We had the BEST experience. I can't say enough good things about this wonderful old world restaurant. Our meals were tasty and perfect. The service was exemplary. Angela, our server, made a great suggestion of splitting the shrimp and crab pasta meal with my son because it is so huge. That was a great idea and I added a Caesar salad with it. All of the food was fresh and delicious. The pasta is homemade as were the delicious buttery croutons on my salad. The orange roughy is huge even my skeptical father was very impressed. The warm homemade bread is also amazing. We loved the decor saluting our local hometown soldiers. I am so happy that this place is still in business after all of these years. That speaks volumes! Don't be scared of the price range - their prices are in range with every other restaurant serving similar dishes including chains. Just be sure to look at your receipt as parties that are five or larger receive an automatic gratuity on their bill (these girls do a great job and definitely deserve the 20%). Note to the chef - looking forward to when you start making desserts again. I will be making another reservation very soon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
sea6bear
A true old school dining experience! Remember the days of table cloths, cloth napkins, utensils including spoons? All this wrapped in a clean environment with personable waitresses and piped in music. You’ll actually finish your salad before your dinner is served to you , what a lost tradition. The food isn’t salty or over seasoned, it’s served hot with a good portion at a fair price! They’re open on Sundays and you can enjoy your meal in a relaxed and unhurried manner, the way people used to expect when dining out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Leet Sommerfeld
A real great experience. When making the reservation the owner, who took the call, was nice to inform me that they only had 2 servers and service might be slow. Service, food and hospitality were all spectacular.
Food was incredible and the staff and atmosphere were great
Ethan
I’m writing this as I am eating this food is incredible. The New York strip medium rare is the best steak I ever had in my life. The applesauce, baked potato and bread are incredible. By far the best restaurant in the Armstrong/Westmoreland/Allegheny/Butler country area
Michele Andrae
Although they are reservation only, my boyfriend was able to get a last minute reservation for Valentine's Day..and WOW. We were impressed. The fresh hot bread and the oysters were a great starter and their homemade fettuccine alfredo was to die for! Our waitress was so sweet as well. All around great experience.
Mary Roland
First time visit, food was terrific along with very friendly staff and great atmosphere. We hope to back soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Provacole, Garden Salad with Homemade Italian Dressing
Kurt Jendrejewski
Best Filet EVER!! All service staff were very nice and personable!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!! 5 stars!!
Absolutely delicious! From the fresh oven baked bread, to the amazing lobster bisque appetizer, fresh salad and veggies! And the main course omg! Highly recommend
Flavio’s is simply amazing and more so if you consider the rural context. Make no mistake this is Italian-American cuisine and that’s the point. Most such restaurants are long closed, morphed into Olive Garden-like quality, or merged with an Italian influence, which took hold in urban areas in the 90s. Flavio’s transports you to a pre-1970s authenticity. If you’re younger and traveled the world, your disdain for Italian-American food is understandable. And therefore if you’ve wondered what did my grandparents like about this cuisine, a visit to Flavio’s is the answer. Attention to the quality of ingredients is clear. The raw onions in the house salad are sweet. The wedding soup is on point. I’ve never had better oyster crackers. The creamed butter with just baked bread, perfect. The shrimp in the shrimp cocktail, superb. The homemade pasta, excellent. The veal Marsala, classic. But remember this is Apollo. A small, struggling town an hour outside of Pittsburgh. That’s what makes things more amazing. This was the first time I ate here since 1989. It has not skipped a beat. The waitress, on the job three weeks and her first waitressing job, was delightful, well represented her town, and obviously extremely well trained. If you live in this rural area it may seem pricey. But you must go at least once before you die. For the rest of us it’s a destination, captures a piece of culinary history, and well worth the trip. I won’t wait so long to return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup
Phil Rehberg
I would truly love to review Flavio's. The problem is, I want to bring family and friends and they won't take a reservation for 8 or 10 people. The excuse I've been given is that they don't have enough help. Maybe take two less reservations for 4. It was always one of my favorite restaurants in the Valley. I'll continue to try to get a reservation for 8-10 people and maybe at some point we can get in.
Andrew Bondi
Outstanding authentic food - real Italian. They are always short staffed, which they tell you when you call to make a reservation. Thus, the service is a bit slow, but it is worth it. Most of the pasta is homemade as well. I only order veal when I go, of which, there are a lot of options. Can't go wrong with any of them. Great place and kind people.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Veal Piccata, Veal Parmigiana
tara Roberts
Food is always so good. Steak is best I've had. Service from the wait staff is excellent but it's hard to get reservations same day and even a day in advance. We have been told the bar is reserved before but when we walked in the bar was a ghost town. Not sure could be staffing issues? Hit or miss on getting a reservation so 4 stars. The place isn't modern and prob hasnt been updated in some time so atmosphere got 4 stars.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Erica Guandolo
Called to make reservations at this restaurant and the owner was very nasty on the phone. She was unable to accommodate our group which is absolutely ok but the way she spoke to my husband was unbelievable for an owner, so we are glad we aren't going there anyways.
We had the BEST experience. I can't say enough good things about this wonderful old world restaurant. Our meals were tasty and perfect. The service was exemplary. Angela, our server, made a great suggestion of splitting the shrimp and crab pasta meal with my son because it is so huge. That was a great idea and I added a Caesar salad with it. All of the food was fresh and delicious. The pasta is homemade as were the delicious buttery croutons on my salad. The orange roughy is huge even my skeptical father was very impressed. The warm homemade bread is also amazing. We loved the decor saluting our local hometown soldiers. I am so happy that this place is still in business after all of these years. That speaks volumes! Don't be scared of the price range - their prices are in range with every other restaurant serving similar dishes including chains. Just be sure to look at your receipt as parties that are five or larger receive an automatic gratuity on their bill (these girls do a great job and definitely deserve the 20%). Note to the chef - looking forward to when you start making desserts again. I will be making another reservation very soon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A true old school dining experience! Remember the days of table cloths, cloth napkins, utensils including spoons? All this wrapped in a clean environment with personable waitresses and piped in music. You’ll actually finish your salad before your dinner is served to you , what a lost tradition. The food isn’t salty or over seasoned, it’s served hot with a good portion at a fair price! They’re open on Sundays and you can enjoy your meal in a relaxed and unhurried manner, the way people used to expect when dining out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
A real great experience. When making the reservation the owner, who took the call, was nice to inform me that they only had 2 servers and service might be slow. Service, food and hospitality were all spectacular.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Veal Marsala, Strawberry Cheesecake
Food was incredible and the staff and atmosphere were great
I’m writing this as I am eating this food is incredible. The New York strip medium rare is the best steak I ever had in my life. The applesauce, baked potato and bread are incredible. By far the best restaurant in the Armstrong/Westmoreland/Allegheny/Butler country area
Although they are reservation only, my boyfriend was able to get a last minute reservation for Valentine's Day..and WOW. We were impressed. The fresh hot bread and the oysters were a great starter and their homemade fettuccine alfredo was to die for! Our waitress was so sweet as well. All around great experience.
First time visit, food was terrific along with very friendly staff and great atmosphere. We hope to back soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Provacole, Garden Salad with Homemade Italian Dressing
Best Filet EVER!! All service staff were very nice and personable!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!! 5 stars!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Strawberry Cheesecake, Filet Mignon and Lobster Tails, Baked Potato, Chicken Marsala
The food and service was fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Absolutely delicious! From the fresh oven baked bread, to the amazing lobster bisque appetizer, fresh salad and veggies! And the main course omg! Highly recommend
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Flavio’s is simply amazing and more so if you consider the rural context. Make no mistake this is Italian-American cuisine and that’s the point. Most such restaurants are long closed, morphed into Olive Garden-like quality, or merged with an Italian influence, which took hold in urban areas in the 90s. Flavio’s transports you to a pre-1970s authenticity. If you’re younger and traveled the world, your disdain for Italian-American food is understandable. And therefore if you’ve wondered what did my grandparents like about this cuisine, a visit to Flavio’s is the answer. Attention to the quality of ingredients is clear. The raw onions in the house salad are sweet. The wedding soup is on point. I’ve never had better oyster crackers. The creamed butter with just baked bread, perfect. The shrimp in the shrimp cocktail, superb. The homemade pasta, excellent. The veal Marsala, classic. But remember this is Apollo. A small, struggling town an hour outside of Pittsburgh. That’s what makes things more amazing. This was the first time I ate here since 1989. It has not skipped a beat. The waitress, on the job three weeks and her first waitressing job, was delightful, well represented her town, and obviously extremely well trained. If you live in this rural area it may seem pricey. But you must go at least once before you die. For the rest of us it’s a destination, captures a piece of culinary history, and well worth the trip. I won’t wait so long to return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup
I would truly love to review Flavio's. The problem is, I want to bring family and friends and they won't take a reservation for 8 or 10 people. The excuse I've been given is that they don't have enough help. Maybe take two less reservations for 4. It was always one of my favorite restaurants in the Valley. I'll continue to try to get a reservation for 8-10 people and maybe at some point we can get in.
Outstanding authentic food - real Italian. They are always short staffed, which they tell you when you call to make a reservation. Thus, the service is a bit slow, but it is worth it. Most of the pasta is homemade as well. I only order veal when I go, of which, there are a lot of options. Can't go wrong with any of them. Great place and kind people.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Veal Piccata, Veal Parmigiana
Food is always so good. Steak is best I've had. Service from the wait staff is excellent but it's hard to get reservations same day and even a day in advance. We have been told the bar is reserved before but when we walked in the bar was a ghost town. Not sure could be staffing issues? Hit or miss on getting a reservation so 4 stars. The place isn't modern and prob hasnt been updated in some time so atmosphere got 4 stars.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Called to make reservations at this restaurant and the owner was very nasty on the phone. She was unable to accommodate our group which is absolutely ok but the way she spoke to my husband was unbelievable for an owner, so we are glad we aren't going there anyways.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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