I ate here several years ago with my dad when we were passing through on an overnight layover. We stayed at a hotel nearby and found this place for dinner. We both experienced some of the best food and most outstanding service we've ever had. This was about 6 years ago, and we still talk about it all the time lol. We want to plan a trip back to AZ just to come back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Janet
The food and drinks are excellent Avanti. We were celebrating a birthday and there happen to be two other parties also celebrating birthdays. We all congratulated each other, cheered each other on and said see you next year! 
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This is my number one restaurant of all time. We have been going there for over forty years. The quality of food never changes. It's the best. And their servers are outstanding. They really know how to take care of their customers. Our server Fred is so knowledgeable. He makes dining a real pleasure.
Tony Melendrez
Nice restaurant, good food and good drinks
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kurt
A great Italian dinner paired with Daou wines. The pre-dinner appetizers were fantastic. Very generous with the wine pours. The room decorations are somewhat dated but fun as the decor reminds me of a NY or NJ Italian restaurant from years past.
Richard
Great food, service and ambiance! Staff is attentive and authentic! Going on 51 years and strong!
Makayla Don Francesco
To food was delicious! I got the lasagna, it was one of the best I had in a long time! It is a little dated, but still very nice.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Homemade Lasagna
Kevin Hill
I have had just about everything on the menu and every time the food has been excellent. My number one go to Italian restaurant in Arizona.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Roberta Jaffe
Luis and our server was the best and the staff exceedingly attentive. Food was amazing! Avanti is a hidden gem, and you must go there!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bruce Freedle
Luis greeted us as we came in & was our lead waiter. From start to finish we had excellent service. We all really enjoyed our food from osobuco, combo pasta, shrimp and scallop fra diavolo pasta, lamb chops, etc. We had excellent escargot & Caesar salads. We had several different house made desserts that were really good & a few surprises thrown in. It was an excellent celebration destination for a birthday!
We went to celebrate my husband's 80th birthday. The service was great, and so was the food. I would highly recommend Avanti if you want a great dinner and relaxing evening.
William “Jacob” Atkins
This place is incredible! Feels a bit old school with dark, moody, mirrored interior and very upright and serious staff. I mean that in the best way. The service is impeccable, neither my water nor my tea was never under half full. The food is excellent, in terms of taste and presentation. If you want a place that's sure to impress, come here.
Ellinor Ellefson
Didn’t know restaurants like this existed anymore… Went with friends on a Friday night and the place was EMPTY. One other party, a couple that seemed to be out for a romantic dinner. We were sat next to them, in an otherwise empty restaurant. It was QUIET, maybe some music but couldn’t hear it really. We were told the pasta chef had worked there for 48 years, and the waiter really hyped up the food. What arrived was pretty disappointing. A pasta carbonara that looked nothing like pasta carbonara or even matched the menu description… The pasta was overcook and mushy. When I switched from white wine to red, the waiter just came w a bottle and poured into the same glass. The interior is extremely dated and depressing, kind of spooky. Mirrors everywhere. How this place can still be in business is a mystery.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
Steve Marino
This was my 3rd time there and everything is always amazing. I'm Italian and this is the only Italian restaurant that I we eat at
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jack
Classic old-school, low-lit, fine Italian dining. The staff is professional and has class. The patrons keep coming because the atmosphere is traditional, quiet enough to have a conversation, fantastic cuisine, and built on a history of service.
I ate here several years ago with my dad when we were passing through on an overnight layover. We stayed at a hotel nearby and found this place for dinner. We both experienced some of the best food and most outstanding service we've ever had. This was about 6 years ago, and we still talk about it all the time lol. We want to plan a trip back to AZ just to come back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food and drinks are excellent Avanti. We were celebrating a birthday and there happen to be two other parties also celebrating birthdays. We all congratulated each other, cheered each other on and said see you next year! 
This is my number one restaurant of all time. We have been going there for over forty years. The quality of food never changes. It's the best. And their servers are outstanding. They really know how to take care of their customers. Our server Fred is so knowledgeable. He makes dining a real pleasure.
Nice restaurant, good food and good drinks
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A great Italian dinner paired with Daou wines. The pre-dinner appetizers were fantastic. Very generous with the wine pours. The room decorations are somewhat dated but fun as the decor reminds me of a NY or NJ Italian restaurant from years past.
Great food, service and ambiance! Staff is attentive and authentic! Going on 51 years and strong!
To food was delicious! I got the lasagna, it was one of the best I had in a long time! It is a little dated, but still very nice.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Homemade Lasagna
I have had just about everything on the menu and every time the food has been excellent. My number one go to Italian restaurant in Arizona.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Luis and our server was the best and the staff exceedingly attentive. Food was amazing! Avanti is a hidden gem, and you must go there!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Luis greeted us as we came in & was our lead waiter. From start to finish we had excellent service. We all really enjoyed our food from osobuco, combo pasta, shrimp and scallop fra diavolo pasta, lamb chops, etc. We had excellent escargot & Caesar salads. We had several different house made desserts that were really good & a few surprises thrown in.
It was an excellent celebration destination for a birthday!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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We went to celebrate my husband's 80th birthday. The service was great, and so was the food. I would highly recommend Avanti if you want a great dinner and relaxing evening.
This place is incredible! Feels a bit old school with dark, moody, mirrored interior and very upright and serious staff. I mean that in the best way. The service is impeccable, neither my water nor my tea was never under half full. The food is excellent, in terms of taste and presentation. If you want a place that's sure to impress, come here.
Didn’t know restaurants like this existed anymore… Went with friends on a Friday night and the place was EMPTY. One other party, a couple that seemed to be out for a romantic dinner. We were sat next to them, in an otherwise empty restaurant. It was QUIET, maybe some music but couldn’t hear it really. We were told the pasta chef had worked there for 48 years, and the waiter really hyped up the food. What arrived was pretty disappointing. A pasta carbonara that looked nothing like pasta carbonara or even matched the menu description… The pasta was overcook and mushy. When I switched from white wine to red, the waiter just came w a bottle and poured into the same glass. The interior is extremely dated and depressing, kind of spooky. Mirrors everywhere. How this place can still be in business is a mystery.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
This was my 3rd time there and everything is always amazing. I'm Italian and this is the only Italian restaurant that I we eat at
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Classic old-school, low-lit, fine Italian dining. The staff is professional and has class. The patrons keep coming because the atmosphere is traditional, quiet enough to have a conversation, fantastic cuisine, and built on a history of service.
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