Restaurants near University of Pennsylvania

Nice quick lunch…we had an appointment at Penn Medicine (close by) and were running late, so we were in a rush. The server helped us get settled, took our order quickly and we had a. I’ve lunch and made it to our appointment. We will be back.

First time dining here. Lovely setting, but a bit noisy. Our sever was perfection - attentive and efficient but not intrusive. We were chatting a lot so it took us a while to order. Restaurant was busy but she could not have been more patient. This was a random choice for lunch but we’ll definitely be back.

We love Parc. On our most recent visit we were there for lunch, everything we had was delicious, and our waitress was the best. We were in Center City Philadelphia to go to the Christmas Village and went there for lunch first. We sat by the window across the street from Rittenhouse Square park and it was just a perfect day. There weren’t many people there at first, but then the restaurant quickly filled up with what looked like mostly people celebrating their Christmas lunch. It was a very festive atmosphere. Parc is a great place to go around the holidays and really any time.

We were a party of 8 for brunch and had a table in our own area (surrounded by games!). Food was great; something for everyone.

We were seated immediately upon arrival. Our waitress came over within 2 minutes of us sitting down (hadn’t had a chance to select drinks or food) and brought water. We don’t see her again for another 10 or so minutes. After ordering, we waited another 10 minutes for my drink and had to request my husbands drink again. The lavender martini was delicious but tasted heavy on the orange with little lavender to taste. We ordered wood fired pizzas (sausage/pepperoni and the short rib). They were both tasty but each slide of the short rib pizza had about 1 bite of short rib…was heavy on the mushroom and onion. I suggested the chef spread the love of the short rib more throughout the pizza. We did list that we were celebrating our birthdays but there was no recognition of it (not even a Happy Birthday upon arrival)…not sure what the point was of listing this. Overall, the experience was ok but for $70, wouldn’t say it was entirely worth it.