The Cafe by Mise en Place

Not a bad meal at the airport while in the AA wing of TPA. Food had large portions for lunch sandwiches and decent prices for airport sit down service restaurant. Service was pleasant (also rare in airports) and fast. Good options and more comfortable than the quick service locations around the terminal.

Bartender totally ignored me for 10 minutes then acted offended when I tried to place an order. My guess is she was drunk or high but I can’t be sure: what I am sure is that she is TERRIBLE at her job and a real discredit to this business. I moved to a table and the waitress took my order immediately

Go there for the grits.

Not the greatest, the food is typically mediocre at best but a good spot if you got to the airport 2 hours early. It was honestly the rudeness of the people that work there though that you may need know you have to put up with. I saw one bar back snap at a customer to ask his waiter to order another drink even though the customer was perfectly friendly about it. I was planning on ordering another drink and food, willing to be patient. As I was there it started to clear up but I realized even my own patience wasn’t going to cut it. I could tell by how long my drink went empty (without any kind of napkins) that it would be a while for anything else. I decided to leave after spending 50 min there for only one drink even though I let my server know that I’d be planning on ordering another drink and food still. I went up the bar to ask how much my drink was (since I planned on paying with cash and my sever was no where to be found). She snapped at me and said she didn’t know and that I’d have do ask my sever. I then asked if I could get my check there, to which she again snapped and said I’d have to ask my never with the worst attitude I’ve ever heard, strange for someone who has access to the computer and regularly checks people out but okay. Mind you by this point there were only 2 people at the bar. She then turns to the person sitting there and says “I’m trying to be nice here” I’m not sure she’s trying hard enough here. She might answer that question millions a times a day, but I’ve only ever been there 3 times in my life and MOST OTHER BARS have access to the bills at the bar and most other bar tenders know the basic cost of a drink— sorry this bar is different and I had the audacity to ask. I may go back and see if this kind of attitude remains— if not I’ll update by review but until then this is what I think people should know before going there. The first few times I went there, I remember the wait times being pretty long but I don’t remember the servers and bar tenders being that rude so maybe it was just this day.

Best airport restaurant I’ve been to (and I travel a lot!). I ordered the seared salmon and do not regret. The salmon was perfectly cooked and the sides were delicious. One of the best salmon dish I have had so far.

Service was great. Servers are very friendly. The food was good, but I felt the short rib burger could’ve had a lot more items on it for a better value and presentation. It seemed pretty plain and small for the price. Also the portion of the Greek salad was not generous. So the food quality was good but the portions could’ve been more generous for 25 bucks. Coffee was very good. Many of the seats have plug-in options for your smart phone or device.

Waited 20 minutes just to be sat without even being acknowledged by staff, and I was second in line. Had to give up because I didn’t trust them to serve me before my flight boards