An "unusual Italian" joint w/ creative cocktails, playful dishes like negroni Jell-O shots & a pork rib Parm. A retro-future spaceship vibe w/ solid food.
Café Mars, a new Gowanus restaurant, offers an 'unusual Italian' experience with unique starters, creative pastas, and distinctive main courses.
Amber Sutherland-Namako reviews Café Mars, a unique Italian restaurant in Gowanus, highlighting its retro-future ambiance, creative cocktails, and standout dishes like baked potato gnocchi and pork rib Parm.
This Brooklyn Italian spot is a truly unique dining experience, celebrated for its imaginative dishes and playful atmosphere. From creative cocktails to stand-out pastas and decadent mains, it offers a fun and memorable meal. It's a neighborhood destination that excels in delivering an "unusual Italian" experience with flair.
This Italian restaurant offers a unique and creative menu, with many dishes being highly recommended, including imaginative pastas like baked potato gnocchi and an inventive take on pork rib Parm. Customers also enjoy unique starters like negroni Jell-O shots and a Parmesan aged crudo. The overall feedback on the food is overwhelmingly positive, with no specific dishes being widely avoided.
"Standout dishes include the baked potato gnocchi, the Slinky-like 'waves' pasta, and the decadent pork rib Parm. The negroni Jell-O shots and Italian take on Japanese naporitan spaghetti are also highlighted for their unique flavors and fun presentation."
Customers consistently praise this restaurant for its fun, creative, and unique atmosphere, along with its elevated and enjoyable food, with many stating they haven't had a bad dish.
Important Note
One reviewer noted that while the Sonic Rickey cocktail was assertive, its sweetness was not to their personal taste.
"Cafe Mars was recommended as a place with a private dining area."
Positive"The commenter mentions the "crazy water" associated with the Parmesan aged crudo at Cafe Mars."
Positive"Cafe Mars appears to be the type of imaginative, mid-priced Italian spot the user was looking for and plans to check it out."
Positive"Cafe Mars is described as great."
Positive"Cafe Mars in Brooklyn is recommended for its delicious and non-ordinary pasta dishes."
Positive"User called Cafe Mars awesome and praised it as a different kind of Italian place in NYC that delivers."
Positive"User recommended Cafe Mars, suggesting going with a group to get the set menu, describing it as delicious and fun."
Positive"Based on multiple visits including holidays and random dinners, the author calls Cafe Mars "awesome", praising its fun, creative atmosphere, elevated food, and great overall experience, stating they haven't had a bad menu item."
Positive"After being provided a link, the author commented that Cafe Mars "Looks good.""
Neutral"Reporting on a visit ~3 months prior, the author found Cafe Mars "unhinged in the best possible way" and enjoyable, praising its fun elements like choose-your-own-glass, negroni Jell-o shots, Italian naporitan spaghetti, and overall sense of humor."
Positive"The author asks if Cafe Mars has maintained its quality since opening, mentioning they enjoyed it a lot during two visits when it was new."
Positive"The author simply mentions "Cafe mars in Brooklyn" as an example in the discussion about creative restaurant designs."
Neutral"In response to a comment about the iconic but closed Mars 2112, the author highlights Cafe Mars in Gowanus as a current example of creative design, describing it as an "insane maximalist Italian joint" that is "quite solid"."
Positive"User loves Cafe Mars."
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