Italian Village

Jerry Roy

I was here on Sunday 3/9/25 for a birthday dinner with family. The waitresses were awesome, and the food was outstanding. I would highly recommend this place for any Italian food. My only issue with them is that they don't own a vacuum. The first thing you're greeted with is a filthy floor area at the entrance and bar area. The dining area has no decor to make you feel comfortable like you're in an Italian restaurant. We still had a great meal and an enjoyable time.

Charles Quagliana

I have been going to this restaurant at three different locations over the last twenty-five years: Grant street, Wherle drive and the new Transit St. location. This was one of my favorite locations for sit-down, Italian dining. We have had a couple of large parties at this location as well as had them cater several family events. The food and service are excellent. This would have been a five star review but a few years ago we had our wedding anniversary dinner here, as we have done several times and they managed to screw up my dinner and my wifes order was the wrong meal entirely. We haven't been back. That being said, we had some of their food catered at a recent birthday party and it was very good.

+16

Wayne

Jennifer took exceptional and attentive care of us at our 2025 Family Christmas dinner. Ranging in a variety of needs...from dietary...to hearing...to the useage of nouns when presenting topics...Our family can pose unique challenges to wait-staff. Jennifer has "that" unique service ability that makes things fun, friendly, and comfy. FOOD: 6pm Dec 27...Saturday...I heard no complaints at our table of 11...Jennifer had fresh warm bread to us in time for me to scoop up my yummy Bolognese meat sauce...(BUT...why "Costanza" mini rolls for 1st bread service?) (Please fix fire-place or block draft)

Waiter was friendly, but service was extremely slow. Drinks took almost 20 minutes. Sat there for an hour before the waiter said order was either not ordered or kitchen lost the order. We were not offered anything, like a drink, more bread or any discount. It will be a long time before I will visit, it's a shame since the food was amazing.

Ladeegeek Geek

Eggplant parm - 7/10 Chianti by the glass -6/10 The main dining area is nice. The banquet seating...not as nice. Dinner for 5 took an hour to get to our table. Nice wait staff.

Jason Saniewski

Went durring lunch. Was only people in the place for lunch in main room. They had 2 party's going on. Service was good but bartender sat us and seemed grumpy. Waiter was very nice and helpful. The food the appeared to be last night's dinner microwaved and dry. Even stuck to the plate. My date had a glutton free Alfredo. Stated not much of a taste. Prob won't go back.

Michelle Sedia

We ordered chicken wings, fries and an Eppie Roll. I was our first time for each dish. The wings seemed oven baked not the traditional fried wings and Buffalo wing sauce was normal. The French fries also seemed oven baked and were soggy, not crispy. The eppie roll looked delicious and tasted ok, but there was literally 2 pieces of sausage sliced 1/4 inches thick and round like a link , then there was a piece of the sausage casing and thats it for meat, not even a serving size of meat, and a ton of green peppers and very little sauce and no dipping sauce sauce. It was terrible. Would not recommend any of these items.

Deepthi Herga

We really wanted to like this place, but our experience left a lot to be desired. When we went in, one of waiters there (or maybe it was the owner) asked us quite rudely if we had a reservation. We did not have a reservation, but we saw that more than 80% of the place was empty. So it wasn't a very good start. We got the complimentary bread and olive oil/butter, but the bread was very dense and didn't taste very good. We were never asked if we wanted more bread, we wouldn't have opted for it, but we heard the server on the next table do that. Again threw us off I got the margarita and it didn't have a salted rim. When I asked for it, the waitress said rudely "oh did you want that?" when the menu clearly says that the margarita comes in a glass with a salted rim. They did correct it. We ordered the bruschetta (it was okay) the pasta broccoli (it was drowned in olive oil) and stuffed shells (kinda tasted sweet). We shared the pasta, so we had a share plate charge for both, which I was okay with since the portion was plenty. But there was no salad or bread accompanying the main dishes. Even a chain like Olive Garden does better than this, both the accomplishments wise as well as the taste. We also had the tiramisu which was okay and tasted a little too sweet The drinks menu as well as the dessert menu doesn't show the prices which is very weird. All in all, felt like a very snobbish place where they look down upon you. And nobody wants to feel like that in a restaurant where you go to eat with family. Would not recommend.

+1

Steve Kaczmarek

I wanted to try this place out for a change. Was not happy about the food I got. The food was lukewarm warm, everyone likes HOT food. That is imperative to me. Second my meat ball had a long hair thin piece of plastic or something like i. GROSS! Third, the crab cakes were mushy and cold, are they homemade? The crab cakes were on a bed of wilted greens, they were dense and some flavor but seemed lacking . The Tiramisu was ok, strong liquor flavor in it. I don’t drink alcohol. Anyway, I have eaten at many Italian joints throughout my life and this was not one I will register in memory as great, fantastic, or anything of the sort. I will however remember not to come back. Bartender was nice and prompt. Looked nice inside and all but food, nah didn’t hit with me.

Doreen Wilson

I have been going to this restaurant for over 15 years. The food is fantastic. I would highly recommend . Tonight I went with two girlfriends to celebrate a birthday. Our waitress was moody, not friendly and did not smile. She rushed us to put our order in because of a large dinner party coming. We did but then waited 50 minutes for our food while people who came in well after us were being served within 15 to 20 minutes. When our food arrived, it was barely lukewarm, and the cheese was hardened. We asked for more bread and were given costanzo rolls while everyone around us was getting loaves of fresh bread. What a disappointing experience tonight was. I hope next time I go it’s better.

sharmel slocum

So this is going to be a bit long . This is my first review of a restaurant and as I text the words I hesitate as this was once me and my families favorite place to eat … unfortunately it all took a turn this summer . First in June two orders missing items and first I said nothing . Second time just asked for missing item. Then a few great orders. We are simple and order the same few dinners soups and desserts every time .we love the loaf of bread with oil too always hot and delish. . So the pick up order August 8th we ordered for one of the dinners chicken Alfredo with broccoli. Now we know it’s always consistent creamy and delish with full broccoli crowns and lots of sauce . This time dry no sauce and I was surprised. I very nicely called and left a voice mail and just said I was surprised that the Alfredo didn’t have any sauce . That’s all I said and I asked if maybe I made a mistake with order? I’m not a person that likes confrontation at all. I also know this restaurant is very how do you say it ? You know who they like and who they don’t . and I’m not part of the click and no they don’t know me by name but me and my family order to go at least once a month probably more as do several friends, clients and family members . No one has ever recognizes us at all and I’m ok with that we don’t need nor expect to be one of the regular patrons that they always speak so friendly too. And know most by first name basis . While that was one of the things I liked about them as it had a warm frenzy atmosphere to the people they considered regulars . We were not that list but again I’m happy to just get consistent great food . But since early this summer it’s just been one thing after another and it all went down and today was the last try . . A voice mail from John saying he would like to refund me or remake the Alfredo dinner and he thinks they might have made the wrong dinner last time and I graciously accepted. So we were ordering dinner today and returned his call and asked for him as he told me to. He said he would like to make the Alfredo dinner no charge and I would just pay for the other dinner and dessert. They told me 35-40 min . I arrive 1 hr later pay the bill and wait .. and wait .. 15 min later I ask if I have time for a glass of wine or will it be done soon? Man at bar says oh yes you have time . I buy a glass of red . Drink the glass now we are 1.45 hrs since I called and the order finally came . I Open the food and surprise the pictures below is what it looked like . No chicken and blended broccoli crowns and 4 stems . A mushy bowls of thick I don’t know what ? Never looked like this before and now I just felt like it was an intentional insults because of my original call a few weeks ago. Also a burn loaf of bread which never happens ? And I just felt it while I sat there and when I walked out that something was off , like they were talking about me while I sat waiting and then the two girls in front were laughing and again I felt it. So as nice as I could be I call and let them know there is no chicken and broccoli crowns just 4 half stems. I’d be happy to send video and picture to show them and she didn’t respond to that at all. I wasn’t even asking for new dinner as this point I knew what the outcome would be I just wanted to Let them know what they already presumably knew . Then she just put me on hold for a long while then came back and said : the girls said the chicken is there it’s just mixed in? Huh ? I looked and looked and said no I’m sorry there is no chicken nor broccoli. Again on hold for 5 more min and then she says I’ll let John know and that was the end of the call? What I did wrong I’ll never know ? And with that me and my friends, family and business clients will bid farewell to the once delish always perfect family town favorite. I do hope other will have better experiences in the future as they were once a dinner we all looked forward to! Hope they get back to that again for customers to come !! Thank you for the last at least 15 yrs of yummy food!

David Caspi

Waited 15 minutes at the bar for the bartender to come out and take my takeout order. I asked the maître d’ if somebody could help me they said yes and sent a waitress over. She disappeared. I got tired of waiting for service. I mentioned to the maître day how horrible the service was. and I left. Horrible service never will go there again. I’m New to the neighborhood. I’m sure there are other places that pride themselves on customer service and a positive experience.

fanny ibba

Firstly, I was shocked when I saw the “carbonara”… This was not real carbonara. Instead of proper guanciale, they used ham — and I have no idea why they added peas... I tried to convince myself it was just a creative twist on the dish, but honestly, I found it terrible. I felt sick and nauseous for the rest of the day after that lunch. Sorry for the detail, but I ended up vomiting a few hours later… 🤢 I remained unwell throughout my entire flight back to my country, and I genuinely believe I suffered from food poisoning. My husband had a different dish and felt completely fine. If you appreciate authentic Roman carbonara, I strongly advise against ordering this dish. The only good things were the friendly waitress and the bread with olive oil.