This super-trendy martini lounge boasts surprisingly yummy and filling food as well as attractive waitresses dressed in black. The menu is an eclectic, tapas-style one with zero consistency in terms of portion sizes.
We started off with a mountain of shoestring fries topped with Chinese mustard sauce. Then Messy went for the oversized-but-boring Continental salad, while Picky chose the yummy, normal-sized shrimp pad thai. For dessert, Picky tackled the huge-and-delicious banana-brownie split while Messy took a chance on the weird, overly mint-y homemade ice-cream.
All in all, this is a great date place (and also, apparently a great bachelorette party place- we saw two the night we were there) but you might want to go on a weekday night to avoid shouting over the din and being jostled by overeager bar patrons.
Messy ****
Picky ***
The final word: Trendy and yummy.
Continental Restaurant and Martini Bar
138 Market St
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-923-6069
Mon.-Fri. 11:30AM-2AM, Sat.-Sun. 10:30AM-2AM
