The Dfi Cafe - New Castle

Friendliest place in town. Very cozy, excellent drinks and beers. Wonderful happy hour selections. Pulled pork sliders with pineapple were over the top. If you want a good time in Old New Castle come here! Stop by and visit the brewery room!

I happened to find this place while looking for a restaurant to celebrate my brothers 30th birthday. I saw they had a few vegan options on the menu so I decided to book a reservation. Upon entering I noticed there wasn't many diners. The hostess was very sweet and accommodating. We chose to sit upstairs and we were excited to see we had a room all to ourselves. There were 3 tables total and none were occupied at the time. Our sever was nice enough but my aunt ordered a turkey burger and when it came to the table it was not cooked all the way and had a weird mushy consistency. She hated to be a bother, but asked to have it sent back to the kitchen and cooked some more. When she got it back it was the same burger which she was ok with but it still had an odd mushy texture so she chose to not eat it at all. When we told the server it was uneatable he just apologized he didn't offer to have her order something else or for a refund. She ended up stopping for a slice of pizza on her way home. For me, I ordered the filet and garlic mashed and I was so excited because I saw another review on Yelp with a photo of the dish and it looked amazing. When mine came out my potato's were brown and I didn't taste any garlic. My filet didn't have hardly any of the horseradish butter sauce that I saw previous diners filets with. I was so bummed so I asked for steak sauce and they didn't have any. My asparagus that I asked to be well done were not. They were still crunchy. My brother enjoyed his vegan sweet potato burger. When it was time for dessert the kitchen was out of basically everything and my aunt wasn't able to get the bread pudding she wanted. During these hard time I believe in practicing grace and understanding. So I still tipped about 25%. I would like to give this place another try and possibly get the shrimp pasta dish but I just really wish the server would have offered to have my aunt order something else since her food wasn't edible. Or maybe I should of asked to speak to a manager.

I found this restaurant on Yelp while in town on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and so glad I checked it out. I sat in the shaded courtyard and enjoyed a fabulous bowl of corn and crab chowder and chopped salad. Both were delicious and the blueberry lemon mojito I had with it was the perfect match to the meal. The food came out quickly and the server was exceptionally friendly. Would love to go back when I'm in town again!

Excellent food and service. We weren't fond of their desserts. The atmosphere is very warm and welcoming.

Great restaurant under new ownership. Loving the new menu. Crabcakes, steaks, cheeseburgers, tater tots and so on, yum! Good service, really cute little town and the patio is so nice ! They have heaters so even when it's colder you can still enjoy it.