This has been long overdue, so my apologies for the delay. I had heard great reviews from numerous friends and neighbors, so I chose this place to host my wife's 40th birthday party, which was a SURPRISE. The communication with Franco (proprietor) from the start until the day of the event was phenomenal. I gave him free reign to choose the appetizers, main course options, desert and beverages for 50 people. Needless to say, we LOVED the experience and were extremely impressed. I should note that the staff was extremely accommodating, attentive to our needs, and friendly. I would highly recommend choosing this venue for your next important event, and I promise that you will not be disappointed. read more

The Summer Gnocchi comes with tomato sauce although the menu does not mention this, so this might be an unwelcome surprise. The Crispy Stuffed Chicken was delicious. The view was excellent. read more

Excellent outdoor area!!! The food was wonderful & do they know how to make an Old Fashion drink. It's a little old school feel like a supper club. They had Frank Sinatra playing in the background. Very relaxing. Absolutely beautiful view of the pond & golf course. Thus the name "Coarse Italian". This is what we are: Burrata Salad Lemon Chicken with Spinach Salmon Piccata with broccoli Lemon ricotta donuts Everything was delicious!! They kept cleaning & good service. Definitely will be going back! read more

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While it is a nice spot to eat, the food is sub-par. Burgers are tiny bit of meat on a huge bun. Charred Caesar is half a head of romaine with globs of dressing and cheese. Eggplant Parm is bland and full of raw breadcrumbs, hardly any eggplant, just all tomato sauce. Very disappointed read more

Brutal! Not quite sure how this place has maintained a 4.5 rating but it's really below average at best. Wife and I had date night Sunday and ordered the "grilled" calamari. Might have been the worst dish I've ordered at a restaurant in recent memory. Rubbery, fishy and just over sauced. Ironically the neighboring table ordered the same thing and also sent it back. Second coarse was "chopped" salad. Ok but not chopped and nor very much flavor either. Wife had shrimp pasta which was just ok. My chicken risotto was solid and very filling. They took the calamari off the bill and gave us dessert as compensation. View and service is really good but I would not recommend this place overall. read more

The food here is OUTSTANDING!!! A bit high on the pricing though which makes this an occasional "treat" destination. Not trying to turn home diners away, but if you want to enjoy this fair at your OWN DINNER TABLE, I suggest you pick up your order as delivery can get QUITE EXPENSIVE!!! Even with DashPass, the 2 large pizzas, AND ONLY 2 LG. PIZZAS, cost me $75 to have delivered, and they WEREN'T LOADED WITH INGREDIENTS!!! One was the pepperoni and burnt honey pizza, and the other only had green pepper and mushrooms...NO CHEESE EITHER, and the bill was over $75 for delivery!!! Get me once. NEVER TWICE!! It was nice while it lasted!!!! read more

Had take out tonight due to the virus, I had the lasagna it was delicious my compliments to the hostess Bridget, who brought the car into the chef Franco it was delicious look forward to visiting the restaurant in person when this is all over! Great owners! Gary Blaha read more

Hidden gem in Glenview. Only been here twice because we just found out about it a month or so ago. The food and service are great. I'll be back. Their outdoor area will be a great place to have drinks and watch the sunset in the summer. read more

My parents went here on Wednesday for there a anniversary! They loved there dishes. My mom loved her salmon and my dad liked his skirt steak. And they said that the appetizers were really good! The carrot cake was the best one I have ever tried! I will return and try it my self! read more

Coarse Italian at the Glenview Park Golf Club was the perfect place to host our outdoor, intimate, summer wedding. The view was spectacular, the food was delicious and the service was impeccable. Josh, the event coordinator, and his staff did a fantastic job executing all of our plans, making sure our event ran as smoothly as possible. We can not thank everyone at Coarse Italian enough for playing an intricate role in helping us create a magical evening. If you are looking for a venue to host your event, we highly recommend Coarse Italian at the Glenview Park Golf Club. read more

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Wow!!! Just picked up dinner tonight from Course Italian on the Golf course in Glenview. Ahhhmazing!!! I had the arugula salad with chicken which was phenomenal. Probably one of the best salads I've had. We also had calamari served with a lemon aioli. Also delish. We will definitely be back!! read more

I absolutely love it here! Went once for dinner and once for brunch. The staff is amazing, drinks are on point, and food is absolutely delicious!! It is in a golf coarse so be careful not to miss the turn when entering the parking lot (it's a little hidden). All in all it's a great place to take the family, friends, or go on a date! You can really tell the owner and manager(s) put a lot of work into this place and it shows! read more

Tried this place last night. It's a little hard to find but there are signs off Shermer and near the parking lot. Basically you turn into the entrance that is the golf course and the restaurant is in the clubhouse. The parking is behind the clubhouse (the front door faces the golf course). Anyway, I had the braised short rib gnocchi and it was really good. So many places don't know how to make good gnocchi and I'm so happy this place does! It's handmade and very soft and pillowy. The braised beef was also tender and flavorful. I did knock a star off due to the brussel sprout and squash appetizer. The balance of this dish was wrong. Earthy vegetables with balsamic dressing is classic but I think I agree with other reviewers in that this dish was overdressed with balsamic dressing. The result was an unbalanced dish that is sour and hides the great flavors of both the brussel sprout and squash. I'll be back for the braised short rib gnocchi. read more

Thank you for excellent food and service. Delightful! I was very surprised how lovely an experience it was. Great relief from COVID-19 stress. read more

This restaurant is AMAAAAZING!!! I'm obsessed with the crispy chicken with the lemon cream sauce and the arancini!!! Look for the bartender, Fidel!!! He's got all the best suggestions for both drinks and foods!!! read more

The restaurant is nice and the service was very attentive, but the food I had was not great. The stuffed mushrooms had too much gravy/sauce on them and their was a brussell sprouts appetizer dish that was heavy on the dressing as well. I had a pork chop entree with endive and there was so much salt on it that I just could not eat it. I was with new friends so I did not want to make a big deal about it. read more

They have a very nice variety of Good food. The service is good. Had excellent pasta with sausage and broccolini. Very light sauce. Beautiful view of the golf course. read more

Had a very nice dining experience at Coarse Italian (Glenview Park Golf Course) last night outside under their patio heaters on their veranda. The stuffed mushrooms appetizer/small plate was delicious, as was our two entrees of short rib gnocchi and crispy stuffed chicken. Service was attentive and very good as well. It was nice to get out to dine. We will be returning soon as the menu has numerous plates we would like to try. read more

Ordered for a Quarantine Birthday Dinner, but it sort fell flat of the previous reviews. The order taker seemed slightly overwhelmed or just downright annoyed with serving size questions my husband had, but he was simply trying to gauge how much food to order for our little celebration of 7 people. We ordered stuffed mushrooms (oddly watered down) lasagna (meh) and a few orders of ribs. Would like to hope it was just an off night....maybe we will try again once the city returns to normal. read more

Great restaurant that we never knew was there. Was looking for something new and found them on Yelp read the reviews and they were all pretty spot on....This is a hidden gem!! I would recommend to anyone and loved sitting outside over looking the golf course. Get the stuffed chicken it's amazing!!! read more

Tried for the first time we live considerably close, very good food! Amazing view, I kept telling my fiancé I felt like we were on vacation or something. I would definitely go again on a nice day/evening. The staff was very nice our server Rebecca was very kind and attentive! I would have given 5 stars but I feel like for an "Italian" restaurant could have had more pasta options or more authentic Italian dishes I would say the menu is more American with an Italian nod. With that view though and scenery I would just go back for drinks, warm bread, olive oil and cheese! read more

Fantastic ambiance and service. Great to have a REAL Italian experience with real Italian food. I highly recommend this gem.

Great food great service and awesome setting. Hidden gem in the north shore. We went with a party of 6 and all loved what we had.

Coarse Italian is our go-to restaurant! My wife and I are from Tennessee and any time friends or family come to visit we always take them here. Franco always takes care of us, we have yet to have a bad experience! read more

Amazing food! Ordered curbside due to the current stay at home order! It was delicious ordered Short Rib gnocchi (my husbands favorite)! We will definitely go back, really great dish! read more

After hearing good things for months, we finally ordered take-out from Coarse. What a hidden gem! We ordered the stuffed mushroom app, chicken limone and the risotto stuffed chicken -- all were truly delicious. This place will be on our short list! And, the ambiance of sitting on the covered porch overlooking the golf course will definitely get us to eat there too. read more

Probably one of Glenview's best kept secrets - and not easy to find. I lived in Glenview, about one-half mile from this restaurant for seven years, yet never knew it existed. It took someone I know from Palatine, to bring it to my attention. The food is very good - I had the lasagna, my dining partners had the ribs and the salmon - the atmosphere is amazing, the service is great. I highly recommend this restaurant and will definitely go there again. read more

I tried Coarse Italian for the first time and really enjoyed myself. From the minute we walked in we were treated with a smile and our server Fidel was nothing short of excellent. Started out with the calamari that was incredibly fresh with a light sweet sauce. Not your typical fried calamari but very tasty. The charred Caesar salad was really good with one of the best Caesar dressings I've had. I had the short rib gnocchi. It was very decadent. Melted in your mouth and the sauce was rich and delicious. My wife had the risotto. I tried it and it was so flavorful just delicious!!! For dessert we were so full we ordered the donuts to go and later enjoyed them at home. Really good!!! During Covid I have had bad service at most restaurants, but I am extremely understanding. I was really surprised to go to a restaurant and have such top notch service. I would definitely recommend the restaurant. I can't wait to go back and try the pizza after the amazing charred Caesar along with the tasty margarita I had. All my friends have been telling me for awhile you have to try Coarse now I get it and so happy I did!!! read more

Seriously good food. Rivals high end restaurants in the city. The staff is great and the atmosphere is perfect for the the location. Check out the short rib gnocchi or the stuffed chicken!Bycna8-dyzbix-wecfij read more

The chicken marsala and lasagna are delicious! This is the right choice for your next dinner plan!

I made outside reservations for my birthday for 6 people. They sat us outside at a beautiful table. The view was great the drinks were good. The appetizers were also good. We all ordered we had 1 person that is allergic to dairy. All 6 meals came out at the same time and everyone's was cold. The person with the dairy allergy has a bunch of cheese on top of his pasta and cold. We asked for the server to please take a look at it and even touch it. She agreed to take all the food back and make the food again. We asked for more bread and ordered more cocktails to wait fir our 6 dinners. The food came out (I kid you not that are food was still not hot but we ate it anyways). the dairy allergy pasta now had no cheese on top but was prepared with a heavy cream (i tasted it for him to verify) I asked the server to please please remake his dinner with NO CHEESE NO DAIRY. She took his plate back and agreed that there was dairy and he had to eat after we all were finished eating. We then ordered all the desserts on the menu for the table to celebrate my birthday (no candle). The restaurant is obviously not obligated to have candles on hand I just thought what a way to finish this evening. During all this the manager came to offer his reasons why the food was cold and the reason for dairy in the dish 2 times. He basically told us the chefs are very used to putting cheese on pasta and all are 6 dinners were cold because we were eating outside. This dinner was on October 14 and the weather was about 73 or more at times. I know restaurants are having a very hard time during COVID and take this into consideration as I write this review. I also feel when you run up a dinner of over $300 the restaurant can do something to make you feel a bit better about the dining experience. The server did buy me 1 glass of wine from our many cocktails ordered. I give the restaurant 1 star for service and food and 5 stars for view. read more