“Even though we were really looking forward to our first visit to Tavolo - it was a little disappointing.The service was good (not great) and it’s a pleasant vibe - we sat outdoors - but the traffic along Genesee St takes away from the overall experience. My feeling is that at a higher end restaurant service should be near perfect and the food should be mind blowingly good, which was not the case on either count.We shared their Utica style greens (our server told us that they’re the inventor of that dish) and were super happy. Great flavor, nice spice and kick, as expected.Our meals weren’t as good as we would have hoped. I had their NY strip steak and it was grizzly, although flavored properly. My wife had their shrimp and salmon meal and while she said the shrimp was really good; she also thought the salmon was lacking overall.It could be we caught them on a bad night - it happens. But in the overall it was less than expected compared to what we had hoped for. Perhaps another visit will be better.“
“Grabbed a half order of sausage riggies for lunch. Wow. Enough for 2 people twice. Huge portion. Taste great too. Can't get much for $11 these days, check em out. They have chicken,sausage or meatball riggies for $11, or shrimp lobster steak for $12. Comes with cheese garlic bread “
“Is there anything else to say beyond everything is delicious? We got a lot of food: honey hot chicken, regular chicken, collard greens, candied yams, macaroni and cheese (my absolute favorite), shrimp tacos, vanilla cake. Every. Single. Thing. Was. Amazing! We’ll definitely be going back!“
“I ordered take out here. The pizza was pretty good. The crust was good and the sauce is sweet tasting. They used a great amount of cheese on the pizzas. I personally prefer my wings to be saucier and more greasy/buttery but the meat quality was good.“
“We stopped here for drinks a few years ago and it was the typical upstate bar-loud, little aesthetic and muffled theme. We stopped for a drink before dinner and it was a pleasant surprise. I’m big on aesthetic and service to detail. Comfortable seating, knowledgeable bartenders, proper glasses etc are important to me-they did not disappoint. They apparently remodeled a few months ago and there was intimate seating, reasonable noise level and bartenders that delivers on making good cocktails in the “proper” glass. If your over 60 and are looking to take the quests out for a drink where you can have an actual conversation this place may deliver. As an addendum, we see there at 5:30-6:40. The dynamics may change at later hours based on the demographic- time will tell. Well done on the remodel and I wish you success, we will be back if it remains an “adult” bar.“
“This pizza! Omg! My favorite in Utica.Order the Mo! It's a broccoli, bacon, ranch pizza! It's so hecking good!First review: Super thin crust great toppings. Try extra cheese pepperoni, sausage, & bacon & dip that in their delicious ranch.“