Absolutely terrible experience here. Went after a concert, since this restaurant was not only attached to our hotel, but also it was the only one nearby with food & open at 11 pm on a Saturday.We were the second couple to be sat.. it took our waitress 20 minutes to even put utensils on our table, let alone ask us if we were ready to order (we waited longer for that!!)It got busy quick, but I would think you would go in order of who came first. We are patient people, but if the people walking in 10+ mins are you are getting served their food… its aggrivating when youre still waiting to have your order taken.When our food was ready, we watched 3 other tables that again, CAME IN AFTER US, get the same orders from our waitress before us.Thank god she just gave us the check, because we figured that would take 3-5 business days. She walked around the entirety of the place super slow with the receipt in hand for us to sign before getting to our table. Awful waitress.Food wasnt good either. Got our coffee AFTER food came to our table..Cant even blame being busy. Everyone else seemed to have 0 issue unless waiting for drinks at the bar.Genuinely dont understand how one waitress can see everyone else is running around working hard and youre stuck in la la land.Hope its not always like this!!!! Bad experience, not from area.. definitely will not be going back personally. It was also super expensive for bad service, and not that great of food.Wheelchair accessibility: No stairs, space between seating wasnt terrible but could be an obstacle
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
ElDel
First time there so had checked reviews. Beet salad was a disappointment, basket of stale bread, pasta with seafood was too salty. Grilled octopus was delicious as was the rabbit ragu pasta. The servers were top notch, and the montepulciano was good too.
Mathew Anderson
Stopped for dinner after work the atmosphere, just resets your mood and the food is outstanding!! Mitchell was great!!At the beginning the lasagna I thought was the best part of the meal... and then I got the cheesecake ... first bite was just WOW.. will return for sure when I am in town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went to the trilogy concert so had dinner at this restaurant before the concert. The skid was amazing and the chicken Caesar and the lasagna my friend ordered was excellent. The bartender Danny did a great job w the drinks especially after the concert but he needs help due to volume of people! Danny prepared a strawberry margarita for my friend and a Negroni for me !
Garota
I love calamari and their version sounded interesting. The calamari was tender and included both rings and tentacles (which I love). Sadly, the calamari was slightly soggy, probably from the jalapeño honey butter sauce, which was at the bottom of the bowl. And they were slightly greasy and tasted of not fresh frying oil. I would not order this again. My dining partner order lasagna, which he enjoyed the last time we dined at Forchetta (about 2 years ago). This time, it was disappointing. It didn't taste like freshly made as stated, but more akin to a frozen product. It was okay, but not nearly as good as in the past. The bread, served with olive oil/balsamic dip, was very nice and the grated parm/asiago cheese was a nice touch. To be clear, the service was excellent, but unfortunately, the food was not.
Ryan McCallum
Braised short ribs w/ mashed sweet potatoes were amazing, bartender was cool, tiramisu was great, and the French toast breakfast was banging ???
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Braised Short Ribs
Roberta McKeever
I should have known it would be bad when only 3 tables were occupied at 7 PM on a Thursday. The chef is Italian?Ha! Good joke. If he is, he needs to go back to Italy and learn how to cook. The pasta was so overcooked you did not even need to chew. The vongole, his signature dish, tasted so fishy. Yuck. The octopus was too chewy (overcooked) but the potatoes were too undercooked and the string beans inedible. The beet salad was tiny and tasteless.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
Bibi
The food was terrible. If the chef really is Italian he should book a flight tomorrow and brush up on his cooking. Overcooked pasta. Fishy tasting clams (his signature dish), rubbery octopus. Super bland beet salad. Three tables were occupied. Pretty good indication of the quality. GO ELSWHERE
The wagyu was absolutely delightful as well as the lobster bisque. The lamb chops were okay, but that might be cause I'm new to lamb. This was a perfect date night location and I would honestly go again.
QuantumMystic
Arturo was our waiter, and he did an outstanding job, as was very helpful in recommending our food choices. The food was excellent, from appetizer to dessert and the ambience was very relaxed and peaceful. We will certainly be back.
Christina J
Upon arrival, my husband and I had to wait at the door for several minutes, even though there were very few people in the restaurant. The bartender was too busy chatting it up the bar, while there was no host to seat us. The person wiping down tables went over to the waiter and told him we were waiting to be seated. Afterwards, we ordered the calamari appetizer and drinks. The waiter was nice, but didn’t say a lot until I started asking him questions about the menu ingredients. Eventually, he began joking around with us. Overall, it was a decent experience. There were a lot of restaurants around us but we were hungry. Next time I’m in Charlotte, I would have to try Forchetta again….maybe it was just an off night and everyone was just tired.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Jalapeño Honey Butter Calamari, Braised Short Ribs
Anika Evanson
The food was great and everything looked beautiful but the service left me with a sour taste in my mouth. The tall pale man with the thin dark eyebrows was my server, he was extremely inattentive and he barely checked back in with us. At the end of my dinner, the bill was $58.46 for both my Mom and I because we split it. We left his tip in cash, $20. The next day I see that $70.15 has been taken from my bank account. I called the restaurant to ask why this happened and the manager told me that the problem is with my bank! Disgusting management.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Toby McMillian
Great place to eat if you're even staying at the Hilton in NC. The food was top notch and the staff was very friendly despite us arriving pretty close to closing time. Highly recommended!
Donnie the Bartender was the
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Calamari
Awesome
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Grilled Octopus
Absolutely terrible experience here. Went after a concert, since this restaurant was not only attached to our hotel, but also it was the only one nearby with food & open at 11 pm on a Saturday.We were the second couple to be sat.. it took our waitress 20 minutes to even put utensils on our table, let alone ask us if we were ready to order (we waited longer for that!!)It got busy quick, but I would think you would go in order of who came first. We are patient people, but if the people walking in 10+ mins are you are getting served their food… its aggrivating when youre still waiting to have your order taken.When our food was ready, we watched 3 other tables that again, CAME IN AFTER US, get the same orders from our waitress before us.Thank god she just gave us the check, because we figured that would take 3-5 business days. She walked around the entirety of the place super slow with the receipt in hand for us to sign before getting to our table. Awful waitress.Food wasnt good either. Got our coffee AFTER food came to our table..Cant even blame being busy. Everyone else seemed to have 0 issue unless waiting for drinks at the bar.Genuinely dont understand how one waitress can see everyone else is running around working hard and youre stuck in la la land.Hope its not always like this!!!! Bad experience, not from area.. definitely will not be going back personally. It was also super expensive for bad service, and not that great of food.Wheelchair accessibility: No stairs, space between seating wasnt terrible but could be an obstacle
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
First time there so had checked reviews. Beet salad was a disappointment, basket of stale bread, pasta with seafood was too salty. Grilled octopus was delicious as was the rabbit ragu pasta. The servers were top notch, and the montepulciano was good too.
Stopped for dinner after work the atmosphere, just resets your mood and the food is outstanding!! Mitchell was great!!At the beginning the lasagna I thought was the best part of the meal... and then I got the cheesecake ... first bite was just WOW.. will return for sure when I am in town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went to the trilogy concert so had dinner at this restaurant before the concert. The skid was amazing and the chicken Caesar and the lasagna my friend ordered was excellent. The bartender Danny did a great job w the drinks especially after the concert but he needs help due to volume of people! Danny prepared a strawberry margarita for my friend and a Negroni for me !
I love calamari and their version sounded interesting. The calamari was tender and included both rings and tentacles (which I love). Sadly, the calamari was slightly soggy, probably from the jalapeño honey butter sauce, which was at the bottom of the bowl. And they were slightly greasy and tasted of not fresh frying oil. I would not order this again. My dining partner order lasagna, which he enjoyed the last time we dined at Forchetta (about 2 years ago). This time, it was disappointing. It didn't taste like freshly made as stated, but more akin to a frozen product. It was okay, but not nearly as good as in the past. The bread, served with olive oil/balsamic dip, was very nice and the grated parm/asiago cheese was a nice touch. To be clear, the service was excellent, but unfortunately, the food was not.
Braised short ribs w/ mashed sweet potatoes were amazing, bartender was cool, tiramisu was great, and the French toast breakfast was banging ???
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Braised Short Ribs
I should have known it would be bad when only 3 tables were occupied at 7 PM on a Thursday. The chef is Italian?Ha! Good joke. If he is, he needs to go back to Italy and learn how to cook. The pasta was so overcooked you did not even need to chew. The vongole, his signature dish, tasted so fishy. Yuck. The octopus was too chewy (overcooked) but the potatoes were too undercooked and the string beans inedible. The beet salad was tiny and tasteless.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
The food was terrible. If the chef really is Italian he should book a flight tomorrow and brush up on his cooking. Overcooked pasta. Fishy tasting clams (his signature dish), rubbery octopus. Super bland beet salad. Three tables were occupied. Pretty good indication of the quality. GO ELSWHERE
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The wagyu was absolutely delightful as well as the lobster bisque. The lamb chops were okay, but that might be cause I'm new to lamb. This was a perfect date night location and I would honestly go again.
Arturo was our waiter, and he did an outstanding job, as was very helpful in recommending our food choices. The food was excellent, from appetizer to dessert and the ambience was very relaxed and peaceful. We will certainly be back.
Upon arrival, my husband and I had to wait at the door for several minutes, even though there were very few people in the restaurant. The bartender was too busy chatting it up the bar, while there was no host to seat us. The person wiping down tables went over to the waiter and told him we were waiting to be seated. Afterwards, we ordered the calamari appetizer and drinks. The waiter was nice, but didn’t say a lot until I started asking him questions about the menu ingredients. Eventually, he began joking around with us. Overall, it was a decent experience. There were a lot of restaurants around us but we were hungry. Next time I’m in Charlotte, I would have to try Forchetta again….maybe it was just an off night and everyone was just tired.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Jalapeño Honey Butter Calamari, Braised Short Ribs
The food was great and everything looked beautiful but the service left me with a sour taste in my mouth. The tall pale man with the thin dark eyebrows was my server, he was extremely inattentive and he barely checked back in with us. At the end of my dinner, the bill was $58.46 for both my Mom and I because we split it. We left his tip in cash, $20. The next day I see that $70.15 has been taken from my bank account. I called the restaurant to ask why this happened and the manager told me that the problem is with my bank! Disgusting management.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Great place to eat if you're even staying at the Hilton in NC. The food was top notch and the staff was very friendly despite us arriving pretty close to closing time. Highly recommended!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5