Got here a little early and was told the pizza was ready but still waiting on the calamari. I said that was fine and sat to wait. Then it took another 20+ minutes for the calamari to be done, which meant the pizza was just sitting that whole time probably getting soggy. When everything finally came out, the pizza was wrong and missing our side of balsamic reduction. Now the calamari was going to get cold and soggy waiting for a new pizza. I was given what felt like a very basic apology that my food is going to be half cold now after almost 1.5 hrs from ordering to receiving because they were busy and they couldnt help it. I was afraid to even ask for the whole order to be redone incase that a new calamari took forever again.
Jason McDonald
One of the best Italian meals I have had outside of Italy. It is definitely the best Italian food in the area, and one of our favorite restaurants to go to. There is almost always a wait, but it is worth it. Every dish we have had there has been outstanding. The bruschetta might be our favorite appetizer. The service is always good as well.
Guy Grenfell
It's definitely one of our most favorite places to eat! All the food is always fantastic!
Katie Driggers
The only good thing about this place was the atmosphere and the wine. We just recently moved to Neenah and were excited to have a little slice of Italy near our house. We went yesterday evening for a date night and were super impressed with the atmosphere, how cute and quaint it was.. especially with the piano player! We ordered calamari as our appetizer, and I was so hopeful.. it was so salty I couldn’t barely eat it & it was not true calamari. $16 for a pile high of something that was frozen. We also ordered Caesar salad’s that just did not taste good. There was something off with the dressing. We ordered the New York pizza for our entree and it was just bland. The crust was so thin and overcooked it was like a cracker. I was super disappointed because we love supporting local businesses but everything about our experience with the food was just lacking flavor. We will not be returning.
Richard Zilm
Had pizza and brochetteo appetizer
Blake Bormes
The best Pizzeria around! Cannovas has incredible pizza and the spaghetti and meatballs is 🔥 for a comforting twist try it with the tomato basil cream sauce. Say hi to Debbie when you’re here! 🍻
Thomas Langel
Our favorite restaurant in the Fox Valley. Excellent food especially the pizza. They have a honey mustard sauce with ricotta pizza that is amazing. The service is always spot on. Excellent ambiance too and they often have live music.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sarah Newstrom
The staff was very friendly, and the food was way above my expectations! So delicious and a lovely environment.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Piccata
Judy Jacobson
Everything was extremely good. John Harmon at the piano was a huge treat. He's an amazing talent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sterling Wall
Yup. It is legit. One of the best places. The crust on the pizza was amazing, the lasagna it's over the top. Even the cheesy bread, like the bread isn't too dried out and it's not soggy. It's like it's just right. And the sauces like I like Alfredo sauce but some places manage to ruin it. Not this place. Super good. And like just honestly the different sauce is try the different sauces. Oh, oh!!! And the root beer, Baumgartners. I had never tried it, and I like to try different root beers everywhere I go. I got an extra bottle to bring home and do some serious taste testing. It might possibly be my next favorite one.
The crust was the highlight of our pizza, toppings piled on, but it seemed to lack something... high quality cheese. They had a duck breast special that was cooked very well. We also tried the shrimp piccata (which needed a little more lemon). Overall, it was a good experience.
Parking: It is a little difficult to know where to park if you've never been there or don't know the downtown Neenah area.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Piccata
Ham Ham
Fine dining? No. Too loud to talk, yes. Mason jars with beer branding for your water glasses set the mood as very casual and therefore not worth the prices charged. Other tables received bread and dipping oil, but we did not. Waitress had no clue what a "house wine" is. Bruschetta listed basil, but parsley was on it instead . Balsamic was not listed on the Bruschetta, I would not have ordered it if I'd known. Balsamic is too sweet for my taste and ruined the flavor. Bruschetta is served cold, not heated to melt mozzarella. The Merlot I was served was acidic, not the worst I've ever had but far from good. Cesar salad was dry and bland. Adding more dressing showed that the dressing is bland other than being a little too heavy on the lemon. The pizza margarita flavor was slightly bland but at least had plenty of basil. The crust was very dense for how thin it was. Lasagna sauce was very sweet. For an unenjoyable meal for two, $90 is NOT reasonable. Only tried one bite of the lasagna, and the waitress just tossed her hands in the air in response to why it wasn't removed from the bill. The "boss" stated that "that's just the way our sauce is" and still refused to remove it from the bill. From someone who lived in Italy for 3 years and went back for an extended trip years later, this is not authentic Italian. It's not inedible, just very Americanized.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Mark McNeely
It was just terrible from the moment we were seated. Offered bread and oil. It never came. Waited 10 minutes for the waitress. She didn't know what a house wine was or is, a red flag. Plus, any Italian worth its salt has a house wine this place does not. Ordered Bruschetti and a large Ceaser salad, Took forever first, then Ceaser salad was absolutely the most unflavored salad from a bag chopped Romain Salad. The ceaser dressing was almost non-existent and was flavorless. Bruschetta had a balsamic glaze on it and was to the point of being burned. Just bad, I ordered Lasagna, a friend had Margherita pizza and a glass of wine. Wine was overly acidic and a low quality wine. Lasagna has a sauce so sweet it is almost live a sweet syrup taste to it and half of it was burned. Pizza was fair, but the crust is paper thin. Didn't eat the Lasagna, they didn't want to take it back, and the waitress wanted to charge me for it. Had to get the Owner or Manager, after my interaction with her I am convinced the problem here is an ownership in denial who will argue with customers when dissatisfied and didn't want to take the lasagna off the bill and didn't. Just added some B.S. coupon for 15 dollars off the meal. There's much wrong here. I really can't cover it all. It is just a place that is running off of past laurels and an older clientele that is loyal. Put this place anywhere else where there are real Italian resteraunts, and this place would close in 6 months. Pass it, buy. I mean, the lasagna and service at Olive Garden are better, and that's just sad. Leave this overpriced, unaccountable one alone.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Trent Schloss
Terribly long wait for a small pizza when the place was only at 70% capacity. Server was nice and appolofized multiple times. It's a pizza not a gourmet dish. Won't be back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
viktoriya Trenkinshu
My husband and I used Cannovas for our rehearsal dinner. It far exceeded our expectations! We chose Cannovas because the times that we went there for dinner, there was amazing food and live music. For our rehearsal dinner, we had a private room and had a lovely sit down dinner with all of our guests. The service was amazing! The waiters were very attentive and made sure that all of our needs were met. The food was delicious and fresh. Everything was absolutely amazing and I would highly recommend this place!
Got here a little early and was told the pizza was ready but still waiting on the calamari. I said that was fine and sat to wait. Then it took another 20+ minutes for the calamari to be done, which meant the pizza was just sitting that whole time probably getting soggy. When everything finally came out, the pizza was wrong and missing our side of balsamic reduction. Now the calamari was going to get cold and soggy waiting for a new pizza. I was given what felt like a very basic apology that my food is going to be half cold now after almost 1.5 hrs from ordering to receiving because they were busy and they couldnt help it. I was afraid to even ask for the whole order to be redone incase that a new calamari took forever again.
One of the best Italian meals I have had outside of Italy. It is definitely the best Italian food in the area, and one of our favorite restaurants to go to. There is almost always a wait, but it is worth it. Every dish we have had there has been outstanding. The bruschetta might be our favorite appetizer. The service is always good as well.
It's definitely one of our most favorite places to eat! All the food is always fantastic!
The only good thing about this place was the atmosphere and the wine. We just recently moved to Neenah and were excited to have a little slice of Italy near our house. We went yesterday evening for a date night and were super impressed with the atmosphere, how cute and quaint it was.. especially with the piano player! We ordered calamari as our appetizer, and I was so hopeful.. it was so salty I couldn’t barely eat it & it was not true calamari. $16 for a pile high of something that was frozen. We also ordered Caesar salad’s that just did not taste good. There was something off with the dressing. We ordered the New York pizza for our entree and it was just bland. The crust was so thin and overcooked it was like a cracker. I was super disappointed because we love supporting local businesses but everything about our experience with the food was just lacking flavor. We will not be returning.
Had pizza and brochetteo appetizer
The best Pizzeria around! Cannovas has incredible pizza and the spaghetti and meatballs is 🔥 for a comforting twist try it with the tomato basil cream sauce. Say hi to Debbie when you’re here! 🍻
Our favorite restaurant in the Fox Valley. Excellent food especially the pizza. They have a honey mustard sauce with ricotta pizza that is amazing. The service is always spot on. Excellent ambiance too and they often have live music.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The staff was very friendly, and the food was way above my expectations! So delicious and a lovely environment.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Piccata
Everything was extremely good. John Harmon at the piano was a huge treat. He's an amazing talent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Yup. It is legit. One of the best places. The crust on the pizza was amazing, the lasagna it's over the top. Even the cheesy bread, like the bread isn't too dried out and it's not soggy. It's like it's just right. And the sauces like I like Alfredo sauce but some places manage to ruin it. Not this place. Super good. And like just honestly the different sauce is try the different sauces. Oh, oh!!! And the root beer, Baumgartners. I had never tried it, and I like to try different root beers everywhere I go. I got an extra bottle to bring home and do some serious taste testing. It might possibly be my next favorite one.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The crust was the highlight of our pizza, toppings piled on, but it seemed to lack something... high quality cheese. They had a duck breast special that was cooked very well. We also tried the shrimp piccata (which needed a little more lemon). Overall, it was a good experience.
Parking: It is a little difficult to know where to park if you've never been there or don't know the downtown Neenah area.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Piccata
Fine dining? No. Too loud to talk, yes. Mason jars with beer branding for your water glasses set the mood as very casual and therefore not worth the prices charged. Other tables received bread and dipping oil, but we did not. Waitress had no clue what a "house wine" is. Bruschetta listed basil, but parsley was on it instead . Balsamic was not listed on the Bruschetta, I would not have ordered it if I'd known. Balsamic is too sweet for my taste and ruined the flavor. Bruschetta is served cold, not heated to melt mozzarella. The Merlot I was served was acidic, not the worst I've ever had but far from good. Cesar salad was dry and bland. Adding more dressing showed that the dressing is bland other than being a little too heavy on the lemon. The pizza margarita flavor was slightly bland but at least had plenty of basil. The crust was very dense for how thin it was. Lasagna sauce was very sweet. For an unenjoyable meal for two, $90 is NOT reasonable. Only tried one bite of the lasagna, and the waitress just tossed her hands in the air in response to why it wasn't removed from the bill. The "boss" stated that "that's just the way our sauce is" and still refused to remove it from the bill. From someone who lived in Italy for 3 years and went back for an extended trip years later, this is not authentic Italian. It's not inedible, just very Americanized.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
It was just terrible from the moment we were seated. Offered bread and oil. It never came. Waited 10 minutes for the waitress. She didn't know what a house wine was or is, a red flag. Plus, any Italian worth its salt has a house wine this place does not. Ordered Bruschetti and a large Ceaser salad, Took forever first, then Ceaser salad was absolutely the most unflavored salad from a bag chopped Romain Salad. The ceaser dressing was almost non-existent and was flavorless. Bruschetta had a balsamic glaze on it and was to the point of being burned. Just bad, I ordered Lasagna, a friend had Margherita pizza and a glass of wine. Wine was overly acidic and a low quality wine. Lasagna has a sauce so sweet it is almost live a sweet syrup taste to it and half of it was burned. Pizza was fair, but the crust is paper thin. Didn't eat the Lasagna, they didn't want to take it back, and the waitress wanted to charge me for it. Had to get the Owner or Manager, after my interaction with her I am convinced the problem here is an ownership in denial who will argue with customers when dissatisfied and didn't want to take the lasagna off the bill and didn't. Just added some B.S. coupon for 15 dollars off the meal. There's much wrong here. I really can't cover it all. It is just a place that is running off of past laurels and an older clientele that is loyal. Put this place anywhere else where there are real Italian resteraunts, and this place would close in 6 months. Pass it, buy. I mean, the lasagna and service at Olive Garden are better, and that's just sad. Leave this overpriced, unaccountable one alone.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Terribly long wait for a small pizza when the place was only at 70% capacity. Server was nice and appolofized multiple times. It's a pizza not a gourmet dish. Won't be back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
My husband and I used Cannovas for our rehearsal dinner. It far exceeded our expectations! We chose Cannovas because the times that we went there for dinner, there was amazing food and live music. For our rehearsal dinner, we had a private room and had a lovely sit down dinner with all of our guests. The service was amazing! The waiters were very attentive and made sure that all of our needs were met. The food was delicious and fresh. Everything was absolutely amazing and I would highly recommend this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bruschetta, Lasagna, Calamari
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