Cafe Vita

I came to Cafe Vita for brunch on a Saturday. We were very excited to go because their breakfast menu looks amazing. They have a lovely atmosphere, cosy yet classy. Unfortunately they don't serve breakfast after noon. We had all made up our minds and were ready to order when they finally told us that they weren't serving half their menu anymore. Their menus had suggested that they have breakfast/lunch until 2 so we were pretty disappointed.

Cafe Vita gets only one star not because of this misunderstanding but because of their service and food quality during the meal. There was only one waitress for the small restaurant. She was very hard to flag down after she forgot to take our drink orders and later refill our drinks. The food was a disappointment for half of our large party. The side salads were good. However the chicken panini was a miss on flavor and far too bready. And the cheese ravioli were over cooked and grainy.

After the table next to us were ordering the chef came out to apologize that they were out of what the table had ordered. He brought out the alternative, a frozen bag of pasta. Not really the best etiquette or greatest sales pitch. (Probably why my ravioli was so mushy.)

A very cute and under-rated cafe in one of my favorite towns outside of Pittsburgh.

Oakmont is part of the way between my where my parents live and the East End where I live, so it is a popular destination for brunch for my mom and I.

We were encouraged by a friend to try Cafe Vita in the small, unassuming store front. WOW. We were not disappointed one bit, and so totally more impressed by any of the other brunch spots around the burgh. There are too few really good ones, aren't there?

I have tried several of their omelets, of which the Black Bean and Spinach and Feta ones are my absolute favorites. Quality food, with the tastes considered. Not the run-of-the-mill breakfast that is so often found at Pittsburgh breakfast/brunch spots. Plus they give you a big hunk of Breadworks bread with your meal that is such a delicious complement.

Solid quality on the coffee as well, with friendly service. My mom and friends were yapping away after they had closed, and they did not mind one bit to refill our coffees and let us carry on while they did their dinner prep and clean-up. Much appreciated.

It never seems to fill up the way other brunch spots do in the area or otherwise, hence the underrated description. So go! I want to go back to try their dinner menu, and if it's anything like Breakfast, I am in for a tasty meal.

This is my hometown coffee shop if I'm able I stop by here for my coffee on the weekend.  It's a  tiny little joint located on Allegheny River Blvd.  It has a few 2 and 4 top tables and some nice large chairs with plenty of magazines and newspapers laying about.  The staff is always friendly and genuinely interested in making you happy.  I can't claim to be a gourmet with respect to coffee, but I have always found my medium coffee, hot, dark and tasty with fresh cream and accompianments at the plenty.  They also have a selection of pastry and sandwiches, but the reason that inspired me to write this review was this past Sunday I stopped in for some coffee found myself with some time to kill and decided to have brunch.  I didn't even know they had the capability to cook anything on site, but I was wrong.  I ordered a western omelette which was a delicious two egg omelett served with very high quality ingredients (ham, red onion, red pepper, spinach, etc...) cooked light and perfectly with the eggs being fluffy and airy.  I asked for bacon for the side, but they were out.  However, the guy offered to "run next door" and buy some for me.  I settled on the sausage which was okay, not homemade or anything memorable.  There are not many other options in Oakmont for coffee or sunday brunch, so you could do a lot worse than this place for a nice light breakfast.