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Aleco's Café & Restaurant

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👍 We ordered a couple times now for delivery. Food was decent each time. The cheese steak has the bread you expect for an authentic taste. We'll order in future. People often mention pizza, good, time, order, cheesesteak, recommend, salad,


Address

714 N 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA 17102, United States

Website

www.alecocaferestaurant.com

Contact

+1 717-230-9000

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (338 reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Monday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Friday: 11 am to 3 am
  • Saturday: 11 am to 3 am
  • Sunday: 11 am to 9 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: pizza (16) good (11) time (10) order (7) cheesesteak (7) recommend (6) salad (6)
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  • 4/5 Shaun S. 3 years ago on Google • 571 reviews
    We ordered a couple times now for delivery. Food was decent each time. The cheese steak has the bread you expect for an authentic taste. We'll order in future.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Turk L. 3 years ago on Google • 70 reviews
    Very nice worker who helped me. Friendly and helped me pick a good sandwich. Actually an Italian Hoagie Special. They gave the hoagie in a real sweet creative bag. ... Fresh bread, fresh meat, fresh veggies. Overall I really enjoyed it. I hope to try out more of their menu.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Tiv P. 1 year ago on Google
    Had the cheesesteak with marinara sauce. Also, tried the cheesesteak hoagie. The hogie was dripping with mayo! Yuck! The cheesesteak was bland even with the marinara. Terrible experience, will not recommend their cheesesteaks.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Audrey C. 1 year ago on Google
    ☆☆☆☆☆Aleco's is incredible. I have never been there, but I am a die hard uber eats fan. They are priced like a pizza shop with a menu that is more exciting and more delicious than the rest. My favorites are the salmon salad (freshest of the fresh) veggie pizza (soooo good), & cheese steak rolls (probably my absolute favorite). It is never greasy and always served at the same level of freshness. Eat here and it won't be the only time! Highly recommended. ☆☆☆☆☆
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Jhaded E. 3 months ago on Google • 209 reviews New
    Had some fries that I put my own salt and pepper on and 3 meat pizza. They didn’t heat it up warm enough, it wasn’t horrible. Nothing to come back for or call Home.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Evelyn C. 3 months ago on Google • 6 reviews New
    The people here are absolutely insane and should be embarrassed they operate the way they do. My girlfriend and I just left a metal concert at the venue down the street and we stopped in to grab a pizza on the way back to our hotel. We were very polite to the lady who took our order and we kept to ourselves while we waited. My girlfriend shattered her spine recently and has several rods and metal plates on her spine, and cannot bend down or bend over and needs help standing up or else it will cause her serious pain, so she needs help going to the bathroom. While we waited for our pizza, we went to the bathroom which was a single stall bathroom, we went in together and the lady who took my order went as far as banging on the door, we thought it was someone else trying to use the bathroom, but when we came out, she rudely was like "there's only ONE person in the bathroom at a time." First of all, why this was SO important she felt the need to walk over to bang on the door while someone is trying to PEE, but to demand that your PAYING customers are not allowed to have assistance that they NEED is absolutely bizarre to me. It made us BOTH extremely uncomfortable. So if you have a disabled or elderly person who needs assistance to use the restroom, this isn't the place for you unless you like to be hunted down while you're trying to pee in private 😂 The food was also trash. We ate 1 piece of pizza and threw the rest away. I would give it 0 stars if I could. Service = appalling Food = even worse.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Casie K. 1 year ago on Google
    Really wanted to give this place a good review. I was expecting a lot better. The gouda bites I'm almost positive have bacon in them which is not advertised so my non meat eating TEENAGER got a big old nasty bite of that... she is still complaining 😑 I ordered the steel burger and a plain burger.... Got the plain one but I ended up with 2 cheeseburgers smothered in mayo so much that the buns wouldn't even hold together so that was gross. My driver was on time so it wasn't like they were sitting too long, they were just poorly put together. The only sorta good thing was the Hawaiian pizza and even that is very doughy, the ham was blah and there was maybe 5 pieces of pineapple on the whole pizza so I got a ham and cheese pizza for 20 bucks basically 😮‍💨 I'm gonna check with the husband on his shrimp basket but I'm not holding out much hope for that either. Feel like we wasted a lot of money right now and I wish grubhub or the owners would give me some kind of refund 😕
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Aliza R. 11 months ago on Google
    My go to local restaurant for pizza! Mousse cake was also delicious. And my online orders are always correct and on time. I recommend this restaurant, they never disappoint
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Reilly J. 11 months ago on Google
    Aleco’s is amazing. THANK YOU for being open late and willing to make food/deliver to anyone around the area. Your food is 10/10, especially when I have to work late and don’t feel like cooking. THANK YOU! 100% recommend to anyone around the Harrisburg area
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Julio P. 2 years ago on Google
    Their pizza taste like plastic and they just dump the toppings in the center, so most of the pie isn’t covered with toppings. Their lamb gyro taste bland. How do you screwup a gyro????
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Brandon Z. 3 months ago on Google • 44 reviews New
    Delicious food, nice staff, but literally every single time I go in here it smells like weed. Not like, a faint smell of weed. The place is literally hazy and reeks. It's unprofessional, which is a shame, given how good the food is.

  • 5/5 Alyssa C. 3 months ago on Google • 37 reviews
    My family enjoyed lunch here on December 30. One of the few local spots open on this Saturday. The cheesesteak was outstanding, the wraps were delicious and the service was beyond friendly.

  • 4/5 Agent 2. 1 year ago on Google • 27 reviews
    It was good/ok. The crispy chicken salad had more chicken than lettuce. Had to take half of it out. Chicken also had zero flavor. Minor details but it was still good, minus the pickles. Not sure I’ve ever received pickles in a house salad. The cheesesteak egg rolls were delicious, had them with spicy Ranch. All in all I would order again.

  • 4/5 molly 4 months ago on Google • 17 reviews
    Delicious fries. I recommend the waffle fries. We got normal fries, waffle fries, and garlic knots. Thank you!

  • 4/5 Philip M. 2 months ago on Google • 12 reviews New
    I have take out there several times and the food is good and the menu is extensive. It's a go to meal everytime I'm in Harrisburg for lunch or dinner.

  • 5/5 Kathryn T. 7 months ago on Google
    Menu is extensive, place is very clean, and the food! This is a must stop place in the Harrisburg area. Chicken Parmesan was filled with meat. Prices are well worth it. The servings are a very substantial size. Will put this on my map to visit again.

  • 5/5 Philip M. 1 year ago on Google
    Fantastic pizza clean atmosphere. Classy inside. With out paying a lot

  • 5/5 Adrienne B. 3 months ago on Google • 4 reviews New
    When I lived in PA, Aleco’s was MY pizza joint. I ate here pretty much every day. And every time the food was absolutely delicious. I can’t recommend them highly enough. If you are in Harrisburg downtown and you still haven’t tried Aleco’s, why? Get the Philly cheesesteak boli. It’s scrumptious

  • 5/5 Matt C C. 1 year ago on Google
    Maybe not the greatest ambience, but clean and pleasant, with good service and good food. Interesting menu. We liked everything we tried, over 3 visits.

  • 5/5 jose de j. 6 months ago on Google
    This food so good the best in town One day I forgot my wallet after Order the Food the Owner he told me don't Worry pay me the next time nobody do that on this day. I pay him the same day . Very Friendly Atmosphere.

  • 5/5 Elizabeth S. 1 year ago on Google
    Best takeout Caesar salad in downtown/midtown, by far. Real hard Parmesan and crunchy croutons and generous portion with obviously fresh lettuce. Aleco’s is my go-to upper downtown/midtown lunch spot! Eat in and take out are both great and the staff always seems relaxed and happy. I’ve had their pizzas, hot and cold subs, Caesar salad (best takeout Caesar in downtown and midtown, by far), and various apps. Their 12 inch sub is huge!

  • 1/5 why c. 4 months ago on Google
    The worst cheesesteak I have ever had! There was literally NO MEAT!!!!!! Then they put all this marinara and HUGE pieces of onions and peppers with NO MEAT on the roll!! I will NEVER eat here again. $15 dollars for vegetables on a roll, soggy with marinara and NO MEAT‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ I ended up throwing the food in the trash…….what a waste…

  • 1/5 Giovanni S. 7 months ago on Google
    The place stinks, got candles on the floor burning its un heard of are we scaring crawling things away or ghost? They actually had the audacity to accuse me of complaining every time I go there because I called one time and left owner know that I ordered two cheese steaks with lettuce, onion, tomato, mayonnaise, and did not get any lettuce, tomato, or mayonnaise. You might want to try actually looking at the order placed. I simply explained that I was not asking for a refund I just wanted to let them know. Pretty ignorant of owner to be that arrogant, that's why your help portrays the way they do because they follow your pathetic lead.

  • 5/5 L S D. 1 year ago on Google
    Hate that the various delivery services don't list toppings? My advice to everyone is to visit the restaurant's website and use that menu as a reference when ordering through GrubHub/DoorDash/UberEats. Occasionally something doesn't turn out quite right or something didn't make it into the bag before the bag was handed over. Just check your order when you get it. They're very nice people and will try to make it right. You just have to reach out and ask. Which is why I prefer pickup to delivery. Things can be checked and fixed right away. I know that not everyone is able to do that, but it definitely helps.

  • 5/5 Slava L. 11 months ago on Google
    Nice place with ample room right across the State museum. It was great spot for lunch before going into the museum. We had pizza, cheeseburgers and cannoli . Great portion size for the price. Would definitely recommend especially for a family.

  • 5/5 Reina 76 A. 10 months ago on Google
    Simply the BEST! Finally a pizza shop that gives you the experience of quality and enjoyment! This is the Supreme pizza and it is SO SO Good! A Must. #R76

  • 5/5 Zach B. 1 year ago on Google
    Enjoy the salmon salad, gouda bites, with cajun ranch dressing. If the owner reads this, could they update GrubHub to allow me to specify which soda I want to order?


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
    • ✓️ Private dining room
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
    • ✓️ Counter service
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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