Café 100

I arrived around 11:30 today, Sunday. Trying to beat the church crowd. There were maybe eight other customers sitting when we arrived. It didn't matter. Still took about an hour and 15 minutes to get the food. When we did receive the food, the toast was burnt and the steak was undercooked. I have no idea what they are doing in that kitchen. The eggs benedict had very little taste. The potatoes were dry. I really hope they get this place under control because it's a great location and we need some good food in this area.

Food was very very good but the prices were high. The bartender on Valentine’s Day was super rude. We tried to order a drink while we waited for our table and he refused to acknowledge us. Not even a “be with you in a minute”. Our waiter was very nice though.

We waited 45 minutes to be seated despite having a reservation. The service was then slow. They ran out of bread, so we didn't get any. We ordered wine which they brought after our appetizers so we couldn't have wine with them. The food was okay, though the dessert was dry and we didn't eat it. Overall, it was very poorly managed the night we went and the food was just okay, not nearly good enough to make the it worth the bad service and management. I can't recommend and likely won't return. Super disappointed.

I'll start by saying we have eaten at Cafe100 several times prior to writing this review and each of those nights (which weren't holidays) the food, service, everything was phenomenal. But last nights meal was so bad, its completely changed our minds on how we feel about this restaurant. We booked reservations for valentines dinner weeks prior to. The last time we ate at the restaurant they sat us at the chef's table which overlooked the kitchen and being the foodies we are, we loved having the view of the kitchen and the added privacy of that area so when we made reservations we specifically requested and even called the restaurant and confirmed they had our reservation and that we would be at the chef's table. The night of, we arrive at the restaurant at 6:15, 15 minutes prior to our reservations. We're told the table isn't ready yet but they have us checked in and we take 5 steps over to the bar area and each grab a cocktail and wait there...for over an hour... A little after 7:30, we see the couple who had been sitting at the chef's table pay out and leave so we ask for our check at the bar in anticipation of finally being seated. Then we see someone else seated at that table. We make eye contact with the hostess and she immediately apologizes and says she will get us at the next available table. We're sat at a table in the main dining room which is packed, so we now are starving, its been an hour past time for our reservations and we're at a table that's packed in between others where all of us can hear one another's conversations. We order a bottle of wine and as soon as the waiter is ready to take our order we each give our full order from the Valentines prix-fixe menu and are hoping this night turns around. The bread was fantastic, the wine was great, the whipped ricotta was amazing, and everything else that followed was absolutely terrible. The bruschetta was all charred red onion, which again, this is Valentines Day, a mouth full of red onion isn't what we're going for. Fairly certain they had run out of romaine lettuce and the Caesar salad was just a bowl of radicchio, which had a bunch of the hearts in it, no croutons, no added anything, just radicchio and was just inedible. Then the entrees, I ordered the aglio e olio with chicken and my fiancé ordered the salmon. The salmon tasted and had texture like it was frozen and then overcooked. It was very dry and bland. For the aglio e olio, was told they had run out of chicken so I opted for shrimp. Once again, I'm pretty sure they ran out of spaghetti, which is what aglio e olio is traditionally made with, and they brought out a version with bucatini, which was a first for me. The pasta was so undercooked that for the rest of the night I was picking out dried pasta from my teeth. At this point its nine o'clock, and we're just ready to go home. So we ask for the desserts to be boxed up, they did bring us a complimentary glass of champagne which was lovely and they discounted the pasta by 40%. It was just a 100% let down. We both were so excited for our meal and the experience and couldn't have been let down more. Again, we have been before and everything was fantastic. I feel like they could have done two seating times and they would have been able to pull off an amazing night for all. Instead they tried to do too much with 3 seating's and it was a disaster. My bill by the end, with discounted food, was still $220. For $220 for two people, you can get a whole heck of a lot better of an experience at a number of other restaurants in Nashville. If you're looking at eating here, do it on a normal night, not a holiday. Absolute disaster of an evening and we couldn't have been more disappointed.

For Valentine’s Day this place got way overbooked due to a glitch in their reservation systems (not the fault of the wait/host staff). For how insanely overbooked and crazy busy the night was, the food was delicious and the service was still great! The host, servers, and managers were all extremely kind. My steak was cooked and seasoned perfectly, and both the fried green tomatoes and meatballs were delicious apps. Also loved the thousand layer cannoli dessert. The menu is unique and it’s a fun change of pace for eating out in Nashville. Yes it’s pricey, but the food is very filling and tasty! Definitely worth a try, excited to try for brunch and lunch

Not for my pallet

Was really excited to try this place for brunch today. Unfortunately, my friend and I were seated and 35 minutes went by without a server acknowledging us. Very disappointed! Would have totally understood if they had turned us away initially due to a server shortage, but usually when you get seated you expect to be served. Hopefully this place is able to turn things around with better management.

The waiters & waitresses we encountered during our visit were kind and wonderful, but the food was not. Our pasta was like a chewy, spicy salt lick, and the dessert (cake & more cake, but shaped like a donut & sold as such) was dry, flavorless & had a store-bought like quality. We were shocked and could not stop laughing at what we were being charged for our dinner when the bill came! We had such high hopes for this spot, but we will not be returning. We barely ate the food we did order, and threw away the leftovers as soon as we got home.