My husband and I ate at forno for the first time last year. Our first experience was less than ideal. We went back for a redemption round and ended with a 10/10 experience. The hostesses were incredibly friendly. Our waiter, David, was phenomenal! He was intelligent, funny, attentive, and super helpful in navigating me through the menu with a nut allergy. Everything was delicious. My husband and I will definitely be back and we will ask for David specifically!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jim Burton
Always great food and service. We love sitting at the bar, which can be reserved, and watching the restaurant in action and talking with the bartenders.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
B K
Incredible food. Wonderful. Just great! Highly recommended
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
dante miller
Best wine and pizza pie I’ve ever had. I request parlay with Christian himself to tell him how great Paul has done with his pies. Kate (bartender) is the other reason I come back on the regular.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brandon Cole
We’ve loved going to Forno for the food, atmosphere, and friendly neighborhood vibes for years. I recently went in for a carryout order for the first time in a while and had the pleasure of meeting Stephen, the new manager. He’s a class act and was a pleasure to return
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ariel
Husband mentioned privately that the dish would have been great with bread. Server was at the table next to us (very small spaces) and immediately turns around “you said you want some bread” we were kind of shocked she just barged into our conversation but replied “yeah that would be great” Someone brjngs out the bread - we think what a great server to overhear a comment on how the dish would be better and try's to do so. Server then charges us for an appetizer of bread on the check. Just a tad bit tasteless behavior.
Lisa
We choose this restaurant as a fun, casual place to enjoy my Birthday. I wanted some casual & fun. We enjoyed sitting at the bar and watching all the magic that happens in the kitchen as the staff prepared the delicious dishes coming from the kitchen. Our food was very good, nice cocktails & friendly bartender. Everything was enjoyable until the end.....the server approached us about dessert, my husband asked if they did anything special for Birthdays. She replied, well, it depends on how much you order and it's a case by case basic......I would need to check with my manager to see if we could offer you something or not. She walked away, and I looked at my husband and said, that was terribly awkward & I felt extremely tacky......I guess the only offer a complimentary dessert to the guest if you spend a lot of money with the......seriously?????? Our check was almost 100.00. While waiting for her return, the gentleman sitting next to me said, that was probably one of the rudest comments I have ever heard come from a server. He couldn't believe how tacky the comments was from her about getting approval. He couldn't believe she needed to single out a guest to the manger, explain how much they spend before he would decide if they were worthy of a complimentary dessert..... Well, needless to see it left a rather unpleasant taste in all of us. She finally returned to say, she got “approval” from her manager to offer a dessert.....at this point, we didn't even want it because she made it such an awkward & uncomfortable Birthday experience. I was a shame the evening & the dinning expended on such a negative note!
William Ruffin
Great Italian food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Caesar Salad, Tagliatelle Bolognese with Meatball
Luke Fateiger
It's busy, but it's definitely worth it. Great waiters and amazing food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lucinda Lawson
Gnocchi were amazing! Short ribs and pizza were also highlights for our family.
The food here is outstanding it dont only look amazing it taste just as God as it looks the flavor of everything is so unique and just amazing
Caroline Geels
Not a bad experience, but for the price will not be making it my go to Italian restaurant, and truly wasn’t any type of remarkable or good food.
We were seated on the patio which was nice, but my seat was truly in the path of the doorway which was pretty distracting and took away from the ambiance.
Our server was nice and attentive.
The food was pretty lack luster. It was the “focaccia” in particular that sent me over the edge. I’d say it resembled pizza dough more than anything, and there was no warning of the interpretation as a flat piece of bread rather than the typical bubble-filled, bouncy, olive oil heavy piece of wonder focaccia typically is.
The arancini were good, good flavor and nice crisp, I think them being warm and not cold would’ve let them shine.
We tried the Caesar salad. The flavor was fine, but didn’t quite taste homemade. I typically look for an anchovy flavor, however this didn’t have any punch, and was pretty minimal. The leaves were flat as well.
The margherita pizza had good sauce, but the dough was undercooked, and the cheese was in such large clumps that it was firm and would fall off the dough when I picked it up. The flavor was good, but needed smaller clumps of mozz and some Parmesan.
We also had the chicken saltimbocca, which was fine, neither good nor bad. The chicken was well cooked and juicy, but had an overall simple flavor of chicken and risotto. It was lacking in a variety of both flavor and texture.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Ky Dunaway
Best Italian in Hyde park! 10/10 all the food was outstanding.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emily Sedillo
The food was amazing! We will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gemma Santoro
Closest Sicilian food you can get without having to fly 10 hours.
My husband and I ate at forno for the first time last year. Our first experience was less than ideal. We went back for a redemption round and ended with a 10/10 experience. The hostesses were incredibly friendly. Our waiter, David, was phenomenal! He was intelligent, funny, attentive, and super helpful in navigating me through the menu with a nut allergy. Everything was delicious. My husband and I will definitely be back and we will ask for David specifically!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Always great food and service. We love sitting at the bar, which can be reserved, and watching the restaurant in action and talking with the bartenders.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Incredible food. Wonderful. Just great! Highly recommended
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best wine and pizza pie I’ve ever had. I request parlay with Christian himself to tell him how great Paul has done with his pies. Kate (bartender) is the other reason I come back on the regular.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We’ve loved going to Forno for the food, atmosphere, and friendly neighborhood vibes for years. I recently went in for a carryout order for the first time in a while and had the pleasure of meeting Stephen, the new manager. He’s a class act and was a pleasure to return
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Husband mentioned privately that the dish would have been great with bread. Server was at the table next to us (very small spaces) and immediately turns around “you said you want some bread” we were kind of shocked she just barged into our conversation but replied “yeah that would be great” Someone brjngs out the bread - we think what a great server to overhear a comment on how the dish would be better and try's to do so. Server then charges us for an appetizer of bread on the check. Just a tad bit tasteless behavior.
We choose this restaurant as a fun, casual place to enjoy my Birthday. I wanted some casual & fun. We enjoyed sitting at the bar and watching all the magic that happens in the kitchen as the staff prepared the delicious dishes coming from the kitchen. Our food was very good, nice cocktails & friendly bartender. Everything was enjoyable until the end.....the server approached us about dessert, my husband asked if they did anything special for Birthdays. She replied, well, it depends on how much you order and it's a case by case basic......I would need to check with my manager to see if we could offer you something or not. She walked away, and I looked at my husband and said, that was terribly awkward & I felt extremely tacky......I guess the only offer a complimentary dessert to the guest if you spend a lot of money with the......seriously?????? Our check was almost 100.00. While waiting for her return, the gentleman sitting next to me said, that was probably one of the rudest comments I have ever heard come from a server. He couldn't believe how tacky the comments was from her about getting approval. He couldn't believe she needed to single out a guest to the manger, explain how much they spend before he would decide if they were worthy of a complimentary dessert..... Well, needless to see it left a rather unpleasant taste in all of us. She finally returned to say, she got “approval” from her manager to offer a dessert.....at this point, we didn't even want it because she made it such an awkward & uncomfortable Birthday experience. I was a shame the evening & the dinning expended on such a negative note!
Great Italian food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Caesar Salad, Tagliatelle Bolognese with Meatball
It's busy, but it's definitely worth it. Great waiters and amazing food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gnocchi were amazing! Short ribs and pizza were also highlights for our family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The food here is outstanding it dont only look amazing it taste just as God as it looks the flavor of everything is so unique and just amazing
Not a bad experience, but for the price will not be making it my go to Italian restaurant, and truly wasn’t any type of remarkable or good food.
We were seated on the patio which was nice, but my seat was truly in the path of the doorway which was pretty distracting and took away from the ambiance.
Our server was nice and attentive.
The food was pretty lack luster. It was the “focaccia” in particular that sent me over the edge. I’d say it resembled pizza dough more than anything, and there was no warning of the interpretation as a flat piece of bread rather than the typical bubble-filled, bouncy, olive oil heavy piece of wonder focaccia typically is.
The arancini were good, good flavor and nice crisp, I think them being warm and not cold would’ve let them shine.
We tried the Caesar salad. The flavor was fine, but didn’t quite taste homemade. I typically look for an anchovy flavor, however this didn’t have any punch, and was pretty minimal. The leaves were flat as well.
The margherita pizza had good sauce, but the dough was undercooked, and the cheese was in such large clumps that it was firm and would fall off the dough when I picked it up. The flavor was good, but needed smaller clumps of mozz and some Parmesan.
We also had the chicken saltimbocca, which was fine, neither good nor bad. The chicken was well cooked and juicy, but had an overall simple flavor of chicken and risotto. It was lacking in a variety of both flavor and texture.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Best Italian in Hyde park! 10/10 all the food was outstanding.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was amazing! We will definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Closest Sicilian food you can get without having to fly 10 hours.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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