Bread and salad were great. Chicken Franchese was slimy, needed salt and was not hot. It seemed as though it was pre-made and heated up. Large portion but I did not finish the last piece. Service by our waitress was terrible. Not pleasant at all and never came to check on us after the meals were served. It seemed as though she was annoyed by our presence and did not want to work this particular day. The other waitress that was working and interacted with other customers sounded cheerful and very friendly. Complete opposite of our experience. Three stars is extremely generous and I'm certain we'll never be back to eat here again. read more

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We love the food, pizza and eggplant fungitelli is amazing. I wish I could make sauce as good as they do. Also, we love the service

My clients decided to get lunch from this location. They called in the order, and I got the grilled chicken sandwich. When I arrived, I parked on site. I walked in, and the lady said my order was ready. I paid and left. While the sandwich looked good, there was more bread than chicken. It wasn't bad tasting, but they were super stingy with the chicken. I had an ok experience. read more

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NOT HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE. No ramps. Does not comply with ADA standards. Very disappointed, was looking forward to dining in and trying their food. Unfortunately we cannot even enter the building. Do better. read more

This place has gone downhill tremendously. Ordered Veal Picatta and it tasted nothing like it and was drowned in black pepper and spicy, Picatta is not supposed to be spicy. Same with Veal Marsala, no taste of Marsala whatsoever and again drowned in black pepper and spicy which the dish is not supposed to be. Whoever is cooking has changed the restaurant from its original recipes. Won't eat there again and was a frequent customer for years. read more

A good place to eat. had the shrimp scampi. Good meal for a great price. Potions were nice size. Would definitely recommend

Talk about a sleeper, I must have passed this place a dozen times before I even noticed it. Conveniently located near Geisinger CMC and easy walk for a delicious lunch. The bread is made in house and the lunch specials can not be beat. Eggplant parm sandwich, meatball parm hoagie and an order of stuffed shells all came with house salads and the bill was painless! Waitress could not have been sweeter to boot! read more

This is a favorite restaurant of my husband's family. I love it! Their fried calamari starter is so good! And while the pepper shooters are too spicy for me, they're my husband's favorite! I enjoy the non red sauce dishes like the chicken francese. The dish comes with pasta, but you absolutely need to upgrade to the homemade gnocchi. So so so good! And I ask for the gnocchi in the francese sauce. 10/10. Their Fradiavlo is a popular dish for anyone who likes very spicy dishes! read more

Cafe Classico - Pepper shooters and Fried Calamari - Fried calamari with a side of dipping sauce and a lemon wedge is served on checkered paper, with grilled vegetables on a white plate in the background. - Italian Near Me - Scranton, Pennsylvania

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This visit to Cafe Classico was very nice. The waitress was very friendly and helpful, and it's a very chill spot. If you're looking for a quiet place for good Italian food, come here! The shrimp cocktail was lovely, the chicken roll was awesome, and the caesar salad was a nice portion. My favorite dishes definitely have to be their pasta though, check them out! read more

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Their service is excellent, waitress is pleasant and accurate. Atmosphere is pleasant and place is clean. Best of all food is delicious.

This place is absolutely horrible with terrible customer service. we went there for parents weekend for the university of scranton. Literally never got a refill on our drinks and the staff couldn't cared less. While the food was ok i would recommend going elsewhere. Worst dining experience I have had in years. read more

If you are reading thia please DO NOT GO!!! Wort food ever spent $100 of food that was inedible. took 2 bites and set it aside and paid bill and ran out the door. Do not believe all of the good reviews as you will be sorry, after getting back to hotel my wife and i both vomitted violently for an hour or more, I hope this does not happen to anyone else as this was the worst ever!!! read more

If you're looking for authentic Italian cuisine this is the place for you! Would give them my highest recommendation. Excellent food & service read more

Food was not good. Their prices were ridiculous. I don't recommend the vodka sauce if you are looking for a classic Italian vodka sauce recipe. They basically make a bolognese sauce and add cream. I've never heard of vodka sauce with beef and peas added. It didn't even taste like vodka sauce. They also charged $8 extra to switch from red sauce to vodka on an entree. Their menu prices were wrong and they charged us different on the bill and offered no accommodations to reconcile the difference or apologize. They just said the menu prices are wrong without mentioning that prior to eating. Will not return here. read more

Food is great so far. The ambience of the restaurant is nice. Little bit pricey. The service is ok. But the taste of the food recently wasn't really taste great. read more

Had eggplant substituted to have vodka sauce aweful no flavor, and they add peas and geound beef, 8$ up charge for vodka sauce, menu states 5$ to add meatballs or chicken to dish, they charged 6$ when questioned they said ots 6$ the menu is wrong. There was like 5 small pieces of chicken. I dnot even think they are Italians who run the restaurant. Never again. read more

I Came For Dinner Tonight, And I Got Their Spaghetti And Meatballs With The Red Sauce. It Was Great! My Service Was Good And I Recommend You Come To This Cafe'. read more

Cafe Classico - My Spaghetti And Meatballs With Red Sauce! - Spaghetti with meatballs in tomato sauce served on a white plate, with two forks placed on the dish, set on a dark countertop. - Italian Near Me - Scranton, Pennsylvania

Yo got da pie 2 go. Plain pie so u kno u can judge it openly n honestly. My pops b in the hospital n had a mad hankerin for sumthin other than gross hospital food from CMC. Pros - this pizza is circular n not a tray like them knuckleheads in old forge. Cons - this pizza is from NePA Brought the pie back n we wuz on it bro. Pops reach in n get a big ol slice. He keep sayin man this good slice bro. I hear that n I'm like yo bout to jump in. I put it up 2 ya boy lips n bite in. I chew up the first bite n I'm like to the meds my pops b on b lesson with his tatsebauds. N E who old people have bad taste. If u 40 n over or wear dockers khakis then this the place 4 u bro. Different stroke 4 diff folk I guess bro. Some like it n some don't. Big ups to the big man in the sky 4 given us all diff Taste so that way we all make the world go round n hopely one day we have world peace where peeps like this pizza n peeps that do t can agree under one sun that the real enemy is old forge pizza n it must be stopped at all costs read more

Delicious food and excellent service , one of my favorite places to eat the place make me feel in Italy

won't return. food was disappointing, my meal came with chips and i was given the crumbs at the bottom of the bag. server was uninterested in her job. read more

Authentic, fresh, consistent, and amazing. My favorite hidden gem. Will always go here for an amazing Italian experience that feels like I'm in someone's moms kitchen. read more

Pizza is great and at a great price. Love the chewy crust and the real mozzarella cheese.

Excellent service. Exquisite food, pizza and pasta, fresh and delicious taste. We were delighted, since we were on vacation and the staff treated us very well. read more

The Alfredo had 4-5 pieces of pasta in it with extremely watery sauce. Fried calamari was extremely soggy and had next to no taste. No seasoning at all, just extremely disappointing. I also ordered garlic knots, but it only came with 1 garlic knots which was raw in the center. Not an extremely cheap meal either so to say I'm disappointed is an understatement. We called after we opened and tasted the food and was told it was our fault for picking it up late ( maybe 5 minutes late maximum ) and was also told that the Alfredo was frozen and pre packaged. I wouldn't go here if you're looking for a good meal. read more

Cafe Classico - A foil container holds a creamy white sauce with chunks of chicken, likely part of a takeout meal, placed inside a cardboard box. - Italian Near Me - Scranton, Pennsylvania

We have been going here for years. The family that owns this are straight from Italy. The pasta dishes are awesome. I haven't found any restaurants that beats their Putanesca sauce. I also find that they are very accommodating. I have recently started Keto diet, and they were able to put my shrimp fra diavlo over broccolini, it was fantastic. They are a made to order dinner, meaning you may wait for your dinner, but is authentic, hot and fresh. read more

I ordered the Napoletano which is a $15 antipasto-type salad. When my food arrived, it was missing three ingredients, hot peppers, capers and giardineria - the three ingredients I was looking forward to the most. When I called the restaurant, the woman I spoke with said she would have the chef make me another if I came to pick it up. This wasn't ideal since I ordered on grubhub for a reason, but it was fair. I was on my way to the restaurant when the woman called me back and said the chef would not make me another because he believed he put the ingredients in the salad. When I pay $15 for a salad, I expect it to be pretty spectacular, instead I was insulted by their lack of professionalism. read more

This place is great. Stopped by on the way through Scranton, and it was a winner. The cold antipasto platter we had was amazing, fresh, and enough for 4 people. The stuffed peppers were a highlight. The homemade minestrone soup perfectly on point. read more

Always delivers ...high quality ingredients...slightly different combinations than most other Italian restaurants...chicken saltibocca is phenomenal! read more

Sauce is very bland. Potato croquettes and rice balls had no flavor. Overall a very tasteless dinner. Definitely would not recommend

Went to this restaurant on the recommendation of a client. Nice little place, has it's own parking lot, very easy to get to, smelled really good. The place was not very busy, but it was 530 pm, so that isn't that unusual. Looking at the menu, didn't see anything out of the ordinary for an neighborhood Italian restaurant. Service was OK, not stellar, but not bad either. Started out with bread - this was the best part of the meal, it was fresh out of the oven, nice and crusty on the outside, but fluffy and steaming on the inside - I could have just eaten that and I would have been very happy. Ordered a capresse salad to start, came chopped on a bed of iceburg - different, but the balance of balsamic and basil was perfect and the cheese was really fresh. So now you ask, why only 2 stars. The entrée was Linguini pamaodora which should be an easy dish to master. What was served was almost a soup with so much of what appeared to be alfredo sauce with a ton of frozen peas and four small bits of bacon. I should have walked away at first sight but I was really hungry and ended up eating about half of it. It was very disappointing. Had a well prepared espresso and left. While I normally would have said something to the staff, I did not and for that I am at fault. Sandwiches served at other tables look very good, maybe I should have gone that route. Overall, I hope my experience was an isolated one, but whoever bakes the bread, Bravo. Prices were reasonable, the house chianti was a decent house chianti at a fair price. read more

Ate here once and have to say it was one of the worst meals I've ever had. The food was so disgusting that not only did I not finish it, but I didn't want anything to do with the leftovers. Avoid at all costs. read more

We went here the other night. We always enjoy our meals here. I've had everything that has eggplant in it and enjoyed them all. Staff is very attentive and friendly. We bring out of towners here and have always enjoyed our visit. read more

Service is a bit slow in my experience. Calamari was mediocre. It's an average restaurant. La Trattoria serves better Italian food and better bread. The interior seemed much nicer on my last visit than it did when I was a kid. Despite being extremely close to my home, Cafe Classico is almost always out of the conversation when considering where to go for dinner or lunch. read more

Don't come here. It's called classic because you grow old here. One hour. No food. The excuse? The pizza oven is full.

Small, intimate place. Parking can sometimes be difficult based on restaurant location. Service is usually quick and friendly. Menu has a good variety. Melas have always been cooked well, and provide plenty of leftovers. read more

Terrible Italian hoagie. More of a bread sandwich. Have eaten them before & brought friends there. Made a half sandwich out of the "special meats & cheese" small amounts. Even lettuce, tomatoes, & onions were sparse. Disappointed. read more

Excellent food and service. Eaten lunch and dinner. Their fradiavlo was amazing. Very nice inside. Always quiet. Recommended

I had dinner here last night with some family. The garlic knot appetizer was huge and full of garlic. Caesar salad was a little lacking, but I'm not really a salad person anyways. I ordered the Cheese Tortellini Carbonara. The serving size is HUGE. I'm not a modest eater and I barely took down half of it. Luckily, I get to eat it again for dinner tonight which makes me very happy. We also ordered the Meat Ravioli, Vegetable Lasagna, and Gnocchi Quattro Stagione (sp?). Everybody enjoyed their dishes and had some to take home too. We enjoyed Cannolis (very cheesy, but I liked it) and Lemon Cream Cake for dessert. Service wasn't too bad and it wasn't that crowded until we left. read more

Enjoyed a lunch special. Soup or salad and a nice plate of linguini for $9.99. Can't beat it. Fresh baked bread and butter on the table as well. Beats a burger anytime. read more

This place is definitely an untapped resource for pizza in Scranton. There are plenty of places to get pizza downtown but no one does it like Cafe Classico. The pizza is a thin and crispy crust and the combinations offered all include fresh ingredients and complimenting tastes. Prices are on the higher end when it comes to pizza but it is well worth it. I would recommend trying some of their sauceless pies like the tomato and mozzarella. read more