Located in picturesque Piazza Duomo across from Cathedral of St Andrew Apostle, this busy bar offers a variety of cocktails, dolci and a good selection of mains and share plates. Despite being very busy in the Piazza we were quickly seated. Service staff was helpful and our order came up quickly. Our group shared a Margherita pizza, Caprese salad and fries. We also had sparkling water, Prosecco and Aperol spritz. Food was good but not amazing. The cost was on the moderate to high side compared to other similar restaurants. Overall it was a good stop. read more

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Horrible food and service . Please clean up your restaurant dirty can't even make pizza good. Sauce horrible.

Just don't. Service was horrible. We were a party of 5. 3 meals came out but the other two didn't. When asked, they said the other meals were coming. Only one came. They said the waiter didn't put in the order for the other meal. We ordered again only for that to not come either. We said to just cancel it. They brought the bill and tried to charge us for the original meal that they said was never placed. I would give them a -5 if I could. I should have checked yelp before we sat down. My bad. Don't waste your time here. read more

Not good! Food was marginal service was awful. One waiter for 30/tables. The only way this place survives is because of its location.

Worst Italian food ever...unless you live Chef Boy-ar-dee. Dirty martinis were 1/2 water and tasteless. We should have reviewed the reviews. read more

this review is for the lemon shrimp ravioli only. i've eaten here twice while staying in amalfi and both times got this dish and loved it. both times i did receive a slightly different plate witch makes me think that they do make their food fresh. i will say the service is lacking as other reviews mention, several times our orders weren't brought out and we had to ask many times. also we were asked to leave our table right after finishing our meal. my family did not like their plates as much as i did and the wine was not great either. compared to the other options near by i would say this place is good, especially if you like lemon ravioli!! read more

Francese / Carmela - lemon shrimp ravioli (6/7) - Bars Near Me - Amalfi, SA

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Stay away from this place, don't know what was worse the food or the service!! The waiter was lost and when you asked for help the person sitting people couldn't be bothered. We placed an order of 4 dinners and 3 came out and the salad was not delivered until the other meals were done. The pizza must have been dropped in balsamic because part of it was wet and brown we ordered bread and after 20 minutes of continuing to ask we're told they did not have anymore. Horrible service many other places to choose do not waste your money I would not give this any stars read more

Not worth it at all. Food was mediocre and pricey. Waiters come up to you on the street and ask you to come eat at their restaurant read more

Francese / Carmela - Eggplant parm - Bars Near Me - Amalfi, SA

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Save your time & money and RUN as fast as you can from this shitshow. Crap service food that is barley average and the people are loud crass and smoke is everywhere. Run you've been warned read more

Avoid at all costs! My friend's son was so hungry because we missed breakfast at our hotel so we stopped and ordered "French toast". What came was literally two slices of toast with jam on it. Thought it was just an error until the waiter confirmed it was NOT a mistake--that's what they called "French toast". To top it all off--there was a €5 "cover charge" and the two slices of bread with jam cost €14. Total was €19 for two slices of bread and pre-packaged jam. Uh, no. read more

The service was awful, not helpful, piss poor attitude. The food was the nightmare of the show, the eggs were uncooked, bacon was burnt on the outside and also not cooked fully through. The toast is tragic, plain white American bread w no butter or flavor. My friend was charged €16 for "french toast" when she simply ordered "toast with jam". After discussion with staff they stated "thats how it is". PLEASE do yourself a favor and go across the street to the bakery "Andrea Pansa" instead. read more

Worst place to eat. The food was cold and it took forever. I would not recommend eating here

If you would like to spend about $20 on the following, go here. 2 pieces of bread and 3 fruits cut up for $20. Enjoy, NOT read more

Francese / Carmela - "French toast" but nothing French about it - Bars Near Me - Amalfi, SA

I can't believe I did not check Yelp first before coming to this place, the service is absolutely horrendous the waiter could not care less our waiter was the short blonde white skinny Italian guy and he was more than rude and extremely careless. Wine glass came extra dirty and when told the waiter he got upset at us.... Really! And then he brought another with another dirty glass. Still waiting for them to bring the cheese. Needed up eating cold and appetizers came together with the pasta. What a mess this place. Don't waste your money here. read more

We still haven't Learned our lesson, we always say we're going to check yelp first, and then decide if a place is worth eating. We were so hungry in the Amalfi coast that we walked over here and the place looked fantastic from outside and was full of people, but the food was not good the service was incredibly terrible, and when we finally decided to check yelp we saw the worst review we have ever seen in the years that we've used yelp. The wine glass came to us dirty and when we asked for it to be replaced the waiter looked at me with a very huge look of disgust. When we got our spaghetti we waited a few minutes and asked for the Parmesan cheese and that took about 15 minutes for the guy to come back. Please avoid this place since there are so many other options in the area of Amalfi bye. read more

Well my first bad meal ever in Italy. That's saying something since this is my 6th or 7th trip to the country. I ordered veal scallopini with the recommended lemon sauce. Luckily I also had the mixed green salad. The meat came out looking like gray old horse meat in dirty water. It had little flavor. I tried to rescue it by cutting it in small pieces and add it to the salad. Either the knife was nonfunctional or the meat was tough. (Hint: it was the meat) I was able to cut the meat after much effort. Am I wrong thinking veal is known to be tender? I created a dressing with balsamic and olive oil, added the meat and stirred it all up. It was somewhat edible after the reconstruction. I couldn't finish it tho. I'll just chalk it up to the law of averages. So many excellent meals in Italy I thought it couldn't happen. Just don't order this! read more

Walked from Atrani to Amalfi for dinner and was incredibly disappointed in this restaurant. Beautiful location but I do not recommend eating here. Awful. Bland, cold, inedible. Just don't. read more

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Not good. They went out of way to get us to come but then service was terrible, food was not great. I should've realized the lack of care and heart this place had by the menu. The tell tale sign was badly pixelated stock photos tell you just how little they care. My and my wife's water glass smelt like mildew, the wine glass was dirty on the bottom with brush lines in the dirt like it hadn't been fully cleaned in months. The host / waiter disparaged the restaurant next door saying their food is frozen which is the reason I felt obligated to post this. Don't insult others when you're the one at fault. I'm not mentioning they were out of three main dishes, brought my wife the wrong dish, and never came around to check on us. read more

Waited for an hr after ordering and had to ask for check as they kept ignoring us and never delivered our food. The table beside us turned over twice before we received anything. Understand people can be busy but no communication no apology. Just rude and no customer service. Avoid this place at all costs. I wouldnt even give them a 1 but it made me give them somethimg. read more

Poor service. Waiters were not attentive and rushed us out without asking if we would like dessert. Portions were not substantial and did not taste remotely like authentic Italian food. We had to repeatedly ask for bread, drinks, and appetizers. Prices were extreme for mediocre food and service and we felt quite disrespected. Ambiance was nice in the town center, but very overcrowded and rushed. I do not usually Yelp, but felt it was warranted. read more

Don't bother eating here. Restaurant caters to cruise passengers. Service is indifferent at best. Waiters appear to wish they were somewhere any where but here. Poor food. Ambiance is ok. Not a bad place to have a beer and watch people. But overall it is best to avoid. read more

New owners, great service food and drinks! These reviews don't do this quaint shop justice.

If i could give it no stars i would. so terrible. service and all. just absolute assholes all around. they rush us to sit down, put 5 chairs at a 4 person table and then get annoyed when we ask to push two tables together because they didn't wanna give up spots. my dads seafood dish had sand and didn't even taste fresh, the waiter we had was an idiot and wouldn't pay one ounce of attention to us and would instead look around to see if they could bring in more people. my dad asked if his fish was fresh and the waiter laughed at him. when it was time to get our bill, the one waiter told another to give them their check and get them out of here which he said in italian which my mom understands because my parents both speak it and it was a nasty comment overall. he said it without us even paying first. they even took my dads dish off the bill and the check was still over $150. absolutely garbage and a tourist trap. do not go unless you hate urself lol. read more

Worst experience of my life. Table swarmed with mosquitos and dirty tablecloth. It is a tourist trap and you'll be treated terribly. Our food was definitely heated up in a microwave and who knows when it was even made originally. Avoid at all costs. read more

this was the worst food we have eaten in our entire trip to Italy. everything came out bland and COLD, and we waited so long for it!!! Please listen to these one star reviews because this place sucks read more

This place has zero reviews for a reason, just avoid this place. Hostess has no personality and tells you to wait when you have a question, he also tried taking away our menu to give it to another group that had just arrived. Nothing we ordered tasted fresh and the portions are pretty small. read more

Terrible service, terrible food, dirty tablecloths. 50 Mounties to get COLD lasagna! As we were signing our credit card bill they were sitting a new party at our table. The only thing good about our experience at this place- was leaving! Don't waste your time! read more

Bar Francese is more like Bomb Francese. Poor business model, service and setup. It's a tourist trap that must not plan on bringing in return service. Our table cloths were dirty and our napkin holder had fingerprints smudged with sauce from someone else on it. Our appetizers were brought to our table without any individual plates to eat off. Only two of four party members were given utensils. I had to use my fingers to pick off the serving plates. We asked multiple times for additional utensils and had to work to get assistance in receiving them. We finally decided to call it quits and attempted to cancel our order multiple times as they seemed to forget and rush our dinner to us. We were so hungry after an entire day of travel that we begrudgingly ate it. Be warned, the pictures do not match the serving, artists inspiration only! The coup de grace was after we informed the manager of the shortfalls and poor service (we had to give him the benefit of doubt he would fix things, not really. His reason for the food being poor is "this is a bar and not a restaurant". This was said this mockingly and that it's our opinion. An opinion we wish to share with you. Piazza Duomo, Bar Savoia, or anywhere else is a better choice. read more

I wish I would have read the reviews before my family ate here. All the prior reviews are spot on, cold lasagna, over priced and rude waiters. Never again. read more

Despite my bill being €15, they charged €65 to my credit card. Way overpriced gelato and not good too.

If I could give this place a negative 5 star review, I would. DO YOU WANT FOOD POISONING? Well, if you do, please have a seat at Bar Francese where the food sucks in the worse way possible. My wife an I made the mistake of not looking at the reviews on this place and on our way back from a day in Capri, we sat down in the square hoping for a good meal. We were soooo wrong about this place. The location is the only incentive. Staff was very rude with this dude dressed all in white clothing that has not met a washing machine in months. He was borderline harassing people to seat down at his tables. The food was terrible. I made the huge mistake of ordering a pasta carbonara and my wife ordered a chicken dish, which was basically from the frozen section at Walmart. The pasta tasted funny, but I ate it since I was hungry after a long day. When we asked for the check, the dude in white sent me to the bar to pay the bill and in the meantime he basically flagged two more people from the street and rushed my wife to get up from the table in order to seat the other two. Just terrible overall. When we got to the hotel I started throwing up and later on, woke up in the middle of the night with fevers and diarrhea. PLEASE, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. There are hundreds of restaurants in Amalfi so DO NOT CHOOSE Bar Francese. read more