Location, Location. Â Without that, this place would flounder. Â They should be featured on Kitchen Nightmare's they are that bad. Â But we still come here because of the nice patio in the summer, and the pizza is fine. Â Oberon and Fat Tire on draft, that's cool! Â Your service might be bad, but hey, you might get a free pizza out of it!
Review Source:What a waste of a beautiful patio!!! Seriously! Anyways we intended on apps, drinks and lunch but the apps were so bad we went elsewhere. The shrimp was still semi warm from thawing it and the cocktail sauce was the typical spartan brand sauce. Not to mention the 4 measley little shrimp were presented on a little plate on a bed on 2 limp pieces of lettuce. Will not return and will not recommend. I suggest a menu revamp.
Review Source:Walking on the street around 10:30 pm, Como's ambiance lured me in. I was so innocent, so unsuspecting then. The patio was decorated with hanging lights and had a DJ playing Latin/70s/80s dance music. It looked like a fun place to have a drink and chill.
Unfortunately, only after sitting at a table did I search for Como's using my Yelp app. Our waitress began her introductions with a guilt trip when she saw Yelp on my phone. She insisted that people only went on the site to give negative reviews, and promised we'd be good in her hands. Accepting this, I ordered a blended strawberry margarita and some fries. The fries were as good as any: thick-cut steak fries, crisp on the outside and mealy on the inside. However, the margarita was disappointing; it came in a tiny 8-oz plastic cup (the kind you'd use at the water cooler), was watery and cloyingly sweet, and barely produced a buzz. $6? Not worth it, really.
Service started out great; the waitress was attentive and brought our stuff out promptly. She also checked on us once afterwards. But then, it seemed like we spent a good 20-30 mins watching the eclectic (read: weird) crowd starting to infiltrate the little dance floor in front of the DJ. We watched as a short girl (3 in the face) was repeatedly rejected by a guy in a beret, who halted his strange dance moves every time she showed up. He often performed the "beard rub of despair" as she grinned at him and motioned for him to mirror her seductive body movements. Unable to take the hint, she flirted more aggressively using various techniques as the butt grab, the chest-out full-court block, and the unwanted mandatory kiss. After 20 minutes, her desperation was disturbing, as was his indirect rejection of her advances. We wanted to leave. But where was our loyal server? Nowhere to be found. We discussed dine-and-dash as a potential solution 4-5 times, but the conscience won out again. It wasn't until we got the attention of the manager that we were able to pay our bill and speedwalk the hell out of there.
Nothing special.
Slow night, only patrons in the dining area, and I ordered a shrimp pasta type meal, and what do they do? They bring me pasta with sauce, but minus the shrimp. Basically I got some Chef Boyardee for Como's price.
The waiter said it was the cook, and they only gave me like a buck or two off, and I don't send food back, so it was what it was, but I won't ever go back.
For a basic pizza joint, this place is pretty versatile. Â I've been a handful of times, under varying levels of intoxication and sobriety, and have never been SO disappointed or SO thrilled in the service and food. Â In my book, that makes this a pretty solid place. Â The pizza is good and almost always comes out piping hot from the oven. Â I don't actually believe that there's such a thing as bad pizza, so feel free to that with a grain of salt. Â The wait staff is generally attentive and quick to bring you waters if you come in after 2 am. Â I, unlike others, appreciate the presumptive nature of this gesture as I absolutely am in need of hydration at that hour. Â On the flip side, the few times I've been here stone-cold-sober, I've still been satisfied with my experience. Â One time we got a waitress in training, which was a straight up disaster, but I couldn't really hold it against her as it was her 2nd day on the job. Â Funny story, my friend ordered a double rum with Sprite and a splash of grenadine and the waitress brought her a gin and vodka with Sprite and a splash of grenadine. Â We spent the better part of our meal trying to figure out how "double rum" turned into "one shot of vodka and one shot of gin". Â Either way, we were sitting on the patio on a gorgeous, breezy, sunshiney day, which basically erased all the bad things. Â Honestly, when sober in the warm months, the patio is the most clutch thing about Como's. Â In a nutshell, I'm not over the moon about this place but if someone suggests Como's, I'll go and end up pretty happy about the decision.
Review Source:I used to go to Como's often during the summer months to sit out on their large patio along 9 mile and Woodward, enjoy some beers, have some pizza, and just relax.I took my then fiance here for a dinner before a Magic Bag concert last December. Â The waiter who served us had a pretty nasty attitude, like we were inconveniencing him by asking for things like "drinks." Â I ordered a tall beer, and he came back informing me that they in fact didn't serve the beer that I ordered. Â So I ordered another one and waited. Â And waited. Â Even my fiance, who only ordered a coke, didn't have hers yet. Â So he comes back with a short beer that was not the beer I ordered. Â I didn't feel like waiting forever again, so I just drank the beer and ordered dinner. Â We chose the caesar salad and a small round deep dish pizza. Â After waiting another 30 minutes, our salad finally arrived along with our pizza. Â It's pretty standard to serve salads/appetizers before the entree is served. Â And the pizza was totally wrong. Â It was hand tossed round instead of deep dish, and the toppings were wrong. Â By this time we were going to be late for our show, so we just dealt with the pizza but asked for a discount on the bill since it was wrong. Â Waiter argued about it with us, and when the bill finally came he pulled out a $5 from his tips "for our trouble." Â I'm assuming the reason he did this was so that he didn't get in trouble with management by putting the discount on the bill. Â Very very strange.
Our second trip was yesterday. Â I went with my wife and we had two small children with us. Â It was a nice day and we wanted to hang out on the patio and have pizza and drinks. Â We were informed right away that they were understaffed and to bear with them. Â We went out on the patio, they were busy but there were still plenty of empty seats available. Â We sat and it took forever for someone to come and get our drink order. Â I ordered a Bell's Oberon. Â She came back and said that they didn't carry Oberon (come on, every place in MI carries it, and she should have known that to begin with). Â She mentioned that they had Sam Adam's summer ale, so I got that instead. Â Came back AGAIN saying that they didn't carry that one either. Â By that time I asked her to just bring me a regular Sam Adams draft, and ordered a caesar salad, small round deep dish pizza, and eggplant parmesan for my wife. Â Waited another 30 minutes before I got my beer, which was a bottle instead of the draft I ordered. Â We didn't get our food until an hour after we ordered, and again the salad came at exactly the same time as the rest of the food. Â The salad and the pizza were great, I think these are the only two things this place does well. Â The eggplant parmesan was disgusting, strong words which I don't often say in reviews. Â The eggplant was obviously frozen, and it looked like it had been cooked, put in the fridge, and then fried again to heat it up. Â It was also fried in oil that must have had fish in it, because it had a very strong fish taste an odor. Â For a dish that costs $14.95 I expect better. Â At least they didn't put up a fight when I asked them to take that off the bill.The pizza here is decent, just order it to go. Â The service is slow, and at times rude. Â Seems like management needs to hire more people or schedule better. Â Food other than the pizza seems to be very hit or miss, and we've experienced more misses. Â Charging premium prices for frozen food is not a good way to earn repeat business.
This is the last time I'll be going here unless things drastically change. Â There are a lot of good restaurants in Ferndale right now like One Eyed Betty's, Imperial, Fly Trap, and the WAB. Â Como's just doesn't cut it compared to it's neighbors.
If I could rate the pizza by itself, I'd give it 4 stars. Â It's cooked well and they have a nice variety of toppings. Â But the restaurant experience totally eclipses the one good thing they have going on.
I wanted to give it a few more tries before I actually wrote this review. Como's is a place to skip. You should never have to wait an hour and a half for a pizza, there's just no reason. Como's pizza used to be legendary, but it's not anymore, very plain and run of the mill. But the real tragedy here is the service. The staff is slow and inattentive, and you can go vast amounts of time without even seeing them. Ironically, every time my waiter/waitress showed back up, they are armed with some sort of excuse as to why they haven't been by my table in awhile. Patterns are patterns though, and it all points to an ineffective operating structure. For being so established in the area and having a great location, it's a shame that Como's has undergone such a lapse in quality. I hope one day it changes, and I will gladly and only return when such a day is upon us.
I do like the patio though. Patio's are awesome.
I always had good food here. My gal lived nearby. We had a stand by routine. "I know a really good place to eat" She'd say where? And I'd say Como's.
The place was always packed which is indicative of good food. I have been in the restaurant business for 25 years and there is no way this place deserves this 2 star plethora.
Try it for yourself. The Pizza is outstanding. They have a  Calabrese salad that is simple and very good. Very festive atmosphere and wonderful outdoor seating area
Whoa, didn't know that late night Saturdays turn into Club Como's. Â We stopped by one Saturday around 1:45 for last call and pizza and walked in to a strange situation. Â Electronic dance music was pumping through the dimly lit bar area (not that I don't like EDM, I just didn't expect it at Como's). Â There were tables of drunk patrons in the dining area, complete with a girl who had just finished puking in the restroom now passed out at the table while her friends mow down on pizza.
My usual visits to Como's are in the summer to sit on their patio. Â We always stick with pizza and salad. Â Friends that have strayed from that have been sorely disappointed. Â Like others have said, the pizza is awesome, the rest is absolutely horrible. Â I really like the salads too. Â They have fresh veggies atop romaine lettuce.
I hesitate giving this a 4 star only because a 5 star is perfect. But I had such a good tasting, crusty pizza here Saturday night, that Im giving it a high rating and Im picky. 1 AM walked in with a buz after drinking with a friend. Not drunk. Just a glow. Sat at the bar. Friendly bartender. No attitude. Good place to settle into after a night out to get something to drink and eat. I just really liked the place. Mixed crowd, no attitudes and didnt have to tell any drunks to get out of my face. LOL! Ill be back
Review Source:I had never been in here before and I was stunned to discover their bar area in the back. Â I always thought this place was just a diner, but the bar is actually legit. Â I had a good time grabbing a few drinks, but the place was nothing special. Â Service was prompt and I never ran thirsty here.
Review Source:I've only been here once, but I don't understand the poor reviews. Â My boyfriend is mildly obsessed with their pizza so we've been meaning to go. Â I wasn't in the mood for pizza, so I got the fried shrimp dinner. Â It was slightly on the pricy side, but the number of courses you get is so ridiculous that it's justified.
First you get a bread basket that is outageously large for two people. Â The little slices of bread were delicious with butter, but they come in little sandwich bags, which was off-putting for me.
Then you get a salad, which most people would probably like but after I picked off everything I didn't like (olives, tomatoes, and chickpeas) I was left with just lettuce and dressing. Â It needed cheese.
THEN you get a tiny plate of spaghetti. Â So random. Â It was good, but I like barely any sauce on my spaqhetti, and this had a ton, so I only ate a little of it.
THEN you get your meal, which for me consisted of breaded shrimp (DELICIOUS), green beans (DELICIOUS), and fries (steak fries, which I'm not a huge fan of. Â Next time I'll get the redskins instead).
Overall, I'm looking forward to coming back and eating outside this summer. Â I'll probably stick with the shrimp dinner for the foreseeable future.
Oh Como's, the only reason I wouldn't give you one star is because when I am really desperate, i.e. nothing else is open, is when I will come and eat something. I loved this one waitress there and she really made our night, other than that this place is nothing to write home about. We love Ferndale, we live and work here in restaurants and the only reason I would come here is to drink, if I drank, I would have to be drunk to want to eat their food. I used to have good food here, but something happened and now it is a bit of a poop show, because I have to keep it clean. Sorry. Love you guys but had to say it!
Review Source:Go for the post-drinking food binge, stay for the um, I don't know. Not much.
We split the appetizer platter, a giant plate of everything breaded and fried imaginable: wings, tenders, toasted ravioli, cauliflower, cheese poppers ... I'm feeling slightly ill just thinking about it.
But the best part was the soft slices of bread with a slightly hard crust with butter, and didn't sit in my stomach like the appetizer plate did. Best of all, the bread was free.
Nothing beats this place in the summer though when you're sitting out on the patio with the sun shining, in a good mood -- the food doesn't even seem so bad. During the winter times inside, not as much, yet you find yourself there anyway.
The bright neon sign on top of the building was the bait, and we took it. It definitely smelled musty, kind of like the smell of a bath towel that has been used one too many times and is due for a good washing (or the garbage). My chicken noodle soup was mediocre at best. The Caesar salad was pretty good. The bread was fresh and of the right color. I thought by coming to an Italian restaurant that I can/would get good homemade pasta, but they're not fooling anyone. Each of the raviolis in the Half raviolis/Half spaghetti were perfectly flat and square (clearly they were frozen), as opposed to homemade ones, where no single ravioli should ever look exactly the same as the next. The meat sauce was also just OK. A friend of mine got the Chicken Columbo, I had a small taste, and it was actually pretty darn good. The chicken was juicy and it had a great sauce.
Here's what I don't understand, the menu lists items such as Chicken Siciliano twice, in the same section (House Specialties), with 2 different prices. And no one decided to correct this before putting it online? Do they care that little about the restaurant? This place needs a serious overhaul. It smells bad, the decor is super outdated, and the menu isn't even correct. There are so many other places in Ferndale to try, I don't think I'll be coming back to Como's until changes have been made.
I struggled between two and three stars. I've been here in the summer, sat on the patio, and ordered pizza. That was a good experience, despite long waits between seeing staff members. The pizza is tasty, with a nice variety of quality toppings available.
Fast forward to a trip here during the winter. The inside of the building smells and the decor is tired. The odor reminded me of the inside of an empty garbage can that hasn't been cleaned in awhile. The pasta and chicken dishes were good, but not great. The marinara sauce on the side spaghetti tastes like tomato sauce with no seasoning. The veggies tasted fresh and crisp and the chicken was breaded nicely, but the ravioli looked and tasted like it came frozen out of a package.
We explained to the server that we were in a hurry to catch a show nearby and needed the check. She brought the check promptly; then disappeared for 10+ minutes (apparently went on break). Eventually we flagged down a different server to take our credit cards. Definitely poor judgment, right at the time when gratuity is decided. We still tipped well, but I'm not sure I plan on going back.
Had our January networking event for <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdetroitnet.org&s=e84f094c54a209e0333dc8a3ad4e7a87e65f2ec4455101297196958f7877832b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://detroitnet.org</a> here, as well as a couple of stops in beforehand to firm up details and make sure everything was solid, so you've got a blended review.
From a "stopping in for a drink" perspective, it's great. Â Love the dark wood bar, love the beer selection, and the bartenders can make a cocktail.
From a "jumping in to get a bite" perspective, you get the pizza here. Â You completely ignore the rest of the menu, and you get the pizza. Â Do not pass GO, do not collect $200...get the pizza.
From a "running a networking event" perspective, I was *very* pleased. Â A new GM (also named David) reached out to me via LinkedIn late last year as he was getting ready to take over, because he'd read about my group's networking events and wanted to get us there. Â We went back and forth a bit, and I stopped in to talk with him and check out the private room upstairs.
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"The venue couldn't have been any better. Â The private room upstairs at Como's was just simply perfect for our group. Â The scattered hightop tables were great for quick conversations, and some of the wiser heads moved to the other end of the room pretty quickly to take advantage of the big comfy couches."
...and that's accurate. Â The room upstairs has a private bar, well stocked, lots of high top tables, plenty of rectangular tables, and some big comfy leather couches off at the far end of it. Â Didn't have a single complaint from anyone, and everyone that showed up gave us props for finding yet another cool place to have one of our events.
I always try to stop in at Como's for a REAL pizza when I'm in the area. Never disappointed.
I remember years ago enjoying the patio on a nice Sunday afternoon with some friends. Â Always a pleasant experience but there was a sudden downpour. Â We were 1/2 finished eating but asked for a box for the rest of our pizza, etc. and paid at the counter. Â The worker said "Thanks for paying, most people just take off". which is probably why there are more negative reviews here about the service than the food. "You're kidding, right?", was my response. Â "Nope", he said. Â
The parking lot charades and waiting at the bar for a carry-out are true Detroit entertainment and there's no cover charge for this!
You know that neighborhood place that everyone knows about but every single time you go there your drinks are permanently unfilled and you wish you had gone somewhere else? Yet somehow you end up going there again. And again.
This is that place. I've been to Como's numerous times and each visit was progressively worse. Really, really SLOW service on the weekends. One time I came here at the urging of a friend at 1am. Sad to say, we were served a BLACK, inedible pizza. They didn't even offer to fix it.
I am not exaggerating. I thought the pizza was a piece of coal that was pounded out and had pepperoni and mushrooms put on it.
However, this is one of the places in this area that serves food late, is near tons of bars, and has a bar inside. In Ferndale? Jackpot.
Avoid this place...if you're sober.
I think Como's should go on restaurant rescue. Â I had the stuffed shells, they tasted funny like there was an extra chemical in the filling. Â They weren't plated very well, no sides just a the shells on a dinner plate topped with a basic marinara sauce. Â Wasn't very appetizing. Â Two people got fish and chips and it was pretty obvious it was a gross frozen fish patty. Â It was good piping hot but as soon as it cooled a little it was a rubber cube. Â I know because I tried some of my husbands as I was waiting for them to redo my shells - everyone got served before the server realized he forgot to put in my order. Â My sisters boyfriend got a lazy looking chop salad, the kind I do for myself out of whatever's in the fridge. Â The bread we ordered for the table had mold on it. Â The server was slow and smelled like weed although he was polite. Â
The pizza still looks good (and safe) and will be the only thing I'm ordering from now on. Â Como's still has a great location and the patio is awesome during the summer. Â I don't want to see them struggle because the food could be a lot better.
I've haven't eaten any food here since I was like 15 yrs old  & my surprise bday party was here so can't really comment on that ... I have been here twice in the last month for a quick drink before going to comedy shows a block over at Go Comedy. Each time I was here it was so empty (Saturday & Weds nights.) I didn't mind the emptiness bc I was just there with a friend to pass time, we weren't trying to find a party or anything. Really quick service and it was soooo clean in here -even the bathroom. For that style of restaurant you expect at least the bathrooms to be slightly gross but NOPE- it was spotless through this whole place!  If you are looking for a quiet spot to grab a drink then this place is fine enough!
Review Source:I've lost the only reason I ever ordered from here.
Where did your normal toasted ravioli go Como? Â Whatever brand you used had this delicious and addictive hint of jalapeno in them and I raved about these little fried delights.....to everyone as it were!!! Seriously they were like crack served with a side of good ranch (maybe the best in Ferndale) and marinara sauce, but last morning when my pizza and rav showed up at my door at 3 am the ravioli was straight up WRONG! They were bland, the filling was grainy and the outside over crispy as if it was covered in panko instead of Italian breadcrumbs. It was the kind of toasted (fried) ravioli that McDonald's should be selling if their marketing geniuses decided to make a shift to "Italian" foods.
Your ravioli Como, were previously way WAY better! Your pizza has never called to me in the middle of the night and despite the fact that your very courteous delivery drivers will show up after the witching hour with food for me, it was always the ravioli and the calamari that I craved....and fried squid, even when it's done perfectly just isn't that great no matter how good it is. I'm guessing times are hard since you've also downgraded your packaging to some generic pizza box....and hopefully it's not just to save a few duckets. I've loved you over the years Como but this relationship has run it's course and it's finally over. Your prices were always way too high and your food just OK but even with your 3 am delivery, without your ravioli it's a deal breaker. All the best to you.
I am only giving Como's one star because I have been there twice (my bad, I know) and the first time was enjoyable. Maybe because I was drunk and my meal was paid for by someone else, but that is beside the point.
I was happy with Como's during my first visit, back in September 2012. My group and I had a bit of a wait (it was during the DIY festival, so that was to be expected) but we were finally seated at a great table outdoors. Our group got a large pizza with feta, spinach, artichokes, sundried tomato and mushroom and a few pitchers of beer. Noise level was great, service was great and the food was great.
Flash forward to January 2013. Wow. What a terrible turnaround. A friend and I went on a Wednesday night at 6 p.m. When the waitress came to the table I asked if she had a drink menu. She said no, put down two glasses of water and walked away. Ummm...there is a full bar on the other side of the restaurant. I HIGHLY doubt they "don't have a drink menu". When we finally ordered and our food came, we asked for more water (since there "wasn't a drink menu") to which the waitress snapped, "Well can you hand me your glass?" YIKES. I wasn't impressed by the food this time. I could have made a better pizza at home using cardboard and spaghetti sauce. To top everything off, we had an army of Como's employees (literally six to eight people) standing back by the kitchen and awkwardly staring at our table and the other two or three occupied tables in the restaurant. I love feeling like an animal at a zoo!
All in all...Would not recommend.
Once again, I ask myself, why do I come here?  The pizza is borderline great, but does that make up for the service? I cringe when friends that don't live in Ferndale say they want to come here, the place is DIRTY, in four years I have only had the same server twice (most don't last more than a few months, and the rest wouldn't cut it at a Coney Island,) the salad consists of  the core of dirty iceberg lettuce that hasn't been cleaned and some of the most oily Greek dressing I have ever had the displeasure of eating. But for some reason, the PIZZA, I keep coming back.
Do yourself a favor and call ahead and pick up a pizza to go!
One way into my heart is through bottomless mimosas so when I saw a sign on the door saying Sunday brunch offered such, I knew it was destiny that I grab a female companion and make my way in later on that week.
We were both fairly stoked about the plan. It was a lively time on 9 Mile due to all the festivals so sitting on their awesome patio and people watching sounded and was great. Sticking with the mimosas, conversation, and people watching would have been best practice hindsight but noooo, we decided we also needed food and that is where things started going downhill.
Brunch here runs you more money then some of the other great spots nearby that have quality ingredients. This in and of itself would be permissible but, when you shed out ten dollars for "three" eggs, two pieces of sausage, and toast it better come out right and be pretty damn scrumtrulescent. Neither of those criteria occurred. We're talking regular cheap loaf of bread toast, sausage that tastes like a mix of Slim Jim and cat food**, and three eggs that were actually pretty good --only I ordered them over medium and they came out scrambled as well as looking like they must have been scavenged from a hummingbirds nest, tiny portion! It just wasn't a good brunch, at all, and I ended up looking longingly at tables who had ordered pizza. I should have recognized that absolutely no one else was ordering anything off the brunch menu outside of  the mimosas.
Despite loudly griping to a few other patrons about hating her job and Como's, our server was actually pretty decent with us. She kept the mimosas coming and was pleasant, though disinterested. Service was no where near phenomenal but it  was better than the taste of our dish.
I'll try pizza from here in the future but will never take anyone here for brunch again, period. Mimosas and za forever!
**You may ask, how do you know what cat food tastes like? Well, I was once a child and an inquisitive one at that. I'll just leave the rest to your imagination.
Good pizza, but that is really the only positive thing I can say about Como's. Â They need a makeover, someone call Gordon Ramsey or Robert Irvine!!! Â The place is dirty, tacky, the service is awful, and they just don't seem to care. Â Plastic stacking chairs do not make for proper restaurant furniture, I don't care if it is an outdoor patio. Â It's such a great location, they need to do better!!
Review Source:I hate to be negative about one of Ferndale's true anchors and I do love the ambience and the pizza, but I must issue a word of warning...Stay Away from the Broasted Chicken! Â Even the Colonel would be embarrassed to put that dish out to his public. Â The breaking, Â or whatever it was, came thick and tasteless. Â The bird that it covered was non-existent. Â Add to that the mushy "fried potatoes" and what masqueraded as green beans made me sorry I wasn't drinking.
Love what Como's represents but chicken never more!
I live in Ferndale, so I used to go to Como's to hang out on the patio even though the majority of the food was awful. Â The pizza is pretty good, but the other Italian food on the menu is bland and just not very good. The patio is large and breezy and a really nice place to hang out, though, so I would still go there for pizza and beer. However, the last time I was there I sat inside and saw several cockroaches running around. Â I'm just done with this place; after seeing that, I just can't even go there for drinks anymore. Â They need to clean up this place and only serve food they can cook well.
Review Source:The pizza is good, but not great. I'm not sure what kind of pizza other people have had if they think this is great. It certainly does not justify the cost. The bread sticks are very good (I recommend over the pizza actually) and have a good garlicy flavor. Drinks are fair. The service both times I have gone was terrible. They had a very difficult time with groups whether the size is four or a large group. The first time I was at Comos someone at our table had their meal/pizza lost. When it finally made it at the table, 45 mintues after everyone was done eating, it had the wrong toppings. Eventually they did not charge him for it but we had to say something about the situation before this happened.
The outdoor patio is nice and a good place for a couple drinks.
They really do have GREAT pizza. Every time I've ordered from there, the toppings are fresh and the cheese is delicious. They also have a really yummy roaster garlic appetizer, and when the have cannolis they are delish.
The outside deck is great for the summer. The only issue is that the service can be hit or miss, sometimes the servers can be very slow. I prefer to order carry out and enjoy my yummy pizza at home!
Friday, May 11 @ 6:30 PM: Were seated immediately, drink order was taken and filled promptly. Over 20 minutes later, our food order was still not taken. As we were standing up and gathering our things to leave, the server finally came over. When we asked for the bill, she at least had the decency to say we didn't have to pay for my beer. She may have generous due to the fact she was a little buzzed (I saw her down some red wine at the server station as we were waiting).
Because we were parked at a meter, I had a timer on my phone running, so I know it was over 20 minutes, not I'm-hungry-and-this-seems-like-forever-20-minutes.
If I could give this place no stars, I totally would.
Sorry to say, I didn't look this place up on yelp before deciding to go (it was kindof a last minute thing). I went with some friends because we were in Ferndale walking around, the weather was nice and we saw that they have a huge patio.
First off, it was lunchtime, so I'm kindof wishing we would have gone when it was dark so I couldn't notice how disgusting everything is on their patio. Concrete floor has oily pizza stains everywhere, trash all over the ground, an overall tattered, dirty look.
So, the service was extremely bad. Waited long periods of time for everything and really had little to no attention from our server in general. I really wish I was exaggerating. When we finally did get our food, unfortunately I ordered the rib sandwich. The meat was tough and a strange color... kindof greenish?? Like it was probably freezer burnt or something. At that point I was so pissed and hungry I ate it anyway. My friends all ordered personal pan pizzas which were pretty alright. But not at all worth how long we waited for it.
By the time we got our checks, I noticed that the sandwich I ordered was listed for over $11 on my tab, although it said it was $9.99 on the menu. At that point I just wanted the hell outta there, so I just dealt with it.
Never going back!
This place sucks....
How on Earth do they keep winning "Best Pizza" awards from Real Detroit or Metro Times?
Average at best...
If you are even half way decent looking dude, don't show your face on Wednesdays....You are going to get yerself a facefull of "lesbian hate"
I actually get pissed thinking about the money I have spent there.....ridiculous. Â Horrible service every time, super surprised they are still in business.
I was very disappointed at the bad food, inattention and poor service. Â We were a party of four and we were in a hurry to eat because we had theater tickets. Â We told the host and the waitress. Â Still service was horribly slow.
When the meals were finally delivered, the waitress merely guessed and gave my Chicken Parmigiana to another person and his eggplant parmigiana to me. Â But the side dishes we both ordered were on the wrong plates too. Â So even though we swapped plates, neither of us had the right items anyway. Â The Chicken was the consistency of a ceiling tile. Â Others commented that the food wasn't bad, but I certainly did not enjoy the chicken and the side dishes that I hadn't ordered. Â I tried to flag down our waitress, but she had gone into hiding.
This place has seen better times.
This was my first time going here -- Basically the first question would I go here again?! Â MAYBE if someone asked me but I might suggest somewhere else.
The waitress was nice but the group that we were in; maybe she could have used another people. Â Yes she did keep our drinks full which were only pop but when it was time to get the order right -- well it took it a little long. Â She actually forget about my order -- it wasn't very big order at all (Chicken strip kids meal with an additional side of fries), so my first took a long to time; when we she apologize for not bring my stuff, then I told her I'm ok.
So second issue I had -- since i had a small order which was basically under $5 and i give a $20; she then asked for change -- yes, please! Â Why did I wait like 15mins for my change; oh i wasn't leaving and did that to a couple of other people in my group as well. Â Come now -- get your stuff together.
They had music -- KEY WORDS "HAD MUSIC." Â Some band was performing and they boom their amp scarying everyone -- so for the remaining of the night, they just turned the TV's up.
I used to think Como's was fun and trendy then I learned. . .
Tonight in an act of desperation for dinner, after ten on the streets of Ferndale, my friends and I turned to Como's. They're open late, it's pizza, whatever. Walking in we were greeted by a surly and unkempt hostess who told us we could sit wherever we wanted. There were five in our party and most of the tables in the main dining room were four or two tops. All together, there may have been three tables occupied. We asked about going to the other side because they have some bigger tables, but we were denied and were told there's nobody over there, so we settled at the one available big table right next to the pizza area.
Ten minutes pass and no one has come to our table. I crossed the room and asked the same surly hostess who was talking with someone whom I can only presume to be a waiter, if I can take some menus back to our table. At least another five minutes pass and still no one has come to great us. Â By this point I'm giving looks to every person loosely dressed like they're supposed to be working there. They weren't busy. At one point there were at least four employees standing talking, looking lethargic and unhelpful. Naturally we left.
I think this is my last straw with Como's. Someone will have to drag me back. I don't care how nice their patio is, or how cute the train running alongside the ceiling is, it's not worth it. The pizza really is just okay and way over priced, and what's with charging for soda refills? That sh*t's just stupid! It costs them maybe two cents a glass. Also, their pasta is bland and completely lacking anything close to flavor. I think a can of Spaghettios would be a better tasting investment, and you could probably buy them at Sav-A-Lot down the street for fifty cents.
There is no excuse for bad service in restaurants. (I kind of want to check the box under "Waiter Service" that says "Not Sure." I think it's appropriate.)
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