Jim Bonstein

Great Italian restaurant with lots of choices for both food and drink in Merced. We started with an appetizer of delicious coconut shrimp. For our main meal we had the spaghetti squash with red sauce and a meatball and a Margarita pizza. A nice glass of Zinfandel rounded out the meal quite well. Service was prompt and friendly. We will be back soon.

Shjuana West

It was great! Service was great! Javier, was our waiter and he was awesome! His service was impeccable. If you want great, excellent and above and beyond service, Javier, is the man.

+6

CHARLES JAMES

Took the wife here today. Great food great service great price. We come here for the steak and potatoes dinner, which is excellent perfectly seasoned and cooked to our liking. Oh and the coconut shrimp is to die for.

+6

Laurie Rice

There was one waitress the bar was full the tables were full and she was on point. My grandson ordered pepperoni pizza, yummy, my daughter ordered a sandwich with Garlic fries, not for the weak. I ordered A Blue moon,it was nice and cold.

Juanita Calvillo

Great place to eat with the family and even to go out for a date night. Food was great👍! Service was good. The only reason why I give it a 4 is cause it was very pricey I don't think they should charge extra for sauce (creamy pesto) in pastas. Also no toilet paper in restroom 😬 wine was good but of course like most restaurants they charge 7 for a glass when you can get the bottle for 8 at target. But I would come back.

Música RP

Coworker gave us gift cards so we took the kids. Had a very nice time; ate good food in a very pleasant atmosphere. We had a couple of appetizers and three meals. It has a bar, clean bathrooms, fun decor, and a comfortable atmosphere as a whole. Our server and host were both excellent. I promised the kids to take them for Gelato and Cheesecake after school on the last day before summer vacation begins! We can't wait!

+4

The seating is nice and staff friendly. The pizza tastes fine but was sub-par for price. The salad looked old when we got it and lacked dressing and was pricey of course we still ate what we paid for but probably won’t be returning.

Tom Kelly

We are in Merced to visit Yosemite the next three days. The desk clerk at our hotel recommended Destino’s. It wasn’t bad, but not great either. Started with bruschetta. Taste was excellent, but the bread was not crisp like we’ve had at other Italian restaurants. We think it’s because the tomato topping was very “wet”. I had chicken parm, the chicken was very good, but the red sauce on the side spaghetti was somewhat spicy. I wish the server had told me that; maybe that’s why she asked if I wanted the pink sauce, but never having been there before, who knew? My wife got the shrimp scampi. The shrimp was very good, but the linguine was extremely bland. No taste of garlic and it REALLY needed salt. It’s a bit pricey, too, IMO. If we lived here, it would not be our go-to Italian restaurant.

Ellen Corene Jones

We had dinner to celebrate my Grandaughters 18th birthday. For an Italian restaurant, I was expecting a difference ambiance, however... We were seated at a downstairs table. These are situated around the room with the bar taking center stage upon coming in the front door. And an upper floor we didn't visit. Kind of reminded me of a hofbra restaurant & bar. I was surprised at how simple my dish & several others I tasted were. The red sauce w/o meat served on most of the pasta meals we ordered ( Beef Raviolis/ spagetti, etc. ) was plain, I was hoping to get a really tasty meal! The raviolis tasted like the large refridgerated ones at the market. The garlic bread also was nothing special. We were not offered Parmesan , In a shaker or grated by our server. I also tried the Chicken Alfredo my daughter ordered, I had to taste it as it is her favorite dish. The flavor was mild, and lacked any memorable taste for me. We ordered a side order of cheese bread, and it was also bland. For the price, I was totally unhappy with the food we ordered. I live alone and eat frozen pre-made meals too often & my taste has gotten extremely sensitive this year, food doesn't have to be highly seasoned for me to find favor or have garlic or pepper seasons taste like I have bitten into chili in my mouth, and I can't eat after tasting. However these sauces lacked any savory flavor or seasoning. Super mild. The food was prepared properly,they steralize the glsses at the bar, the place was very clean, & waiter was nice...

Marilyn Gtz

The food looked good, and it tasted ok (the lasagna pasta was hard). Then we found, not 1 but 2 hairs in our food. 😖 The manager didn't charge us for the food with hair, which was the sliders and garlic fries. I'm not sure if we will be back. That did gross me out.

+1

Catherine Gregory

Service here was the worst I’ve had EVER! My food was warm not hot, I asked for a margarita with no salt and 16 minutes later she brings me a margarita loaded with salt and then when the correct drink came they gave it to someone else at our table. I promise you I will never go back to this restaurant again.