ramsis cafe on the world

worst service ever! food was mediocre, slowest service ever and twenty minutes after taking our order the waitress comes back to say she lost the piece of paper she wrote our order on, so we had to order again. we waited 40 minutes for a table even though we called ahead (there were 10 of us) and just drinks appetizers and entrees took three hours. i will not be back.

after eating here over 30 times, trying many different items, i am still amazed at the wonderful taste and quality of their food. my favorites are mr craps grouper and fish tacos (blackened). sunday brunch is awesome.

love sunday brunch!. we have enjoyed the sunday brunch many times since moving to louisville, but we have not dined for lunch or dinner. our favorites at the brunch include gorgonzola chicken, nachos, cheese tortellini, made to order omelets, and chocolate raspberry trifle for dessert. the price includes unlimited milk and orange juice. the place is always packed for sunday brunch and the waiting area is very small, so we would recommend getting there as early as possible. this restaurant is a must when showing visitors the great food in louisville.

awful experience. my husband love ethnic food and being new to louisville thought ramsi's cafe sounded perfect. we arrived around 7:30 on a sat. evening and were seated quickly. we ordered drinks and enjoyed a few minutes of visiting and perusing the menu. thirty minutes later the waiter came over to take our orders. he was very attentive to the large party next to us. there was a new smaller menu given to us along with the extensive larger menu. i inquired about the bison (on the smaller menu) and he admitted that he didn't know anything about the new smaller menu. i ordered the spinach salad and my husband order the pink lentil soup. then i ordered the the bison and asked about non-starchy veggie choices. he assured me that they had a stir-fry mix that was healthy. so i ordered that. my husband ordered fish with harissa sauce. my husband inquired about whether the sauce had cheese or cream in the sauce, as he has health restrictions on eating high fat foods. the waiter assured him that there was a tiny amount of cheese on the top of the fish. so my husband ordered the fish with the harissa sauce. thirty minutes later the waiter came over and said they didn't have the bison so i switched to the salmon. the large party next to us finished dinner and left. another large party was seated and again the waiter was super attentive to them. their food arrived quickly while we sat waiting for our dinners. so we ordered another bottle of wine. the waiter brought the new bottle over with two fresh glasses. as he opened the new bottle, we said we would use our original glasses. but instead of letting us taste the wine from the new bottle first, he plunges ahead and pours the new wine in with the remaining wine in our glasses. he moved so quickly we didn't have time to react. thirty more minutes elapsed and a women delivered our food. my dinner was a piece of salmon with nothing else on the plate, no garnish, no veggies, nothing. my husband's dinner was swimming in cheese sauce including the side of rice. we told him this wasn't what we ordered and asked for a manager. five minutes elapsed and no one showed up. i got up and found a manager and asked him to come to our table to explain the evening's disaster. we told them we'd pay for our wine and were leaving. the manager did give us a gift card for a future visit but we won't be returning. a patron seated next to us leaned over and mentioned that they had this waiter on a previous visit and he was a disaster then as well.

usually enjoy but timid turd at door made our party of six wait hour and half for brunch. two pages of smaller parties were seated before us, take charge and put two tables together. other patrons joked with us as they were leaving about us still standing by door when they were seated much later than when we arrived


-----18 mar, 2012-----

so much better than chili's. if you're going to spend applebee's, chili's, ditto's, o'charley's kind of money, for god's sake come here. the menu will baffle you but be brave, very little on the menu is average. a great sunday brunch for gangs of friends just out of the rack on the weekend. sans any bottles of wine, you bill with be reasonable and you will leave well fed.

brunch. absolutely do not go! food was less than mediocre and seemed like it had been sitting there for a while. if you are looking for a great breakfast for a great value try wild eggs or highland morning.

a fav!. i was visiting louisville for a few weeks and was taken here. wow, i was blown away by the food; so much that we had to go back a second time! grilled thick bread with goat cheese and garlic in oil for appetizer, eggplant parmesan for an entree (spaghetti on the side), delicious smartini for a drink, and carrot cake for dessert. it was all soooo good. their menu is excellent. this place is a bit expensive but i loved it and wish we had a ramsi's back where i live. highly recommended!

can't find anything on the menu that's good. the menu at ramsi's in incredibly extensive. the servers are always so friendly and nice. everyone that we've dealt with at ramsi's has been fantastic. my only problem is the food. i've tried their thai, italian, and egyptian food thinking that maybe one of these would hit the spot. the thai looked and felt like reheated (microwaved) pasta, the italian was covered with a bitter cheese, and the egyptian food (i got thinking that ramsi couldn't mess that up considering that he is from the middle east) consisted of chickpeas, lentils, rotini pasta and was sweet. too sweet. sugary sweet. i've never been able to finish a meal at ramsi's due to the weird flavor combinations and sub-par ingredients. unless someone else desperately wants to go here, i won't be back.

i went to ramsi and the food and service was amazing for 11pm on a friday night

one of the best. ramsi's is one of my absolute favorites. i will say i am saddened they removed the chicken sandwich from the menu but i am told it may come back in time. that said, there isn't anything on the menu i would say not to try. it's all amazing.

the sunday brunch is just delicious. if you go, go hungry so you can sample all they have to offer.

we love to sit outside during warm weather and watch the people go by. inside is cozy and the atmosphere is fun and eclectic.

the prices are fair and even if you are on a budget, you are sure to find something you can enjoy without breaking the bank.

disappointing.. yesterday, was my third and final meal at ramsi's. a few years ago, this restaurant was excellent both in quality of staff and food. however, within the past year, my meals at ramsi's have been consistently disappointing: yesterday's lunch being the worst. the chips in our chipotle con queso appetizer were very stale and not warm. as for the queso, it consisted of mainly large chucks of artichoke hearts in a mild cheddar sauce. my choice of entree was shanghai stir fry with black bean sauce. i did not see any black bean sauce; not unless it was soy sauce tasting liquid that drenched the basmati rice. the other entrees at the table were the quesadillas with black beans and the burrito with jerk chicken. the quesadillas were completely bland and the clove in the jerk chicken made for a very sweet tasting burrito. now, i know that ramsi's is all about combining different flavors from different cultures; however, making a stir fry with basmati rice and swapping out the cumin for clove in a burrito doesn't exactly make the dishes worldly.
on the bright side, the waiter did remove the extra charge for the jerk chicken, but ended up misplacing the credit card. after seeing the carelessness of staff increase and the quality of food decline, i am sorry to say i will not be returning to ramsi's.

i've been going to ramsis since the beginning. it's always horrible service, but delicious food. if you are willing to eat with terrible service, it's worth going. the food is amazing, but they did change their menu. it's definitely not as great. also, they tend to run out of menu items a lot. somehow we keep going back.

disappointed!!!. oh my gosh! ramsi's is one of my favorite louisville spots and the place i always take out of town guests. i have never ordered something i didn't like!
however, ramsi's recently changed their menu. what an awful decision! i ordered the z-man and gone were any veggies, gone were the tiny, tender steaks and what was left was potatoes that were undercooked, steak cooked well, but not as tender as it used to be, and a side dish of spinch alfredo to smother the crappy steak and potatoes. whaaaat? is this an o'charley's?!? who smothers a steak in alfredo? we finished with a banana trifle, formerly made by a women who kept her recipe top secret. it used to be spiced wonderfully, with a real middle eastern flavor. the "cake" of the trifle i have never been able to figure out, but it was amazing. tonight i simply got my southern's grandma's jello brand banana pudding with vanilla wafers. i love my grandma, but that is not what i was wanting, expecting, or willing to pay for.
wwwwhhhhyyyyy have you done this to me ramsi's?!?! please change back!!!!
p.s. i voiced my complaints to the very kind bartender. service is great as always!! management is clearly the problem here!

ribs. the ribs are awesome and the sauce is so good it will knock you on the floor. the portions are so big that usually i split a meal with my family. service is always excellent and i have never been disappointed.

comfort food. i have been visiting ramsi's since he opened, and there was 1 small dining room. this place is my comfort spot to go to when every other restaurant sounds just ok or too expensive. you cannot beat the veggie stir fry or the pollo nuevo havana. salads and soups are terrific! my daughter is so pleased when she gets "real chicken" in her kids meal(and so am i). ramsi is very generous and runs a fantastic place for those of us who just want to relax with comforting food.