Verucchi's Ristorante

I am part Italian and grew up eating great Italian food this restaurant is amazing all around! Took the family for dinner with friends for my husband’s birthday and it was amazing the food was amazing! Spinach filling was just like my Grandma’s homemade recipe, service was amazing the chicken was amazing and everything, the kids had a blast singing happy birthday it was so much fun and the waitress was amazing and even took a picture of us without us even asking! I would give ten stars if I could and so lucky to have this great Italian family restaurant so close to us! And wanted to make sure and give them a great star review !! Amazing, amazing, amazing! Awesome experience! Great food! Fantastic service! They were amazing when I was little 40 years ago and still amazing from this day! Thank you again for the great evening!!!!

Recommended dishes: Fried Chicken, Chicken Piccata, Bruschetta, Calamari, Chicken Family Style, Veal Piccata, Veal Parmigiana, Potato Skins, Veal Marsala, Chicken Marsala, Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp, Salad Dressing, Tiramisu, Zucchini Fingers, Stuffed Shells, Lasagna Dinner, Cajun Jambalaya, Baked Lasagna, Clam Linguine, Bowtie Pasta with Shrimp

Excellent food and service highly recommend making reservations

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best authentic Italian food in the Illinois Valley

Always great food, service and friendly atmosphere

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Chicken, Chicken Piccata, Calamari, Chicken Family Style, Potato Skins, Chicken Marsala, Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp, Zucchini Fingers, Baked Lasagna, Spaghetti and Meatballs

If you've never been here, you should make it a priority. Some amazing food, and unique selections not even offered at most places!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Authentic Italian place and open on Mondays!

Absolutely perfect. Their food feels like home. So delicious! the atmosphere is authentic and relaxing. A special place for sure.

Everything was wonderful. The food, the service and the atmosphere. And if it's your birthday or not, there is a special celebration for everyone there.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great for a family large party.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Really good Italian (American Italian) food. Not pretentious, just great tasting dishes. I do think it is silly they DON'T allow substituting soup for salad (not even with a small upcharge). My wife's salmon was excellent, and my pasta was great. My brother-in-law got the fried chicken and said it was fantastic. If they fix the salad/soup nonsense I would have given 5 stars.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Fried Chicken, Lasagna Dinner, Spaghetti and Meatballs

The service and food is always amazing! This is one of our favorite restaurants to go to! Always friendly and delicious!

Delicious food! Casual atmosphere. Friendly staff!

Food was overall good, but would personally not recommend the lasagna. Also, lettuce and onion is not quite a salad. However, my partner's meal was good and it definitely feels like a great local restaurant.

I had a party of 18 that was for a rehersal dinner on 4/4/25. From start to finish everything was perfect. The wait staff was exceptional, all food was brought out in a timely manor. I cannot recommend this restaurant enough for any family gathering. Thank you for making the evening truly an experience to remember. 10/10 highly recommend

I got the 20 oz ribeye special although tasty it was nowhere near 20 oz more like 10.