Sambuca Grille

234 Penn Ave, Scranton - 18503
358 reviews
Italian
(570) 961-5205

Food was good but not outstanding. Salads are priced separately for pasta entrees. Servers were very attentive.

Food was good, not great. Noise level uncomfortably high, piano would have been nicer as background music rather than adding one more voice to the mix

Always incredibly delicious food especially the specials are my go too.

Service was a bit slow, I think they probably need more staff. Food was exceptional. Overall great experience

Wow! A real gem in Scranton. The food was varied and our entrees were terrific. The entire staff was friendly and cordial. Will definitely return again!

Friendly Servers helped one another great service. Food was delicious.

Great 1st impression. Very friendly and professional staff. Everyone works together as a team. We tried everything: Drinks, appetizers,entrée & desserts. It was all delicious and fresh. Perfect portions. Reasonably priced. 10/10 recommend. We will return.

My wife and I always find this restaurant rewarding in all ratings. Everything was top notch as usual last evening. They have a very energetic and young staff.

Great food, absolutely great time. We will come here again!

BEWARE: DO NOT TRUST YOUR SPECIAL OCCASION TO SAMBUCA GRILLE IN SCRANTON PA! Terrible experience due to unprofessionalism of this restaurant! So, what happened? On June 10, I used OpenTable to make a special reservation for my wife’s birthday on Saturday July 10. I reserved a full month ahead as I wanted this to be special and to take no chances. I indicated it was a birthday and added comments that I wanted to make it extra special. On Friday, July 9, I received the usual computer generated email from OpenTable asking me to confirm that I was going to be there for my reservation the following day. I immediately confirmed through OpenTable. Also, that same day I called the restaurant and left a voicemail confirming personally and again indicating that this was a very special occasion. I did not want to leave anything to chance. My wife and I arrived at the restaurant 20 minutes ahead of the reservation time. To my total shock and embarrassment I was met with a closed restaurant and a sign on the door stating they are closed July 3 through July 10 and wishing everyone a nice vacation! So there we were abandoned by Sambuca Grille on my wife’s birthday, a Saturday night, with no dinner reservation or place to go. The restaurant did not have the common decency to adjust its OpenTable settings to indicate they were closed, to reach out and inform me well in advance that they were closed, or to return its voicemails. This is the height of unprofessionalism and a lack of any concern whatsoever for their customers. I have since discovered that there are much, much better restaurant options around the area - which will be the subject of a separate review. Sambuca Grille is dated, tired and worn out as obviously is it ownership and management. Avoid at all costs!