Pete’s Cafe Bella Sera (Parkland)
Pete’s Cafe Bella Sera, 7351 North State Road 7, Parkland, Florida 333073 (954) 346-7373.
I think Yogi Berra once said…”fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.”…or maybe it was Soupy Sales who once said it, or maybe it was Professor Irwin Corey…anyway—
About 5 years ago, I ate at Pete’s Cafe Bella Sera which is an “upscale–white tablecloth” Italian joint in Parkland. 5 years ago, I found the food FAIR—the service FAIR—the prices to be ridiculously and I do mean ridiculously HIGH. Shame on you Pete.
Last night I ate at Pete’s Cafe Bella Sera. I found the food FAIR—the service FAIR—the prices to be ridiculously and I do mean ridiculously HIGH. Shame on you Jeff.
Trust me on this…The veal chop parmigiana ($44.95), eggplant marinara ($23.95), chicken parmigiana (24.95) weren’t even close to being worth the money that this joint fetches.
This joint is an absolute waste of time and good hard earned money.
If you are still interested…Pete’s website www.petescafebellasera.com has menu/prices details.
I think you are quoting Lou Costello or maybe Sgt. Bilko. Years ago four of us ate at Buena Sera and couldn’t believe what a ripoff it was. How this restaurant with mediocre food, lousy service and prices that are criminal stays in business is beyond me.
great food is not cheap and jeff Eats is from Brooklyn that answers all the questions has he ever been to Martaranos?
I think cafe bella sera has some of the best shrimp and meatballs period out of any Italian rest. and if you go ask for anthony he is a great waiter and for the amount of food you get is like 2 meals so I think that offsets the price plus now he has an all inclusive dinner package and Pete is now selling pizza!
Tim: Just had a chance to read your comment.
Just because something costs a lot, doesn’t make it “great.” I know plenty of joints that serve “great” food at very reasonable prices.
Pete’s food is far from being “great”…but it sure is expensive.
As far as Brooklyn goes, the borough had/has some of best Italian joints in all of America. Ever heard of Carolina’s, New Corners, Bonaparte’s? By the way, all of these REASONSABLY priced joints served GREAT FOOD. I’ll also bet that you never heard of Di Fara’s Pizza or Totonno’s Pizza which are two of America’s top pizza joints…both in Brooklyn.
On “Martaronos”…at least spell the joint’s name correctly MARTORANO when using it as an example. By the way, Cafe Martorano is another example of mediocre overpriced food. The joint is for tourists and the see and be seen crowd.
Thanks for reading…
like you i and some friends tried pete’s about 5-6 years ago. we found the food to be just ok, very overpriced and the service just ok. it should tell you something that in all of the years since we have never even once thought about going back
jeff, pete use to cook at anthony’s runway. as you correctly pointed out, anthony’s food is hit and miss. sometimes it is good and sometimes it stinks. same goes for pete’s. total hit or miss. the big difference between the two is that anthony’s gets the real good fellows and has real good help. pete’s gets the wannabes and the waiters are rank amateurs.
Jeff; You are way off base. We have been going to Pete’s Cafe Bella Sera since he opened, and have never had anything but great food and service. It does not matter if we sit at the bar or a table, the service is always top draw. When you serve the best of product to your customers you are entitled to charge. The fact that the dishes feed 2 people with ease make the price in line and not ridiculous as you off basely stated. You can’t find better meatballs any place in Broward,Dade & Palm Beach County.
His shrimp are the size of lobster tails. If you think Pete’s is expensive I guess you didn’t look at his new all inclusive menu items at $34.95 fo a full 4 course diner with coffee.( App., salad, main entry, and dessert) I believe it is your loss if you don’t enjoy and see the value of Pete’s Cafe Bella Sera.
went to pete’s website. was immediately greeted to the sound of frank sinatra singing fly me to the moon.
give me a break, pete. you are trying to give the impression that your restaurant has the class and style of sinatra.
by the way your menu and prices didnt seem too bad, but that thing trying to cash in on old blue eyes turned me away.