The Globe Cafe Restaurant & Bar

08/06/09

This place is Closed

by alsim123 at Citysearch

This place is Closed

09/01/08

Nothing to Get Excited About

by neatomosquito at Citysearch

Went on Saturday night. Hard to talk about much of anything since it was a fairly blah experience. Oh, wait.....I thought the restaurant looked really cool. There was a feeling of privacy due to simple curtains hung here and there. Other than that I'm back to average. Food you ask? For the starter I had the barely touched scallops. Paper thin raw scallops served with olive oil, sea salt, a little garlic, or at least I think so. Me being a sushi eater didn't find anything exciting there and the presentation on a really nice but way too small plate was abysmal. Main, lemon ricotta ravioli. Nice helping of the stuff and there was lots of fresh green stuff like parsley etc...on it but otherwise....nothing of note to report. Dessert. Boy, if a restaurant can't take advantage of every opportunity to make desserts looks spectacular then they're just plain goofy. I had some sort of lemon cheesecake, or so I thought, that was actually a lemon cake served with a dollop of whipped cream thrown, and I mean thrown on the top. No effort at presentation. Smells of "I don't care" to me. So, with a party of 4, the general consensus was that we weren't going to head back there any time soon, if ever. Too many other great places to eat in ATL.

• Pros: Cool Interior Space
• Cons: No one thing....just nothing notable to make me want to go back

08/09/08

A little disappointing

by mike3889 at Citysearch

I work near the Globe and have been wanting to try having dinner there. So my wife and I went Friday night. The atmosphere is nice and the service we received was very good and relaxed. The overall experience was enjoyable...but the food was disappointing. For the price the food just didn't measure up. If the prices were 1/2 then it would have been just OK. Oh and a glass of wine was $10 or more. I wanted to listen to the live jazz featured on Friday nights but the band was playing outside...where it was really hot. So we decided to sit inside where it was nice and cool instead. So I didn't get to hear the band which would have made up for the poor quality and over priced food. I should give an example of the food issue...we both ordered summer salads...which were very well presented and included edamame, asparagus, tomatoes and cheese on top of a piece of bread. It looked really good. Only the bread was so hard...really hard...we couldn't cut it with our knife. I just picked mine up and chewed it by hand. My whole wheat penne pasta dish was just OK. On the plus side my wife really liked her onion soup. It just isn't a place we will ever return to. If the food was significantly better we would definitely return. Or if the food was 1/2 the price we might return. Oh well luckily there are many many great places to eat out n Atlanta.

• Pros: Service, pleasant environment, convient location
• Cons: limited food choices, over priced food and wine by the glass, food not that good

09/20/06

pretty good food but not great

by frankhyunh at Citysearch

Went here for lunch and while it's relatively affordable, I didn't think it was too spectacular. Dessert was good though!

08/04/06

Why the hype?

by emcatt at Citysearch

My beau and I had great expectations for this place and were sadly very disappointed. We ordered entrees, an appetizer, and wine. The drinks were small (although tasty) and not worth the price - expect to buy two glasses of wine if you only want one, or two to three mojitos if you want one, since they're very small and run about $8-10 each. My salmon plate was soaked in oil, was not good, and left me hungry. My boyfriend had chicken that was equally unappetizing. Decor is "hip" but looks like a cheap IKEA-ish cafeteria. Overall we left unsatisfied, still hungry, and feeling ripped off. Never again.

• Pros: Trendy, nice outdoor area
• Cons: Food was bad, drinks are small and expensive

05/31/06

Reservations and Service Mean Nothing Here

by csag4910 at Citysearch

We had reservations for five and it still took 30-40 minutes to seat us and it really wasn't that busy. In the meantime, we sat at the bar and proceeded to wait another 10 minutes for the bartender to come by and get our drink orders...again not that busy. Mixed nuts were in front of the folks to the left and right of us and so we asked for a bowl. The bartender asked the man sitting to the right of us if we could have some of his! When we finally got seated the service was very sparse and when the waiter was around he had a chip on his shoulder. The food was decent but wasn't worth the wait, lack of service, rudeness, etc.

02/05/06

average

by prgoddess at Citysearch

The abience is awesome...but that's where anything above average ends. We had 8:45 reservations and did not get seated until 9:50. All we got for that inconvenience was an "i'm sorry about the wait." The scallops were average, the paella was not good... i can't even really remember the appetizers we got but they obviously weren't worth remembering.

01/31/06

return trip for lunch

by the_dude7 at Citysearch

I finally got around to making a return trip here. This time I had the Salad Nicoise along with a shrimp cake appetizer. My lunch date had the ChickenCaeser Salad. My lunch was good, but overpriced for what I got. I tried my lunch dates chicken from her salad and it was completely dried out and tasteless. Our server was very outgoing and helpfull and very attentive. However, I've given this place a second chance and the lack of quality in food that I've seen does not justify the prices. I will not be returning.

• Pros: waitress was cool
• Cons: lunch dates Chicken Caesar salad was not good, overpriced

01/09/06

Fine

by 5chastain5 at Citysearch

The food here is fine but it's certainly nothing to write home about. I agree with everyone else the service is really bad.

• Pros: food, atmosphere
• Cons: service, expensive

01/09/06

Not anything great

by mld365 at Citysearch

The atmosphere is bland, service was not there (except in the seating), food was average. I had heard great things about this place but was very disappointed.

• Pros: Appetizers
• Cons: Food, Atmosphere, Service