Very good restaurant in an unassuming location in San Jose. Food was excellent and the price is good too. Excellente!
James C.
Ordered take out and it was done within 20 minutes! I ordered the alfredo and marinara Pasta, as well as a Greek salad. It was pretty good, but wish they had a bit more sauce on the pasta. I enjoyed the meatballs. The Greek salad was good, it had feta and candied walnuts, but wish it was a little bigger for $12 The service was nice and there was a good amount of seating inside. 5/5 service! 4.5/5 food
Teri C.
I ordered Chicken Marsala. Please do not spend money on this. Chicken was undercooked, the sauce was runny and had no taste whatsoever. Horrible. I did inform the restaurant. Waste of $$.
Sarah A.
Ordered carry out chicken penne Alfredo and one of the best Alfredo dishes I've ever had. Sauce was flavorful and not too heavy. Family shared the bacon ranch sticks and pizza brownie. Bacon ranch sticks were excellent and cooked perfectly. Brownie was thin and a little overdone but tasted very good. Meal was hot when picked up. Will definitely be going back. Great local Italian and reasonable prices and portions.
Tyler I.
This is really good Italian food, but not a place I would recommend to go sit down and eat. It's 100% a place were you order it ahead of time and eat it at home.
Jordyn B.
I am GENUINELY surprised that this place has 4+ stars. Maybe they have a different chef during the lunch hour, given most of these reviews are from the lunch menu; but the night staff is just horrible.. !! Not only was my dish served with a severely broken sauce (shown in picture) I am quite adamant that my ravioli was previously frozen, with a serving size quite small. & my girlfriend's dish? A massive plate of undercooked fettuccini (definitely not al dente), unsalted water & broken sauce as well. Chicken overcooked. My MAJOR issue to top all of this off is the long haired, older gentleman that works at the register. I hated how we were treated over some little miscommunication. When my partner and I ordered our food online before heading over there, somehow our phone number was either auto filled incorrectly to our order information, or we simply typed in wrong. That phone number was actually an active number, who then called this restaurant to tell them that this isn't her order. The worker I mentioned prior, he didn't bother to ask the lady what the name on the order was or if her card was falsely charged AKA stolen (which she wasn't charged, we clearly paid with our debit card & only issue was a mistyped phone number). He then decided to not make the order and continue on his merry way. When my girlfriend and I arrived to this restaurant, I stayed in the car, she walked in to state her name & ask for her order. He then followed up with, " a lady called saying some food was ordered using her phone number so we didn't make it." He wasn't rude of any such to her, but she was anxious and removed herself. My girlfriend isn't great at conflict/confrontation, so she came back into the car to pull up her bank account and see she was charged and asked for help from me. She freaked out saying they didn't make it since the number was put in wrong, and under another person's number. (( I HAVE NEVER had this issue before; if a name or number is wrong on an order but it was still paid for.. it's always to be made and put to the side for pick up )) I proceeded to walk in, patiently waiting for him to clear a table, and ask once he's at the register , "excuse me sir could you please explain to me what you said to her about our order im a bit confused here". In my girlfriend's words his demeanor changed once I got involved. He continued to get defensive in his tone of voice & body language, repeating exactly what he said to my partner. I then brought up how that does not make sense to not make the food, if his place of work got paid, from HER debit card, plus having an email confirmation in our hand, plus knowing the order by heart. It resorted to him wanting to see her bank account and her card physically being charged from the restaurant. SUCH AN INVASION OF PRIVACY! He was much more dismissive and rude when he came to the agreement this is our order we placed and our food needed to be made; turned his back & placed the order. No love put in the food or the atmosphere here at this little joint. Take your love for real Italian food & money, somewhere else, very far from here... NEXT MORNING UPDATE - In the middle of the night I threw up my dinner with the worst tummy pains, I will be reaching out to the owner George Keshek about his horrendous experience I had with his evening crew.
Tommy W.
Very good restaurant. The rigatoni, lasagna and chicken fettuccine were excellent. The customer service was great. We will be definitely going back.
Terri M.
This place was empty other than one other person. The guy gave us menus and we sat down. I didn't know if he was going to come to the table to take our order. So I went to the front to order. He said he would have came to the table..... We ordered a Medium Margherita Pizza , 1 Meatball and a Pesto bread for $28. The pizza itself was ok, very garlicy, The pesto bread didn't have much cheese or pesto on it. My mom said that her meatball was moist and had had good red sauce. The service was not good. As others have mentioned it is one guy. They have other employees but only one guy takes orders, brings food to table, and deals with paying customers. We were done waiting around thinking the guy was going to come back. So I went to the front and asked the guy I saw for a small box and the check. He gave me a small box and was looking around for the main guy, I said he went outside a bit ago. So the guy had to find the main guy to give us our check so we could pay.
Chandramouli R.
We have been there multiple times and love their food. We will take them anytime over olive garden. The owner is extremely good and he gives his recommendations on the different sauces and even offered us a free appetizer on the house. We lover their chicken Milano, and chicken marsala.
Citlalie Tello
This is my family's third time here. We are always welcomed warmly and Tyler has always greeted my kids with enthusiasm and a smile. We are definitely new regulars here for laundry day. We love the food, the service and price, they make us feel like family. God bless this
I was craving pasta and this spot had great reviews on DoorDash. I ordered the garlic bread and cheese tortellini and man was I highly disappointed. I could swear that this was a frozen meal from the grocery store. Lacked flavor most of all. The garlic bread was mostly the crust of a bread that had no garlic/cheese and was so flat and flavorless. And the tortellini just tasted like milk and butter. Really too bad.
Sleepless I.
It is a wonderful place to eat - food is delicious, and service is good. However, I had a rather unpleasant phone encounter with a waitress the next day. She needed help fixing an error with one of the guest's separate transaction. My phone is the only phone she knew, since a birthday dinner was reserved under it. Her demeanor on the phone was unacceptable, and her tone is inexcusable. I understand she was frustrated with, as I understand, her own mistake and needed help fixing it. However, it is not an excuse for her behaviour. After many years of patronizing this place, and George the owner is a lovely man, I will not return. If I could, I would even reduce the large tip I left, but, alas, I cannot
T. M.
My wife and I have been ordering takeout from here since covid. We were exploring Italian restaurants for classic dishes such as lasagna, fettuccine Alfredo and spaghetti. We were never let down on any of those. However, one day we tried a small personal pepperoni pizza. We were absolutely blown away at how fresh and savory the ingredients were. The dough was amazing, flat, crispy and still somewhat fluffy. It wasn't soaked in oil and the cheese was possibly the best I've ever had on a pizza. Absolutely delicious and worth every penny. We recently tried their garlic lovers and combination. I cannot say enough about how much each ingredients flavors dance around on the tongue. If you ever want a quality pizza, this is definitely the place to visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
Sheila T.
Four stars for the quality of food and service. All that I ordered were cooked to order and was hot and fresh! I ordered the following: Meat Ball - Good Garlic Knots - Excellent Veal Piccata - Excellent Meat Pizza - small - Excellent Tiramisu - Very Good Ambiance is a typical of a San Jose Mom and Pop restaurant. The most outstanding is the fast and efficient service. Owner is very friendly.
Very good restaurant in an unassuming location in San Jose. Food was excellent and the price is good too. Excellente!
Ordered take out and it was done within 20 minutes! I ordered the alfredo and marinara Pasta, as well as a Greek salad. It was pretty good, but wish they had a bit more sauce on the pasta. I enjoyed the meatballs. The Greek salad was good, it had feta and candied walnuts, but wish it was a little bigger for $12 The service was nice and there was a good amount of seating inside. 5/5 service! 4.5/5 food
I ordered Chicken Marsala. Please do not spend money on this. Chicken was undercooked, the sauce was runny and had no taste whatsoever. Horrible. I did inform the restaurant. Waste of $$.
Ordered carry out chicken penne Alfredo and one of the best Alfredo dishes I've ever had. Sauce was flavorful and not too heavy. Family shared the bacon ranch sticks and pizza brownie. Bacon ranch sticks were excellent and cooked perfectly. Brownie was thin and a little overdone but tasted very good. Meal was hot when picked up. Will definitely be going back. Great local Italian and reasonable prices and portions.
This is really good Italian food, but not a place I would recommend to go sit down and eat. It's 100% a place were you order it ahead of time and eat it at home.
I am GENUINELY surprised that this place has 4+ stars. Maybe they have a different chef during the lunch hour, given most of these reviews are from the lunch menu; but the night staff is just horrible.. !! Not only was my dish served with a severely broken sauce (shown in picture) I am quite adamant that my ravioli was previously frozen, with a serving size quite small. & my girlfriend's dish? A massive plate of undercooked fettuccini (definitely not al dente), unsalted water & broken sauce as well. Chicken overcooked. My MAJOR issue to top all of this off is the long haired, older gentleman that works at the register. I hated how we were treated over some little miscommunication. When my partner and I ordered our food online before heading over there, somehow our phone number was either auto filled incorrectly to our order information, or we simply typed in wrong. That phone number was actually an active number, who then called this restaurant to tell them that this isn't her order. The worker I mentioned prior, he didn't bother to ask the lady what the name on the order was or if her card was falsely charged AKA stolen (which she wasn't charged, we clearly paid with our debit card & only issue was a mistyped phone number). He then decided to not make the order and continue on his merry way. When my girlfriend and I arrived to this restaurant, I stayed in the car, she walked in to state her name & ask for her order. He then followed up with, " a lady called saying some food was ordered using her phone number so we didn't make it." He wasn't rude of any such to her, but she was anxious and removed herself. My girlfriend isn't great at conflict/confrontation, so she came back into the car to pull up her bank account and see she was charged and asked for help from me. She freaked out saying they didn't make it since the number was put in wrong, and under another person's number. (( I HAVE NEVER had this issue before; if a name or number is wrong on an order but it was still paid for.. it's always to be made and put to the side for pick up )) I proceeded to walk in, patiently waiting for him to clear a table, and ask once he's at the register , "excuse me sir could you please explain to me what you said to her about our order im a bit confused here". In my girlfriend's words his demeanor changed once I got involved. He continued to get defensive in his tone of voice & body language, repeating exactly what he said to my partner. I then brought up how that does not make sense to not make the food, if his place of work got paid, from HER debit card, plus having an email confirmation in our hand, plus knowing the order by heart. It resorted to him wanting to see her bank account and her card physically being charged from the restaurant. SUCH AN INVASION OF PRIVACY! He was much more dismissive and rude when he came to the agreement this is our order we placed and our food needed to be made; turned his back & placed the order. No love put in the food or the atmosphere here at this little joint. Take your love for real Italian food & money, somewhere else, very far from here... NEXT MORNING UPDATE - In the middle of the night I threw up my dinner with the worst tummy pains, I will be reaching out to the owner George Keshek about his horrendous experience I had with his evening crew.
Very good restaurant. The rigatoni, lasagna and chicken fettuccine were excellent. The customer service was great. We will be definitely going back.
This place was empty other than one other person. The guy gave us menus and we sat down. I didn't know if he was going to come to the table to take our order. So I went to the front to order. He said he would have came to the table..... We ordered a Medium Margherita Pizza , 1 Meatball and a Pesto bread for $28. The pizza itself was ok, very garlicy, The pesto bread didn't have much cheese or pesto on it. My mom said that her meatball was moist and had had good red sauce. The service was not good. As others have mentioned it is one guy. They have other employees but only one guy takes orders, brings food to table, and deals with paying customers. We were done waiting around thinking the guy was going to come back. So I went to the front and asked the guy I saw for a small box and the check. He gave me a small box and was looking around for the main guy, I said he went outside a bit ago. So the guy had to find the main guy to give us our check so we could pay.
We have been there multiple times and love their food. We will take them anytime over olive garden. The owner is extremely good and he gives his recommendations on the different sauces and even offered us a free appetizer on the house. We lover their chicken Milano, and chicken marsala.
This is my family's third time here. We are always welcomed warmly and Tyler has always greeted my kids with enthusiasm and a smile. We are definitely new regulars here for laundry day. We love the food, the service and price, they make us feel like family. God bless this
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheesy Bread, Wings
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Best lasagna I've ever had.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lasagna
I was craving pasta and this spot had great reviews on DoorDash. I ordered the garlic bread and cheese tortellini and man was I highly disappointed. I could swear that this was a frozen meal from the grocery store. Lacked flavor most of all. The garlic bread was mostly the crust of a bread that had no garlic/cheese and was so flat and flavorless. And the tortellini just tasted like milk and butter. Really too bad.
It is a wonderful place to eat - food is delicious, and service is good. However, I had a rather unpleasant phone encounter with a waitress the next day. She needed help fixing an error with one of the guest's separate transaction. My phone is the only phone she knew, since a birthday dinner was reserved under it. Her demeanor on the phone was unacceptable, and her tone is inexcusable. I understand she was frustrated with, as I understand, her own mistake and needed help fixing it. However, it is not an excuse for her behaviour. After many years of patronizing this place, and George the owner is a lovely man, I will not return. If I could, I would even reduce the large tip I left, but, alas, I cannot
My wife and I have been ordering takeout from here since covid. We were exploring Italian restaurants for classic dishes such as lasagna, fettuccine Alfredo and spaghetti. We were never let down on any of those. However, one day we tried a small personal pepperoni pizza. We were absolutely blown away at how fresh and savory the ingredients were. The dough was amazing, flat, crispy and still somewhat fluffy. It wasn't soaked in oil and the cheese was possibly the best I've ever had on a pizza. Absolutely delicious and worth every penny. We recently tried their garlic lovers and combination. I cannot say enough about how much each ingredients flavors dance around on the tongue. If you ever want a quality pizza, this is definitely the place to visit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
Four stars for the quality of food and service. All that I ordered were cooked to order and was hot and fresh! I ordered the following: Meat Ball - Good Garlic Knots - Excellent Veal Piccata - Excellent Meat Pizza - small - Excellent Tiramisu - Very Good Ambiance is a typical of a San Jose Mom and Pop restaurant. The most outstanding is the fast and efficient service. Owner is very friendly.