Cafe di Sol

06/19/09

Worst Service in Atlanta

by joolsgarbonzo at Citysearch

Mediocre food with a side of attitude and negligence. Waiter was rude and absent through most of our meal. Never going back.

• Pros: decor
• Cons: waitstaff

01/12/09

Great Food, Affordable Prices, Friendly Waitstaff

by AJSantostefano at Citysearch

I recenly went for dinner on a Saturday night. I was greeted by the owner, and was seated promptly. The waitstaff was excellent. I had the crabcake special which was delicious. The restaurant is a great place to imbibe, with impressive drink prices and great ambience. I will definitely come back in the near future.

12/05/08

Awesome Food- love Cafe Di Sol

by mlj528 at Citysearch

I LOVE Cafe Di sol. The service may not be the best, but the food and atmosphere make up for it BY FAR. They have an awesome heated patio - I live in Virginia Highlands and eat at Cafe di Sol probably once a week. I swear I've never had a bad meal there and the bar is cool too to grab a drink or quick bite. - the bartenders are always super nice!!

Highly recommend this restaurant despite the slower service. Just go when you're not in a huge hurry and want to hang out and enjoy a good meal in an awesome atmosphere!

• Pros: Great Food, Atmosphere, all around A+
• Cons: Service can be slow on busy nights

11/13/08

Don't ever go unless you like to be ignored and wait forever!

by snoopscoop at Citysearch

We were seated promptly. ordered drinks. 10 minutes later they came out. mostly. they left out 25% of our drink order. ordered food 10 minutes later. finally. 30 minutes later all the folks around us that came in after we were sat had gotten their food. 10 minutes later they were finishing and our waiter told us that he had lost our ticket. (if you are counting that is an hour into our stay)

no apology for it. he sounded stoned. we had to reorder. we were starving at that point. when it finally came out my burger was well done when i asked for it medium. bacon was burnt on all the plates that had it and they didn't get the correct sides on one of our plates.

what an awful miserable experience. we will NEVER be back.

save yourself some grief and never think of going!

• Pros: none i can find
• Cons: the entire place

10/10/08

Terrible Customer Service

by DinerAtl at Citysearch

Good food, terrible service! We went on a Friday night, were seated promptly, and the waitress immediately came by and asked for our drink order. We ordered appetizer and 2 entrees and 45 minutes later....no food and no sign of the waitress!!! Finally after I caught her eye twice and made some pathetic hungry smiles she told us our ticket was up next. "But...will our appetizer be out soon?" "Oh, forgot about that. You still want it?" No apology or smile. Finally we get our food and 10 minutes later our edamame arrives. She disappeared again and it took several efforts to get our check. Turns out they charge for subsitutions too, which she didn't tell us beforehand. I couldn't help but notice that she was very attentive to the nearby table of men that was ordering a lot of martinis. The only time she smiled and apologized for the wait was when she brought back my credit card (aka tip time). If I go back I'll be sure to sit in someone else's section!!!

• Pros: Ambience, pretty patio
• Cons: terrible service, food a little bland

09/29/08

Great food, great drinks, great atmosphere!

by HilaryIrvine at Citysearch

I had lunch at Cafe di Sol one day with my brother and was so disappointed I'd never tried it before! I decided that day to hold my Birthday dinner there for about 20 friends on a Saturday night. It was perfect! The staff was so accommodating and the food was again, delicious and affordable. I'd recommend this place to anyone!

• Pros: The food here is so unique and affordable!
• Cons: I really can't think of anything!

05/23/08

Good food, service can be spotty

by MidtownMomma at Citysearch

I am torn ... I wish I could give 3.5 stars; the food here is really quite good. Everything seems fresh and of good quality, and the food has been quite consistent. However, the service can be underwhelming, a few of the servers are friendly and somewhat attentive, while others you have to flag down several times to get any attention, and then after your place your order, good luck seeing them again. I brought out of town friends here one night after talking it up and was mortified when one friend asked what the soup of the day was and the server just shrugged and said 'I don't know' ... we never did find out. Honestly, the bus boy that brings us our water is consistently the most attentive and friendly employee, if it wasn't for him, we'd often have nothing to drink. It's obviously not been bad enough to keep from going back, but every time we go I hope that things will have improved and so far, not so much. To end on a positive note, they have a great menu, and very nice brunch, a cute atmosphere, if you are not high maintenance, you will probably like it.

• Pros: food, menu, quality
• Cons: service (sometimes)

11/18/07

Good Food & Atmosphere

by kemeers at Citysearch

I went to dinner w/ a friend @ EDS last night & had a very nice, quiet dinner. I had read complaints about the service before going, but didn't experience any problems. Our waitress (I think her name was Danielle) was very nice & didn't come around too much to bother us or too little to not tend to our needs. Our dinner started w/ the cheese plate, then hummus, which was good & garlicky. I had the salmon entree & my friend had the crab cakes. I had no complaints about my entree but my friend said her crab was a little salty. EDS was surprisingly slow on this Saturday night & hopefully they will pick up & stay in business, but there is tough competition in that area. It wasn't the most memorable dinner I've ever had, but it was pleasant & I would go again if I was in the area. Lots of couples there, darkly lit & romantic so it would be a great place for a date, especially if you want to be able to hear your date talk!

• Pros: Reasonable Prices, Romantic & Quiet, Good Menu
• Cons: None

05/12/07

Great food, great service, fantastic bartenders, even better prices

by finallypeace at Citysearch

Not usually one to post a review, but we had to after seeing the awful one below...it is the opposite experience that we have when we go to Eclipse di Sol. All of the bartenders are friendly, from the newest patron to the most regular customer. One of the best neighborhood restaurants you can find. Really wonderful creative menu, but with some great basics too. The best hamburger (and veggie burger) around. My husband swears by the hangar steak. And look out for the mushroom pie if they do it as a special. In fact the specials are almost always delicious too. And all of this for prices that won't break the bank. DJ plays some good music as well 3 or 4 nights a week.

• Pros: Excellent food, great drinks inexpensive, awesome bartenders, free parking
• Cons: can't think of one

03/11/07

Rude Bartender ruins good food!!!!

by ktcritic at Citysearch

We dined this resturant on Saturday night and the food was fantastic, however I can not say the same for the bartender?s service or attitude. The bartender (bald male) was extremely rude and did not sever our party to the restaurant?s normal standards. He did not take our drink order for some time after we sat, and then he began to take orders from customers who had arrived after our party. We waited and finally one of us had to ask if he could take our order. His attitude was extremely aloof and surly, and he did return to ask if we would like other drinks when we had finished. After waving to him, then him looking directly at us and walking away, we were finally able to get the attention of the other bartender (female, extremely nice and apologetic) to get our check. Unfortunately we had out of town guests with us and it made an awful impression of this restaurant.

• Pros: Good food!
• Cons: RUDE bartending staff!!!!!