rustica - italian restaurant and bar
670 SE Pioneer Way #102, Oak Harbor
(360) 675-4053
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Love the local flavors, ambiance, and more. Wide selection of comfort foods such as pastas. Italian inspired desserts. Craft cocktails.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Caesar Salad, Chef's Lasagna, Tiramisú
Bathroom needs upgrading--not accessible. Low toilet no barsVery difficult to
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Caesar Salad, Vegetable Flatbread, Cannoli, Sugo Flatbread, Italian Sausage Rigatoni
Galentines dinner was a smash hit with the crew at Rustica. Our bartender was on point with her drinks, and a warm welcoming smile. Our waiter and buser were classy, fun and very attentive. Mercedes made the night feel like we were just guests in her home. Oh and the food!?My steak was wonderfully seasoned and cooked to perfection.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ordered the 4-course Valentine’s Day special, and and after 1 hour we received 1 course. Service is awful. Food is tasty but portions are terrible. Avoid at all costs.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Rustic is a 10 star! Food is excellent, staff is awesome, and a wonderful dinner. Thank you Rustica!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had the spaghetti pomodoro, and the tomato sauce was thick and tasted burnt. It was not very good. However, the service was great and I was with good company, so it wasn't a total bust.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Rustica Salad, Cheese Bread
Date night on a Sunday. PERFECT! The service was great, everything was absolutely delicious! The food brought out my happy dance! Will definitely be going back!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Flatbread was outstanding! Service was wonderful and Ambiance perfect for a table of one!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Between domino's and little Ceasars. But both have better flavor. Had high hopes with the decor and vibe but it was really bad. Thanks but no thanks.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 2
The piccata is always delicious! A very tasteful place to dine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheese Bread
Restaurantji Recommends
Great food and excellent service. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cannoli, Penn Cove Mussels, Clams
The food was fine, but very small portions. My clam linguine with spinach pesto had no spinach pesto in it. Pretty disappointed in that. Seems like very small portions for the price, and maybe not adequately, explained on the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
For spending $100 I was extremely disappointed in everything. 1. To have to pay $2.50 if you want botteled water. No glass of water like you would get at every single restaurant. 2. The ice tea was not fresh. It was like a cloudy milky white and when I saw that it was being poured out of a cooler that was stored in a mini fridge just made the price even worse. 3. Ordered the chicken parmesan. It was literally fried chicken, dry and crunchy like the serve at KFC, with some cheese melted on it. The spaghetti served tasted like chef boy r dee sau e poured over it. No flavor. No spices. Nothing fresh. Also had the pepperoni Flatbread. Very bland. No flavor. No zest. 4. The wine was not near the level of quality expected with the name attached to it. Did not taste like the itialian wine ordered. Overall, for the price we paid, this was worse then olive garden. It was super disappointing because we went based on these reviews and it was a fail.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Probably the best Italian restaurant in the area. I've tried another one but very pricey. This one has great entrees at the right price point.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The first time we came to Rustica, roughly a year and a half ago, it was a fantastic experience. The next time we went, last night, was awful. Arrived and had to wait a few minutes to be seated, which is absolutely fine; however, I noticed that there were 3 “servers” for ~15 tables. I say, “servers” because they were also the people acting as hosts, bussers, and bartenders. Once we were sat it took nearly 10 minutes for our server to acknowledge us, he came to get our drink order, but we called him back to order food as well since we were ready. We ordered a Pepsi, water, cheese bread and 2 chicken alfredo’s. The server then went to put in the order, and bus a table before disappearing. About 10 minutes later we got our cheese bread at the same time as our drinks. The cheese bread, admittedly, was pretty good, had a hint of smokiness which was interesting - definitely the highlight of the night. 15 minutes later we got our chicken Alfredo’s, they were incredibly bland, I’m 90% sure the chef forgot to put Parmesan in the dish at all. The chicken was cooked well but had no flavor and there wasn’t that much of it. We asked for our check when we received our food and our server was quick to bring a check but not refill the Pepsi that had been empty since before our entrees arrived. $70 for some cheese bread, bland pasta, and what would amount to be roughly a can of Pepsi. I didn’t immediately sign because we were still eating, but a few minutes later he tried to come back to take the check book before I had signed. The only thing this server was concerned about was getting a tip, not actually making customers happy to get that tip. Super disappointing evening here.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Cheese Bread
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