Petruce Et Al

Went here for dinner for 2 last night and it seemed promising.
I have higher expectations for restaurants that convey themselves as finer dining and for a «$$$» restaurant.
Interior: cozy, rustic yet modern — really liked the exposed bricks. I liked that they have little cubby spaces for tables, it creates a more intimate environment.
Menu: Wasn’t overly impressed with the menu at all. Nothing really stood out or made us want to order something. We ordered the same thing because thats what looked good, usually at a very good/​great restaurant you’re torn between what to choose for dinner.
What we ordered:
Drink: Man-​Manhattan — very good drink, you could taste the rye whiskey, delicious
appetizers:
1. onion soup — it was good, warm, and oniony, just the way it should be. But like many other onion soups — it was way too salty.
2. salmon crudo — presentation was beautiful. It was a light dish, which it should be, however, it was lacking in acidity, which would have made the dish really light and bright. Additionally, it was under seasoned, could have used a pinch of salt.
entrée:
1. we both got the cod — fish was cooked very well, and very flakey. again a little under seasoned. the broccoli that was on the plate was really good and added a nice texture, because it was prepared like a tempura style, so it had a nice crunch.
dessert:
nothing, because the desserts did not look good. We just got coffee.
Service:
Hostess — was really good
Server — so-​so. never asked us if we wanted another drink. following up with each of the courses was treated as a formality and by her body language it felt very «one foot in and one foot out», because right after, she literally pivoted, and turned around to finish up with her other table.
Didn’t leave me wanting more. I’m already pretty critical of «american contemporary» cuisine, so probs won’t be returning.
But not a bad experience, just didn’t wow

Love this restaurant! It’s perfect for a quiet, romantic dinner if you get an early reservation (aim for 530 pm). Another plus: The staff was really attentive with my food allergies. We always list them on our open table reservations and the waiter immediately reviewed them with us, which truly impressed me. My dishes were delicious despite the fact that they had to leave out some ingredients. The cocktail that I had was great, too, and I was blown away by the bartender. Some of their drinks have egg in them and since that’s one of my allergies, the staff communicated with each other to make sure that they didn’t accidentally cross-​contaminate my drink. Kudos, Petruce Et Al! You guys were fantastic!

My wife took me here for my birthday, in December. The food was generally good (though I’d take In Riva’s pizza over this pizza any day). The service varied between ok and indifferent.
The one-​star rating is because of what happened the day *after* we ate there. We had taken home what was left of the lasagna, and when we pulled it out of the microwave and started to eat it, we noticed that, under the sauce, there was a LIME STICKER ATTACHED TO THE NOODLES.
I called the restaurant and asked for the manager and Kevin picked up. I explained what had happened and he apologized. He said he remembered our table and would credit us for the lasagna. He told me to email him to remind him of my name, which I did as soon as I hung up (
).
He’s never responded, even after I emailed again.
Amazing that a restaurant would serve patrons a STICKER, offer to comp only the dish in question, and then blow off the customer. Amateur hour.

Nicely decorated modern eatery in a nice part of Philly. Went here for restaurant week menu. First off the drink I had (Mexican Firing Squad) was the highlight of the night. Perfectly mixed tequila blanco with lime and omega ate molasses. I would definitely hit up their happy hour if there are cocktails on that menu. The meal was nicely timed and service was simple yet there when you needed it. The food itself left things a bit lacking. When you spend $ 60 total on a meal you sort of expect great flavor and wow me presentation. Presentation was quite nice. Everything looked attractive, but the flavor so fell short. I had the squid for course one, lasagna for course two and allllll of the desserts. Squid was very strange texture. Super soft on the outside and chewy on the inside. Brussels were a nice addition but didn’t make a lot of sense together. Lasagna was soooo strange. Did not taste like lasagna at all. It reminded of Greek mousakka. Which I like, but I wanted lasagna. Last the desserts were just eh. Semolina cake was flavorless and dry. Peanut semifreddo was very strong and stars he texture again. The soft serve was probably my second favorite part of the meal after the cocktail. Vanilla ice cream layered with pie crust and dived apples. Yum. Overall the food was definitely lacking for the price. The service, décor and drinks made up for some of that.

Since I moved out of the city, I’m not up on the latest restaurants, so my friend chose this one for our restaurant week visit. We had a cozy booth for 6 near the back. Ambiance — dark and cozy, nice bar looking out to the street in front. No waiting for our reserved seat. Clean and efficient bathrooms, too.
I had a Mexican Firing Squad (I think) — tequila, pomegranate molasses, and I think cranberry — anyway, it was a really fantastic treat!
For my starter, I chose the kale with squash and pepitas. Yummy, with a great dressing! It’s something I would want the recipe for. For dinner, the lasagna, which was cooked in cast iron until the sauce was caramelized and the edges slightly crispy. OH. YES. I love caramelized. My dessert choice was the soft serve ice cream with apple and crumble. Excellent, refreshing, except for that I was unaware of the shaved ginger on top — in the dark booth, I thought it was apple. Uh, one whole mouthful of unexpected ginger didn’t ruin the experience, but I wasn’t a fan and could have done without that!
I heard no complaints whatsoever from the other 5. There was pork, lamb, squid, semolina cake, mackerel.
Good time!

BYOB a new concept in Philly, I guess, Bring Your Own Bread, what a disaster of a restaurant especially during restaurant week. You have a dish on the menu which calls for a toasted bread with some chicken liver and how come you run out of bread for a 7pm reservation. Oh by the way, they did serve bread to the new customers who just happen to sit on the table next to ours. What a shame!
Doesn’t it say something about this place. It’s empty for god’s sake.
Only order the lamb carpaccio if you are fond of the bitter taste, cause though nicely presented, the bitterness overpowers all the other flavors of this dish.
The entrée of pork shank was quite nice and would definitely recommend this.
The dessert of semolina is quite something with coconut n orange flavors. The other dessert of semi fritto was confusing as there were no sweet flavors n doughy in texture.
Most important, don’t sit near the windows as it’s quite frigid n cold in that area. It’s better to sit inside.
The server was quite good n he was the only server with a pleasant personality n that scored them the third star.

Some of their appetizers and entrees lack cohesion and execution, but I would gladly order only baskets and baskets of their grilled sourdough bread and vegetarian tapas. During my next visit, I’m very much looking forward to their pizza menu. And more sourdough.

Lovely place. A bit empty on the Tuesday after Christmas, but still a great place to eat. Our bartender was hospitable; we got a drink before our reservation and they let us just stay at the bar. My chicken liver pâté was sweet, salty, and smooth. My date’s scallops perfectly prepared. And moreover, my agnolotti, stuffed with cauliflower, over crispy broccoli rabe was excellent as well. Succelent, smooth. This was a big preview, apparently, of their New Year’s Eve menu and I whole-​heartedly approve.
A few more notes: nice tap-​list and well-​done cocktails (got a Man Man-​Hattan)

Every dish is beautifully presented and delicious. Menu changes almost daily. Chef does particularly amazing things with vegetables — the baby carrots dish is always my favorite, but the Brussels sprouts are addictive. The entrees are always beautifully prepared, filling, and delicious, but not heavy and fastening.
They have the best kind of good wine list: eclectic selection of delicious, high quality wines from various regions, all by the glass so you can try different wines, with an excellent sommelier guiding you unpretentiously towards the best choices for the palate.

Fancy. Small portions but very fresh and tasty.
Food:
Beef meatballs — great flavoring and homemade pasta
Bone marrow pizza — very strong. Very interesting.
Halibut — excellent pairing of veggies and fish and sauces. Stand out dish of the night
They also made me a refreshing limeade
Dessert was OK. Apple crumble. Nothing outstanding to match the rest of the food. The other ones sounded too random, like they have a dartboard of ingredients.
Overall very high quality, interesting concoctions and nice staff. Definitely worth a visit

Family dinner for the restaurant week and it was very satisfied and delicious! It was such a nice deal for the great food: lamb sausage was fulfill and tasty, fresh salad had an amazing dressing! All main dishes were excellent! It’s worth to try it! We will be back! Keep up with good dishes!

I stopped in here for a snack and a drink with my fiancé one evening and we sat at the bar. Our plan for the evening was to hope around and grab a drink and a bite at a few different places and this was our first stop. I had really wanted to try this place for a long time, and am sad to say I still havent had a full meal here, but what we experienced on this quick visit was all good. They have an excellent bar program and the menu looked incredibly enticing. We started off with a pair of cocktails, the Johnny’s Own Demons and the Man Man-​Hattan. Two very well made and delicious cocktails. The Johnnys Own Demons was a mixture of white rum, brandy, cynar, drambuie and lemon that had a refreshing flavor to it and the Man Man-​Hattan was just that, a man cocktail. Rittenhouse rye, carpano antica vermouth, averna, laphroiag and bitters were combined to pack quite a punch, but in an extremely delicious way.
We also ordered the grilled sourdough with whipped ricotta butter and it was phenomenal. The wood fire oven based restaurants in the city are all outstanding and this dish at Petruce is just one example of the greatness. While it may seem simple, this was an absolutely perfect dish. The flavor of the bread was fantastic and it was charred just the right amount. The texture and flavor of the butter was just as good as the flavor of the bread and it is something I can still vividly remember.
I cant wait to return for dinner in hopes that it will be just as good as our quick visit to the bar here. Its definitely worth a visit.

All of the food was delicious! The service is great and the staff is super friendly (especially the manager Tim). It’s a great place to go with friends and share dishes :) we got to try a bit of everything and left very full and content
Sourdough (they make it themselves!) — already good by itself (soft with a crispy crust) but the tomato butter makes it a must have.
Roasted carrot– never had carrots prepared in so many different ways before. Delicious with the bagna cauda dip.
Tomato salad– you will start having a love affair with veggies after you have this one
Lamb sausage– one of my favorites! So delicious and comes with a yummy grape sauce and brioche (made in the restaurant!)
Chicken liver– never had chicken liver before so wasn’t sure if I’d like this, but it was very good. Goes great with the sourdough and nectarines it comes with.
Octopus– never had octopus before either. It was delicious and was crispy and charred on the outside.
****Pork shoulder– if you can only get one thing, this is what you should pick! Hands down the best pulled pork-​esque dish I’ve ever had. Seriously though. Get it.
Duck breast– very tender, flavorful, and juicy. The mushrooms and corn it’s served with are very yummy too
Apple cake– perfect fall dessert. It’s rich and delicious :) need I say more?
Will need to come back and try the wine sometime. I have heard that their wine list is fabulous and that their sommelier is pretty cool

First time here, and overall had a great experience. The staff was welcoming and nice. the space was nicely decorated — a bit of urban + outdoorsy. I’m glad the restaurant overall was small and intimate but might always require reservations to be made.
And of course… I was impressed the the food. All of the meat preparation was incredible — the veal, pork, fish — really beautifully cooked, tender, very flavorful. A few interesting twists to the appetizers — the octopus in congee, meat served with kimchee — i thought it was a fun twist on the dishes.
Great selection of wine and beer! There is a bar stretched the length of the restaurant and was full all night, but it wasn’t distracting or overflowing with patrons — just a nice rotating set of people so it did not make me feel claustrophobic being seated next to the bar.
Great experience overall — looking forward to seeing the next seasonal menu there.

First time at Petruce and loved it. This place was recommended to me by multiple people. I bought a gift card for my parents here and they absolutely loved it. I will definitely be coming back to this place!!! Graham cracker sundae was the best I’ve ever had

Delicious! Had amazing pork shoulder dish. Seared tuna was decent too but pork dish was so empowering. I did enjoy their sundae as well for dessert. Definitely going back to try more dishes.

I love this restaurant. I forget to take photos sometimes because the dishes look too good I can’t wait to try them!
Presentation, taste, texture is always all there at Petruce. Every component to each dish has its own wonderful flavor, and combined is the perfect bite. If you can, sit in the back where they make the food along the bar with a wood fired oven.
The menu changes often with either a different dish, or different preparation of a dish within season.
For appetizers I’ve had the beech mushrooms that they make the sesame bread and mascarpone cheese in house. Loved the broccoli tempura, roasted carrots and sweet potato.
Lasagna is delicious with béchamel, ricotta and tomato sauce. The pork shoulder is phenomenal and octopus is perfectly cooked! Poussin is a baby chicken, tender and oh so good.
Pineapple cake was warm, crusty, sweet Mm! Macerated strawberries had a light sweetness to it and it is prepared beautifully. I even ate the flower pedals. Ever have a gooseberry?! I have in both an entrée and a dessert here.
I have always been happy with the drinks, including the port wines with dessert. Ask your server or maitri d for pairings.
Service has been fine. So far, very attentive and haven’t had any long waits for food.
If you’re into modern American cuisine, you will love Petruce.

We visited Petruce months ago during restaurant week and enjoyed the food but the service experience was a little hit or miss. Upon returning late last night for a drink and a light dinner, I feel better about a five-​star review.
I can be a pain in the ass when it comes to picking out drinks, especially when they’re in the $ 12+ range. The bartender and sommelier were both very nice in dealing with my indecisiveness. Surprisingly, we settled on two pleasant beers (farm style saison and an Hoppa IPA).
The bar seating is comfortable and relaxed so we settled in for some sourdough bread, octopus and rabbit meatballs. All three were beyond expectations, but I could rave about the rabbit meatballs over handmade broad noodles for days. It was a knockout dish with juicy, flavorful meatballs and an herby white sauce that was rich but not overly heavy.
The octopus was cooked beautifully with some char, but nothing burnt. Sometimes the ends of the tentacles get crunchy from over grilling it, but not here. The added creaminess of avocado was an interesting compliment to the dish. On our last visit we had an abstract tuna dishes with dollops of outrageously flavorful sauces that was also a very memorable dish.
The kitchen stays open until 11PM on weekends, and this is a great, low key place to stop by for a late dinner, snack, and/​or a few drinks.

My friend and I came here for Restaurant Week since we have yet to try this place. We started our evening with a bottle of wine. We sat at the window table in front of the bar, so we felt isolated from the restaurant but it was quiet so can’t complain. Our server opened it for us and immediately said a funny smell came from it, so he would go grab us a new bottle. It made me question that when they ask us if we want to try the wine, how a commonfolk like myself would know if it was indeed spoiled… He said the second bottle smelled fine and it sure tasted fine to me.
For starters, I got the chicken liver mousse, which was an extremely sizable portion. The thick crusty bread that they serve it with is delicious. I definitely needed help finishing my portion and my friend willfully did so. He got the burrata that was flavorful but not extremely special. Our entrée meats (the veal and pork shoulder) were very good and cooked well.
Unfortunately, dessert was extremely disappointing. I got the chocolate torte and the consistency was a little unappetizing. It was beyond the texture of chewy which made it a little tough. The tart candied kumquats did not pair well with the fluffy marshmallow crème (which I did like) or the peanuts. My friend’s brownie sundae with ice cream, though simple, was definitely way better.

Came for restaurant week and was so impressed! I can’t wait to come back. Loved the atmosphere and the service was good.
I started with the burrata served over rustic bread and tried a bite of the chicken liver — both were delicious.
For my main course I went with the tuna. All of the accompaniments were fantastic and it was a nice big serving. The tuna was slightly over cooked but wonderful none the less.
I finished with the soft serve ice cream. It was served in a jar over a rich brownie — the perfect end to a great meal. I’ll definitely be coming back to check out the rest of the menu!