My wife and I tried the Euro Cafe this weekend. Place is small and quaint with a huge dessert display case in the entrance and looks amazing! We were greeted by friendly hostess and servers and were excited to give it a try.
Received our menus. All I can say is WOW -- overwhelming. Although many items seemed to share similar ingredients, it's extremely difficult to do that large of a menu well -- especially in such a small restaurant.
We got even more nervous when we saw one of the staff walk right through the dining area with a large bag of frozen stuffed pasta to the kitchen. This happened again later with something else, but I couldn't see what was in the bag. Not sure if they are making trips to the grocery store or they have a walk-in in a different area of the building, but it wasn't very professional and was an indicator of what was to come.
Anyways, the food. Well it looked nice and was a large portion but it went downhill from there. Both entrees seemed like a confusing jumble of flavors and textures overwhelmed by the different marinated/flavored ingredients that made up the dishes. In both cases, the protein (shrimp, chicken) tasted like they were boiled or poached and had little flavor.
Anyways, maybe we just ordered the wrong things. But to be honest I won't take the chance again to find the better ones. Maybe the chef/owner needs to reduce his menu by 50-75% and concentrate on what works well. Its pretty hard to do 100 menu items (my estimate) without compromising.