| ambiance |
91.66999816894531% positive |
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The atmosphere is fantastic! ”
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CI was not too pricey and the ambience was sexy. ”
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The Peachtree location has a nice patio out back that's good for both groups and more intimate conversation. ”
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romantic romantic romantic especially the new location in Ashword Dungwoody. ”
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Great atmosphere and fantastic service. ”
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The atmosphere is wonderful for a date, the drinks are great, the food is fantastic (they even have vegetarian dishes). ”
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would say this is the best coffe, dessert, ambience for date. ”
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If you are looking for prompt service, quiet atmosphere, well-priced food or great coffee, do not go to Intermezzo. ”
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The atmosphere is nice, but I cannot recommend this place. ”
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the quality and taste of the food was amazing, the service and ambiance was amazing. ”
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best coffe, dessert, ambience for date. ”
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The dessert case is the saving grace for this overpriced location that's packed with more attitude than charm. ”
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If you are looking for delicious desserts, a cozy environment, endless selections and funky/euro atmosphere, this is your place! ”
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okay, this is a decent dessert place - dim lighting and cozy seating make for a good date atmosphere. ”
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Intermezzo has such a nice atmosphere! ”
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The atmosphere was nice, but I felt really out of place. ”
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It has a great ambience for meeting another couple or hanging out with one of your pals or significant other. ”
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The service is excellent and the ambiance is totally killer. ”
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| dessert |
88.68000030517578% positive |
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They have a HUGE selection of drinks that are delish and to die for desserts. ”
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Best desserts in Atlanta! ”
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and an $8.48, 6-inch-length by 2.5-inch-arc of STALE-tasting dessert pie (last year, same item tasted thawed-from-frozen fresh). ”
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Oh yeah, the mancotti is great, you wouldn't expect it from a primarily dessert place but nice stuff. ”
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Fix brings it back to history as MINIMALLY HOUSEKEPT, OVERPRICED bar/cafe w/tasty desserts ($7.50/slice); tiny, overpriced meals ($10/HANDFUL of PENNE & 2 thin slices of Amer-Ital bread, upcharges for more slices); big coffee/non-alcoholic/drink menu. ”
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But the desserts are great and the staff are yummy to look at, and the music is refreshingly far from top forty. ”
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That cheesecake, was the best I've ever had. ”
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The desserts are fantastic. ”
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Not only are they open until 3am on weekends, but they have awesome food, coffee, tea, and definitely dessert! ”
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Service was a little slow, but we didn't mind becuase we spent so much time staring at all the yummy desserts! ”
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The desserts are incredible! ”
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Imagine, a nice dinner out on the town and you're not ready to go home yet, and you want dessert. ”
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If you want great cheesecake go to a restaurant that has cheesecake in the name. ”
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The desserts are rich. ”
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The desserts are WONDERFUL. ”
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They also have some of the best desserts, which are in their desert bar. ”
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The desserts and coffee are still good, but I don't know how much longer I will continue to go there. ”
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Cafe Intermezzo is well known around Atlanta for it's poor service but we keep coming back for the great drinks and desserts, hoping it will get better. ”
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Love the chocolate cake/cheescake combo that I have had there twice. ”
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Good dessert, bad service, too expenisve ”
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went in the early evening and had a great drink (alchoholic), a nice cigar and a very tasty desert. ”
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great late dessert ”
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recommend the mexican hot chocolate and spinach manicotti. ”
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We stopped by specifically for some desserts and were not disappointed by the wide array of amazing treats in the cases. ”
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Cafe Intermezzo is without a doubt the best place in Atlanta to get dessert. ”
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best coffe, dessert, ambience for date. ”
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If you are looking for delicious desserts, a cozy environment, endless selections and funky/euro atmosphere, this is your place! ”
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would say this is the best coffe, dessert, ambience for date. ”
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The service and food is awful, and even though the desserts are fabulous, its just too much of a pain to deal with the service and the growing potential of the place having gone even more downhill since your last visit. ”
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The desserts are simply amazing. ”
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Stop the madness and only spend those calories on quality, terrific desserts like those here at Cafe Intermezzo. ”
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Simply the best for a late night drink and with a yummy dessert to boot. ”
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The servers are nice, desserts and drinks are delish (plenty to choose from. ”
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Coffee and hot chocolate are wonderful. ”
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Their desserts are great. ”
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Intermezzo has good dessert (albeit WAY overpriced), but the service is so terrible and the management is so rude that I will not bother with this place again. ”
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The "desert" lady, they called them - tour guids - will help you to pick up the best dessert in your life. ”
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okay, this is a decent dessert place - dim lighting and cozy seating make for a good date atmosphere. ”
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The dessert case is the saving grace for this overpriced location that's packed with more attitude than charm. ”
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| drinks |
68.80000114440918% positive |
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Pardon the bad pun, but Cafe Intermezzo, Wake up and smell the coffee! ”
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If you are looking for prompt service, quiet atmosphere, well-priced food or great coffee, do not go to Intermezzo. ”
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even though the service has always been terrible and we"ve received cold coffee a few times we loved the pastries so we continued to patronize the place for a while but after this never again will we set foot near the place. ”
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DIRTY, BLOWER/NO-PAPER-TOWEL BATHROOMS (for you and the ones who handle your drinks & food) are an owner specialty; filth on the unwashed, dirty-grout walls has been there a decade. ”
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Overpriced, bad coffee, bad service ”
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love this place because they open late, so go there saturday nite, order something different, like russian beer Baltika. ”
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They also have some of the best desserts, which are in their desert bar. ”
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And the specialty coffee drinks are addictive. ”
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Good drinks, mediocre and forgetful service, too busy ”
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The coffee itself isn't that good. ”
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They have a HUGE selection of drinks that are delish and to die for desserts. ”
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The coffee is GREAT, and just browsing the enormous selection of alcohol is really entertaining. ”
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The waiter was not knowledgeable about the drink menu. ”
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Regular coffee is not so great because it's weak. ”
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Fix brings it back to history as MINIMALLY HOUSEKEPT, OVERPRICED bar/cafe w/tasty desserts ($7.50/slice); tiny, overpriced meals ($10/HANDFUL of PENNE & 2 thin slices of Amer-Ital bread, upcharges for more slices); big coffee/non-alcoholic/drink menu. ”
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The coffee drinks are great. ”
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The service was terrible, and the coffee was insanely overpriced. ”
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I've been to Cafe Intermezzo more than 10 times, I love thier variety of drinks and the fact that they're open late. ”
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Cafe Intermezzo used to be a great place to eat and have drinks with friends. ”
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The only draw back is that the drinks from the bar can get pricey. ”
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but with plenty of spirits and other drink selections, it's still possible to have a great evening. ”
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Its like a starbucks coffee shop for people who think they are to sophisticated for starbucks. ”
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had a good, fruity decaf tea. ”
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Not only are they open until 3am on weekends, but they have awesome food, coffee, tea, and definitely dessert! ”
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can go elsewhere to get good coffee AND good service, for a better price - my wife deserves better. ”
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The waiters aren't very attentive and you'll spend about an hour there for 10 minutes worth of coffee because they take forever to bring you the bill. ”
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Second best thing is you can order so many tipes of coffee. ”
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went in the early evening and had a great drink (alchoholic), a nice cigar and a very tasty desert. ”
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The atmosphere is wonderful for a date, the drinks are great, the food is fantastic (they even have vegetarian dishes). ”
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Cafe Intermezzo is well known around Atlanta for it's poor service but we keep coming back for the great drinks and desserts, hoping it will get better. ”
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My friends and I used to always go here after clubs cause they are open late-- great place to unwind and have some coffee before the drive h. ”
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The coffee was good, yes, but it was also $5 for a 3-sip-size cup, all served with a major snooty attitude. ”
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I'll always recommend (and go myself) this little coffee gem, but I walked out incredibly annoyed. ”
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Great atmospher, good coffee, horrible service ”
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Great coffee, service could be better. ”
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The desserts and coffee are still good, but I don't know how much longer I will continue to go there. ”
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Simply the best for a late night drink and with a yummy dessert to boot. ”
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Regardless, good company excuses a lot, so if you want decent drinks, get your friends together and try it, just don't look at the bill. ”
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The servers are nice, desserts and drinks are delish (plenty to choose from. ”
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| food quality |
71.66999816894531% positive |
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DIRTY, BLOWER/NO-PAPER-TOWEL BATHROOMS (for you and the ones who handle your drinks & food) are an owner specialty; filth on the unwashed, dirty-grout walls has been there a decade. ”
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The atmosphere is wonderful for a date, the drinks are great, the food is fantastic (they even have vegetarian dishes). ”
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went in the early evening and had a great drink (alchoholic), a nice cigar and a very tasty desert. ”
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Absolutely delicious, and was followed by a lucious Greek Salad for two, with Romaine hearts, tomatoes, Kalamata olives, red onions, and served with fresh French Bread. ”
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The food was never great but it used to be ok. ”
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the quality and taste of the food was amazing, the service and ambiance was amazing. ”
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The food is decent once you get it. ”
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You're sitting on a goldmine - why would you serve such awful food! ”
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good food, bad service ”
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The food is mediocre. ”
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even though the service has always been terrible and we"ve received cold coffee a few times we loved the pastries so we continued to patronize the place for a while but after this never again will we set foot near the place. ”
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Cafe intermezzo,umm umm delicious. ”
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Not only are they open until 3am on weekends, but they have awesome food, coffee, tea, and definitely dessert! ”
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But the desserts are great and the staff are yummy to look at, and the music is refreshingly far from top forty. ”
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Moderately price, super clean, quaint, authentic italian Cafe. ”
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The food is excellent! ”
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Service was just a little slow but the food was so good we didn't care. ”
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*2008 SUMMARY*: SURLY & LAZY waitrons; mine, an angry Eastern-European wage slave fresh off the boat. ”
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Terrible service an food was average, over priced ”
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Simply the best for a late night drink and with a yummy dessert to boot. ”
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Personally I have yet to find any restaurant in Atlanta where I was just floored by the food but CI was decent. ”
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If you are looking for prompt service, quiet atmosphere, well-priced food or great coffee, do not go to Intermezzo. ”
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The service and food is awful, and even though the desserts are fabulous, its just too much of a pain to deal with the service and the growing potential of the place having gone even more downhill since your last visit. ”
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and an $8.48, 6-inch-length by 2.5-inch-arc of STALE-tasting dessert pie (last year, same item tasted thawed-from-frozen fresh). ”
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If you are looking for delicious desserts, a cozy environment, endless selections and funky/euro atmosphere, this is your place! ”
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My date had the Bosco, a torte made with assorted fresh berries and a custard filling. ”
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we then order an appitizer and our food at the same time as to not delay our stay any longer than needed. ”
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Sometimes the food is excellent, as is the service. ”
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Service was a little slow, but we didn't mind becuase we spent so much time staring at all the yummy desserts! ”
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Fix brings it back to history as MINIMALLY HOUSEKEPT, OVERPRICED bar/cafe w/tasty desserts ($7.50/slice); tiny, overpriced meals ($10/HANDFUL of PENNE & 2 thin slices of Amer-Ital bread, upcharges for more slices); big coffee/non-alcoholic/drink menu. ”
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| menu variety |
73.33000183105469% positive |
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but with plenty of spirits and other drink selections, it's still possible to have a great evening. ”
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dread going each time due to the AWFUL service and overpriced mediocre dinner menu. ”
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If you are looking for delicious desserts, a cozy environment, endless selections and funky/euro atmosphere, this is your place! ”
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Staff were friendly and helpful in navigating all the options and listing ingredients. ”
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I've been to Cafe Intermezzo more than 10 times, I love thier variety of drinks and the fact that they're open late. ”
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They have a HUGE selection of drinks that are delish and to die for desserts. ”
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Fix brings it back to history as MINIMALLY HOUSEKEPT, OVERPRICED bar/cafe w/tasty desserts ($7.50/slice); tiny, overpriced meals ($10/HANDFUL of PENNE & 2 thin slices of Amer-Ital bread, upcharges for more slices); big coffee/non-alcoholic/drink menu. ”
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The waiter was not knowledgeable about the drink menu. ”
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The coffee is GREAT, and just browsing the enormous selection of alcohol is really entertaining. ”
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What a charming little cafe menu, and at very affordable prices. ”
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| overall |
79.54999923706055% positive |
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Also a great place for for pre/post date conversation. ”
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The atmosphere was nice, but I felt really out of place. ”
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My friends and I used to always go here after clubs cause they are open late-- great place to unwind and have some coffee before the drive h. ”
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Sorry to lose what used to be a nice place, but the negative reviews are closer to the truth. ”
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Oh yeah, the mancotti is great, you wouldn't expect it from a primarily dessert place but nice stuff. ”
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Intermezzo has good dessert (albeit WAY overpriced), but the service is so terrible and the management is so rude that I will not bother with this place again. ”
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would recommend Caffe Intermezzo as the best place in Atlanta to have a cup of coffe. ”
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If you want great cheesecake go to a restaurant that has cheesecake in the name. ”
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Cafe Intermezzo is without a doubt the best place in Atlanta to get dessert. ”
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The atmosphere is nice, but I cannot recommend this place. ”
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Cafe Intermezzo used to be a great place to eat and have drinks with friends. ”
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| service |
50.41999816894531% positive |
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What makes a good resteraunt experience is not simply pretty mood lighting and attractive people; Intermezzo does not deliver. ”
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The prices were fair and the service was friendly. ”
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Service was never great except from the occasional GaTech waitress who didn't know she didn't have to care about the customers. ”
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Staff were friendly and helpful in navigating all the options and listing ingredients. ”
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The service is soooo bad, the place has gotten so dirty that I am uncomfortable eating anything from the kitchen. ”
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The waitress was rude and did not apologize for the poor service. ”
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There is a reason why Intermezzo has been around for decades (its so unique), but there are alot of people who come away unhappy (its not a prompt-service, big spacious environment). ”
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We went early, service was good. ”
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Good drinks, mediocre and forgetful service, too busy ”
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Sometimes the food is excellent, as is the service. ”
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Because of the consistently poor service, and the insulting and rude way the manager spoke to my date and I, I will never patronize Intermezzo again. ”
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The problem with Intermezzo on Peachtree is that I have had slow and inattentive wait staff every single time I've been there (4-5 times). ”
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Great coffee, service could be better. ”
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dread going each time due to the AWFUL service and overpriced mediocre dinner menu. ”
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can go elsewhere to get good coffee AND good service, for a better price - my wife deserves better. ”
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and wonderful service waiter is handsome and pro. ”
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We all love their happy energy and that was just what we needed after a long week of work, to see happy people. ”
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The waiters aren't very attentive and you'll spend about an hour there for 10 minutes worth of coffee because they take forever to bring you the bill. ”
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The service was horrible at this restaurant. ”
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The waiter was not knowledgeable about the drink menu. ”
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Intermezzo has good dessert (albeit WAY overpriced), but the service is so terrible and the management is so rude that I will not bother with this place again. ”
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The pricing is reasonable and the service is great and they stay open very late which allows you to slide in a good dinner after a long day? ”
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Great atmosphere and fantastic service. ”
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Why couldn't one of the five folks in the front help if our waiter was too busy, and is everything as expensive as it is to fund staff that just stand around and ignore customers? ”
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The servers are nice, desserts and drinks are delish (plenty to choose from. ”
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If this restaurant insists on charging excessively high prices, the least it can do is improve its service by maintaining a larger and more professional waitstaff during its peak hours. ”
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Always rude staff, always slow service. ”
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Horrible customer service, inefficient and poorly managed. ”
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had a run in 2005 where the service was consistently good, but the last time I went (February 2006), I was served by someone who was apparently sent home, and was only replaced when I complained to a manager. ”
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For all that Cafe Intermezzo has to offer, my experience there has repeatedly been ruined by the dense smoke and poor service. ”
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generally don't complain about slow or inattentive wait staff, so I wouldn't base a bad review on one bad experience. ”
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think because people keep coming, the thought must be that this behavior will get overlooked, but eventually people will tire of the bad service, bad attitudes, and all around bad experience. ”
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have never ever met such a nice service! ”
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Its like a starbucks coffee shop for people who think they are to sophisticated for starbucks. ”
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Night ruined by terrible service ”
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But the desserts are great and the staff are yummy to look at, and the music is refreshingly far from top forty. ”
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Cafe Intermezzo off of Peachtree in Atlanta was great: Food, service, wait for seating, everything. ”
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The service and food is awful, and even though the desserts are fabulous, its just too much of a pain to deal with the service and the growing potential of the place having gone even more downhill since your last visit. ”
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Service is often friendly but slow. ”
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Cafe Intermezzo is well known around Atlanta for it's poor service but we keep coming back for the great drinks and desserts, hoping it will get better. ”
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Good dessert, bad service, too expenisve ”
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well, intermezzo gets a bad rap for service, and sometiems the service sucks royally. ”
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even though the service has always been terrible and we"ve received cold coffee a few times we loved the pastries so we continued to patronize the place for a while but after this never again will we set foot near the place. ”
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I've always loved this place for their service,hours, and foods. ”
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had experienced poor service at Intermezzo so many times, that this time I wanted to alert the manager. ”
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If you are looking for prompt service, quiet atmosphere, well-priced food or great coffee, do not go to Intermezzo. ”
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The service is excellent and the ambiance is totally killer. ”
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All the waiters were rude. ”
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The service was terrible, and the coffee was insanely overpriced. ”
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the quality and taste of the food was amazing, the service and ambiance was amazing. ”
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Our waiter was yelled at in front of several tables of customers for a minor offence (he was turning on the overhead heater for a Grandma that was cold) ”
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Maybe it was because I was just at Brio and had to rush through a lunch (due to an upcoming meeting) where my service was absolutely fantastic ”
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Our server Zuri and Rachel was outstanding. ”
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CI could take a real lesson from those places---I would suggest that the owners of CI close for a month, take the whole staff to Europe, and discover what service and efficiency, so say nothing of reasonable pricing, really means. ”
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Overpriced, bad coffee, bad service ”
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Cafe Intermezzo is open late, and gives great service. ”
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Great atmospher, good coffee, horrible service ”
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Terrible service an food was average, over priced ”
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good food, bad service ”
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That aside, a few times there was extremely great service and a few times there was extremely horrible service. ”
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| value |
52.64999866485596% positive |
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No wonder so many young couples were dining, at these affordable levels. ”
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Moderately price, super clean, quaint, authentic italian Cafe. ”
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The waiters aren't very attentive and you'll spend about an hour there for 10 minutes worth of coffee because they take forever to bring you the bill. ”
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The only draw back is that the drinks from the bar can get pricey. ”
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If this restaurant insists on charging excessively high prices, the least it can do is improve its service by maintaining a larger and more professional waitstaff during its peak hours. ”
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Service was horrible, like I said I guess water is expensive an dthe ice must be gold. ”
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What a charming little cafe menu, and at very affordable prices. ”
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The prices were fair and the service was friendly. ”
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The pricing is reasonable and the service is great and they stay open very late which allows you to slide in a good dinner after a long day? ”
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can go elsewhere to get good coffee AND good service, for a better price - my wife deserves better. ”
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CI was not too pricey and the ambience was sexy. ”
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CI could take a real lesson from those places---I would suggest that the owners of CI close for a month, take the whole staff to Europe, and discover what service and efficiency, so say nothing of reasonable pricing, really means. ”
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where snooty meets pricey ”
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dread going each time due to the AWFUL service and overpriced mediocre dinner menu. ”
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The dessert case is the saving grace for this overpriced location that's packed with more attitude than charm. ”
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Fix brings it back to history as MINIMALLY HOUSEKEPT, OVERPRICED bar/cafe w/tasty desserts ($7.50/slice); tiny, overpriced meals ($10/HANDFUL of PENNE & 2 thin slices of Amer-Ital bread, upcharges for more slices); big coffee/non-alcoholic/drink menu. ”
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It was all wonderful, and those prices. ”
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The service was terrible, and the coffee was insanely overpriced. ”
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Intermezzo has good dessert (albeit WAY overpriced), but the service is so terrible and the management is so rude that I will not bother with this place again. ”
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While the specialized expresso coffees are good, they often seem overpriced for what they are. ”
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Why couldn't one of the five folks in the front help if our waiter was too busy, and is everything as expensive as it is to fund staff that just stand around and ignore customers? ”
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Terrible service an food was average, over priced ”
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| wait time |
29.170000553131104% positive |
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Service was just a little slow but the food was so good we didn't care. ”
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... but I got to Cafe Intermezzo for said meeting and it felt like everything moved in slow motion. ”
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The problem with Intermezzo on Peachtree is that I have had slow and inattentive wait staff every single time I've been there (4-5 times). ”
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Service is extremely slow. ”
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Servers will have a bad attitude, they are slow and unfriendly. ”
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The pricing is reasonable and the service is great and they stay open very late which allows you to slide in a good dinner after a long day? ”
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Service was a little slow, but we didn't mind becuase we spent so much time staring at all the yummy desserts! ”
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Service is often friendly but slow. ”
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generally don't complain about slow or inattentive wait staff, so I wouldn't base a bad review on one bad experience. ”
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We all love their happy energy and that was just what we needed after a long week of work, to see happy people. ”
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The waiters aren't very attentive and you'll spend about an hour there for 10 minutes worth of coffee because they take forever to bring you the bill. ”
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Always rude staff, always slow service. ”
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