World Piece Cafe
World Piece Cafe is no longer in business.
Hours
- Sunday: Closed
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: 6 pm
- Thursday: 6 pm
- Friday: 6 pm
- Saturday: 6 pm
Special Features
- Afternoon Tea
- Breakfast All Day
- Brunch Menu
- Business Friendly
- Catering
- Delivery
- Dine at the Bar
- Extensive Beer List
- Extensive Wine List
- Fixed Price Menu
- Gluten-Free
- Happy Hour
- Kid Friendly
- Late Night Menu
- Live Music
- Open 24 Hours
- Outdoor Seating
- Private Dining
- Quiet
- Romantic
- Takeout
- Valet Parking
- Vegetarian Friendly
- Vegetarian Options
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Wi-fi
Alcohol
- Beer
- BYOB
- Full Bar
- Margaritas
- None
- Sake
- Sangria
- Wine
Reservations
- Accepted
- Not Accepted
- Recommended
- Required
Profile
Rene Peeters opened Watel’s in the mid-1980s, long before Uptown was cool. Now he’s got a funky little restaurant on Greenville Avenue that suits the neighborhood. The seating (high and low tables) and the plates (French and Japanese ceramics) are as eclectic as the menu, which features dishes from Africa, Morocco, and Switzerland, among others. Service is nurturing, wine is affordable, and the restaurant doesn't close until the last guest leaves.
Full Reviews
Most Recent
Review: World Piece Cafe
By Teresa Gubbins
Restaurateur Rene Peeters first opened Watel’s in Uptown in 1986, way before Uptown was cool. But in 2009, the rent became too high and Peeters moved to Lower Greenville, where his new concept, Watel’s World Piece Cafe, seems just as right for the time and place as Watel’s did 23 years ago. World Piece has tons of quirky charm. Vintage Oriental rugs warm up the cement floor. Seating is nonlinear, with an assortment of high and low tables that create cozy nooks. The food comes on colorful French country pottery and Japanese ceramics. With the new space comes a new menu, incorporating flavors from Morocco, Africa, Switzerland, and more. That includes tagine, the Moroccan dish with chunks of soft chicken breast and rice. Dried apricots and the occasional olive added welcome complexity. Cuban pork roast also combined meat with fruit: this time slices of juicy orange that enhanced the fall-apart tenderness of the meat. Kobe meatballs were a fun small plate to share. Extremely rare in the center, they were served with spicy harissa aioli. Seared tuna with ratatouille was served quite cold, perhaps to keep the near-raw tuna in good shape. Desserts included dense, creamy crème brûlée with a novel Thai iced tea flavor, and a firm, rich Belgian chocolate truffle tart. Nurturing service helped set the warm tone. So did the insanely cheap prices on wine. A Catena Malbec from Argentina was $29, just a few dollars more than what you’d spend at the grocery store, assuming you could even find it. No wonder every table in the house shared a bottle.