Cellar on Penn

Food: excellent Staff: excellent, polite, friendly, welcomingAtmosphere: very nice. Service: horrible. Got seated right away (great) but Saturday Brunch service took nearly 2 hours to get our food. Won't come back.

They were hosting a fish fry fundraiser for St. Stanislaus Kostka Stained Glass Window. We came for lunch on Friday, and there were plenty of tables available. You order at the bar and they bring the food to your table. I got a fish sandwich with haluski and coleslaw. The service was great, and the food didn't take very long to come. Since it was at a restaurant, I expected it to taste better than regular church fish fry. But it wasn't very notable. It did make me intrigued about the restaurant though. Overall, it wasn't the best fish fry I've had, but I appreciated their heart and service. We actually stayed a while and they didn't rush us out. I would definitely come back to try some of their regular food.

Stopped in for a fish fry fundraiser on a Friday. Had never been here before and was really impressed by the decor and how spacious it was. It doesn't feel cramped like most cellars/basements do. Service was quick and the staff was friendly. Fish portions were large but none of it was overly impressive. I'd like to come back and try out their normal menu.

We chose Cellar on Penn as a new place for an informal Sunday dinner. We had reservations, but they weren't necessary since the place was totally empty when we arrived. We were seated immediately and ordered the first round of drinks quickly. Due to the empty dining room we were cautious in ordering, avoiding seafood and anything that would be complicated to prepare. We both got the sliders with fries, which were very good. Since it's a wine cellar we tried a few of the many offerings. I've invested lots of money in tuition, learning about wines of the world. We tried two reds and one white, all of which were pretty decent, and the prices were very reasonable. The wines were not great, but they weren't expected to be. Service was fine, but the place was empty, so there was no challenge. We'll probably return to try it on a busy night. See

It was a wonderful experience. The fried ravioli were delicious, the service was excellent, and it was a wonderfully intimate setting. My husband, his friend, and I enjoyed the time we were there (even though we had to leave because of the air quality). We will definitely be going back sometime and enjoy our time a bit longer.

Cellar on Penn is one of our favorite spots. They are great for brunch and dinner. I rarely have a hard time getting a table. The food is always amazing, day and night. AND it's so affordable. Service is always great. i believe the owner or managers usually drops off our drinks and is so sweet. Our hostess who is doing wine tasting is the sweetest. We will keep coming back! sitting outside for brunch today and it's gorgeous, beautiful plants all around.

Amazing brunch, cute outdoor seating and friendly staff! Am visiting from out of town but would definitely come here again. Loved the sausage and hash and split a sangria pitcher with four people and there was plenty for everyone.

This restaurant has to be a front for something else, because no self-respecting restaurateur would ever serve the wine or food that this place serves. The "wine list" is absolute amateur hour. All of these 4/5 star reviews must be made by people who have no idea what wine is. They must think of it solely as alcoholic grape juice. The wine list does not even mention where the wine is from, the vintage of the bottle, etc. It's awful. It's like a wine list for small town yokels or something.Next, the food ... frozen, inedible, horrible. Sorry. It sucks. The service was okay. Our server was nice.The ambiance felt like sitting in a wood-paneled living room from someone's house that was last updated in 1982.

We understand that we were a big group but that is outside of that this review. We sat down and were immediately told they were out of very basic things, bread, olive oil, prosciutto, slider buns, brie MID MEAL, and I can only assume pasta half way through the meal give half of us got the same dish and it was all different pasta shapes. They said it was because they had three big parties... the restaurant was empty even with the big tables. It took far too long for us to even get seen let alone get our food. I am all for small family businesses and most of the group currently works in Food and Bev and understand it can be tricky but this is not an excuse. We had to ask several times if the stuff we ordered would be coming and every time we asked we felt we were an inconvenience just for asking for the bare minimum. As a customer service worker i know even when customers are yelling at me I cannot roll my eyes but this doesn't seem to be standard here. We lost our waitress half way through and had to ask several others who seemed to not fully understand what was being asked and didn't seem to have the same things written down in our order. Overall the staff and experience was not good and I would not recommend anyone close to me come here. Now for the food. I am not even sure where to start here. I was excited when looking at the menu...I love italian and everything online looked good but then we actually got there and tasted it. I am not sure if a something labeled "Brie Wheel" should be a wheel but it was only a quarter of a wheel. Our "Large" cheese plate was so small I can't imagine what the small is. We got this cheese plate because they ran out of brie and it took them 30 minutes just to let us know. We all ordered pasta and half of it came out 10 minutes before the rest of the food. What came out first was cold and almost inedible due to the temp. They placed meals without crab at the wrong seat and if someone ate it they could've gotten very sick. We asked for the cold temp to be fixed but it seemed the solution was just microwaving it. What came second was the same pasta dish "Capellini" as the first "round" but came in several different pasta shapes. The french onion soup tasted like the Atlantic and the whole table tasted it and coughed due to the taste. The char salad seemed as though it was set on fire and not in a cute way. It was also supposed to have chicken and there was not a piece in site. The steak which was supposed to be a nice 8oz sirloin steak cooked medium came out looking like a salisbury steak from a microwaved meal that was cooked WELLLLL done. Fries were okay. Management gave us a free dessert but sadly this could not make up for what happened. Overall we went in with excitement. It was our friend birthday and we were so excited to celebrate her but it became a bad night when it took us 2 hours to "enjoy" a bad meal. Due to what else I see on this yelp page I think management really needs to sit down with their staff and reconsider how their restaurant is being run. I could see this place doing great things but not at this rate I can't see it staying open for much longer due to how embarrassing it was. The solution to these problems should not be comped meals. It should be done the right the first time. Side note: wine was good. Go only for the wine.

Walking around the Strip district of Pittsburgh, we encountered this nice place located in the basement. We were a bit suspicious of the emptiness of the restraunt, but decided to dine there. We ordered the steak and capellini. The steak was tender and flavorful, while the meat was definitely quality. The capellini was a pasta dish made with their wine and was delicious. Don't be fooled by the small dinner menu since they focus on quality. The food came out a bit slow, but expected to create a quality dish.