DePalmas Italian Cafe - Athens (GA)

5 /5 Barbara Gray: Fabulous server; Karen was attentive, friendly, gave great suggestions when asked. The homemade French bread with olive oil and balsamic great starter. The lightly breaded chicken with subsided tomatoes and angel hair pasta was fabulous! The Affogato a tiramisu version served in a parfait glass was a fantastic dessert choice!! Will be back ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

5 /5 Jean Raymer: We had lunch here last week for the first time in a while. Enjoyed some good drinks - recommend the Aperol spritz. The mushrooms appetizer is truly a flavor bomb of pesto goodness. Always love the marinara at Depalmas. Great on everything!

1 /5 A S: Seated nicely by super friendly hostess. Took 25 minutes for server to come to table to take drinks/food orders. After another 45 minutes we (party of 2) still had no food - no appetizers, salad, or entrees. During that additional 45 minutes no one came to check on us or explain why we still hadn’t been served anything (other than the water we had asked for). We flagged down server on a rare sighting towards the hour mark to ask what was happening and were told the kitchen was backed up. Place didn’t seem busy. Many empty tables around us. We also noticed that a woman at the table next to us was complaining that her shrimp wasn’t cooked, and her teenage son said he felt sick and ran to the restroom. Terrible experience - we won’t be back

1 /5 Josh Haynes: Went there Friday, in a large group. Theyve simplified the menu since my last disastrous visit. With a large group you expect things to be slow. We got a single refill on water in an hour and a half. The food took about an hour to come out, large group and all not unexpected. I ordered a cheese calazone, cheese and bread, about as easy as it can be. Everyone in our group of 18 or so finished their meals and I hadnt gotten my calazone yet. Every 5 mins "itll be just a few more minutes." As the rest of the table was ready to go and we asked for the bill I asked to change it to a togo order. Waitress proceeds to bring me an empty box. 15 mins later out comes the calazone, on a plate, with sauce in a bowl. Had to ask for a to go cup for the sauce. When I transfered the calazone to the box I was warm but not hot. An hour and a half and my food wasnt even hot. Alright fine I got my food, it was now 1:35, I got there at 11:45. We had to ask for the checks again, really disappointed they added gratuity to my meal with little to no service and proceeded to ask if I wasnt paying with a card and seemed inconvenienced that I was paying with cash and wanted to know the total. So I brought my calazone home at 5 and fired up my pizza oven to reheat the calazone. Bread was crispy but tasteless, cheese was tasteless. I was disappointed after 2 hours of my life, had to package my own meal, ot was served warm not hot, and paying $17 for a calazone without taste. If you want to be overcharged, undeserved, and spend a fair amount of time waiting on your food. This is the place for you! Otherwise there are plenty of good resteraunts in town, Id recommend any of them over Depalmas. South Kitchen, The Place, Gyro Wrap, Sullys Steamers, World Famous, Mellow Mushroom, TacoriaSunami are all able to handle large groups with good service and tasty food.

5 /5 Ilia Chernitsky: The cafe has one of the best menus around and an extensive wine list. When we miss normal European cuisine, we come here. We like the atmosphere and of course the pizza, the abundance of cheeses and thin dough - thats what keeps attracting us to come here again! I recommend to take Italian wine in a bottle, the wine will pleasantly surprise you with its quality and flavors. The downside is that you may have to wait more than 25 minutes for the pizza, but in the end it is certainly worth it!