Fresco

We stopped by here on a Wednesday night with friends after dinner just to catch up, have a beer. The place is very quiet. There was just one other customer there other than us. Our waiter were friendly & polite. The service was good. We didn’t eat anything here or get some hookah. All we ordered was just beer. The interior looks pretty dated. Overall, this place is alright, nothing special about it. If you want to just sit, have a conversation with a friend, this place is worth stopping by. It’s quiet here. They weren’t playing any loud music when we were there.

Came here last night with a few friends to get some hookah and since we were hungry and it was lye decided we should grab food there as well. We order the hookah at 1 AM and then our food at 1:15. The owner comes up to us and says sorry we don’t have any coal left (which is absurd because you are a hookah bar how do you not have coal your main need) but that we would be responsible to pay for all food. We kindly told him that we ordered over half an hour ago and if they did not have coal they should have told us before we ordered food 15 minutes later as they weren’t busy at all. I guess he forgot because he was too busy drinking with his friends by the bar. When I said this, he called over his friend from the bar who was wearing a tank top who then asked «do we have a problem» as if they were going to fight while his other friends blocked the exits. We went back and forth with the nasty owner until he realized it is totally their fault for not having coal as well as not notifying us prior to making our food which we only wanted to eat because they serve hookah.
Long time customer but will not be returning.

Worse dessert place ever. Don’t even know how this place is still open.
I used to come here years ago when it used to be called Flamingo.
Now it’s just a dirty place with horrible service. ‘Help wanted’? More like ‘Help needed with management’.

I have been going to Frescos for about three years now, mostly for their Hookah. The place doesn’t look that great from inside so most people would not go back but their hookah brings them back. Their staff is super nice and kind and its a nice spot to just stop and have a conversation with your friends and just relax after a long day. I usually don’t order food but I had a couple of their appetizers and they were fulfilling.

I just walked out of this dive. Bad service, worse food… I mean cold buffalo wings and barely cooked mozarella sticks. Oh! And a forced 15% tip on the bill. They charge you 15% REGARDLESS of your will or party size. I should have been paid for eating bad food and being forced to look at the badly dressed servers. If you value your money, don’t go. P. S. I NEVER write reviews unless its really good or really bad.

Came here tonight with a friend and will never return.
The staff was nice and attentive.
The place looks old and decrepit with a haphazard wall separating the café from the hookah area. The napkins we were given stunk of MOLD. I had a coffee… No skim milk… Only regular. But you’re a café right? My friend had tea and cheesecake. The cheesecake had what looked like ½″ of jello on top with frozen strawberries in it. The crust of the cheesecake was so disgusting I spit it out. It tasted like frozen cardboard.
This place needs a good cleaning and new inventory.

What a shithole dirty windows dirty place pastries suck coffee sucks always cold in there avoid at all costs

The place looks very badly put together. I won’t go there for second time. It is connected to hookah place next door through the back entrance of this place. The tables and chairs are near of being broken if next customers sit on them… poor services and food isn’t worth of money being paid for…

Fresco used to be one of my favorite places to unwind with a couple of good friends. Now it’s overrun by obnoxious, under-​aged high school kids.
Service is absolutely nonexistent. It took the waiter 25 – 30 minutes to get water for my table. I understand that it can get busy on a Friday night but come on.
Music sucks. Period.
I won’t comment on the hookah since I’m no expert, but I will mention that they sometimes crack open a window to let a breeze in and it gets really annoying when you’re trying to do tricks.
The food here is okay. I only get calamari and fries. You can’t really go wrong with those.
If you’re looking for a decent hookah lounge, i would suggest to look elsewhere.

I love this hookah bar. The envoriment is very chill. The owner is really nice and leanent. They let you play your own music using Pandora or YouTube when it’s not busy. Unfortunately they’re relocating but def with visit their next location.

HARRY IS A SCAMMING LIAR. THEY STOLE OUR MONEY, I asked the waitress to take 30 in cash and 10 on a card and she charged it all on the card and just took the cash and when I asked the «OWNER» about it he started to raise his voice and get really close and said he will call the cops on me. Rumor has it they’re closing down so maybe that’s why they’re SCAMMING PEOPLE.

HARRY IS A SCAMMING LIAR. I asked the waitress to take 30 in cash and 10 on a card and she charged it all on the card and just took the cash and when I asked the «OWNER» about it he started to raise his voice and get really close and said he will call the cops on me. Rumor has it they’re closing down so maybe that’s why they’re SCAMMING PEOPLE.

After lunch, stopped by this place for dessert. We were the only patrons there so the service was excellent.
Ordered three items: a stuffed baklava (it was ok), a nutella cake (blue mold in the center), and a napoleon (not my thing but my brother liked it a lot).
The Rooibos tea was delicious and for $ 5 was enough for six or 7 cups.
The place is a little worn.

bad service

I’ve been passing by this place for years but I’m glad I finally decided to go inside. From the outside it doesn’t look like much but they have a very nice back room with comfortable seats, a bar, and hookah. It’s got a nice atmosphere for a date or group hangout. The food wasn’t anything special but the vibe more than made up for it. I’ll be coming back

Who are these people with the 5-​star reviews?
Fresco was the old Flamingo. The spot I used to go to at least 15 years ago. Other than the name and adding a wall to divide the front of café restaurant from the back of café lounge, nothing has changed about this place.
The stairs to the bathroom is still as steep and greasy as ever. The bathroom is still dark, still looks like a dungeon, and still extremely creepy. The chairs are still the same. The pastries hasn’t improved from what I remember.
Horrible.

Horrible service. Takes about one hour to get the water we requested. Music is very random by the bartender/​dj. Waitresses have no clue what they were doing.

Worst service ever. Walked into this place and stood around for 5 minutes while the workers were scurrying around and didn’t bother to ask us to sit down. Initially took 15 minutes to get the hookah that we ordered. I asked for coal 5 times in the past 25 minutes and have not gotten it yet. Currently still waiting for it to be changed.

Rigatoni With Chicken & Veal Bolognese a must try. really good and the coffee cooler is good too! theres hookah too but I didn’t try it

Good atmosphere. Great place for a late night chat with sweets and drinks. Request to be seated in the inner room for sure. Got to love the sofas. One thing that repeatedly is disappointing is how they always run of out ingredients so be prepared to be rejected when ordering something. I had their calamari, which was decent… could be more crisp and the calamari itself was a little soggy and not as fresh.
Also, commenting on the pizza. When ordering, the owner said it was homemade and his own special recipe. And when we got it one of my friends commented how it tastes like DiGiorno (the cardboard frozen pizzas). I’m not sure if this is sure but the crust definitely tasted like the ones the public schools used to serve us in elementary to high school. I’m not sure… anyone have comments on the pizza?
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