Jaffre's Restaurant & Bar & Six Pack

Not a lot of places are open for lunch on Saturday so this is always a good option. Today I had a great salad with added grilled chicken. It was huge, but I was hungry and salad is never good the next day, so I ate it all! And it was delicious!Our waitress was very nice and attentive. The restaurant was not very busy at 1 pm but it looked like it was a favorite for "ladies who lunch" because everyone there were women!The restaurant was very cold that day. We had to eat with our jackets on. I looked around and so did everyone else. That cold plus the water I had with my meal made me have to go searching for a restroom. It was not conveniently located to the dining room, but on the other side of the bar. It was clean, but a hike to get to,

Chef Mike Jaffre handed his restaurant over to his felon brother Chris Jaffre 3 years ago and the place hasn't been the same since. It's painfully obvious nobody with any degree of culinary skill works here anymore. Nothing tastes like it did when Mike was actually on sauté. I guess work was getting in the way of his mid-afternoon naps.Front of the house staff is lazy, inexperienced, and mostly comprised of high school students. Wage seems to be a major contributing factor in who is and isn't willing to work here.My most recent visit was so bad I honestly couldn't believe it. The wings were over-fried, and apparently our server didn't hear me when I asked for sauce on the side. My girlfriend's burger came well-done despite asking for medium, and the Capellini Jaffre was absolute trash. The pasta was overcooked and the lack of seafood in the dish made the price absolutely outrageous. I wouldn't be surprised at all to learn that everything he gets comes frozen.Do yourself a favor and spend the extra money at Vallozzi's if you want real high-end Italian-American dining. This place isn't in Pittsburgh for a reason.

This review is based on a recent visit during their lunch hour. My motivation for going here was based on 2 separate opinions giving this place high marks. The restaurant has been open since this summer. Not knowing enough about the newly named restaurant, and its owners, I waited for some feedback before trying it on my own. The previous place had a reputation for attracting unwanted trouble so I assumed the same to be true under its new name.This first visit proved me to be wrong with my assumptions! The restaurant is very comfortable, warm and inviting, The menu has plenty of wonderful options for all hunger levels. They offer 11 starter plates, wings, 2 soup choices, several different salads with options such as Strawberry Chicken, a Gorgonzola Pear Salad, and a traditional Caesar Salad, to name a few of the 7 listed.Six kinds of burgers, including the Guinness Burger, and another burger topped with corned beef, sauerkraut and cheddar cheese. They also have various pasta dishes, fresh hand tossed pizzas which includes a delicious sounding Seafood Pizza with shrimp and crabmeat. Main courses ranging from Bourbon Salmon to Filet Mignon. The sandwich menu lists their" Almost Famous" battered fish sandwich along with a Curried Chicken sandwich and much more.Jaffre's definitely went above and beyond my original expectations and I look forward to another visit for lunch, dinner or for game night drinks and appetizers.A big welcome to the neighborhood!

We came to Jaffre's on a Saturday Afternoon to take a break from shopping. This was about my third time here and always have a good experience. They have a good variety of food and everything I get always tastes good! They also give complementary bread with your meal. The grilled chicken salad is one of my favs! Highly recommend!

Unfortunately I have noticed this place has been going downhill gradually.My boyfriend and I went to eat here and had an unpleasant experience , when we entered there was no one around to seat us we had been waiting at least 15 min . When I finally asked one of the girls should we seat ourselves she rudely replied "she will be there in a min" her tone of voice was very unpleasant as if we were bothering her. Then as we were eating our desert and finishing our drinks in the dining area and one of the OTHER servers (Kristin) had treated our server very rudely telling her we had to go ( mind you it's 9:30pm) she turned down the lights on us and all music in the restaurant, she had walked into the dining room and replied WOW they are still here. Ummmm yes I'm a paying customer trying to finish my food and drinks . I just can't believe the ignorance of this other server. Never felt so disrespected in a restaurant, we will definitely NEVER be returning. In a huge hurry to get your last customers of the evening out but yet the bathrooms weren't even clean yet unbelievable

Told my friends I was in the mood for a good burger while I was in Pittsburgh. They said, "we're going to Jaffre's". Place was great, with good service, a great burger, and some cold beer, plus enough TVs to watch some sports. Definitely will be back!

Burgers were charred asked for pink, sweet potato fries under cooked, flat draft beer all we got was I'm sorry. Going to Loyalhanna from now on service is night & day. Will not eat here again.

I've eaten here a few times. Each time my meal has been delicious. The service has been wonderful. Yesterday, however, my husband and I stopped in for an early anniversary dinner. The service again was great. However, the food left much to the liking. My husband was happy with his chicken parm, but I had the NY strip with mashed potatoes and carrots. The steak was fatty, and a bit tough. The mashed potatoes were luke warm and the carrots were completely uncooked. I hate to give a bad review, but had to this time. While my experience yesterday wasn't all that great, I look forward to dining here again sometime in the future.

The food is great. The parking situation is not... and the manager I spoke to, was an unprofessional cocky brat about it. Will never eat there again.

My elderly parents, who used to frequent this restaurant, were disrespected and humiliated today when they attempted to use a $50 gift card I had bought for my mother for Mother's Day. This was the 3rd gift card I bought for Jaffre's online and had emailed for them to use and they were able to use the first two with no problem. Per staff, my parents had only brought page 1 of 2 of the gift card receipt, and because the "numbers were missing", my parents were belittled and insulted by 2 members of the staff. I am thoroughly disappointed that they NO ATTEMPT to fix this situation or to even try to look up the gift card information, and then treated my parents with no courtesy or compassion. I understand staffing is tight and the price of goods is up, but for a small, local restaurant, this leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. DO NOT RECOMMEND.