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I have been to Farmicia twice and was extremely please both times. Atmosphere is casual, comfortable and not too loud. Service was great and the food was outstanding. Although I am not a vegetarian, I ordered vegetarian meals both times. Most recently, I had corn and risotto croquettes. Two good sized croquettes were served on top of a generous serving of perfectly spiced ratatouille. It was an interesting, creative and delicious blend of flavors. I had the french lentil salad as an appetizer. It was also very good, though perhaps too much food for an appetizer. My two friends were also pleased with their salads and entrees (they both ordered fish). On my first visit, several months ago, I had a curried pear salad which was excellent and the eggplant cannelloni. The eggplant was delicious and served with some interesting, creative extras (now I forget what they were, but I remember being very pleased with the creativity of the meal and the way it was presented). I like the focus that this restaurant has on local food, but I'm not sure what their standards are for the meat that they serve. While I am not a vegetarian, I do avoid factory-farmed meat (humane treatment of animals, health concerns for humans and environmental concerns all matter to me). Overall, I've had two very positive dining experiences.

The atmosphere was great, the service was average, and the food was subpar. I was unsatisfied with the menu, flavors, sauces, dressings, and it was definitely overpriced. I won't go back or recommend this place.

I've only been to Farmacia for happy hour, but my feelings on it are a bit mixed. Ordinarily the drinks are quite overpriced, even if they are well-made and tasty, but the happy hour discount made them believable. The bartender was great. He was funny, super-attentive and really good about letting us order one more round before happy hour was cut off. The rest of the staff, though, I was less than thrilled with. There weren't many people there that night, so most of the staff seemed to just be standing around chatting. Funny, every restaurant I've worked in has plenty of side work to do in the slow hours. It was a little off-putting to be paying so much while a bunch of waitresses with bad attitudes stood off to the side and scoffed, especially when the bartender was doing so much. Everyone there was sitting at the bar, and none of the wait staff even ran food out from the kitchen. The bartender is the only reason I would give a decent service rating. As for the food, I really wasn't that impressed. I ordered the grilled brie, which sounded amazing. The cheese itself was good, but the crustini was overdone (to the point of being burned in places). There were parts of it I absolutely couldn't eat. We ordered some fries for everyone to split, and for the price it was a ridiculously small order. Maybe the most frustrating thing, though, is that the kitchen seemed to be seriously disorganized. Three of us placed our orders at the same time, and the food came out over the course of about fifteen minutes. I heard the bartender put the order in all together, but the kitchen screwed up and forgot things and sent it all out separately. The atmosphere is great (other than the gaggle of bored staff staring you down) and the drinks are great (as long as you're only paying happy hour prices). Unfortunately, the service is pretty poor and the food isn't worth anything near what they're charging for it. If it weren't for the great bartender and the yummy espresso martinis, I probably would have left long before happy hour was over.

Everyone who says that this restaurant is bad has no idea what they are talking about. Both of my experiences at Farmicia were excellent! Yes, it is a bit pricey (It was about $90 for my girlfriend and I), but the quality of food is excellent and the restaurant is absolutely beautiful. The ingredients are fresh and everything was very well cooked. I would especially recommend the calamari for an appetizer, Mm! Going late can also be a very good idea, especially in the summertime, as you are likely to get a seat in or near the window. Overall it was an awesome experience, try it!

contrary to other reviews. I thought this quaint resturant was wonderful. The service was outstaning from the host, the bar staff wait staff and support staff. The food was excellent, some of the choices we made were the st Petes fish, the burger and the crab and pear salad. Out of the many resturants in Philadelphia, this is the one I will return too!!

I have to agree with the previous review- the food is delicious, the restaurant is ADORABLE, but the service is consistently disappointing. Whenever I try a new restaurant, I will always give the place a second chance- sometimes servers just have bad days. I have been to Farmicia about a half dozen times, and every single time the service is poor. Forget-your-order, ignore-your-table-for-an-hour kind of poor. It doesn't help that they are completely unapologetic, either. I used to keep going back for the amazing menu, but honestly there are plenty of other places I can go for a Mamosa, and won't feel resentful about leaving a tip.

Just wanted to share my two cents. Like the rest of the reviewers I completely agree that the teenage hipsters that wait the tables have no clue what they are doing and couldn't possibly last a day at an establishment that cared about its service. The manager should be fired for hiring their incompetent waitstaff. unfortunately in old city this is the only place with good food. With an extensive menu that is fresh, personally I recommend the nova lox and the turkey club. They use Metropolitan bakery bread, so do take advantage of that. Just go in with low expectations in service and you'll be happy.