I had a wonderful birthday dinner with my wife on Saturday. The food was outstanding and the service even better! Jose brought me out a piece of tiramisu cake with a candle! Thank you everyone for adding to my wonderful birthday! We will definitely be back!! ❤️
merit
Excellent food and service. The live music outside was great. We hope they are a regular thing.
Brian
Celebrating my wife's birthday. It was beautiful night. We chose to dine outside on the sidewalk. Good choice! With that. Our food was delicious. As always, we love La dolce Vita, many anniversaries, birthdays, dining experiences just for the heck of it, service is always always exquisite. They take care of you. Try to cater to all of your needs, the food is fresh. You could taste it in it. It's not something out of a box jar can, etc. so if you're in the area and you're up for a fine Italian feast, please make a reservation. We totally recommend it...
Craig
We had a wonderful dinner outside! It was busy which made service slow, but everyone was very kind and the food was excellent! I definitely recommend it.
Michele
Fantastic food and service. We have never been here when that wasn't the case. It is our favorite restaurant in Little Italy.
Karen
Opera night and a great meal!!! If you haven't been to Opera Night....you must go!! It is the perfect romantic date, or night out with friends. You will be amazed by the talent of the performers while enjoying a delicious pre-fix Italian dinner. Bravo to La Dolce Vita!
Faith
Girls night out. Wanted to go to a different venue the usual in !ittle Italy. Was not disappointed. There was the usual Italian menu gnocchi, spaghetti ect but also some different foods Appitizers. A polenta dishe in a cream sauce with zucchini slices, aurugala salad and a Tomatoe onion salad that reminded me of my mom's. Fresh red and yellow tomatoes with red onion and olive oil vinaigrette. Delicious. Rolls were great. Had to order more for dipping in tomatoe salad 3 people ordered gnocchi with meatballs The neat ball was super sized and very tasty. Gnocchi was just right. I had veal piccata with risotto, my daughter had Chicken Marsala and my daughter in law had the beef short rib which just melted in your mouth. Terry the owner brought a sampling of a bow tie pasta dish. At the endo of the meal, we were served a fruit plate. Was not disappointed. Very yummy.
George
Excellent experience. Great atmosphere. Food was excellent. Terry's personal touch completes the Little Italy - Cleveland experience!
rod
Food was great and a good value. Liked the ambience and thought the overall experience was very good. A few service mistakes were rectified and didn't diminish the evening. Place was packed on a holiday Saturday night.
Cathy
Service was extremely slow. Our server was pleasant but never checked on us for long periods of time. My husband's Caprese salad was excellent but the rest of our apps & main courses were bland. This is our first time at an Italian restaurant where we were disappointed in the food.
Food is always great. We were there on a summer Saturday night so all of Little Italy was very busy. I had a lobster linguine special which was terrific. We shared a salad and the house dressing (a balsamic) was very good. Love the pasta that the owner walks around and greats you with and the complimentary fruit and cannoli cream after dinner. The owner approached us several times to make sure everything was good.
Helping others
WHAT A HUGE MISTAKE EATING HERE - DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AS WE DID. A bunch of my buddies came here during Feast of the Assumption in Little Italy 2025. What an Enormous mistake. The food was way overpriced and just so-so. The waitress came over and took our order and someone else delivered it. We never saw the waitress ever again. She never came over and asked how our meals were and we had a request which was never fulfilled because we paid first plus a generous tip. We should never have left her anything. When I say overpriced, the meals are so small you'd have to eat at least 5 or six for a regular meal lunch/dinner. What are these owners thinking and why are they ripping people off? I don't like making reviews like this, but this place deserves nothing. Zero. I have been around the world and eaten at hundreds of restaurants and never have had a meal as bad as this establishment. And that is saying a lot. I can't believe they're still in business. They won't be for very long, though. To it to whom it may concern. As they say, YOU GET WHAT YOU GET AND DON'T THROW A FIT.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Susan Helmuth
Terry and the staff here are amazing! You won’t leave hungry! Eggplant parm!! THE BEST EVER! Tomato salad!! No one makes it like Terry!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tack
Had a wonder dinner a La Dolce Vita Terry Tarantino was a wonderful host after many years his food is as good as it gets ! Dinner consisted of Fresh Calamari garlic sauce ( not Fried ) we then had a Caprise salad , the main dinner was a delicious meat sauce with rigatoni , but the topper Terry would bring us little samples straight from his kitchen that were Italian morsels various pastas and sauce each one was better that the first , are server was a young of 30 was half Italian and was extremely knowledgeable of the menu! When the waitress brought us the check she gave us a sampling of fresk fruit and cannoli!
Bravo !
Emmaline
We had an amazing time, the food was amazing but the hospitality was exceptional! Would travel back to Cleveland just to dine here again and would recommend it to anyone I know who is visiting!!!
I had a wonderful birthday dinner with my wife on Saturday. The food was outstanding and the service even better! Jose brought me out a piece of tiramisu cake with a candle! Thank you everyone for adding to my wonderful birthday! We will definitely be back!! ❤️
Excellent food and service. The live music outside was great. We hope they are a regular thing.
Celebrating my wife's birthday. It was beautiful night. We chose to dine outside on the sidewalk. Good choice! With that. Our food was delicious. As always, we love La dolce Vita, many anniversaries, birthdays, dining experiences just for the heck of it, service is always always exquisite. They take care of you. Try to cater to all of your needs, the food is fresh. You could taste it in it. It's not something out of a box jar can, etc. so if you're in the area and you're up for a fine Italian feast, please make a reservation. We totally recommend it...
We had a wonderful dinner outside! It was busy which made service slow, but everyone was very kind and the food was excellent! I definitely recommend it.
Fantastic food and service. We have never been here when that wasn't the case. It is our favorite restaurant in Little Italy.
Opera night and a great meal!!! If you haven't been to Opera Night....you must go!! It is the perfect romantic date, or night out with friends. You will be amazed by the talent of the performers while enjoying a delicious pre-fix Italian dinner. Bravo to La Dolce Vita!
Girls night out. Wanted to go to a different venue the usual in !ittle Italy. Was not disappointed. There was the usual Italian menu gnocchi, spaghetti ect but also some different foods Appitizers. A polenta dishe in a cream sauce with zucchini slices, aurugala salad and a Tomatoe onion salad that reminded me of my mom's. Fresh red and yellow tomatoes with red onion and olive oil vinaigrette. Delicious. Rolls were great. Had to order more for dipping in tomatoe salad 3 people ordered gnocchi with meatballs The neat ball was super sized and very tasty. Gnocchi was just right. I had veal piccata with risotto, my daughter had Chicken Marsala and my daughter in law had the beef short rib which just melted in your mouth. Terry the owner brought a sampling of a bow tie pasta dish. At the endo of the meal, we were served a fruit plate. Was not disappointed. Very yummy.
Excellent experience. Great atmosphere. Food was excellent. Terry's personal touch completes the Little Italy - Cleveland experience!
Food was great and a good value. Liked the ambience and thought the overall experience was very good. A few service mistakes were rectified and didn't diminish the evening. Place was packed on a holiday Saturday night.
Service was extremely slow. Our server was pleasant but never checked on us for long periods of time. My husband's Caprese salad was excellent but the rest of our apps & main courses were bland. This is our first time at an Italian restaurant where we were disappointed in the food.
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Food is always great. We were there on a summer Saturday night so all of Little Italy was very busy. I had a lobster linguine special which was terrific. We shared a salad and the house dressing (a balsamic) was very good. Love the pasta that the owner walks around and greats you with and the complimentary fruit and cannoli cream after dinner. The owner approached us several times to make sure everything was good.
WHAT A HUGE MISTAKE EATING HERE - DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AS WE DID.
A bunch of my buddies came here during Feast of the Assumption in Little Italy 2025. What an Enormous mistake. The food was way overpriced and just so-so. The waitress came over and took our order and someone else delivered it. We never saw the waitress ever again. She never came over and asked how our meals were and we had a request which was never fulfilled because we paid first plus a generous tip. We should never have left her anything. When I say overpriced, the meals are so small you'd have to eat at least 5 or six for a regular meal lunch/dinner. What are these owners thinking and why are they ripping people off? I don't like making reviews like this, but this place deserves nothing. Zero.
I have been around the world and eaten at hundreds of restaurants and never have had a meal as bad as this establishment. And that is saying a lot. I can't believe they're still in business. They won't be for very long, though.
To it to whom it may concern.
As they say, YOU GET WHAT YOU GET AND DON'T THROW A FIT.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Terry and the staff here are amazing! You won’t leave hungry!
Eggplant parm!! THE BEST EVER!
Tomato salad!! No one makes it like Terry!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had a wonder dinner a La Dolce Vita Terry Tarantino was a wonderful host after many years his food is as good as it gets ! Dinner consisted of Fresh Calamari garlic sauce ( not Fried ) we then had a Caprise salad , the main dinner was a delicious meat sauce with rigatoni , but the topper Terry would bring us little samples straight from his kitchen that were Italian morsels various pastas and sauce each one was better that the first , are server was a young of 30 was half Italian and was extremely knowledgeable of the menu! When the waitress brought us the check she gave us a sampling of fresk fruit and cannoli!
Bravo !
We had an amazing time, the food was amazing but the hospitality was exceptional! Would travel back to Cleveland just to dine here again and would recommend it to anyone I know who is visiting!!!
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