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4 | I had the fresh spring rolls and the pho, both are great.\n\nConsidering prices of all restaurants in Pitt, the prices here are very nice! For a large pho, it was $7-8. Spring rolls were $1.50 each.\n\nThings to note: cash only\n\nAlso, you can get the pho with beef, chicken, or meatballs. You get a nice portion, but t... | en | 84 | fresh spring rolls pho prices restaurants pitt prices nice large pho spring rolls note cash get pho beef chicken meatballs get nice portion pho include tripe tendon flank random meats normally get pho elsewhere broth excellent great | 37 |
4 | Best Vietnamese in Pittsburgh. The quality of the food in amazing. The service is, as most places with delicious food, not incredible. I don't let that bother me, as the food is worth a drive. I love the chicken pho, and also the curry vermicelli. I enjoy a Vietnamese coffee on occasion, and have sampled most everythin... | en | 106 | best vietnamese pittsburgh quality food amazing service places delicious food incredible let bother food worth drive love chicken pho also curry vermicelli enjoy vietnamese coffee occasion sampled everything relatively small menu many plates spring rolls fresh rolls passed lips type honestly know right fact tried go to... | 52 |
3 | I love this place. The vermicelli is amazing. It is a cozy hole in the wall. The food is so good. And it's BYOB. | en | 24 | love place vermicelli amazing cozy hole wall food good byob | 10 |
3 | aw more memories! many a very early morning / late night meal at ritters... \n\nfood was always yummy... | en | 18 | aw memories many early morning late night meal ritters always yummy | 11 |
1 | Great place to go if you need grease and carbs to soak up all of the drinking you've been doing! Many a late night was spent eating grilled cheese with tomato on rye and fries, and only a few nights in the parking lot hanging onto the light pole for dear life while hurling up that last stoli v and ginger! A great pla... | en | 99 | great place go need grease carbs soak drinking many late night spent eating grilled cheese tomato rye fries nights parking lot hanging onto light pole dear life hurling last stoli v ginger great place drunk great hung typical greasy spoon fare go concerned health otherwise eat brave soul eat | 49 |
0 | I've only been here after 2 AM, and it's always been a flaming trainwreck of an experience.\n\nI've had to figure out if the waitresses were doing this as a halfway house job, I've had staff members not apologize while picking pieces of steel wool and green plastic scrubber out of my food, and I've witnessed an armed r... | en | 82 | always flaming trainwreck figure waitresses halfway house job staff members apologize picking pieces steel wool green plastic scrubber food witnessed armed robbery food decent hours open tom diner eat park instead heck go grocery store instead | 36 |
2 | I don't know what it is (certainly not the food) but I love this place!\n\nPerhaps it's the individual juke boxes, the pie, the sassy waitresses, the 24 hour availability, or the fact that everything here seems to be a hang over cure but I just can not get enough!\n\nI used to live up the street from here and this was ... | en | 95 | know certainly food love place individual juke boxes pie sassy waitresses hour availability fact everything seems hang cure get enough used live street definitely weekend morning hot spot food pretty standard diner food never come late night probably would want mornings ritter definitely fantastic spot | 45 |
2 | Five adults, including three not-small men piled into a Honda Civic on the way to breakfast one Saturday morning. This had better be good, I thought as we bumped along...\n\nRitters is a good place to go when other highly attended brunch locales are going through their mid-morning rush as it has two large dining areas... | en | 196 | five adults including three men piled honda civic way breakfast one saturday morning better good thought bumped along good place go highly attended brunch locales going rush two large dining areas seat customers definitely get seated served food good better crappy dinner experience thought going receive ritters kind ex... | 101 |
3 | Ritters is, for me, the definition of a diner. If you go early an old grandmother will serve up a sloppy egg breakfast on plates that you can't be sure if they've been washed more than twice. Go late night and you can join drunk college kids and \"the ladies of the evening\", just be warned that someone may have pain... | en | 98 | ritters definition diner go early old grandmother serve sloppy egg breakfast plates ca sure washed twice go late night join drunk college kids ladies warned someone may painted section restroom fine layer regergitated food hey creamed ritters place full character full characters missed | 43 |
2 | Conveniently across the street from UPMC Shadyside hospital. \n\nGreat service and down home atmosphere is hard to beat. Had the liver and onions which came with choice of potatoes, veggies, and a hard roll. Normal person portions and with a coffee came to less than ten bucks. \n\nFood wasn't anything to right home ab... | en | 72 | conveniently across street upmc shadyside hospital service home atmosphere hard beat liver onions came choice potatoes veggies hard roll normal person portions coffee came less ten bucks anything right home nice experience convenient location open hours atm machine | 38 |
2 | Rittes is a classic old style diner in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh. It has great diner food and of course great breakfast.\n\nIt has been a well know sober-up place for years. | en | 32 | rittes classic old style diner shadyside neighborhood pittsburgh great diner food course great well know place years | 17 |
3 | 24-hour diner. The food isn't overwhelmingly good. It's been around for a long time. Anytime is a good time to eat there. Go after 2 and watch the drunks stumble through their meal. Go in the morning and catch some early birds or old regulars scarfind down a cheap breakfast. The servers are as pleasant as one can... | en | 79 | diner food overwhelmingly good around long time anytime good time eat go watch drunks stumble meal go morning catch early birds old regulars scarfind cheap breakfast servers pleasant one working hour diner near upmc shadyside located close enough oakland right bloomfield | 41 |
3 | I used to live around the corner from this place and worked across the street at the hospital. \n\nRitters is a great 24/7, greasy spoon diner with adorable vintage juke boxes at the booths, waitresses who have been there forever and patrons who have been lifers as well. \n\nIts certainly not a place to go for health f... | en | 79 | used live around corner place worked across street hospital great greasy spoon diner adorable vintage juke boxes booths waitresses forever patrons lifers well certainly place go health food fine cuisine great breakfast food even greater place late night bar drinking | 40 |
1 | Finding a good ol' diner in Pittsburgh isn't exactly easy. Pamela's has great breakfast, but is in no sense a diner, and there are many good sandwich shops, but once again, they aren't diners.\n\nHaving only been there once so far, my review may be a little skewed. The restaurant has the diner feel, no doubt. There are... | en | 257 | finding good ol diner pittsburgh exactly easy pamela great breakfast sense diner many good sandwich shops far review may little skewed restaurant diner feel doubt jukebox machines every table front decorations harken setting greasy spoon busy went food took wait seemed longer said place packed exactly lunchtime menu st... | 122 |
2 | Great place to go at 3 am when your hammered and just want some food. Ritters only takes cash and the service can be extremely terrible sometimes. However, they are open 24 hours and will serve you breakfast. I think they've seen enough of their share of drunken idiots like us that they're used to it by now. Oh. Did I ... | en | 69 | great place go hammered want food ritters takes cash service extremely terrible sometimes however open hours serve breakfast think seen enough share drunken idiots like us used oh mention open hours awesome | 32 |
1 | At 2am on a weekend night, the clientele is colorful, the service friendly and the food...well just forget about the food. The food ranges from mediocre to bland. Just be grateful there is a colorful place to go for a late night meal. | en | 43 | weekend night clientele colorful service friendly food well forget food food ranges mediocre bland grateful colorful place go late night meal | 21 |
2 | Ritter's is amazing- for what it is: A big, Greek-ish, old fashioned greasy spoon diner with A LOT of character. Granted I have been and will only go here for a weekend breakfast, (or maybe I would go after a night of drinking- since it is open 24 hours.) \n\nIt is also walking distance from my house- so that makes ... | en | 114 | ritter big old fashioned greasy spoon diner lot character granted go weekend breakfast maybe would go night since open hours also walking distance makes little bias always order greek omelet sort eat half stuffed take half home servers awhile still friendly greasy spoon especially walk | 45 |
0 | Worst food in Pittsburgh. That's all. I have been there twice, never my choice, I had tummy ache both times. I think the food is boring. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with non-gourmet food, but Ritter's, is just \"blah\". It also was an unclean feel at times when you are seated and you look around. \nThey are c... | en | 92 | worst food pittsburgh twice never choice tummy ache times think food boring get wrong problem food ritter also unclean feel times seated look around cash also pamelas food oh delish wasting apetite food tons rooms improvement | 36 |
0 | I live off of Liberty Ave and everyone kept telling me I needed to try this place, so after 4 months I did. When my wife and I walked in I thought, this place doesn't look too bad, actually kinda cool. WRONG! After being seated it probably took 5 minutes for the waitress to come over and another 5 minutes for our co... | en | 283 | live liberty ave everyone kept telling needed try place months wife walked thought place look bad actually kinda cool wrong seated probably took minutes waitress come another minutes coffee get table food took minutes absolutely ridiculous standard breakfast though everyone thinks place great guess wait perfection food... | 136 |
2 | It's hard not to give this place and extra star just for sentiment. Honestly Ritters is a favorite of mine. I love diner food. If you're looking for a late night, drunken fourth meal, this is your place. If you just want a no frills, greasy spoon, Saturday brunch, Ritters is there for you.\n\nThis place is blocks from ... | en | 267 | hard give place extra star sentiment honestly ritters favorite mine love diner food looking late night drunken fourth meal place want frills greasy spoon saturday brunch ritters place blocks live makes even better open hours one places town least east end holds title perfect us frequent bloomfield shadyside lawrencevil... | 131 |
3 | I will always love this place, mostly because it is one of the few places open 24 hours a day where I can always get a bacon cheeseburger regardless of the hour. The price is always right, too. \nHighly recommended! Cash only but they do have an ATM inside. If you need separate checks be sure to mention it up front, ... | en | 110 | always love place mostly one places open hours day always get bacon cheeseburger regardless hour price always right recommended cash atm inside need separate checks sure mention front though waitress tad rude asked split cost register already added gave us change even give us small bills might cared food always delicio... | 51 |
3 | We came here for a casual brunch and were pleasantly surprised. Service was slow as we expected, but we weren't really expecting much so I guess it didn't make that much of a difference. They didn't have the fried green tomatoes that we wanted to try...oh well. The food we did get made up for our brief disappointment. ... | en | 149 | came casual brunch pleasantly surprised service slow expected really expecting much guess make much difference fried green tomatoes wanted try oh well food get made brief disappointment greek hobo omelette could want try something called greek hobo omelette feta cheese well stack buckwheat pancakes omelette really flav... | 79 |
2 | Ordered the 2 eggs and potatoes which was only $3.85...DEAL! I asked for the eggs to be scrambled and it came with home fries and toast. I know my meal wasn't that exciting and can you really mess up eggs, toast or potatoes?!?!\n\nThe eggs and toast were fine - something I could've made at home. But the home fries l... | en | 188 | ordered eggs potatoes deal asked eggs scrambled came home fries toast know meal exciting really mess eggs toast potatoes eggs toast fine something could made home home fries left something desired flavor like someone boiled potatoes slapped pan served plate put salt pepper really help like potatoes determined tasteless... | 80 |
1 | I can't really give a food review since I didn't order anything, but there is a reason why I didn't order anything.\n\nMy brother and his friends had the midnight munchies after the whole pub crawling. Being the responsible little sister, I \"chaperoned\" the boys and went the Ritters with them. I wasn't in the mood to... | en | 147 | ca really give food review since order anything reason order brother friends midnight munchies whole pub crawling responsible little sister boys went ritters mood eat midnight reason order anything reason get anything walked diner looked variety dishes patrons ordered felt slightly sick stomach must inner conscious foo... | 66 |
2 | Oh, Ritters. I'd actually give this place a 3.5. The food is nothing special...just basic, greasy, diner food. The rating is not for the food, or for what the places looks like or feels like. This rating is for what Ritter's REPRESENTS. Ritters represents late nights after the bar with friends. Ritters represents the m... | en | 237 | oh ritters actually give place food nothing special basic greasy diner food rating food places looks like feels like rating ritter represents ritters represents late nights bar friends ritters represents meal soak alcohol save wicked hangover ritters represents friends anyone particularly hungry chicken tenders bars cl... | 117 |
3 | Fantastic service, incredibly inexpensive, surprisingly tasty - that pretty much sums it up. As long as you come here knowing it is a cheap diner and not expecting something different, you will enjoy your experience. I had the spinach and feta omelet with tomato, which came with a side of hashbrowns. Each of these was ... | en | 56 | fantastic service incredibly inexpensive surprisingly tasty pretty much sums long come knowing cheap diner expecting something different enjoy experience spinach feta omelet tomato came side hashbrowns great | 27 |
3 | Iconic diner so I've been told and the proof for me today was the fact that the parking lot was packed and there were at least 10 of us standing outside in line waiting IN THE RAIN for our turn at breakfast! That says something either about the diner or about us (nevermind).\n\nThe line went fast and we had friendly a... | en | 99 | iconic diner told proof today fact parking lot packed least us standing outside line waiting rain turn breakfast says something either diner us nevermind line went fast friendly efficient service server typical diner fare expected filled stomach happy ordered french toast bacon orange juice nothing take credit cards | 48 |
3 | Ritter's will never be a fine dining establishment. It will always be a diner. It will always be a standby. It will always be home-cooked, open and ready to accept you regardless of the time of day or the day of the week. All that is truly required is that you find one item on the menu that you really enjoy. For me, th... | en | 154 | ritter never fine dining establishment always diner always standby always open ready accept regardless time day day week truly required find one item menu really enjoy one item grilled chicken breast dinner almost always get item veggie day sliced tomatoes sliced cucumbers always tastes good never breaks bank sometimes... | 74 |
1 | The food at Ritter's tastes like I made it at home, and this is not an endorsement. I had the feta and tomato omelet, and it tasted skunked, like it had just been cooked in a dirty skillet.\n\nIt's a dirty diner with meh food, but it is open 24 hours. If you're drunk, I bet the foood is great. | en | 59 | food ritter tastes like made home endorsement feta tomato omelet tasted skunked like cooked dirty dirty diner meh food open hours drunk bet foood great | 25 |
2 | I have mixed feelings about Ritters. I love it's location and of course the fact it's open 24/7 but you don't quite get what you pay for, compared to other diners. I do however love their pie! I got the strawberry shortcake and it was very large and delicious, definitely recommend. | en | 51 | mixed feelings ritters love location course fact open quite get pay compared diners however love pie got strawberry shortcake large delicious definitely recommend | 23 |
2 | I'm a huge fan of diners and all their fat-filled-breakfast-food glory. However Ritters has left me doubting my borderline obsession. I got the buckwheat pancakes (apparently their specialty) - while they were fluffy and gargantuan the pancakes themselves were nothing to be desired. \n\nThis place is convenient, cheap,... | en | 92 | huge fan diners glory however ritters left doubting borderline obsession got buckwheat pancakes apparently specialty fluffy gargantuan pancakes nothing desired place convenient cheap open altered state mind stumbling around oakland morning ritters may place otherwise go bed service nice enough remember tip well | 43 |
2 | Late nite meal. Gyro was a bit dry. Coleslaw and fries were great.\n Rice pudding was great. | en | 17 | late nite meal gyro bit dry coleslaw fries rice pudding great | 11 |
0 | This was some of the worst food I've ever had. If this is someone's idea of nostalgia, nostalgia is a term I'd like to forget, and the reality is more like nausea. Their greek soup (tasted like Campbell's chicken noodle flavored with lemon) and nasty lamb gyro douched with cucumber dressing will likely haunt me as lo... | en | 92 | worst food ever someone idea nostalgia nostalgia term like forget reality like nausea greek soup tasted like campbell chicken noodle flavored lemon nasty lamb gyro douched cucumber dressing likely haunt long live anyone looking good nostalgic diner experience ca make recommendation yet experience one least case leave p... | 49 |
3 | So after the encouragement of many of my friends I decided to gave this place another try. \nWe had the fried zucchini, spanakopita, and their fish sandwich. I was prepared to be disappointed by the food again but I instead I had to kick myself on that last review. \n\nIt was still diner food, but as far as diner foo... | en | 233 | encouragement many friends decided gave place another try fried zucchini spanakopita fish sandwich prepared disappointed food instead kick last review still diner food far diner food goes impressive even know diners served vast variety food huge fan breakfast food besides important meal day love doughy goodness comfort... | 109 |
3 | Your standard, no-frills diner. Open all day err day, coming here is practically a requirement after a night on Walnut Street. Even during the daytime hours, I prefer Ritter's to Pamela's. Ritter's is spacious - no matter what time I show up, I've never had to wait. It's not anything to marvel at, but it's diner food, ... | en | 213 | standard diner open day err day coming practically requirement night walnut street even daytime hours prefer ritter pamela ritter spacious matter time show never wait anything marvel diner food getting exactly think menu typical diner food expansive little surprised see seafood options ultimately always come back corne... | 113 |
2 | Food is ok and it is kind of greasy spoon.. The decor is interesting. | en | 14 | food ok kind greasy spoon decor interesting | 7 |
0 | People call it \"Critters\" for a reason.\n\nThe two times I've been there I was unhappy. It's cheap, but the food is also gross and you don't get much of it (thank goodness!). Very small toast, cold hard pancakes, and adequate dippy eggs was what I received last time I went. \n\nOh, cash only too. | en | 54 | people call two times unhappy cheap food also gross get much thank goodness small toast cold hard pancakes adequate dippy eggs received last time went cash | 26 |
1 | Joyce was a great server. She took great care of our party of 7 and was very personable. \n\nCheap, average diner food. You can have subpar breakfast, lunch or dinner at any time of the day! Best consumed late night when nothing else is open. I probably wouldn't go out of my way to go here besides a late-night drunk sn... | en | 61 | joyce great server took great care party personable average diner food subpar breakfast lunch dinner time day best consumed late night nothing else open probably would go way go besides drunk snack | 32 |
0 | Ummm, we're pretty sure my boyfriend got food poisoning here. That was the last thing we had eaten for hours, and the next morning he DEFINITELY had eaten something bad after waking up... yikes. | en | 34 | ummm pretty sure boyfriend got food poisoning last thing eaten hours next morning definitely eaten something bad waking yikes | 19 |
3 | Pretty standard Greek diner - omelets, gyros, pastas and burgers with a 1970s look. I can't say I'm a huge fan of the lunch/dinner items (maybe I just haven't found the right items yet), but the breakfast fare is great! No exaggeration, we probably come here once every other weekend. The Greek omelets are delicious, do... | en | 145 | pretty standard greek diner omelets gyros pastas burgers look ca say huge fan items maybe found right items yet breakfast fare great exaggeration probably come every weekend greek omelets delicious let idea lettuce egg dish scare said waitresses deserve major praise work hard almost always smile matter much running aro... | 72 |
0 | Don't get me wrong, the foods great, but when there's only a handful of booths full it shouldn't take an hour and a half to get breakfast. If you get to the point that you'd rather leave and go to McDonalds just so you can eat something it's too long of a wait. | en | 53 | get wrong foods great handful booths full take hour half get breakfast get point rather leave go mcdonalds eat something long wait | 22 |
0 | How does this place even stay in business. It's disgusting. The food is crap. Everything is filthy. All the waitresses look like crackheads. They screwed up a club sandwich & fries. How is that even possible? It deserves negative stars for sucking so badly. | en | 44 | place even stay business disgusting food crap everything filthy waitresses look like crackheads screwed club sandwich fries even possible deserves negative stars sucking badly | 24 |
3 | Just popped in to Ritters for a late night dinner. It's definitely a step back in time. Shirley, our waitress, was really nice, funny and helpful. Upon her recommendation we each had the Hobo omelette which is filled with a gyro's meat,toppings and sauce. It was excellent! The side of home fries were crispy and delicio... | en | 61 | popped ritters late night dinner definitely step back time shirley waitress really nice funny helpful upon recommendation hobo omelette filled gyro meat toppings sauce excellent side home fries crispy delicious definitely give try | 33 |
3 | Ritter's is always good time. Good food and good people watching. Plenty of places to park in the parking lots. Had the grilled ritter's sandwich and it was yummy. My mom had the tuna salad sandwich and said it was good but she's had better. | en | 45 | ritter always good time good food good people watching plenty places park parking lots grilled ritter sandwich yummy mom tuna salad sandwich said good better | 25 |
1 | We were skeptical to eat here based on the mixed reviews. We can now say we've tried it and we probably won't go back. We were greeted by a hostess who sounded and smelled like she just got done smoking. Instead of escorting us to a seat, she told us which tables to pick and to seat ourselves. I ordered the sirloin of ... | en | 148 | skeptical eat based mixed reviews say tried probably wo go back greeted hostess sounded smelled like got done smoking instead escorting us seat told us tables pick seat ordered sirloin beef mashed potatoes fiance got steak eggs food okay server friendly attentive thankful one servers clearly dying pneumonia bronchitis ... | 70 |
1 | What you expect out of a 24 hour diner. Food can be pretty good, service can be pretty bad. | en | 19 | expect hour diner food pretty good service pretty bad | 9 |
1 | I remember my first experience at a diner: Art Deco-inspired architecture, narrow and long floorplan, jukeboxes, neon signs, quick service, and extremely tasty pancakes with chocolate syrup! Granted I was only 7 or 8 years old then, but I can recall everything (how can I forget the taste of those pancakes?!). Since the... | en | 534 | remember first experience diner art architecture narrow long floorplan jukeboxes neon signs quick service extremely tasty pancakes chocolate syrup granted years old recall everything forget taste pancakes since quite diners including faux diners would go particularly morning night partying drinking feeling lazy hung co... | 266 |
1 | It is definitely an experience. Located in not such a great part of town. Very old. Food is just ok, grease upon grease. Everything came out from the kitchen hot, but looked like it was all cooked in the same grease in the same pan. Waitresses do not make much of an effort. She was more concerned with eating her meal. ... | en | 73 | definitely experience located great part town old food ok grease upon grease everything came kitchen hot looked like cooked grease pan waitresses make much effort concerned eating meal cashier breath fresh air chatty nice | 34 |
0 | I took my family of 7 here on sunday 11/9. We arrived at 11AM and by 1:20 we had not received our food. This is after ordering over and hour ago. We noticed the table around us received their food even though they had been seated after us. The waitress was very nice and said she was sorry for the wait several times. I ... | en | 188 | took family sunday arrived received food ordering hour ago noticed table around us received food even though seated us waitress nice said sorry wait several times finally asked see mgr assume owner finally came table explained situation said really cares customers made customers wait way would customers walked away not... | 76 |
3 | Best brunch ever! You will have better luck getting seated quickly if you arrive by 10am. They have the best potatoes in the burgh and it's good food that will stick to your ribs! The service is always quick and friendly. | en | 41 | best brunch ever better luck getting seated quickly arrive best potatoes burgh good food stick ribs service always quick friendly | 20 |
4 | Breakfast, breakfast, breakfast!!! I've been here many times over the years 90% of which I've ordered breakfast. Diner breakfast easily excites me and this place hits the spot!! Home fries over hash browns and if my bacon bends and not breaks, then you can get from me! I don't think I've ever had a bad experience ... | en | 94 | breakfast breakfast breakfast many times years ordered breakfast diner breakfast easily excites place hits spot home fries hash browns bacon bends breaks get think ever bad experience love time day early seniors hours drunks lol thanks many delicious meals ritters hopefully come | 42 |
3 | This place is definitely a throwback. Whether you come in here at 3AM in a drunken stupor or 7PM for a quick meal the food is fantastic. The breakfast items are all pretty standard but I do enjoy getting it sometimes for dinner. Some of the other things you must try are the grilled chicken on a pita or the diner bur... | en | 98 | place definitely throwback whether come drunken stupor quick meal food fantastic breakfast items pretty standard enjoy getting sometimes dinner things must try grilled chicken pita diner burger menu large constantly flip even though know like back hand service usually good love quarter jukeboxes tables | 44 |
3 | Ritter's Diner is a breakfast lover's home away from home. The atmosphere is a vintage American greasy spoon--take a black and white photo of the vinyl booths with their own coin-op jukeboxes and convince your friends it's 1960 again. But cozy nostalgic surroundings are just a small piece.\n\nPancakes, bacon, eggs, cla... | en | 129 | ritter diner breakfast lover home away home atmosphere vintage american greasy spoon take black white photo vinyl booths jukeboxes convince friends cozy nostalgic surroundings small bacon eggs classic diner dishes done well one visit particular ordered greek omelet loaded gyro meat veggies cheese one heartiest omelets ... | 70 |
4 | Best drugs in town! | en | 4 | best drugs town | 3 |
2 | Meh, if I'm feeling generous I'd give it another 1/2 star for the Italian wedding soup but my gnocchi and veal marsala were only worthy of a review to keep the exuberant reviews from getting out of hand. I suppose I was expecting more out of Bloomfield, I would expect this service and quality outside of Little Italy. ... | en | 78 | meh feeling generous give another star italian wedding soup gnocchi veal marsala worthy review keep exuberant reviews getting hand suppose expecting bloomfield would expect service quality outside little italy eat make want go back without trying restaurants area | 38 |
1 | Well, as stated in the previous review of their lunch buffet, we finally went for dinner, and were horribly disappointed to discover a night-and-day comparison between the lunch and dinner. I had gnocchi, she had Veal Imperial, and we ordered 'traditional style' which meant for an addition $4 it came with marinated mus... | en | 314 | well stated previous review lunch buffet finally went dinner horribly disappointed discover comparison lunch dinner gnocchi veal imperial ordered style meant addition came marinated mushrooms clams casino soup salad friend left veal dish plate want take home took bite tongue experienced absolutely flavor extent take si... | 148 |
3 | Family friendly! While some reviewers may lament the outdated interiors, a feature that was not missed by me, I will merely say that Lombardozzi proved to be the best venue for our toddler that we have come upon in months. Our server did not know the difference between bolognese and meat sauce, but she brought soup and... | en | 178 | family friendly reviewers may lament outdated interiors feature missed merely say lombardozzi proved best venue toddler come upon months server know difference bolognese meat sauce brought soup milk toddler faster say pronto fawned daughter made us feel comfortable owner chef came table talk us husband felt like eating... | 89 |
1 | Don't waste your time!\nOh, where should I start..?\nMy family and friends came here for a Sunday lunch. The prices are crazy high (for -cheap- pasta). The menu outside the building and website doesn't match what they show you at the table. One of our guest was the last one to receive his perfectly square cheese raviol... | en | 124 | waste time start family friends came sunday lunch prices crazy high pasta menu outside building website match show table one guest last one receive perfectly square cheese ravioli filling still frozen think ravioli plate get home made microwaved barely fit eat flavorless chicken piccata fish eggplant parmigiana atmosph... | 60 |
2 | I came here awhile back, wanting to sample some of the Italian restaurants in Bloomfield. I came on a weeknight around 7pm, and it wasn't crowded at all. I ordered the gnocchi. It was okay, and not a bad meal, but it didn't wow me--it wasn't really anything out of the ordinary. On the plus side, my waitress was att... | en | 93 | came awhile back wanting sample italian restaurants bloomfield came weeknight around crowded ordered gnocchi okay bad meal wow really anything ordinary plus side waitress attentive friendly atmosphere nice date overall okay option italian doubt back anytime soon since better elsewhere pgh | 41 |
0 | There has been a pile of vomit on there sidewalk for 10 days, For the life of me I cannot believe they havent taken care of this, such a turn off. Today is 10/3 | en | 34 | pile vomit sidewalk days life believe havent taken care turn today | 11 |
4 | People who know me...know me as a food fanatic. Tessaro's is one of my favorite restaurants in Pittsburgh, hands down. It is not pricey. It is not pretentious. It is all-American and good food.\n\nEverything about it is so...customer-centric that recalls the essence of Pittsburgh. The host (normally the owner - ch... | en | 147 | people know know food fanatic tessaro one favorite restaurants pittsburgh hands pricey pretentious good recalls essence pittsburgh host normally owner check fantastic heinz bottle tie wears every friday takes number party actually remembers come normally burgers patty incredibly juicy ground restaurant delivered fresh ... | 68 |
4 | Best Burger In The Universe.\nI am a burger lover. People ask me, \"Alli, where can I get the best burger in DC?\" I tell them that they need to take 270 to Frederick, get on 70 west, get on the PA turnpike, and get off when they're near Pittsburgh. Ask anyone how to get to Tessaro's - I'm sure they know.\n\nYour bur... | en | 147 | best burger burger lover people ask alli get best burger dc tell need take frederick get west get pa turnpike get near pittsburgh ask anyone get tessaro sure burger huge dripping juicy bottom bun disgusting soggy sponge none matter burger heaven delighting freshly ground beef makes tessaro restaurant barely bar mean wa... | 68 |
4 | Everyone's commentrs about this unpretentious pub style restaurant are understated. When you approach the corner location your iniotial reaction is that this must be the wrong address. Keep the faith !!\nOnce inside the people are friendly, whth all sorts and ages of people. The service is supurb and the food is in... | en | 121 | everyone commentrs unpretentious pub style restaurant understated approach corner location iniotial reaction must wrong address keep faith inside people friendly whth sorts ages people service supurb food incredible hamburger best one years hamburger lover dry blue cheese bacon burger peer chicken salad best daughter e... | 58 |
4 | A great Pittsburgh Restaurant. If you want to get a taste of some great local food here, this is one of those places. \n\nI would recommend that Fillet Mignon. I got a 16oz special cut medium rare. One of the best Steak's I've had in a while. \n\nI've had the burgers here, and probably Pittsburgh's closest equivalent... | en | 65 | great pittsburgh restaurant want get taste great local food one places would recommend fillet mignon got special cut medium rare one best steak burgers probably pittsburgh closest equivalent rj grunts terms good burgers | 33 |
4 | Tessaro's has some of the finest burgers in the US. A wonderful \"corner bar\" kind of atmosphere makes it THE place to take people in from out of town. Grilled meats and daily seafood specials (try the prawns) are available and also an excellent choice, but the burger is easily the main event. \n\nThere are a few d... | en | 88 | tessaro finest burgers us wonderful corner kind atmosphere makes place take people town grilled meats daily seafood specials try prawns available also excellent choice burger easily main event downsides frequently packed weekends seating cramped taking party damn near impossible still highly recommend anyone | 43 |
4 | I went here after reading all the great reviews here on yelp. I was not disappointed and I don't believe my companion was either. It was a Friday night around 9 and the place was packed. We got right in and was seated in less than a minute.Our server came right to us for our drink order. We both ended up ordering burge... | en | 108 | went reading great reviews yelp disappointed believe companion either friday night around place packed got right seated less server came right us drink order ended ordering burgers bbq bomb delicious came fast mean expecting long wait considering ordered mine medium well good around bill round burgers drinks | 47 |
2 | A steakhouse in Bloomfield. Went there on a Saturday night looking for a good burger. It was a little crowded. The burger was large and very tasty. The buns need a lot of work. There was no bread or anything beforehand and no appetizers on the menu. No drink list either, though there is a bar. AND no dessert me... | en | 86 | steakhouse bloomfield went saturday night looking good burger little crowded burger large tasty buns need lot work bread anything beforehand appetizers menu drink list either though bar dessert menu felt like missing much quite agree high ratings site home fries great though | 42 |
4 | Tessaro's is definitely the best burger you'll find in Pittsburgh. Their sides are also delicious. If you have vegetarian friends that protest, they have vegetable kabobs that are actually really good as well. If you love burgers and you're in Pittsburgh, you'll have to try it out. If you've been but haven't gone back ... | en | 104 | tessaro definitely best burger find pittsburgh sides also delicious vegetarian friends protest vegetable kabobs actually really good well love burgers pittsburgh try gone back waiting peak meal hours wait minutes staff friendly helpful know serve mean burger happy part warning prepared stuffed | 42 |
3 | This place rules! Family owned and run, it's a great neighborhood place to eat. The burgers, hand made and made to order are superlatively good. I love that they don't have fries! Don't get me wrong, I love fries BUT who needs fry oil, old oil, more stuff? The burger is good enough. They're known too for great fish a... | en | 112 | place rules family owned run great neighborhood place eat burgers hand made made order superlatively good love fries get wrong love fries needs fry oil old oil stuff burger good enough known great fish steaks though burger burger every time went friends another time kids occasionally sat bar always good wait crazy long... | 60 |
2 | My friend brought me here right when my plane landed in Pittsburgh, PA. It looked as if was located deep in the heart of Pittsburgh. We walked through a dark alley (skurry), where we parked, into this nice little restaurant.\n\nThe building itself looked old but cozy. Maybe a little too cozy as our seats were rather... | en | 110 | friend brought right plane landed pittsburgh looked located deep heart pittsburgh walked dark alley skurry parked nice little building looked old cozy maybe little cozy seats rather known best burger alliteration ftw went steak sandwich company money piece steak piece rye bread steak fries memorable service good homely | 48 |
1 | Putting lamb in your burger is not my idea of 'gourmet' burger. Sure it tastes unique, but there are better ways to skin the cat. Good, but after a couple of times I got VERY tired of the 'unique flavor' of their meat. | en | 43 | putting lamb burger idea burger sure tastes unique better ways skin cat good couple times got tired flavor meat | 19 |
2 | I think I was a victim of over-hyped burgers.\nThere was nothing bad about \"the burger,\" and it was good, but there wasn't nothing particularly mind-blowing, either. \nThe quality of the meat was very good, and my burger was cooked fine; however, I appreciate a well-seasoned burger with a lot of flavor more than jus... | en | 117 | think victim nothing bad burger good nothing particularly either quality meat good burger cooked fine however appreciate burger lot flavor good meat actually put tiny dash salt burger help side salad got instead homefries small good excellent dressing date ordered grilled chicken sandwich good seasoning recommend try t... | 52 |
1 | I was entirely underwhelmed by the supposed \"best burger\" in Pittsburgh, as it had been recommended to me. I guess I was expecting more flavor - some kind of house seasoning or something special, but it was very ordinary. \n\nIt was quite busy and seemed a little cramped inside. They seated us near the window faci... | en | 113 | entirely underwhelmed supposed best pittsburgh recommended guess expecting flavor kind house seasoning something special ordinary quite busy seemed little cramped inside seated us near window facing liberty great way seating arranged friend back generally prefer tables perpendicular window allow everyone look occasiona... | 51 |
2 | The burger was very good can't say anything bad about it. You will not be disappointed, unless you like fries with your burger. If that is the case you better look elsewhere. Not a fry to be found I find home fries a poor substitute with a burger. Just my two cents. | en | 52 | burger good ca say anything bad disappointed unless like fries burger case better look elsewhere fry found find home fries poor substitute burger two cents | 25 |
2 | These burgers are good.\n\nThe bread they use on said burgers sucks.\n\nDark and not very clean.\n\nBacon blue burger though was worth the trip. I don't see myself going back very often. | en | 30 | burgers bread use said burgers blue burger though worth trip see going back often | 14 |
1 | I also left here scratching my head after all of the lofty reviews of the place. Yes, maybe it is a local institution, but it is not worthy of one of the highest yelp ratings for a restaurant in Pittsburgh.\n\nThe burger was mildly admirable. I'll trust their word that they use high quality ground beef, but it's stil... | en | 142 | also left scratching head lofty reviews place yes maybe local institution worthy one highest yelp ratings restaurant burger mildly admirable trust word use high quality ground beef still ground ground sirloin anything also huge cumbersome greasy expensive flavorless amount blue cheese gave almost joke well wish would g... | 71 |
1 | I've had better burgers at several other Pittsburgh restaurants. I have never eaten anything else on the Tessaro menu--and since it doesn't look very appealing, it's not likely that I will--but the burgers are just OK. The service, in my opinion, is often quite rude. The \"ambiance\" is loud, dark, dingy and depressing... | en | 80 | better burgers several pittsburgh restaurants never eaten anything else tessaro menu since look appealing likely burgers service opinion often quite rude loud dark dingy depressing sorry get better hamburger try sharp edge beer emporium murray avenue grill even five guys burgers fries | 42 |
4 | Tessaros has a full menu, but if you go there you need, no you must order a burger. They have the very best restaurant burgers I have ever eaten. Not greasy, great taste, and they grill them right there in the bar.\n\nDon't miss out on the best burger of your life. | en | 51 | tessaros full menu go need must order burger best restaurant burgers ever eaten greasy great taste grill right miss best burger life | 22 |
2 | When a place is famous for something (ie having the best burgers in Pittsburgh) thats what you should order. Theres a reason it has that distinction. \n\nBut in an effort to keep my waistline from increasing, i decided NOT to get a burger at Tessaros. Instead i got the chili and the side grilled veggie kabob. To ... | en | 172 | place famous something ie best burgers pittsburgh thats order theres reason distinction effort keep waistline increasing decided get burger tessaros instead got chili side grilled veggie kabob day tell side grilled vegetables cost bad lot nothing chili something weird could put finger realized ketchup distinct ketchup ... | 75 |
4 | Tessaro's was both a passing point and my final destination on my hamburger road trip across America. I've had famous burgers such as the ones at Mr. Bartley's up in MA or the french bread burgers down at Rotier's in Nashville as well as regional burgers like the green chili cheeseburgers of the southwest.\n\nAfter it... | en | 552 | tessaro passing point final destination hamburger road trip across america famous burgers ones bartley french bread burgers rotier nashville well regional burgers like green chili cheeseburgers still see tessaro one best burgers ever top burger joints scattered throughout midwest beef fresh fresh gets started medium ra... | 276 |
2 | I can understand why some people give this place 5 stars and some shrug their shoulders and say nothing special.\n\nThe burgers here are ground fresh by an in house butcher and the meat is good, not greasy and very juicy. IMHO, if you added some ground chuck you would get even better flavor but overall they have some o... | en | 294 | understand people give place stars shrug shoulders say nothing burgers ground fresh house butcher meat good greasy juicy imho added ground chuck would get even better flavor overall best tasting burger meat cook griddle heated burning hard woods interesting concept honest could taste smokiness meat also imho grilled me... | 141 |
3 | Delicious burgers- freshly ground beef and hand-shaped and cooked on a wood-fired grill- amazing. The burgers arrive and look enormous, but are so good, before you know it, your plate is empty. Only downside is it can get very busy and you'll have a long wait outdoors. | en | 47 | delicious freshly ground beef cooked amazing burgers arrive look enormous good know plate empty downside get busy long wait outdoors | 20 |
3 | Huge burger and good service, but the burger's more than a little bland. It's cooked over a wood-heated griddle, which sounds cute, but the griddle means that it doesn't pick up much, if any, flavor from the wood fire. (Might as well be cooked over gas or an electric griddle.) Throw in some chuck or pork fat or spic... | en | 92 | huge burger good service burger little bland cooked griddle sounds cute griddle means pick much flavor wood fire might well cooked gas electric griddle throw chuck pork fat spices garlic something flavor would much better butcher back nice service takes stars | 41 |
4 | Tessaro's grinds their burger beef fresh, so you can order yours rare and not worry too much about dying from e. coli (though I suppose the threat remains). I get my burger, rare, with caramelized onions and dijon mustard. It is euphoria-inducing. \n\nThis place is run by the most gracious and lovely women. I feel so a... | en | 116 | tessaro grinds burger beef fresh order rare worry much dying coli though suppose threat remains get burger rare caramelized onions dijon mustard place run gracious lovely women feel ease wish could move sort atmosphere like men cigar club suffused throughout wizened womanly vibe whenever come never want downside go veg... | 55 |
1 | This place is hyped as the be all end all of burgers. It may or may not be, and some of the food is actually quite decent- I've had burgers and seafood and chicken and salads over the years.\n\nThe reason why I rate this place low is the atmosphere is abysmal. I've always felt like an outsider here, even when we were... | en | 138 | place hyped end burgers may may food actually quite burgers seafood chicken salads reason rate place low atmosphere abysmal always felt like outsider even going twice week months live right street hosts terrible like look right past one special friends shoehorn tiny uncomfortable booths putting smaller parties comforta... | 60 |
1 | OVERHYPED. I've had better burgers almost everywhere. | en | 7 | overhyped better burgers almost everywhere | 5 |
4 | Usually when I think of a burger, I think of mediocre meat and lots of toppings to mask the crappy meat. Fits the craving sometimes, but just not a spectacular meal. \n\nTessaro's has defined for me a burger eating experience unlike any other. The meat they use here is awesome, both in texture and taste. I always order... | en | 73 | usually think burger think mediocre meat lots toppings mask crappy meat fits craving sometimes spectacular meal defined burger eating experience unlike meat use awesome texture taste always order one place take friends eat would | 34 |
0 | Never been treated so poorly\n\nI went with three friends to eat at Tessaro's on a rainy Saturday evening. I dropped them off while I parked the car. The hostess sat them and when she found out I was parking the car, she told them literally to \"GET UP.\" She said they wouldn't seat them because I wasn't there. By... | en | 97 | never treated went three friends eat tessaro rainy saturday evening dropped parked car hostess sat found parking car told literally get said would seat time arrived table friends still shock utter rudeness tessaro pittsburgh institution family frequented years treatment disgrace reputation | 41 |
1 | The burger was pretty good but, I've had much better. Tables are really close to each other like others have said. What I really didn't like about this place was the service. We had to flag down our waitress just to get refills. We were rushed through our meals like we weren't wanted! I mean they weren't crowded or any... | en | 93 | burger pretty good much better tables really close like others said really like place service flag waitress get refills rushed meals like wanted mean crowded anything one table people besides us dining side maybe people bar went five guy would much happier | 42 |
3 | Me and Lady Friend of Joe (or lesbian friend) saunter into Tessaro's and I chose her to accompany me since her love of animal protein is well known in the south hills. This girl grills meat outdoors in sub zero weather. \n\nI orders the bacon cheese burger with grilled onions and potato salad (no fryer, hence, no fries... | en | 181 | lady friend joe lesbian friend saunter tessaro chose accompany since love animal protein well known south hills girl grills meat outdoors sub zero weather orders bacon cheese burger grilled onions potato salad fryer hence fries lfoj orders exceptin gets home orders ipa since find best tasting beer wood fired grilled me... | 103 |
3 | In my vegetarian life, this is the only burger that I've ever thought looked good. \n\nTessaro's makes simple, American food well. Their variety of specialty burgers is large and is accompanied by other typical American fare, sch as ribs, meatloaf, and other sandwich varieties outside of the burger. While the dress is ... | en | 152 | vegetarian life burger ever thought looked good makes simple american food well variety specialty burgers large accompanied typical american fare sch ribs meatloaf sandwich varieties outside burger dress casual lady always greet seat would assume owner manager along dark wood long bar give space air elegance great spot... | 79 |
1 | Overrated. No seating until all members if party have arrived...so we awkwardly hovered over empty tables. The second bummer here was the lack of french fries - which is borderline criminal when you offer a burger. The bun was dry, the burger was ok, generous portion of meat though. Nothing special here. the crowd... | en | 71 | overrated seating members party arrived awkwardly hovered empty tables second bummer lack french fries borderline criminal offer burger bun dry burger ok generous portion meat though nothing special crowd get sure hype | 32 |
1 | I'm always trying to hit up places that are listed in the fantastic book \"Hamburger America.\" Tessaro's is one of two places to be listed for Pennsylvania. I visited while in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago with high expectations. I like the joint, it seems like a family run business, and there's a lot of people coming an... | en | 154 | always trying hit places listed fantastic book hamburger tessaro one two places listed pennsylvania visited pittsburgh weeks ago high expectations like joint seems like family run business lot people coming going wait long table service fine like atmosphere many better burgers ca rave frier burger comes home fries pota... | 68 |
4 | Let me start out by saying, I share food when it's good but I DON'T share food when it's REAAAAAALY good! So I was there with a friend enjoying their fantastic potato salad and she had scarfed hers down in like 5 seconds and her fork was headed towards mine. I stabbed my fork in the same potato she had settled on and y... | en | 195 | let start saying share food good share food reaaaaaaly good friend enjoying fantastic potato salad scarfed like seconds fork headed towards mine stabbed fork potato settled yelled think potato salad burgers juiciest biggest incredible burgers ever stick cheeseburger want enjoy burger without fancy smancy stuff literall... | 81 |
1 | I've been coming here for the past 10 years and have always enjoyed the food and the atmosphere, so I'm sad to have to write a review that speaks poorly about the place. Having said that, my last experience at Tessaro's was ruined before we were even seated. While waiting with my girlfriend to be seated for 25 minut... | en | 145 | coming past years always enjoyed food atmosphere sad write review speaks poorly place said last experience tessaro ruined even seated waiting girlfriend seated minutes party walks immediately seated ask party would seated many parties waiting told seating laid specifically accommodate specific number people absurd proc... | 63 |
2 | After striking out at Pleasure bar for my meatball fix I decided to go burger! From the reviews I have read from my fellow yelpers I have been excited to try \"the best burgers in the burgh\" \n\nAlas my anticipation for stop number 2 was snubbed out because they were closed too. I called and was informed that the hour... | en | 112 | striking pleasure bar meatball fix decided go burger reviews read fellow yelpers excited try best burgers anticipation stop number snubbed closed called informed hours operation three patrons also going burger sadly break news oh dang maybe dog would trick seeing oscar meyer weiner mobile quick photo opp frankie extra ... | 52 |
2 | Walking into this place it has a homey and welcoming environment. They don't have many tables so I can safely assume it gets pretty crowded later on in the day. I went around 4-5pm so there were only a few other tables taken up.\n\nMy friend and I both ordered burgers and I was pleasantly surprised with the size of my ... | en | 196 | walking place homey welcoming environment many tables safely assume gets pretty crowded later day went around tables taken friend ordered burgers pleasantly surprised size burger hate going places serve small burgers eensy weensy piece meat middle tessaro gives really satisfying sized burger ordered mine well done seem... | 94 |
3 | I would consider myself the burger connoisseur. I would say the rare burger with mushrooms and raw onions at Tessaro's was definitely one of my best burger experiences. The meat had a nice flavor and the bun was not \"bready\". Two signs of a great burger and the rest is just fluff. The only reason I won't give t... | en | 79 | would consider burger connoisseur would say rare burger mushrooms raw onions tessaro definitely one best burger experiences meat nice flavor bun two signs great burger rest fluff reason wo give placet stars bartender friendly waitress hand made | 37 |
0 | my burger was really dry and tasteless, and I ordered it to be cooked medium. I was disappointed in this place because everyone says its the best burger in town...I must be missing something. I thought the atmosphere kinda sucks and the way seating is done leaves much to be desired...overall might go back to see if it ... | en | 67 | burger really dry tasteless ordered cooked medium disappointed place everyone says best burger town must missing something thought atmosphere kinda sucks way seating done leaves much desired overall might go back see fluke wont rushing | 35 |
4 | No joke, best burger I've had this side of the Mississippi.\n\nThe background here was that this establishment used to be a deli and they retained their butcher. Knowing the meat as he did, the secrets of the best burgers were passed down to the most delicious recipes in the most competent hands.\n\nRegardless of wheth... | en | 80 | joke best burger side background establishment used deli retained butcher knowing meat secrets best burgers passed delicious recipes competent whether true know meat serve quality grade afraid order pittsburgh rare | 30 |
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