It was perfect! From our server, to the meal, to the dessert! Perfecto!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mohammad Ali Mohammadzadeh Kashan
Highly recommended. Super nice staff, we wanted aglio e olio which is not on their menu, but their chef made a really tasty one for us.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Margarita Pizza
Mel Honda
Perfect place for what we did which was appetizers and a nice beer. Service was excellent and the chicken wings were so good we ordered another one.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Martín Ezequiel Sanchez
Very good food and atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Al Dox
Had a great time! Delicious food and amazing service! Jesus took goood care of us.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Margherita Pizza, Calamaretti Fritti, Linguine Mare Chiaro
Stephanie DeCavit
Do not go here if you aren’t a regular. Such a disappointing experience at a “highly rated” restaurant. The atmosphere is nice, but the service was honestly not up to standard. Our table got ignored except by the nice man who would fill our waters. The tables around us got served promptly to sitting down, but we had to wait an unreasonable time to get served. An older couple that was sat after us got appetizers before we even got water glasses. It took fifteen minutes after asking for the check the first time for our waitress to return and another five to get the check. The linguine ($32) tasted good, but half of the clams were empty and the ravioli ($31) only came with four ravioli. The bread basket ($2) came with five thin pieces that supposedly “serves 4” according to the menu. When exiting, a different male waiter rushed in front of me and almost made me trip. This was not the experience I was hoping for at a restaurant like this and it completely ruined my birthday dinner.
Marcelo Barros
It has been around for decades and it is still delivering good food and service in a very cozy atmosphere. Great happy hour including pizza, meat balls, bruschetta and house Chianti and Chardonnay at very reasonable prices.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bruschetta Al Pomodoro, Margarita Pizza
We were seated at the patio. Service was nothing to brag about. No bread. No olive oil. Maybe because we were seated outside, but I remember getting the bread at other locations. Food is overpriced and mediocre at best. The restaurant is located right on the ocean avenue with lots of tables. Would recommend skipping unless nothing else is available.
Mihai Iacob
We ate here 3 times but each time the experience was different.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
SkipH
We've been to Ill Fornaio several times but this time it was very poor. I ordered lasagna and it came up burnt on the edges and tasted basically like hamburger helper with a couple of layers of burnt pasta. It was over cooked to the point you could see or taste any of the cheese. Also had a Caesar's salad that was very dry and bland. My wife had the raviolis and they were below average and she said she would not order them again.
Nice place with a good bar. Food is ok, could be better for Carmel. There are many options in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 3
MichaelL
We were in a hurry and ordered the pasta with ragu sauce. It arrived quickly was very good, more than we could eat at one sitting. We boxed up the rest and had another great meal at home.
Alicia Hahn
Went on Valentine’s. Service was good, food was good (two different pastas) and it was very busy. Caesar salad was just ok but all else fine!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nikki Effenberger
Kathy was an incredible waitress. She was attentive and made our night wonderful. I can’t wait to come back and see her!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kathryn
Sergio was very delightful and the atmosphere is beautiful! The food is exceptional, on a warm evening you can sit outside on the lighted deck overlooking the ocean and the cappuccino was fabulous!!!! ??????
It was perfect! From our server, to the meal, to the dessert! Perfecto!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Highly recommended. Super nice staff, we wanted aglio e olio which is not on their menu, but their chef made a really tasty one for us.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Margarita Pizza
Perfect place for what we did which was appetizers and a nice beer. Service was excellent and the chicken wings were so good we ordered another one.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very good food and atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had a great time! Delicious food and amazing service! Jesus took goood care of us.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Margherita Pizza, Calamaretti Fritti, Linguine Mare Chiaro
Do not go here if you aren’t a regular. Such a disappointing experience at a “highly rated” restaurant. The atmosphere is nice, but the service was honestly not up to standard. Our table got ignored except by the nice man who would fill our waters. The tables around us got served promptly to sitting down, but we had to wait an unreasonable time to get served. An older couple that was sat after us got appetizers before we even got water glasses. It took fifteen minutes after asking for the check the first time for our waitress to return and another five to get the check. The linguine ($32) tasted good, but half of the clams were empty and the ravioli ($31) only came with four ravioli. The bread basket ($2) came with five thin pieces that supposedly “serves 4” according to the menu. When exiting, a different male waiter rushed in front of me and almost made me trip. This was not the experience I was hoping for at a restaurant like this and it completely ruined my birthday dinner.
It has been around for decades and it is still delivering good food and service in a very cozy atmosphere. Great happy hour including pizza, meat balls, bruschetta and house Chianti and Chardonnay at very reasonable prices.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bruschetta Al Pomodoro, Margarita Pizza
We were seated at the patio. Service was nothing to brag about. No bread. No olive oil. Maybe because we were seated outside, but I remember getting the bread at other locations. Food is overpriced and mediocre at best. The restaurant is located right on the ocean avenue with lots of tables. Would recommend skipping unless nothing else is available.
We ate here 3 times but each time the experience was different.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
We've been to Ill Fornaio several times but this time it was very poor. I ordered lasagna and it came up burnt on the edges and tasted basically like hamburger helper with a couple of layers of burnt pasta. It was over cooked to the point you could see or taste any of the cheese. Also had a Caesar's salad that was very dry and bland. My wife had the raviolis and they were below average and she said she would not order them again.
Restaurantji Recommends
Nice place with a good bar. Food is ok, could be better for Carmel. There are many options in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 3
We were in a hurry and ordered the pasta with ragu sauce. It arrived quickly was very good, more than we could eat at one sitting. We boxed up the rest and had another great meal at home.
Went on Valentine’s. Service was good, food was good (two different pastas) and it was very busy. Caesar salad was just ok but all else fine!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kathy was an incredible waitress. She was attentive and made our night wonderful. I can’t wait to come back and see her!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sergio was very delightful and the atmosphere is beautiful! The food is exceptional, on a warm evening you can sit outside on the lighted deck overlooking the ocean and the cappuccino was fabulous!!!! ??????
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5