This is airport food. You're not getting a piece of lettuce for under $12. That said, our server Joyce was a sweetheart. I ordered the French dip and she said it was her favorite sandwich. I know why, it's a solid French dip! We got our food in 8 minutes after we ordered, I'm not sure if Joyce said anything to the cooks because I did mention I was starving lol. My partner got a chicken torta - I would call this an Americanized chicken torta. It came on some sort of grain bread. Still tasty, the thinly sliced jalapeños gave it a nice kick. The cafe was fairly busy but service was quick. Do I wish they served fries instead of chips, yes, but beggars can't be choosers. Again, it's airport food but it's pretty good for what it is. I would go back just to say hello to Joyce! read more

Capital Cafe - French dip and chips - American Near Me - Middletown, Pennsylvania

Good customer service isn't complicated: acknowledge guests, communicate clearly, and treat people with basic respect. In a slow airport restaurant, every customer matters -- not just for the sale, but for tips and repeat business. Ignoring patrons, responding with passive-aggressive attitudes, and offering sarcastic remarks doesn't just hurt the customer experience, it directly hurts employee earnings and the restaurant's reputation. When staff complain about low tips or slow business but fail to recognize how their own attitude drives customers away, that's not bad luck -- that's bad service. Common sense says that professionalism brings profit, while poor behavior guarantees the opposite. If I was the owner I would be concerned. read more

For a little airport location Capital Cafe was pretty good. My Waitress, Jessica, knew a bit about gluten so that's a nice plus. I got an unwrapped wrap. Chicken, bacon , ranch on a bed of lettuce with chips on the side. I'm ok with an undedicated fryer. The chicken was moist and the chips crunchy. read more

Capital Cafe - Unwrapped chicken bacon wrap - American Near Me - Middletown, Pennsylvania

Ridiculous Prices are outrages. If you want high interest loan to eat then go for it.

My flight wound up diverting in to MDT. I ordered a grilled cheese, which took a while to make. I got it to go and was super disappointed to see that the expensive grilled cheese was *burned*. I love a good grilled cheese but gave this one away to local ground crew. Maybe they don't mind a burned meal. I do. Skip this place if you can. read more

Capital Cafe - Burned grilled cheese. Pathetic. - American Near Me - Middletown, Pennsylvania

Great service for an on the go quick meal. A grilled cheese sandwich and chips always works. read more

Capital Cafe - House Grilled Cheese and chips. - American Near Me - Middletown, Pennsylvania

The worst service!!! After 30 minutes & other people getting their food who were seated after us, we inquired. The rudest & unprofessional behavior when we inquired about our order. We left & went to Subway. read more

Given COVID and how small this airport is, there were not many food options. Starbucks next door was closed for example. This place was much closer to my gate than Phillip's. Normally, I check YELP before I try a new place but failed to do so on this occasion,. That was a mistake. I was seated and my drink order was taken. When the drink was delivered, I was informed the kitchen was not open as yet. This was at 3:30PM on a Tuesday. It was another 20 minutes or so before the kitchen opened. Please note, this did not jibe with the hours they had posted. Had I known this before I was seated, I would have left. I should have still left. Wait Staff - friendly and competent are mutually exclusive. My server was very friendly but she was so damn slow. And, in an airport, people don't typically have extra time so you would think she would be even more on point to be expeditious in her duties. But no. Food - awful. I basically paid $15 for a frozen pizza I could get at the grocery store of $1.99. Most likely microwaved too. And, it was served on one of those cheap Styrofoam plates. Not even name brand styrofoam, the generic brand. Check - I was done eating and took my credit card out and laced on the table. My frozen pizza was gone, so an empty plate also on display. The server walked past my table 3 times (from behind me) without noticing I was ready to go. I was so tempted to get up and walkout just so I could get her attention. If I ever find myself in the Harrisburg airport again, I will get a Snickers bar before I eat here. read more

Food was adequate but expensive ... Service was not great... We bused our own table... There are limited choices at HIA . Flight was delayed or we would have waited until our destination. read more

I was going to eat here. It's early. Not that busy. I sat down and looked around and saw other people sitting around like me. Waitress came out a couple of minutes later and gave one customer a menu. I wasn't mad I just didn't feel like being waiting a long time so went to the Seafood restaurant at the airport around the corner A1 and sat down and they took my order right away. PS I looked at last several reviews and they are all 1 Star mostly for bad service. I should have looked at Yelp before I sat down! read more

Absolutely terrible. Sat at the bar for over 30 minutes before they even tried to take my order. Got my drink, but food never came for another hour. Inquired about my food, and the order was never placed, Jasmine had no clue, despite the order being placed with her and her manager together. Jasmine the waiter/bartender spent most of her time hanging out off to the side playing on her phone and joking with the other workers whenever the manager wasn't watching. The place was not busy at all. Several other people got tired of waiting and just walked out. A coworker was traveling with me, and they refused to serve him drinks claiming he is intoxicated. Saying he was "talking funny". Well, he is German.... normally we just call that an accent. I've traveled a lot and ate my fair share of good and bad food, and had good and bad service. This is by far the worst in recent memory. read more

So so for airport food. Service was very slow. One would expect fast service at an airport; I've got a plane to catch. I thought the food was okay. It needed some seasoning like salt and pepper. The homemade chips were a bit oily/soggy. read more

Had only a short time before my flight so stopped in for a drink. Good bartender, polite and efficient. Folks near me and food that appears tasty (looks matter some) and they said it was tasty. Ok...maybe I'll try it next time. So this is short and to the point. I'd stop in again if I have the chance. read more

I was stuck at the airport for over 5 hours and I was looking forward to a good lunch given all the waiting time. I came to the restaurant and you had to seat yourself, so I did, there was 1 waitress for all the tables which were full, I waited and waited, she would not even look at me, so I went up to her and asked if I could have a menu and she said she was alone and she could only do her best. So I went back to the table and waited again for over 20 minutes and I could not see her anymore so I go up to the bar and ask if I can have a menu and order some food. The lady there told me that the waitress just left because she could not take the pressure so, if I wanted to order I could but, nothing from the oven as broken and I would have to be patient as she was alone. How can a restaurant in an airport don't have enough staff to work and serve customers? Unbelievable read more

Don't bother coming here for breakfast. Just because they look like they're open, doesn't mean they're open. They won't open the kitchen for breakfast if they're not in the mood. If you want breakfast and don't want to miss your flight, go to Subway and get a sandwich. It's the best you can do. read more

Very fast service even at a table. Great place to kill some time before a flight. Nice view out the window as well. read more

Capital Cafe - The view - American Near Me - Middletown, Pennsylvania

Avoid at all costs.... Horrible bartender.. my food sat for 40 minutes, finally after I inquired about it, she stated" there's no ticket on it". So she refused to give me the food I ordered. Terrible service. read more

This place was meh. It was slow going but our waitress was friendly enough. Tried to order the Mac and cheese-- that is permanently off the menu but they didn't update the menu, ugh. I was really neverous when an employee exited the kitchen making gagging noises and loudy stating how bad it stank. I wanted to leave but I already invested in getting drinks. Ended up getting the French dip and paid the extra $2 for waffle fries. The French dip was pretty good! It was the best part of the meal. I reieved 5, yes a whole 5 burnt waffle fries!! They cost me $2. Barely edible. The husband got chicken tenders and burnt waffle fries. They chicken was okay. I will not eat here again. read more

Adequate. The kitchen isn't baking its own bread or anything like that, but the service was super friendly and the food didn't take too long and was freshly prepared and not without flavor, if not entirely from scratch. read more

In order to have a drink they said I have to order food. What a joke. Will not be back. Don't waste your time

The chicken came out white and slimy on our fourteen dollar "nachos", which is just 23 tortilla chips covered in cheese product. The chicken tenders were...what's the opposite of crispy? 1/10 would rather eat play doh. read more

So we showed up here after being told there was no cook at the other restaurant in the airport. Mind you that it's lunchtime. Not a soul to be found and no one sitting at tables had any food or drinks. Hmmmmm! After a few minutes a woman came in and went behind the bar and took my order. Ok, so a little slow but so far, so good. The glass of wine had a fruit fly floating in it when it arrived to the table. Gross and sent back! My friend ordered a turkey wrap and fries. The first set of fries sat for 5 minutes before they were delivered and they were sent back because they were cold. The second set was only half cooked and that room 10 minutes more. Hmmmmm! I ordered broccoli cheddar soup and a cheese flatbread pizza. Both were barely above warm but mostly edible and I was hungry and didn't want to wait any longer. All of that for the bargain price of $34. Hmmmmm! read more

The food is worse than typical airport food if that's possible. The potato's were ordered to be extra dark and came out pure white and cold. Don't waste time or money here read more

For the love of God, just get something to eat before you get to the airport... or after you leave the airport. This place probably has a spot in the back that would normally be occupied by ovens, cook-tops, a fridge, and other kitchen equipment that is occupied by 10 microwaves and a freezer. MAYBE a toaster oven. Maybe. If you just need a drink, they have the usual suspects. I guess the food would be passable if you were already a few drinks in and wouldn't know the difference anyways. Do yourself and your taste buds a favor... go somewhere else, ANYWHERE else for your meal. read more

Can anyone in Terminal B1 COME HELP OUT Behind the bar and on the floor!!!!!????? Cheri the Bartender is literally ALONE DOING BAR, outside high tops and ALL TABLES. Management!!?! I just gave this woman a $20 for one glass of Champange! HELP! These stars are for CHERI AND ELAINA who btw is working a double shift since NO ONE ELSE IS WORKING!!!!!!! C'mon Harrisburg International, one of the other restaurants has to have a couple staff members to spare. No one is even washing Cheri's glassware begins the bar. read more

We waited an HOUR, and not one person brought us as much as a menu. The restaurant was only 1/3 full, and there were two servers. We just wanted a beer, but no one even took our order at the bar when we went up to order. We made eye contact with the servers and tried to get their attention several times. We ended up having to go-- as did three other tables it appeared--without any food because we had to board soon. read more

I come here once a week for my flight out! I have to say, if you can get a seat at the bar, DO IT. Anywhere else, you may not even get a beverage before your flight. I often wait 20 minutes to get a server to come to the table. It's like this almost every time. They definitely do not know how to staff the floor servers. The one star is for Sherry and nothing else. MDT needs other options, people like to eat and drink before their flights. read more

Sad excuse for a Caesar salad, and they left the croutons on despite my request. Two stars because the service was pleasant, but the food sure wasn't. read more

Capital Cafe - I ordered the Caesar salad with no croutons. Obviously a failure to communicate. - American Near Me - Middletown, Pennsylvania

The food is horrible and most of it was actually colder than room temperature. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone.

Good service, but the food was EXPENSIVE or an omelet, quesadilla. The Quesadilla was wet and soggy and fell apart with too many eggs. read more

Worst service EVER. Probably because I'm a woman and my server was too busy flirting with male customers. Had to get up and ask for a refill on my water. Guy at the bar actually told the server to stop her conversation with him and help me as she was completely ignoring me. Had to go back to bar to get my check. She was not the bartender either... I asked earlier what was made fresh. She said everything came in frozen except for salad and the quesadillas were assembled fresh...but, with ingredients that had been frozen. Nice. Never going back!!! read more

This is one of only a handful of options in the Harrisburg airport but I think the Subway might have been a better option. The waiter was nice and it has a good view but my food (chicken tenders and waffle fries) were pretty terrible. The chicken looked similar to the kind you buy bagged and frozen in the grocery store, and were likely baked instead of fried as advertised. Same with the fries. On top of that, both were clearly over cooked. And with with only plastic cutlery, it was impossible to cut. Plus the bartender was way loud and spent most of his time telling customers at the bar how much he hated his coworkers. Overall, avoid. read more

This cafe is in the terminal at MDT: the Harrisburg, PA airport. It's OK about on par with the better airport fare, pricing seems about as reasonable as it gets at the airport. We typically have breakfast here when flying back from visiting relatives and generally have their breakfast panini. It's OK, but the side potatoes are soggy. The waitresses have been fairly nice and attentive. Pretty good service. It's the best choice we've found among the limited selection at the Harrisburg airport. It also opens earlier in the morning than most of the other restaurants. The day we flew out on a 6:15 AM flight, they opened at 5. There are no posted hours so you can't tell when they're open and when we've flown in they're always closed (we typically land after 8PM) read more

This is a NOT TO MISS spot at the Harrisburg international airport! Enchanting ambiance and even better service. Come to the car for a refreshing beverage, grab a table for delicious American eats. The company was amazing (came with sister) would highly recommend! read more

Well if I'd have read other reviews Id have skipped this place all together, but I didnt and I'm not regretting my decision either. I ordered a grilled panini. Nothing intricate. It was good, it was hot and I got it quick. Only gripes are potatoes than came with it were a mix or cool and warm(microwaved) and coffee took a while to get(dont understand that @0900) but my server ran her butt off and was very sweet so kudos read more

Ordered the Chicken Fingers and Waffle Fries. 6 nice sized fingers - half of them overcooked to rock hardness. In my years I've eaten many many fries. Never have i had an order of fries so over cooked to be at near poker chip hardness. They were blackened and burnt around the edges. Inedible. This place needs to hold cooking classes ASAP. On a bright note, the server was attentive and courteous. If I go back it will be for a beer only. read more

This was the only option for food in our terminal and clearly if any other options were available this place would be out of business. It was a calm Monday afternoon around noon and no more than 20 people were in in the restaurant. Took the server roughly 20 min to get your drink order and then she was abducted. Well that my only theory anyway because we never saw her again. Someone in management took out order and after 45 min or so they brought out our very cold chicken strips and sandwiches. Not only was the food not hot it wasn't even warm. I had to go up to the bar to get a drink refill because no one ever came back. There were 3 servers and 2 bartendes so there were plenty of staff on hand. Do yourself a favor and find something else to eat if your in Harrisburg. read more

Location is good for s drink but their Food is awful. If you're looking to kill time this is an ok place but if you want a good meal, you might want to edit for your connection. Donor order the buffalo chicken salad as the grilled chicken is questionable. read more

Capital Cafe - American Near Me - Middletown, Pennsylvania

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The food was tasty. Unfortunately, I didn't exactly get what was described in the menu. I got the mac 'n cheese which was supposed to have bread crumbs and green onions on top with a petite side salad. I did not get the salad. There were no green onions and barely any bread crumbs. In fact, I heard my waitress loudly informing the chef that she couldn't serve the mac 'n cheese without bread crumbs and with a plastic fork in it. I guess that made the chef put a pinch of bread crumbs. Overall, I didn't have a great impression of the place, but it is in an airport and I don't usually have high expectations for airport restaurants. read more

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The mac and cheese tasted like they heated up a frozen mac and cheese dinner and served it on a new plate. Also, for a restaurant in an airport terminal, they have absolutely no sense of urgency. read more