This was the most fun I have had dining at a restaurant in a while. First time eating here, needed…read morea place to fill up before a long drive back home. Sat at the bar, had the pleasure of getting to know the bartender and owner who were excellent company. Gave wine and food recommendations, recounted stories of covid days and shared they had celebrated their 30th anniversary. If that is not something to toast, I don't know what is.

It's always nice to try new places. I didn't even know this one existed until an ad popped up on…read moreone of my social medias. It is a small restaurant, and I do mean small. Like only 20 tables or so. The couple next to us was on a date and I felt like I could follow their whole conversation from the moment we sat down. Our waiter came by to introduce himself, but didn't take our drink orders. When he came back, he jumped right in to our meal orders. All of our meals came with salads and he never asked us about dressing options, so I assumed all salads came with a house dressing. But my dad's girlfriend asked for blue cheese...I mistook her request for dressing and just put blue cheese crumbles on top of her plain salad...no dressing. We did ask him about drinks as he was leaving with the menus. While waiting, we overheard the table behind us ordering their salads and their waiter gave them a whole list of dressing options. Once we got our salads, we dug in but the vinaigrette was so strong, I couldn't eat it without grimacing. I ordered the chicken piccata. It was drowning in capers. That is all I could taste. It was so briny and salty that I could barely eat half of the portion they gave me. The chicken was also a little tough to cut through. I would be willing to try again. I never leave one experience to take over my whole perception.

Food was phenomenal, the potatoes that came with my dish were perfectly cooked and had great flavor…read moredepth. However, I run into a few problems with the cook on my steak, and the plating. This dish was 57$ and I requested the steak be cooked medium rare but more on the rare side. My steak was bordering blue rare. It tasted amazing regardless. I also wish to add that the plating was sloppy, obviously this is just nit picking, but it is something I wished to include. Service was alright, I had to ask multiple times for my sparkling water that I had ordered. This was during a work party and we had a group of around 10 while the restaurant was already pretty full so I understand how it could have slipped their mind, however at a restaurant as professional as this I would have expected better regardless.

Ambiance = to any other restaurant in the country…read more Service = to the finest restaurants in the US. Food = to anything worldwide. The owner/chef came out to introduce himself since he was informed that my wife and I were celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary. This was our first time ever at the restaurant and I am disappointed that while living in Peoria, IL for 50 years I never had been there before. Now it's the only place I will go out to dinner at when I am in Peoria. The address is actually listed as 3218 N. Dries Lane in Peoria, IL and is across from the old Landmark Theatre on Dries Ln. You can actually locate it off of University St. also.

Perfect Italian restaurant. We have friends in Peoria and they took us to Joe's to have dinner and…read moreit was wonderful. We all had drinks and decided to have dinner only. The place is wonderful and our server was very attentive. We received our drinks, bread and salad. The bread is fresh baked and wonderfully worm. I had the linguine with clam sauce. It comes with toast, whole clam as well as minced clams in a wonderful lemony wine sauce. Delicious. My wife had ravioli with a red sauce and she said delicious. Our friends had the linguine with scallops, shrimp and crab. This is their favorite dish when they come here. Looked awesome.. Prices are very reasonable and atmosphere is pleasant. We had a great time.

The food the service and ambiance was great. We were greeted and served in a timely manner and the…read moreportion sizes were huge. We'll definitely be going back

This place was great!…read more My boyfriend & I went here and made a reservation day-of for 7:30. The reservation asked what the occasion was and we said it was a date. I am unsure if they actually see that on their end but the table they gave us was very romantic. We immediately noticed it and appreciated that small detail! We loved this as a date spot! The staff were all so extremely nice. The server we had was so friendly! He was smiley, joking with us and gave us great recommendations based on the palate of food we told him we liked. All the dishes we got MELTED in our mouths. The plating was beautiful and the portions (specifically for the Eggplant Curry) were very big! We couldn't finish it all and took basically 40% of everything home in boxes. Speaking of, our wonderful server offered to box our stuff for us and did a very professional job. The overall look of the place inside is very intimate and low light with blacked out walls, plush booths and metal accents. There was various different types of groups there too; big and small! People were drinking and eating with their families, coworkers, friend, groups, and dates! We only ate and didnt drink anything since I forgot my ID at home...but id imagine the drinks were also good. We would definitely eat here againn

We saw other Yelp reviews and decided to give this place a try. It was excellent! Started with the…read morecrab tots- delicious crab cakes with a very tasty remoulade sauce. I had mahi mahi tacos that had a salad included. Very generous portions of fish with a seasoning with the perfect amount of kick. Enough to get the flavor but not fire breathing dragon. Homemade salad dressing was a basil vinaigrette that was very very nice. Husband had a coconut shrimp roll. It was excellent too. He even had to take a few pieces home it was such a nice sized portion.

Avanti's is a Peoria favorite. They're especially known for their bread. I think sugar is one of…read morethe key ingredients that sets it apart. I end up stocking up on loaves of bread whenever I visit - they're that good! They're also known for their Gondola sandwiches. The signature bread with cheese and cold cuts (you can get lettuce, tomato, etc on it too). There are 2 locations I visit in Peoria, this one and the one on Knoxville. I highly recommend dining in at that location. I ordered online - easy parking and it has its own pick up entrance. Staff was friendly, order ready when I got there, and the order was correct. Food tasted great.

At Avantis for the Easter Buffett. The only thing worse than the food is the service. SLOW, cold…read morefood, dry chicken. Puke on a plate. GO ELSEWHERE. Just got home. Terrible stomach ache. Avoid Rockwood Avantis, it's contaminated.

I was a polenta with meat sauce fan until I tried the shells florentine which quickly became a…read morefavorite as well! Chianti wine is a must and save room for dessert! I've been going since I was in my twenties and I'm nearly 60! Make a reservation so you don't get turned away at the door. Only so many people each night and you need to be one of them! Thank you Lisa for always making my experience and evening a pleasant one at one of the best restaurants in the area!

Paparazzi best true Italian restaurant in Peoria! Been coming here for many many years. Food always…read moreamazing! Service impeccable and so attentive! Ambiance beautiful, small and perfect for date night! Tonight we had our usual garlic bread and Caesar salad! My husband had Beef Tortellini with Bolognese Sauce. I had delicious Shrimp Scampi! Large shrimp, mushrooms and pasta with garlic Parmesan cheeses! Delicious! Food always consistent, prepared perfect! Many choices! Save room for Spumoni!

This pizza is amazing and no reason to not visit and try their thin crusted delight!…read moreMake sure you have a salad with their house dressing that will make ordering salads in the future a must!!!

We've been wanting to go to Agatuccis for awhile now. Finally did, definitely worth it. Great…read morepizza. Very friendly staff.

I'm a frequent customer of Johnny's steakhouse. Terrible experience last night terrible service…read more-terrible steak tough ribeye Alexander was much better. Any place in the Heights is much better waiter with an attitude. Can't even fill your water glasses walked by your table and doesn't even look at your water glasses or anything else. Condiments needed replaced as we when we sat down. They were empty my favorite sausage bread was cold and tasteless. This is not going to be my go to any longer. Just very disappointing.

We went for my dad's 83rd Birthday!! It was a nice atmosphere! Nice not to have TV's everywhere…read more The Service was good. They were busy so it took a while to get our food and drinks. The Food was delicious. My husband said though they his sirloin didn't have much flavor though.

Bernardi's Restaurant in Washington, IL is one of my favorite places in the Peoria area. I always…read moreget the 1/2 chicken dinner with a salad, baked potato, and the family-style sides -- 1/2 spaghetti and 1/2 tortellini. The food is always amazing and the fried chicken is outstanding every single time. The staff is efficient, courteous, and always does a great job taking care of customers. The atmosphere is pleasant, comfortable, and makes for a great dining experience. If I could change one thing, it would only be to swap the whole baby carrot in the salad for chopped or shredded carrots since they're a little easier to eat. Other than that, Bernardi's is consistently excellent and a place I highly recommend!

Great service, polite staff. Cajun shrimp was great, I'd personally avoid anything not pasta on the…read moremenu

So many great pinball machines and some cool retro games. Bar service is not great though. I've…read morewaited somewhere up-to 20 minutes to get served. And the bartender doesn't know he basic drinks or what there is on tap. She asked us what tap was the beer my friend asked for. I get it though. They need more than one yet it at the same time isn't quite busy enough for more employees. Just need someone who can handle the bar. Games are amazing though. My son loved it!!

Did an escape room here. They were very friendly and accommodating. The escape room was fun and two…read moreof us were able to complete it in time (after our friends couldn't make it). A couple of the puzzles were a bit unclear but the game master gave us great hints and we had a fun time.