Peppers Italian Restaurant & Bar

Went to peppers with an open mind last month. Drink specials were great, food was amazing and the wait staff made us feel at home. The décor is a bit aged but it’s really about the food and drink anyway. We will be back.

This restaurant is very hit or miss. Depending on the chef in the kitchen that day, the food may be really good or below par. I’ve had pizza that was delicious and pizza that was burnt. I think that consistency is important in the restaurant industry, and Peppers fails with regards to that. The food is okay but pricey for what it is. The entrees don’t come with a salad or soup and cost upwards of $ 20.00 for sub-​par pasta dishes. Drinks are overpriced as well. I would actually suggest their bar menu over their restaurant menu. They do have delicious wings and mussels. The restaurant somehow manages to always be busy though, so they must be doing something right. I think their holiday parties/​catering must be better than dining in. They do have some events during the week (free poker and trivia) that draw a decent crowd and are fun to participate in. I wouldn’t rank it on the top of my list of Italian restaurants, but it isn’t the worst either.

Nice folks. Pizza is lame enough it should be voted off the island. Chicken Parm was good. Stromboli– pretty weak attempt. Not enough value for my money

Because of the distance this restaurant is from my house, I most likely won’t be back. However, if I’m back in the area I would find here again. I’d also recommend this place to others.
I came here for a work event and was pleasantly surprised. I looked up the reviews and I’m going to be honest, I was pretty worried. When we arrived, my mind was not put at ease. From the outside, the restaurant looked very small.
Thankfully, once I walked inside I realized that I shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. The restaurant was very nice! I had goody bags in my car for all of the attendees (about 50 women) & two ladies came right out to help me! I also had roses for everyone and a gentleman bought me a large, beautiful base to put them in. He also bought over a small table to put them on in the front of the room. They were so thoughtful!
I had the beef over rice and vegetable medley. It was very tasty! Some ladies at my table ordered the chicken; while it was good, I’m glad I chose my dish. We ordered some cocktails and they were all VERY strong. While some might not find that a problem, I did. It was to the point where you almost couldn’t drink it. As I said, I was here for a work event — I wasn’t trying to get drunk!
I’m not sure if the young woman who was one of the waitresses was new or what but we waited quite some time for our drinks. She also came back to our table numerous times to ask questions (with the exception of one at my table, we all ordered lemon drops) She also had a hard time trying to figure out who was paying for what (our food was already paid for; the drinks were split between two ladies) It honestly didn’t seem that difficult but she was really struggling in that aspect.
Another suggestion for them would have been to sit us in the room next to where we sat. We had a guest speaker and unfortunately it was VERY hard to hear her because we were seated next to the bar. Had we been in the other room, we could have closed the door. I think that would have been better for us as well as fellow diners.
I really just wanted to thank Peppers for their hospitality. They were fabulous in making our event a memorable one. The staff was very helpful and our event went smoothly! Thank you again!

Horrible food. Horrible service. Dirty. Poor beer selection. I do not know how they have stayed in business. I will never be back.

I just had my bridal shower at Pepper’s and the food and service was outstanding! We used the room on the right as you walk in. The buffet style meals were
Excellent and the wait staff kept them full and tables clean. The manager RoseAnne couldn’t have been more helpful as we prepped for the day as well as making sure things ran smoothly the day of. If you have any special event Peppers is a great place to go.

I want to love this place.
I think I’m chasing a dream.
I get really good meat sauce here. But it’s so inconsistent.
One dish has barely any to cover the pasta. One has almost just almost enough.
I even order extra meat sauce to try and compensate for the variable in the consistency of execution.
What is it gold? I will pay! Just give me what I want!
Frustrated.
It’s a great product. Just can’t relay what the customer wants to the chef I’m guessing.

The Penne, peppers, and chicken was horrible. The pasta fagiole is pure tomato sauce. The chicken was bland, and it was smothered in red sauce to mask the lack of taste. Disappointed with this restaurant. Don’t waste your money! I don’t think I’ve ever been disappointed by an Italian restaurant. This is the first time.

Great food, service and atmosphere. Don’t miss it! Came with a party of 20 after basketball tournament. Worked out great

Should have listened to the other Unilocalers out there about Peppers and avoided it for my pre-​theatre dinner show to see Frank Sinatra, Jr. Not that the food was all that terrible (but it wasn’t great, either), but the service was less than desirable. What absolutely killed me was that the senior citizen waitress thought my foursome stiffed her on a tip of a $ 155 meal. She came back saying we only gave her $ 160 and I had to show by counting it in front of her that we actually gave $ 180. Some gall to do that… why not ask another server to count it out before making accusations to my group? Insulting.
The bread with peppers was very tasty. My prime rib special was over-​salted but the calamari app was quite nice. My wife’s salmon was just ok. The tiramisu dessert my guests had was lousy.
Save your cash and go elsewhere. This is not fine dining and bad casual.

My wife and I ate here for a group lunch. As we waited for others to arrive, I walked around the dinning room and bar and was really impressed by the décor and cleanliness. The group lunch we attended had a fixed menu, my wife chose the chicken parmesan and I went with the salmon with dill sauce. When are meals arrived I instantly became excited because both plates looked amazing. My meal was excellent. The salmon was cooked perfectly and the sauce was excellent. The potatoes that came as a side dish were a little soggy and tasted as if they were pre-​made and sitting in a warmer. My wifes meal (which I had to steal a few bites) was very good too. The marinara sauce was definitely the highlight of the dish. The chicken itself was cooked well but had very little taste. It wasn’t for the marinara, the dish left you wanting for a lot more flavor. For the most part everything was really good and I hope to return for dinner.

We went here twice and the food wasn’t bad – but it would have been nice for the service to rank up there with the food. Our orders were screwed up both times! The first time I asked for one sandwich and got another. Rather than send it back, I just alerted the waitress and finished it. After we were done, the waitress said it was a good thing because the sandwich I ordered was more expensive anyway.
The second time my husband asked for an Italian sub, mayo on the side, peppers on the side, no oil. We didn’t get peppers and the sub was slathered with oil and when we brought it to the waitresses attention she denied culpability and said she put it in the system correctly.
We had a gift card and at the end, they couldn’t figure out that transaction either, so we were delayed checking out as well.

The bar area is a decent hang out, but service is not great overall. The food is decent if you go thinking of bar food, however if you are looking for a good authentic Italian spot, this is not it. Prices would be ok if the food was on par, but again it’s not.

We have always enjoyed the quiet atmosphere, good service and good food at Peppers but, over the past several months, we have been very disappointed particularly with the service. Once our entrée needed to be returned in order to be cooked, another time our server forgot to bring several things we ordered and also neglected to bring bread until we were nearly done, and to top it off, the woman acting as hostess was rude. That’s the time we nearly walked out.

Service was not very good; although seems like his first night, much room for improvement in service. Was not the best meal I have had there. Most of the food was luke warm to room temp. One of the orders was wrong. Scallops were not appetizing to look at (hard with orange color). Baked manicotti was very very chewy. Best was plain linguini with butter. I hope for better next time as this place has been a staple in KoP.

I really would desire to rate this restaurant well since it is one of the few, non-​corporate restaurants in King of Prussia. However, the food is bland, service is EXTREMELY slow, and the attitude by management is nonchalant at best. Needless to say, I will not be heading back to eat here.

I went here on Saturday evening a few weeks ago with my girlfriend.
We ordered VEAL VALDOSTANDO with greasy potatoes and string beans and SAUTÉED SCALLOPS. I got a side of ANGEL HAIR pasta with aioli sauce (which is has oil, herbs, garlic (instead of tomato)
I originally wanted a different pasta side (either tortellini, ravioli or gnocchi. She said she could do it but she was going to charge is over 6 bucks extra for it (where the side was free otherwise) I declined.(keep in mind if this was any other restaurant they would have charged me only a couple dollars extra)
The entrees itself were good (especially my scallops) –however the ANGEL HAIR pasta was awful. it was all oil, with not enough herbs or taste to it. This pretends to be an Italian place but it isn’t. Its for people who don’t have a clue what Italian food is. There are better choices in the area.
My gf ordered water .I ordered a diet soda
The soda is supposed to be free refills like everywhere else. It wasn’t. they charged me for each refill (and I had 3). If it wasn’t free like everywhere else they should have TOLD ME.
The waitress asked if we wanted coffee or dessert. We declined, but when I was expecting her to come back with the check she instead came back with a gigantic dessert cart in order to temp us. This is a very very greedy thing to do. I don’t really blame the waitress. I blame the restaurant for being so cheap and greedy. IM sure the owners put her up to it.
When I was in any other restaurant in this area (or anywhere else).IF the waiter/​waitress asked me for dessert, and we say NO thank you, They let it go. Not this place!
We were sitting 2 tables away from a couple. and she did the exact same thing to them! All they did was take something to go.
The décor of the main dining areas is pretty– it reminds you of a café in Tuscany (from what I was told its newly renovated), but when you go to the bar area, Not so good. It has the atmosphere of a 3^rd rate sports bar. Its very dingy, and apparently the place attracts ALOT of very low class poorly dressed people with a lot of tattoos, a lot of piercings. Not exactly a family type place.
Also the glasses they serve with meals, ARENT glass. They are cheap plastic ones you would find at a crappy pizzeria. You can get glasses at the dollar store guys! spend a few bucks!
We were shocked because the prices aren’t exactly cheap for a lot of their entrees and the décor looked like it was nice with cute wooden chairs. This made little sense to us.
I have been to every single restaurant in KOP. This is the only one that isn’t packed (I m putting that very politely) on a Saturday evening during DINNER TIME (no wonder huh!), and this is the only one that charges you for refills. Coincidence? I think not. They have low foot traffic so they have to get money out of whoever walks in. (paid refills and coercing you to have dessert) It’s a real disgrace.
I’ve been here, I think several times before but I never noticed that my refills cost $$(unless the owners just implemented that policy recently)
Needless to say from what I’ve just discovered, I don’t think we will be going back
Not unless they start giving way free refills, make pasta better, and not being so greedy with the desserts or expensive side dish alternatives. Not to mention cheap plastic cups
Not recommended

The female manager with blond hair was not helpful she was extremely rude. She dresses inappropriate tight clothes her goods are out for everyone to see… Family restaurant REALLY… She needs to put them away siooooo ridiculous :(

I love this place! I’ve only had dinner at the bar but the service is always great and so is the food, I love the tapenade pizza! The bar tenders are super nice, friendly and follow up on your drink needs! This restaurant seems a little old fashioned but It’s a nice place to have a beer, eat some pizza and watch a little T. V!

We went there to see a band on a Saturday. The place looks ok. but like most reviewer has commented. THE FOOD SUCKS.
The only thing we like at all for the whole meal was the peppers that came with the bread. I ordered mussels with linguine in scampi sauce. The mussels were tiny and shriveled and the sauce bland. My fiancé ordered a crab cake sandwich. Before he ordered, he specifically asked the waitress whether it is lump crab meat because he distastes the stringy crab meat with way too much mayonnaise, especially at $ 13. The sandwich came, he had a bite and it’s like biting into a big blob of mayonnaise. He talked to the waitress and sent the crab cake sandwich back, ordered salmon instead, thinking it’s hard to screw that up. The smallest piece of salmon (the size of one skinny chicken finger) I have ever seen for $ 19 with some minimal sauteed vegetable came. And it was bland as the rest.
Our friends who had the meatballs said they were overcooked. He asked for extra sauce, which never came. His girlfriend had the Tilapia, which she said was bland as well. The place really could invest in some spices!
We enjoyed the music and the drinks are reasonable but the stage setup was weird. Tables crowded in front of the stage and there is some standing room to the side. Not sure what that is all about.
There is no way we will ever go back for food. But if there is a good band playing we may go for a drink and some good music.