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
Michael Iademarco
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.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jake Aretz
Reservation ONLY, due to staffing so call ahead. All things considered the whole dining process was a little over a hour and as much as the atmosphere was relaxing and service commendable the experience in total was a bit disappointing mainly due to the food and you can't judge 1 thing 1 time but outside the bread nothing really impressed me here.
Very good food, and great service!Don't be in a big hurry, they are short staffed like the rest of the world.The food is worth the wait!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Everafter Always
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED! But we got lucky when we stopped because we didn't know. We will definitely be back WITH RESERVATIONS. The food was amazing! And the people ever so nice. It was a perfect local find!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Manda A
Owner is very rude and made us feel uncomfortable immediately when we walked through the door.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Beth Ann Davis
Owner is VERY RUDE!! our first visit here she said it’s reservations only and almost did not seat us even though there was only 2 other customers. After dinner she said to make sure to make reservations next time. Today we called to make a reservation and she said they don’t take specific time reservations ?!?! What the heck?? Does she want people to make a reservation or what? If she doesn’t want to take customers then why be in business at all. Do not even waste your time she will make a fuss about you wanting to go to the restaurant to eat.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Chayse Bryan
I have to say the old woman/owner at the bar is actually one of the most obnoxious human beings i have ever dealt with. If you walk into this place and you are under 60 everyone including the staff will look at you in horror because they are so old and confused they think they are at the old folks home and wonder how their grandkids got there. Before you say anything the owner will start cutting you off saying reservation only reservation only. They are listed on uber but if you order on uber you won't get your food they don't even know how they got on uber when they had to sign up. Genuinely one of the most unpleasant stops in my time ubering. They say limited staff is the reason and it is very clear why the staff is so limited.IN RESPONSE TO THE OWNERS COMMENT TO MEits your business, you call uber if you can't be bothered to make any effort to fix the confusion yourself then you don't care enough about your business for anyone else to.
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
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
Reservation ONLY, due to staffing so call ahead. All things considered the whole dining process was a little over a hour and as much as the atmosphere was relaxing and service commendable the experience in total was a bit disappointing mainly due to the food and you can't judge 1 thing 1 time but outside the bread nothing really impressed me here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Very good food, and great service!Don't be in a big hurry, they are short staffed like the rest of the world.The food is worth the wait!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED! But we got lucky when we stopped because we didn't know. We will definitely be back WITH RESERVATIONS. The food was amazing! And the people ever so nice. It was a perfect local find!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Owner is very rude and made us feel uncomfortable immediately when we walked through the door.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Owner is VERY RUDE!! our first visit here she said it’s reservations only and almost did not seat us even though there was only 2 other customers. After dinner she said to make sure to make reservations next time. Today we called to make a reservation and she said they don’t take specific time reservations ?!?! What the heck?? Does she want people to make a reservation or what? If she doesn’t want to take customers then why be in business at all. Do not even waste your time she will make a fuss about you wanting to go to the restaurant to eat.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I have to say the old woman/owner at the bar is actually one of the most obnoxious human beings i have ever dealt with. If you walk into this place and you are under 60 everyone including the staff will look at you in horror because they are so old and confused they think they are at the old folks home and wonder how their grandkids got there. Before you say anything the owner will start cutting you off saying reservation only reservation only. They are listed on uber but if you order on uber you won't get your food they don't even know how they got on uber when they had to sign up. Genuinely one of the most unpleasant stops in my time ubering. They say limited staff is the reason and it is very clear why the staff is so limited.IN RESPONSE TO THE OWNERS COMMENT TO MEits your business, you call uber if you can't be bothered to make any effort to fix the confusion yourself then you don't care enough about your business for anyone else to.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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