Bizzarro Italian Cafe

Booted Out!!. Six of us, including three Italians, visited Bizarro on 1-21-12 to celebrate a birthday. Food was good, service medium, and desserts quite nice; bill a bit over $200. Our problem? As we were visiting and enjoying coffee after dinner, a female employee (not our server) came to our table and abruptly said they had a long waiting list and asked us to leave!!! Truly a first for me - a journalist who has been in more than 1,000 restaurants across the globe and reviewed scores of hotel, resorts, and eateries in North America and Europe.

I am glad they were busy, but rudeness such as this is intolerable and unncessary. There are many fine Italian restaurants in the Seattle area that value their customers and would never be so ruthless. Six people will not be back and will tell all their associates not how enjoyable the food was, but how callus the staff is!!!…

Elk bolognese and forest floor frenzy, oh my!. Had a great meal at Bizarro. Both of the dishes we had were rich and delicious. My only nitpick is that the linguine for my elk bolognese was a bit overcooked for my liking. Didn't really have any bite. But the flavors were great. The beet salad is also very good. Was very happy with the service we got from our knowledgeable and friendly server.

I have to address a couple of things I've seen in very negative reviews of Bizarro. First of all, the claim that the portion sizes are small is just absurd. If you're looking for all-you-can-eat, go back to Olive Garden. The portion sizes are more than adequate here. My gf and I split an order of the fried risotto balls and you get four large balls of delicious risotto crispy on the outside with good marinara. Then we each ordered our entrees which came with salad. We were pretty hungry and we weren't able to finish. Now, I'm not asserting that no one could finish that much food. Just that the portions are certainly not small as some bad eggs have claimed.

Another complaint that keeps coming up is that a large group is dissatisfied with the service they got after they called and told them they were coming, yet failed to inform them that they would only be having drinks and/or dessert. And then they complain about having to wait over an hour (even though they know Bizarro doesn't do reservations on weekends). Then complain about how they were treated rudely when they only ordered drinks and/or desserts. Look numbskulls, Bizarro is a small joint that's also very popular and very busy on weekends. When you bring in a large group and tie up a large table just for drinks, you're not only costing the servers money they could have earned in tips from diners but you're also keeping hungry diners waiting outside because you're too selfish to realize you should have gone someplace else that could better accommodate your needs. So take the sour griping from the prima donnas with a few grains of salt. Some people just don't understand it's not all about them.…

THE BEST!. My husband and I LOVE going to Bizarro! The staff is always very friendly adn the food is outrageously good! We just went again recently the night before our wedding and everyone in our party kept raving about the food and service. We took our out-of-town guests to other supposedly 'nicer' restaurants throughout the Seattle area during their stay and Bizarro was everyone's favourite! My father in law could not stop talking about how great our server was and how much he loved the food. We will be back for every special occasion, and even the not so special ones!…