Pomodoro Restaurant & Bar
Tacoma, WA 98407-5807
Phone: (253) 752-1111
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 11:30am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 12pm-8pm
User Reviews for Pomodoro Restaurant & Bar
07/19/2008 Posted by ameteurcritic
I had my first experience at Pomodoro recently and at first I thought I had found something special. The restaurant had a pleasant smell of roasting garlic and the many patrons were happily chatting and enjoying themselves. My friend ordered an antipasta plate. Initially, it looked impressive, however it turned out to be very disappointing. It had some kind of processed cheddar cheese and another white cheese I could not identify. It was most certainly not an Italian cheese. There was a sliced up meatball (huh?) and black olives. The waitress explained that their order of Kalamata olives had pits so they would not serve them. I eat olives with pits at restaurants all the time. The marinara sauce literally tasted like pureed Campbell's vegetable soup! Luckily I ordered the soup instead of the salad. However, I got clam chowder with grit. There is nothing as gross as eating a sandy soup. My friends got the salad and it was surprisingly adorned with Fried Chinese Chow Mein Noodles !? I was so confused. My entree was ok, however it had tomatoes roughly chopped that still had the woody stem attached. Finally , dessert was inedible. The burnt creme tasted like scrambled eggs with sugar and the chocolate mousse was like a dense piece of sugar saturated lard. Our waitress was very nice and attentive. My ice tea was a winner. I liked how it tasted freshly brewed. The atmosphere of the restaurant was appealing at first, however when I went to the bathroom I had to maneuver around buckets of food remnants from the kitchen. Maybe I came when the cooks were having an off day. Obviously the place is a favorite of others as there was no shortage of willing eaters waiting to be seated. I doubt I'll be back.
Pros: Good ice tea, Somewhat good atmosphere
Cons: Terrible Terrible interpretation of Italian food
04/27/2008 Posted by sandalou
Love Pomodoro and the prices are so reasonable we can go for almost any reason. Carbonara is my acid test for an Italian restaurant and these guys passed with flying colors. I don't know what it is these guys do that makes their garlic butter different but it is excellent. The husband loves their raspberry vinegarette and I am hooked on their in house made blue cheese. Entrees are generous and how can you argue with a menu that has nothing over $20? Wish they'd put the gnocchi on the dinner menu though. Tim is our favorite server (and he's in the pic on the site) although we've never had a bad one. They are friendly and efficient even when busy...and they are always busy. The place is usually packed but we've never had to wait more than a few minutes for a table. There is a parking lot in the back if you just look so it's not just street parking although except on a Friday, Saturday or early on Sunday evening it's really not tough to park on the street either. I think we'll go tomorrow!
Pros: Everything?
Cons: No gnocchi for dinner! :o(
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