5. Serafini's

Reputation
Serafini's has been around for a long time. I have had both good and bad service there, as well as good and not so good food. I think both have declined over the years. For the price it's not bad, but it lacks any real kind of ambiance. To me it's like eating at Pizza Hut. As for the person who was aked to leave. As a former restaurant manager, there are other ways this could have been handled. You never want to make a customer angry. A happy customer might tell a few people but an unhappy customer will tell everyone.

you were so rude
i would just like to respond to pc2009's comments.. i was in serafini's on mother's day, as i am quite often.. my family and i were in the lobby while you were having your little episode w/ the employees of serafini's. you sir were quite RUDE and obvisouly just looking for attention.. you should be ashamed of the way YOU treated them!

They made us leave!
We went to Serafini's for Mothers Day. This has been a favorite restaurant for our family for years. We had a reservation but had to wait 40 minutes for our table. We understood that it was busy. No problem. The food was great and the waitress was wonderful. However, as we were lingering over coffee and chatting, the hostess asked us to leave. We had only finished eating and paying about 10 minutes before. I have never been asked to leave a restaurant before. They said they needed the table. The hostesses were extremely rude and said they had to make people leave all day and we should get over it. I guess we will have to find a new favorite restaurant.

"phillyfan" offers a pretty accurate picture of typical serafini style. Wait staff is indifferent, creativity is at a minimum as far as presentation and flavor. Opinions vary widely on that sauce, also; thick, liberally portioned, flat flavor. And I would seriously question whether much of the menu is truly homemade; boxed black tie cheesecake, anyone? for a premium?

Overrated by the locals,but among he better restaurants Erie has to offer.

While our visit to Serafini's began well, overall it was a disappointment and my hard earned dollars would have been better spent elsewhere. The service was horrible. We had to wait forever for everything and ask more than once for some things (we never did get the water we requested). Appetizers and bread were terrific. Our dinners, once they finally arrived, were lukewarm at best. Our waitress told us she didn't think it was her fault and walked away.