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Risotti & other entrees are made to order. Arborio takes time to cook. This is a family restaurant. If you want food served fast this is NOT the place.
Italian Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale offering Authentic Italian Cuisine since 1993. This is the greatest little hidden gem right in my home town. I recommend everyone to come in!!
Enjoy fresh cooked to order pasta, risotto, fish, meat and seafood. Serving the best italian food including Penne alla Vodka, Tuna Steak, pasta Carbonara, Yellowtail Snapper, Veal Marsala, Lamb, Ossobuco …Only using Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Traditional pastas & other Italian entrees plus beer & wine served in a relaxed setting.
✔️Lunch ✔️Dinner ✔️Dine in ✔️Take out
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Jangchuna Kate
Italian is not my first choice, but whenever I want Italian foods I would come here. This 23 years old restaurant is highly recommended. Real mom&pop place. The owner, Francesco, has such a warm heart. He made us feel like eating at our grandparents house. He and his wife kept feeding us wonderful and tasty foods. The price is reasonable.
… moreLaurieann Ducharme
Found it online. Read the reviews and fell in love with the quaint little place. Everyone was friendly. I love it when the owners speak with their customers. The chicken marsala was amazing! (Actually the whole dinner was from start to finish). Thanks for making my birthday a great one!
… moreAddy Berrios
So happy I found this little gem. Best authentic Italian food. I ordered online for pick up. Apparently they were having issues with their phones so they didn’t receive my order. Chef came out the back and explained situation. I was seated while they made my food as I waited with complimentary wine and bread.
Sweetest ladies, excellent service and food!
… moreTracy Marotta
Delicious food every time we go!! I have been going for approximately 5 years or so when I come in from NY and it’s always delicious.
… moreSam Nehme
Excellent food, service and staff. Owner spoke to us which was nice because he is very sweet. The staff was super nice as well. Food was delicious and tasted like a home cooked meal. Every dish was unique and tasty. Definitely hit this spot once on your trip.
… moreGrace M
Food was great, service phenomenal, prices very reasonable. Owner was the nicest.
… moreJeffrey Kraskin
Cafe Italia Ristorante on Federal Highway continues to be a family gem for authentic Italian cooking. The owner is always present with a gracious smile greeting people.
The food is home cooked pleasure pleasing. The menu has a good variety and the portion size is adequate.
There seem to be changes over the past year which from memory would say there used to be a side or small salad that came with the entrée but not now as everything is a la carte. The bar is limited to wine and beer only.
My favorite item on the menu is the lemon sorbet — a wonderful palate finish to a good meal.
… moreVenera N
Absolutely terrible place. Not delicious food. Specially tuna was cooked not well. It was looks like not fresh. And taste was very strange. Burn onions. Such a bad experience with this place. Also takes so long time to wait dinner. Highly not recommended to go there! Also stuff don’t return change from order. Not nice place.
… moreHarrison C. Davies
Owner is super nice and very much stands behind his recipes which is a very traditional and uplifting Italian mindset, which really resonated with everyone. Very traditional and great Italian. Can’t go wrong here, and they take their Google Reviews very seriously. #italian
… moreDr. Rae La Roche, Ph.D.
Chicken and Eggplant Parmigiano were quite tender and tasty. Friends shared that their meatball pizza and seafood pasta were excellent. Bread was too oily. Cherry ginger soda had little ginger and too much ice despite having requested more ginger and less ice.
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