A fine atmosphere and friendly courteous service, generally good menu, comprehensive wine list...but last night ordered a gnocchi-lobster entree which was underwhelming--a few shreds of lobster swimming in a school of pasta; price just shy of $50! Absolutely a sham.
Mary57108
Unbelievably good! The place itself is a cute, European style restaurant. Our server was great and enthusiastic about the food. Our soups were delicious and we ended up switching back and forth. The wild boar ragu was amazing! Would definitely go back often if we lived in that area.
maureenmeier75
A friend and I went for dinner and split 2 salads and an entree. The salads came quickly, a variation of bruschetta and the other one of leafy greens with thinly sliced green apples, and a thick green dressing. The dressing on the later was way too abundant and thick - you could taste nothing else. The bruschetta was creative and perfect. Our entree took forever to come. The restaurant had quickly filled up and the table servers were also playing bartender. We flagged down a person who was clearing tables and now delivering plated food. All she could say was that the restaurant got very busy and she’d check on it. We don’t hear back from her so we flagged her down again and heard the same excuse, although this time it was pointed out that our order was placed before the restaurant filled up and that people who came in after us were already finishing their entrees. Finally the entree arrived and it was delicious, a pork tenderloin with figs, some type of greens and the best polenta I’ve ever had. Amazing! If we had received better service my rating would have been a 5, as the food was excellent minus the heavy salad dressing. However, the owners need to make sure they have sufficient staffing and that staff are trained in how to respond to complaints. While I don’t know for sure what caused the delay in our entree, a simple “ I’m so sorry for the delay, but we are short a chef in our kitchen tonight” would have been far better than the excuse she gave us - twice.
Lisa Weiskopf
I brought my world traveling son and his Brazilian girlfriend to Tuttos for his birthday, after talking the place up. It did not disappoint- in fact both world travelers said it was the best meal/drinks/ambiance (and company♡) they'd ever had! Also, the staff were excellent and engaging, from asking what book I was reading to inquiring about my son's travels. Very well done. World class.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Steve Milam
Food was fantastic. Short ribs and scallops are perfect. Great service as well. Thanks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wild Snow Crab Ravioli
Peggy Odegard
I wanted to take my granddaughter here for lunch for her birthday. It's been quite a while since I have been there, so my favorite menu item wasn't on the menu any more. Since it was lunch, I assumed there would be lunch prices, but that is not the case. It's full dinner menu and prices. So it was more expensive than what I expected it to be. We decided to share the fettuccini and we opted to get the chicken as an addition to the pasta. The chicken was excellent and the pasta seemed like it was homemade. It was delicious as well. It was served with a piece of focaccia bread. It was very dry and when I bit into it and I thought it tasted like wine. I am unsure if they do add wine to the recipe or not, but there was definitely an unusual flavor. So if you are looking for a good place to go for dinner it won't disappoint. They do have a separate wine and drink menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
B C
Love this place! I go here every chance I get when I visit Bemidji!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
ArynColleen
Tutto Bene has always been a wonderful restaurant with amazing dishes. Each meal is unique and fun. They have a great atmosphere and attentive service.
Peyton W
I got the spaghetti, my dad got the Alfredo, we shared the pumpkin cheesecake for dessert, and everything was delicious! The service was also great! Got seated right away and food after only a few minutes! I will definitely recommend this to my family and friends!
Donna Kline
Everything about this place was terrific! Wonderful service and atmosphere, and the food was amazing. One of us had a pesto pasta dish and the other scallops; both were very creatively done and so, so good. We found this place on a cross country trip and are trying to figure out a way to visit again since we live many states away. Alas…
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Complementary Charcuterie Plate, Caesar Salad
Excellent food and service. It was a pleasant surprise to find a gourmet restaurant in Bemidji.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rebecca Bourget
Had Trevor as our server for a larger party. He was great, very friendly and made sure all questions were answered. 4 stars cause it did take a while for food and desserts to be brought to table.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Claud Allaire
Did not expect this quality of an Italian restaurant in Bemidji. We were way surprised but I knew there was hope when I saw gazpacho on the menu. The food and atmosphere were outstanding and service excellent! The indoor dining room has a great vibe and includes a sit down bar and they had a beautiful outdoor patio too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sherpa65592975739
We came here for dinner after a recommendation and the dinner food was superb. We ordered the classic bruschetta, oysters and Cesar salad to start. All were delicious. The salad and bruschetta were garlicky and so good. We also ordered drinks, espresso martini and an old fashioned. The old fashioned would have been better if it wasn’t so sweet. I like a little sweetness but it was so sweet my husband added water and still didn’t finish it. For dinner we had the pesto chicken pasta dish (can’t remember the actual name) and the butchers cut. Both were delicious. We ordered the butchers cut medium but it definitely came out medium well and was a little chewy. Overall the flavors were fantastic though! What left us disappointed was when we ordered dessert to go. We ordered the carrot cake which was $12 and the slice was TINY! Like a 1 inch slice and it was dry and not good. The waiter did explain that it’s served with a caramel gelato and we opted not to get that since we were bringing it home, but the cake itself was seriously blah, and the cream cheese frosting really didn’t even taste like it. It was a huge let down after the delicious dinner. The other bummer is we had some Vanilla Visa cards from our wedding we tried to use. I told the waiter the one card was exactly $100 so to run that first, and he told me it was declined. When I looked up the card to see if it wasn’t active or what the issue was, I could see he ran it for $120 and not $100, hence why it was declined. Just annoying when trying to pay… Anyway, we will be back for the food, but definitely not dessert!
FruKnapp
We found this place by chance and were worried since we didn’t have a reservation. But no worries! We were taken great care of and got seated on the very picturesque patio! Having been to Italy many time we think they captured the essence perfectly! Both the service and the food would get 10 out of 10 from us! We both picked one of the daily specials. My husband had scallops and I had a steak. We can’t wait to go back and bring our family!
A fine atmosphere and friendly courteous service, generally good menu, comprehensive wine list...but last night ordered a gnocchi-lobster entree which was underwhelming--a few shreds of lobster swimming in a school of pasta; price just shy of $50! Absolutely a sham.
Unbelievably good! The place itself is a cute, European style restaurant. Our server was great and enthusiastic about the food. Our soups were delicious and we ended up switching back and forth. The wild boar ragu was amazing! Would definitely go back often if we lived in that area.
A friend and I went for dinner and split 2 salads and an entree. The salads came quickly, a variation of bruschetta and the other one of leafy greens with thinly sliced green apples, and a thick green dressing. The dressing on the later was way too abundant and thick - you could taste nothing else. The bruschetta was creative and perfect. Our entree took forever to come. The restaurant had quickly filled up and the table servers were also playing bartender. We flagged down a person who was clearing tables and now delivering plated food. All she could say was that the restaurant got very busy and she’d check on it. We don’t hear back from her so we flagged her down again and heard the same excuse, although this time it was pointed out that our order was placed before the restaurant filled up and that people who came in after us were already finishing their entrees. Finally the entree arrived and it was delicious, a pork tenderloin with figs, some type of greens and the best polenta I’ve ever had. Amazing! If we had received better service my rating would have been a 5, as the food was excellent minus the heavy salad dressing. However, the owners need to make sure they have sufficient staffing and that staff are trained in how to respond to complaints. While I don’t know for sure what caused the delay in our entree, a simple “ I’m so sorry for the delay, but we are short a chef in our kitchen tonight” would have been far better than the excuse she gave us - twice.
I brought my world traveling son and his Brazilian girlfriend to Tuttos for his birthday, after talking the place up. It did not disappoint- in fact both world travelers said it was the best meal/drinks/ambiance (and company♡) they'd ever had! Also, the staff were excellent and engaging, from asking what book I was reading to inquiring about my son's travels. Very well done. World class.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was fantastic. Short ribs and scallops are perfect. Great service as well.
Thanks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Wild Snow Crab Ravioli
I wanted to take my granddaughter here for lunch for her birthday. It's been quite a while since I have been there, so my favorite menu item wasn't on the menu any more.
Since it was lunch, I assumed there would be lunch prices, but that is not the case. It's full dinner menu and prices. So it was more expensive than what I expected it to be.
We decided to share the fettuccini and we opted to get the chicken as an addition to the pasta. The chicken was excellent and the pasta seemed like it was homemade. It was delicious as well.
It was served with a piece of focaccia bread. It was very dry and when I bit into it and I thought it tasted like wine. I am unsure if they do add wine to the recipe or not, but there was definitely an unusual flavor.
So if you are looking for a good place to go for dinner it won't disappoint. They do have a separate wine and drink menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this place! I go here every chance I get when I visit Bemidji!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tutto Bene has always been a wonderful restaurant with amazing dishes. Each meal is unique and fun. They have a great atmosphere and attentive service.
I got the spaghetti, my dad got the Alfredo, we shared the pumpkin cheesecake for dessert, and everything was delicious! The service was also great! Got seated right away and food after only a few minutes! I will definitely recommend this to my family and friends!
Everything about this place was terrific! Wonderful service and atmosphere, and the food was amazing. One of us had a pesto pasta dish and the other scallops; both were very creatively done and so, so good. We found this place on a cross country trip and are trying to figure out a way to visit again since we live many states away. Alas…
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Complementary Charcuterie Plate, Caesar Salad
Restaurantji Recommends
Excellent food and service. It was a pleasant surprise to find a gourmet restaurant in Bemidji.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had Trevor as our server for a larger party. He was great, very friendly and made sure all questions were answered.
4 stars cause it did take a while for food and desserts to be brought to table.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Did not expect this quality of an Italian restaurant in Bemidji. We were way surprised but I knew there was hope when I saw gazpacho on the menu. The food and atmosphere were outstanding and service excellent! The indoor dining room has a great vibe and includes a sit down bar and they had a beautiful outdoor patio too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We came here for dinner after a recommendation and the dinner food was superb. We ordered the classic bruschetta, oysters and Cesar salad to start. All were delicious. The salad and bruschetta were garlicky and so good. We also ordered drinks, espresso martini and an old fashioned. The old fashioned would have been better if it wasn’t so sweet. I like a little sweetness but it was so sweet my husband added water and still didn’t finish it. For dinner we had the pesto chicken pasta dish (can’t remember the actual name) and the butchers cut. Both were delicious. We ordered the butchers cut medium but it definitely came out medium well and was a little chewy. Overall the flavors were fantastic though! What left us disappointed was when we ordered dessert to go. We ordered the carrot cake which was $12 and the slice was TINY! Like a 1 inch slice and it was dry and not good. The waiter did explain that it’s served with a caramel gelato and we opted not to get that since we were bringing it home, but the cake itself was seriously blah, and the cream cheese frosting really didn’t even taste like it. It was a huge let down after the delicious dinner. The other bummer is we had some Vanilla Visa cards from our wedding we tried to use. I told the waiter the one card was exactly $100 so to run that first, and he told me it was declined. When I looked up the card to see if it wasn’t active or what the issue was, I could see he ran it for $120 and not $100, hence why it was declined. Just annoying when trying to pay… Anyway, we will be back for the food, but definitely not dessert!
We found this place by chance and were worried since we didn’t have a reservation. But no worries! We were taken great care of and got seated on the very picturesque patio! Having been to Italy many time we think they captured the essence perfectly! Both the service and the food would get 10 out of 10 from us! We both picked one of the daily specials. My husband had scallops and I had a steak. We can’t wait to go back and bring our family!
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