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Scranton, a city in northeastern Pennsylvania, is known for its vibrant history and cultural heritage. Typical local foods include pierogies and Old Forge-style pizza, reflecting its rich coal mining heritage.

Posh at The Scranton Club

Posh at The Scranton Club

404 N Washington Ave. Scranton, PA 18510, 18503-1303, United States

Soup • Venues • American • Cocktail


"We hired Posh to cater our off-site wedding this past October. I 'll begin with the disappointment we faced with the menu sampling, done on site at their restaurant in Scranton. I was originally told by Josh that we would be able to have a total of six people for the tasting, with the possibility of adding extra people at an additional cost. I confirmed with him over email that we would have eight total, and made the reservation for us to come in and try our menu items. The tasting comes along, and I could not believe how rude Josh was to me. Other members of my party arrived before me, and when I walked in before even INTRODUCING himself to me, he informed me that I had never told him to expect eight people and it would be impossible to do the tasting for that amount of people. I pulled up the email chain right there and showed him where I had expressed this information to him. Without saying anything, he walked away. We were all fed, so I assume it wasn 't actually impossible. Nevertheless, he never came out to see what we thought about the food and never followed up by email. I had to reach out with changes. I wish now that we had found another local caterer and hadn 't ignored these warning signs. But, we had used Posh for an on-site event before and they had done a fine job. We thought our wedding would be the same. So, let 's talk about the wedding reception. Josh had told us he would be out to the wedding site the day before to set up the catering tent and walk through specifics. This never happened. He didn 't show up until right before the start of the event with very little communication leading up to his arrival. We had a number of designated outlets that he requested for food warmers, and yet he used zero of these. The food was cold and the portions were miniscule. The short rib entrée at the sweetheart table was served without the sauce. Just a few small sliced ! pieces of meat that were not tender enough to be called five house braised short ribs. I would have sent them back if we had been simply out for dinner, but the fact of the matter is that it took so incredibly long for the courses to be served to everyone and after well over 90 minutes I didn 't want to spend any more of my wedding sitting at a table waiting for mediocre food. In hindsight, I wish I had taken photos of what we were served. While our table was supposed to be served first, I had to ASK to be served both the pasta and salad course. We were told we had to be seated at our table in order to be served, and yet even with us sitting and not visiting with guests, I had to get up and ask a server to bring us a salad, as they had almost completely finished bringing salads to the rest of the tables. Unfortunately, since the service timeline was not observed and dinner took so long to finally make it to our table, we were unable to do the table rounds we had planned to do before the cake cutting. We missed out on being able to speak to all our guests because we were waiting for cold short ribs without the sauce. Not to write a diatribe, but if you are considering having them cater an off-site wedding, it is helpful to share what exactly you might miss out on. In a review my mother left elsewhere, Josh responded that many guests stopped by his tent to complement the food. Out of all the vendors who were complemented by our guests to us, the caterer was NOT one of them. I can only assume that if this were true, our guests were doing this out of kindness and not because they were impressed by the quality of the service or the food."

Mansour's Market

Mansour's Market

969 Prescott Ave, Scranton, PA 18510, United States

Pub • Coffee • Brunch • Breakfast


"The waiter we had seemed indifferent to providing good service. He brought just one glass of soft drink for two people and when we ordered cappuccinos—one without foam—the drink was spilled all over the cup. We had to ask for the second coffee after he initially forgot it. As for the food, it took over 30 minutes to prepare, even though it was a Tuesday and there were only three tables occupied, including ours. The scrambled eggs looked a bit off and seemed to be lacking oil or butter, almost as if they were made with water! When I asked for butter, the waiter misheard and thought I said water. It was as if he was in a hurry, bringing us butter from another table, which made us and the other customers uncomfortable. Most of the time he seemed to be wandering around trying to look busy when there wasn't much to do. He also forgot to bring the juice that was included with my dish, and he never checked in with us to see if everything was okay while we were waiting for our food. Honestly, this restaurant isn't worth it, especially with so many other places nearby offering better food quality, service, and ambiance. I give it two stars out of sympathy for what could have been a great place. I felt particularly bad because a young lady who brought the bill seemed genuinely invested in the business, which made me think that the waiter might either be a family member uninterested in doing well or just not motivated to provide good service. I don't plan to return and wouldn't recommend it. My husband, who is usually easy to please, noted the poor service too, which says a lot."