Upmarket chain for Italian dining, including freshly made pasta & bread from an in-house bakery.
Julie Swanson
Tour of Italy- Piemonte was excellent. Traditional 3 course meal paired with the perfect wine flight. Ambience is excellent, service fantastic. Can’t wait for the next regional menu!!!
7/6/18: Another fantastic meal at Il Fornaio. Regionale Venuto menu for July “YUM”! Dolci tidier for….As you can see, only prawn carcass left on our plates. Would have licked the dessert glass clean if there weren’t so many people around! Laura was delightfully funny and attentive.
… moreTayleah Surratt
The atmosphere is lovely, very warm, inviting, and tastefully done. We went to Il Fornaio (DTC) for a ladies night out/Denver Restaurant Week combo event. Originally our party was meant to be 8 to 10 people so we were seated at a family style table in the back of the restaurant next to a beautiful fireplace. It was surprisingly quiet for a Friday night but we didn’t mind! Our server was top notch – attentive, friendly, and helpful. She made excellent recommendations regarding the food and extensive wine list.
The bread – of mixed types, including focaccia- was delicious with a perfect crust exterior and heavenly light inside. We shared a calamari appetizer that was hot and tasty but could have had a crispier finish. The dipping sauce had an excellent candidate tasty heat. The grilled Caesar with sardines was a highlight — just know they drape 4 little sardines on there and they are salty! One person had cod, one person had the layered zucchini and two us had the duck. By all reports the cod was tender, the zucchini was okay. The duck was half the bird and not presliced in any way so it was difficult to eat. The sauce on the duck was good but I felt bad that I couldn’t get to much of the meat.
Dessert was okay but I wouldn’t recommend either the canoli — too much orange zest and the pastry was too dry– or the bread pudding, sadly bland. If I go again, I will try something else.
The wines were very good. The atmosphere was great. The back bar is extensive. There is seating outside for when warm weather arrives. Overall, a lovely place and I would go back.
… moreHarley Quinn
Food was Delicious, service was good. A little pricey, but it’s a good experience. My friend had the Linguine and I had the Salmon .com
… moreCarla Cordoves
Higher-end restaurant. Don’t expect it to be cheap. Courteous staff, clean place, beautiful decor, and tasty food. I got a risotto con gamberi and a salmone a la griglia. Both were delicious. Each plate was about USD 25.00. That’s the average cost. A margherita pizza is one of the cheapest plates around USD 17-18.
… moreCatherine M
Awesome food, great happy hour, vibrant bar scene, great service, plenty of meal choices. Great place to host a party too!! You won’t be disappointed.
… moreRa Kh
Good food, friendly staff. Their fresh bread was the best.
… moreJames Brewer
Well worth it. Great atmosphere. The food is absolutely amazing. Our waiter and the manager made this a great experience tonight. Snow is coming down.
… moreJohn Yu
Had a really good experience at their San Diego location. So expecting good dining, but it failed. Food was good for most part, but they did not have few main ingredients, like tuna and squid. But it was the service that was terrible. Our server seemingly had two tables (there weren’t that many people in the entire restaurant, due to holidays). But it took her more than 5 minutes to get us water, 10 more to even take our order and another 10 to get the bread. The manager brought the food, and the server didn’t even check on it, nor offered fresh grated cheese for our pastas. Water wasn’t refilled – she just looked at our empty glass and ignored it. Finally she brought the check by itself without the normal folder you put the check in. (She seemed to do everything proper for the next table over.) Either discrimination or complete incompetence on the part of our waiter. Thoroughly disappointed dinner.
… moreGary Palmer
Obviously a very popular place. Service was great. I simply wasn’t impressed with the food. Great presentation but the flavor was lacking. The bread was good, the wine was better. The place was very busy. Because I love to cook, especially Italian, on my own, this place just didn’t meet or exceed my flavor expectations.
… moreAlex Quillen
Arrived there on reservation on a busy holiday, still had to wait 15 minutes our host selected us horrible table outside of the interior window I asked for another one. She rudely replied that it’s all available although pointed at other table by the bar in the middle of the hallway. After selecting the table in the middle of the hall, it was very small. Our waiter was really nice, and served us well. I give this place 2 stars because of the rude Hostess, Interior looked like a Military Dining Facility and prices were outrageous for quality of a food that you can get at Olive Garden or at Applebees for more then a half of their price. Although their bread was delicious with olive oil and wine vinegar as a dip, and I liked their wine selection. In conclusion avoid this place, it’s overpriced for the quality of service and limited menu selection.
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