastes like nothing. Salad was swimming in dressing. My husband and I left at that point. 930. Entree wasn't even served yet which my mom told me was tough as shoe leather. I don't why this place is in business. They have made an appearance in the Dept of Health's "list" a few times and it is public information so feel free to do your own research. Service is horrible. Management does not care. Food is not great. The do have a wood fire oven. Get the margherita pizza. It's an ok looking place. It's convenient place to hang out if you live in the far northeast, which is why I think this place is still open. Expect to wait at least 30 mins for a drink and have no expectations of customer service... like any... at all. See link for the dept of health inspection March 2017 https://pa.healthinspections.us/_templates/551/RetailFood/_report_full.cfm?inspectionID=D656C6E8-9F0F-BD1C-0B0E65A9995AC198&domainID=551&userID=0 read more

DON'T GO IN WINTER! The side room is so cold. My feet were freezing and I never took off my coat. Food too forever but it may have been an off day. Great in spring and summer in outside area. read more

Lil disappointed with this place food wise. The house salads were served to us with browning lettuce, a piece of tomatoe and 1 piece of cucumber each. The pasta was ok, but nothing exceptional. I guess I just wanted/expected better. Service was excellent however and parking was easy enough. read more

Love the food there! Parmagana pizza (prosciutto spinach) and steamed mussels with Alfredo sauce and white wine! Audience is ok, sometimes very loud but OK in general! Love the live music in the evening!!! read more

Great pizza the best in the area !!! This is a great place for all female I just have a good time hear I recommend this place to anybody who like pizza and Italian food !!! The stuff is very friendly and the food is good Thank you !!! read more

Great food and staff, it's definitely one of my favorite places to throw a few back and to watch some sports. The Russian crowd everybody here is referring to is no big deal, they're all friendly and haven't ever bothered me. T.Scott read more

Dined in for the lunch buffet. Their pizza is pretty tasty, but the meatballs were clearly frozen. We were a large group and everyone who had the meatballs agreed that they tasted awful, and they were definitely frozen, not freshly made. I guess that's what you get for the price. Just disappointed as we were hoping for something a bit more authentic, as it is an Italian restaurant. read more

worst dining experience . made reservations for the fine dining look on the web site for a family celebration . instead of being seated inside air conditioned dining room was not in use . We were put outside on a 90 degree day. The food was delivered missing 3 meals, that then arrived 30 minutes after the rest of us were finished eating When we asked them if anything could be done with the $600 bill due to the extreme heat & mistake & delay of food , the answer was no, take it out of the waitresses tip. needless to say , we will never return. read more

This restaurant needs big improvement in customer service and cooking classes. We visited this restaurant on Sunday night and it was very busy due a life music performance. Still we are waiting our waiter in a beginning for 25 min to acknowledge our table. Manager was very rude and unprofessional. On a top of this we were waiting for our appetizers and drinks for good 30 min and main entree an 1 hour and 40 min. We were wondering were is our food and were gonna about to leave, when food arrived and it was absolutely under cooked and not eatable. It was not our first visit and evidently this place is loosing their reputation. If you don't want to go through our experience find the better place to invest your money. read more

I wish I could leave less than 1 star to be honest. The food was terrible, the marinara sauce was awful, and it was extremely over priced. Please don't waste your money here, go to the Applebee's on the boulevard and you'll be much happier! read more

I made a reservation for Sunday night August 18 and was so disappointed by everything in this restaurant! It started from coming inside and asking for table. People on front desk looked surprised when I asked about my table but moved with me outside and showed me my reserved table- not served with tableware, very dirty, wet after pouring rain and under open sun with no shadow. Meanwhile there was completely prepared table for same number of guests with a sign "reserved". I was under impression they messed up with my reservation or table and told them it is obviously my table and I arrived exactly on time. Waiters referred me to their manager saying it is for someone else, not for me. I came up to the manager of this place and he told me it is not for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't describe my shock! The manager told me I have to take "my" still dirty table and "stay there" literally yelling with angry face. The first thought was leave this place and NEVER come back! But I decided to give them a chance saying I will take "someone else"table. Big mistake! The manager was very rude and left the scene. We were waiting forever for all the food which was horrible. Bruschetta was wet! One of the entrees was half done and so on. The only waitress was friendly and tried to help us to receive something eatable. Live music was good. And this is it! Before you go to this place think twice if you want to received quality for your money and stay in nice environment. There are plenty of good spots around. And by the way, that was my birthday- the worst experience ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

One of my favorite local restaurants. I always feel like I'm in Europe when I'm here. Authentic Italian food, wonderful brick oven pizzas, friendly servers, and a casual but magical atmosphere with indoor and outdoor seating (plus an enclosed seating patio where you feel like you're outside sitting among the evening sky). They even have a bocce court out back. It's a real oasis in Northeast Philly. The eggplant parm is the best I've had anywhere and you can never go wrong with their pizzas. They often have live music on weekends as well. Tonight they had an excellent acoustic duo. You certainly don't feel like you're in a strip mall in Northeast Philly. read more

The host was beyond rude. Then we were seated. The waitress was very nice. She brought bruschetta. The bread was stale, not toasted. We ordered. The salad was tasteless. The Italian bread was cold and stale. The entree was chicken. That was also tasteless, thin with some sort of topping that was unidentifiable (it was described on the menu, but I don't remember what the description for Chicken Michelangelo said). The Veggies were good. The mashed potatoes were ok. The eggplant was horrible said my guest. I will say the pizza looked good, but we did not have that. It also took a very long time to get our food. Definitely not worth it. read more

Went on 10/17/20 for lunch. There was no one in the restaurant when we arrived at 1. The service was so slow. It took 2 1/2 hours for sodas and sandwiches. The server never came to our table to see if we needed anything. We had to ask him for boxes for our food and our check since he wouldn't come to our table. Horrible service. Would never eat her again. read more

We were there 2 days ago, on Sunday. Our friend made reservations. Life music was nice. Everything else was below any standard. We were sited outside while there were plenty of empty tables inside. Our request to be moved was ignored. The food was mediocre at best. The service was very slow, unprofessional and sloppy. The waiter dropped a dirty fork on my dress and didn't even apologize. I ordered grilled chicken with shrimp. The chicken was as tough as the cardboard sprinkled with dry oregano and shrimp were not only overcooked and rubbery but also over salted. One of us ordered veal. It was raw. We called a manager, but he was very rude. The bottom line if you want to have a beer, it is probably ok place to go. But if you want to have a nice meal, stay away. read more

This place is a neighborhood fixture, with good food and a great lunch buffet. It has outdoor music and seating. The only problem is that drink prices are a total rip off! I was charged $10 for a stingy pour of inexpensive scotch. When I asked the waitress why the drink was so costly, her response was, "The Russians pay it. So, the owner doesn't care". read more

Take out pizza was a ripoff and thin the box felt like it weighed 6 oz also their Stromboli's are the size of a hot pocket. Expensive and not worth it read more

I was a regular here and I have never really had an issue up until last night. Sure the service isn't great, in fact they're quite rude though the food makes up for that. We had a check of $50 some dollars and left $10 for tip. The server follows us out to the car and asks "hey, did you leave me a tip?" when it clearly shows on the receipt that we did so we were like uh yeah we left you $10 and he just says "oh" and walks away...never said thank you, nothing. It was creepy that he followed us out and I felt violated and insulted. This was extremely unprofessional!! I should have just crossed the tip OUT! You cannot follow people out even if they don't tip you a dime! I'm livid & not really sure if I ever want to return and tell everyone I know to never go there ever again!!! read more

Epic fail. Tried to stay in the neighborhood for a date night, and figured we'd give this place a try. Started off with the calamari. It tasted like cardboard. I literally had to take it out of my mouth because I could not swallow it. We ordered the chicken parm and veal parm for our entrees, figuring that these would be pretty tough to mess up. We were wrong. They both tasted like they had been in the freezer for weeks, and the gravy (sauce) tasted like Ragu. Needless to say, we will not be returning. read more

I'm surprised nobody's showing any love for Cafe Michelangelo. Yes, it's filled with twenty-something Russians, and tis true that it can be difficult to get to with the traffic and all. BUT I LOVE their patio, which remains open and HEATED during the winter. How awesome is that? =-) I also enjoy their veal parm. It's a good place to go on a date. read more

Our company booked a table of nine for Christmas dinner. The bread they give you when you're seated was rock hard from the oven. When I asked if we could get some that wasn't burnt, I was told that is how they make it. Not worth a trip to the dentist! I ordered the shrimp and pasta. Could not even eat it - no sauce just water at the bottom of the plate. The spices were something like old bay seasoning with alot of sage. Could not get past the spice mix, it was everywhere. Other people ordered different meals and there was no sauce; just a watery liquid at the bottom of the plates. Not an Italian cook. read more

Worst service ever. We were seated quickly as the place was empty. We were handed menus by the hostess and then no one ever came back. After waiting 20 minutes and still no service we cut our loses and left. read more

Although I can't say it's absolutely amazing, it's consistent and that counts for a lot. Juliano runs the show and makes sure everyone is happy. On occasion they run out of a special but they we can usually find something we want and the house balsamic is worthy of drinking. If you want something local give it a try. read more

Cafe michaelangelos is good italian food for good prices. They have plenty of parking in a private lot and they are very friendly and helpful. When inside they have a regular dining room then they have a open dining room with big windows and twinkle lights all over with big screen tvs which is real nice in the spring. There is a full out door patio that is great but that can get annoying with the bugs in the spring and summer. There menu has lots of great stuff on it so its worth to try this place if your in the area. read more

I love this place and yes as someone said below it is mostly a Russian area, they do know how to cook Italian duh! I order the vodka sauce most times when I go and it is by far the best I've had!! I've also had he pizza, and their traditional red sauce. The egg plant app is delishious!! This is by far one of my go to places for a quality Italian meal! read more

Been here quite a few times b/c the little one likes to sit outside and eat her pizza. The pizza and Caesar salad are good. But that's about it. Their pasta dishes are loaded with sauce and lack flavor, crab cakes were very bland, desserts are so so. Skip it unless you want pizza and salad. read more

This is one of my absolute favorite places in the Northeast. It's my little hidden treasure. I've never gotten bad food here--it is always delicious and not overpriced! The service can be a little iffy but if you get a good server, take their name and stick to them. The vodka sauce here is TO DIE FOR. I get it every time. The outdoor seating is super cute at night time. Its always a good choice for a casual night out. read more

Very bad customer service... Their OFFICIAL website says "Reservation, pickup or delivery." So, I called for a delivery and the person who answers said they don't deliver. When I asked why their website says they do, her only explanation was "I don't know." Why have it on the website when it's not offered? Remove it, so people don't waste their time calling when it CLEARLY says delivery is offered. read more

Didn't expect much from a northeast restaurant but the food is good here. Came here with a party of 7. Rack of lamb, steak, chicken Marsala, and the mussels with garlic sauce! read more

It's a nice hole-in-the-wall gem hidden on the busy Bustleton Ave.. Food was delicious and so was the atmosphere. I like that it doesn't feel like I'm right next to the busy road when I'm inside. The boyfriend and I went for a late afternoon lunch and even though there was only one waitress, we were still well-taken care of. read more

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This place is just creepy. The decor is cold and impersonal and the wait staff far from professional. When not otherwise occupied, they stood and stared at us. Our server brought our food and then disappeared. The brick oven pizza was a joke. True, it's a brick oven but I'm pretty sure it's gas fired, so what's so special about that. We were not asked if we liked our food or offered drink refills. We had to ask the bar tender to take our check because of the missing server. Never again, not this place. read more

Their mussels in marinara sauce are my favorite! Place in general is okay, not my favorite. The interior could looks a lot better and more cozy. Half the time I go there during the winter I'm usually cold because it's always not warm enough. Pasta and pizza are also delicious! read more

A traditional little Italian joint, the food drives this place on Bustleton Avenue. Because it's out in the far Northeast, it never really gets noticed from the big reviewers, but I would nominate both Michelangelo's gourmet pizzas and their incredible gelati as some of the best in the region. The atmosphere is okay. They try to be more of a date place than a family place, but last time I was in there, they had a guy playing keyboards with some hokey sounding pre-programmed backing tracks -- it sort of brought down the Old Italy feel of the place. Still, from appetizers to desserts, there's nothing on the menu I wouldn't recommend. read more

This place was pretty average. Lunch crowd was nonexistent. The house salad was basic (not terribly unusual). The chicken piccata was fair in taste, but underwhelming overall - not a significant portion. I've had much better. The service was pretty good though. read more