Caffe Torino in the Foothills

I went to see a friend of mine play live music. The restaurant was nice and plenty of seating. Music was great and the people were super friendly.

First time experience was excellent. Great food and service.

We’ve been dining at Caffe Torino since it opened. Always have had great service, delicious food and drink. Jerry and Tim are the best.

We had a 6 pm reservation for dinner at the Oro Valley restaurant, got there about 30 minutes early but they were able to seat us. We started with antipasto misto and when it arrived we ordered our remaining dishes, a soup, linguini portofino (was wonderful!) and three main dishes. We told the waiter she could deliver all together or stage the dishes, however she wanted to handle it. The restaurant started to get very busy and I had the sense from what I could overhear that perhaps they were short staffed. The linguini and soup came promptly. But then things seemed to stop. In about 30 minutes the waiter whizzed by and said it shouldn't be too much longer. After 15 more minutes she came back once again to say it shouldn't be much longer. We waited 15 more minutes but then lost patience and asked for our bill, paid and left. We've had great food and service at this restaurant before so not sure want went wrong this particular night, but it sure put a damper on our evening.

Professional and timely service. Quality ingredients, skilled chef, authentic flavor. Exceeded my expectations because I spent half of my life in Northern Italy and I expected good food but I didn't expect it to taste like home. It did, I was very satisfied.I wanna debunk some of the 1-star reviews this place got. I saw one reviewer stating the portions were small. I don't even know what to think of that because our portions were more than abundant. I could barely get to the end of my plate, and my date had to get a box for half of hers.Slow service? The longest we waited was *maybe* 15 minutes for our main courses.Loved it. Worth checking out.

Waited 5 minutes to be seated, another 10 to get a server, who sat down next to me like he was my buddy, started organizing his papers and asked for a drink order, came back a few minutes later to be reminded it was a Bellini and a Dr pepper, another 10 minutes and we get my wife's Bellini with soured fruit. At this point I just advised the waitress we would be leaving. To her credit she was the only one who seemed to care there and even asked if she could be our server to which I politely declined explaining we had had enough. Sadly we had been there before and had a great time, a lot had changed and the aged clientele reminded me of many restaurants I've seen die.

Really disappointed at our meal last night at Caffe Torino Foothills. Veal was dry and tasteless, spinach undercooked. My huband's pasta was gloppy with sauce and overcooked. Is there a new chef there??

The neighborhood fav disappoints :’’(We came with another couple and both were immediately sold on the night’s special of Branzino Seabass. Both of us experienced fishy tasting rancid flavors and in all fairness, we should have honestly sent it back for another chance. Not a total loss tho! The Caesar salad was as magnificent!! You win some, you lose some? Eh?

We have been going to Caffe Torino for many years and love supporting a local family owned business. With all the difficulties that restaurants have had recently, we were really happy to see that they have a really good chef, and excellent service. The fish special that we had was perfect. And they have the best tiramisu!

Caffe Torino was highly recommended as a very good restaurant in Tucson. We were not disappointed. The food and wine were excellent and the ambience outstanding. But what put this restaurant over the top was the service. Our waiter was Jerry who was polite, courteous, friendly and helpful. We will return for sure.

This review should be 4.5 but for a tall, dark haired man that sometimes bartends and runs the restaurant. We went to CT tonite to have dinner and listen to the music. We were arrogantly met by the man mentioned. We left immediately.

Ordered take out. Instead of keeping the toppings separate and letting the customer put it together....they put all the ingredients on the bread. By the time we got home it was soggy and inedible. The other food wasn't jmpressive either. For these prices I expected it to be a little better

Our 1st time here, and we WILL return again. Service was great. Chef Rusty made phenomenal specials and food! Delicious.

It had been 3 years since we had been to Caffe Torino and were looking forward to it! Things started off well, it wasn't busy. But a half hour in, it got too busy for just 1 server. We got our food in a fairly timely matter, and it was good. But we were never asked if we wanted another glass of wine and took a good 40 minutes to get our check after we were done! We had to flag down the server twice! And then he acted surprised when we were upset on the wait. We won't be back.

If you are looking for that extra kick to get your day going caffe torino is your stop