The best restaurant you could go to because the service is amazing and the food is really good and…read moreaffordable and the environment is really giving Italy vibes. I would definitely recommend.

Good local spot to enjoy some Italian food. Bartender was great and the atmosphere was good, could…read moreuse a little update but it didn't affect the food. I enjoyed the carpaccio to start and had the chicken parm for my main. Both were excellent and the red sauce was fresh and delicious. Enjoy!!!

Wonderful service, food, wine and atmosphere. I always feel welcome and the food is always amazing…read more I can't wait to go back.

Excellent food! Hand…read moremade pasta! Great service! Very clean! Will return for the next special occasion.

The staff and service was amazing. What is disappointing is the womens restroom, tile base and…read morecolumns around the interiors that are dirty and unbecoming. I will not bring clients or friends here again with the conditions I experienced today. The service door you see when you walk to follow the staff into the restaurant is beyond disappointing. They can camo that with a clean rag, paint and motif to give your glimpse a welcome vs wandering if you are actually heading to an alley vs the dining and bar area. Clean it up, dazzle it up and the place will be more welcoming and worthy of another visit. The staff deserves it. Clean baby clean!

ASK FOR RAE!!! We didn't know what to order and she completely set us up with the best…read morerecommendations!! Most kind server ever The food was delicious our favorite is the Bianco pizza. It's super dim lighting and a great chill vibe overall.

This was my first time at olive and ivy and I had some questions about the menu. Needed some help…read moredigesting the menu and grabbed a server named Trace who was not our server but was so willing and incredibly knowledgeable about the menu. If Olive & Ivy were to have a Sommelier it would be Trace. Great restaurant and great service. Highly recommend for a great environment with good eats !

Great service and the best ever butternut squash canneloni. The restaurant is huge without being…read morenoisy and the private room is perfect for a group of 12 or so. Outside, weather permitting, is a treat.

SENTRY - WATCHING RESTAURANTS…read more EVO - Old Town 4175 N Goldwater Blvd Scottsdale, 85251 It's Restaurant Week again, so it was time to partake of new places to eat. EVO was on the list of places to eat, so I decided to give it a try. I'm glad I did. We were seated immediately and were offered menus and libations. We chose glasses of Trapiche Malbec which is a very soft and delicious wine. While the Restaurant Week menu was very nice, we decided to order off the regular menu. For myself, Poblano Chicken Rigatoni, and for companion Fennel Sausage Pasta. Ask any Italian restaurant if they know how to cook pasta, and they will all say they are experts. Most of them would be telling a lie. This place is expert in how to cook pasta. It's rare that I have been served properly cooked pasta, but tonight was the night that I finally got it. Perfectly cooked al dente with a lovely sauce that wasn't too thin and watery. Companion agreed that the pasta was wonderful. Due to a small mix up in the order, the Calamari (Frito Misto) was brought to the table late, but we made a valiant effort to devour some of it. While I did not care for the sauces that accompanied it, they would have only masked the excellent flavor and cooking of the dish, which only needed a sprinkle of salt and nothing else. It too was perfectly cooked. For dessert, we ordered the Butter Cake at the beginning of the meal since it takes 20 minutes to cook it. If I ate nothing else in the restaurant, this would be my choice! Swimming in a pool of Creme Anglais, was a beautifully carmelized cake with a sliced strawberry on top and pieces of raspberry in the sauce. It was magnificent and as stuffed as we were, we managed to finish it. Service and Cleanliness were both as they should be, and the food was top quality. 5 Stars Sentry - Restaurant Reviews Tempe, Arizona 85282 Find us on Yelp, Google, and all around the world. Have a place you want reviewed? Just ask us. Restaurants can't pay us for reviews.

didn't have a great first impression due to the hostess's hospitality. When we arrived, she didn't…read moregreet us or say a word--she just waited for her manager to tell her to seat us. When she finally took us to our table, she dropped the menus rather abruptly and walked away, which felt unwelcoming. However, I do want to highlight our server, who completely turned the experience around. He was amazing and went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of. Since it was our first time visiting, he made thoughtful recommendations and ensured we had a great dish to enjoy. His service really stood out and made a positive difference in our visit and we will be back

As a first-time guest, I wasn't exactly sure what to order from the menu. Fortunately, I received…read moreexcellent assistance from a member of your staff whose name was Tuesday. She was incredibly happy, outgoing, and successfully guided me to try something on the menu that I absolutely loved. Thanks to her wonderful service, I definitely recommend your restaurant and will be telling others about my experience.

After a long waited update on my review, I'm happy to say that DeFalco's has won my tastebuds!…read more This is a local business that truly cares about their customers and values the quality of their food! From the deli selections and warm dishes to your overall experience. They want you to enjoy every last bite and interaction. My first experience with DeFalco's wasn't what I expected and I think it was because of the pesto sandwich that was overhyped online. However I shouldn't have been so quick to judge them off that one dish! The management team reached out right away and asked that I give them another go! And so I did!! We ordered two pizzas (Margherita and sausage) as well as their chicken pasta! Instantly obsessed and one of the best pizza I've had in Phoenix!! Thank you so much to the team at DeFalco's for caring for your customers and pouring love into the food and community!!

Amazing hidden gem! Penne vodka was perfect - no complaints. Serving size was good, not too spicy,…read morebut not too bland. Would order again. Sangria - I loved it. My friends thought it could have been more "refreshing" (seems more wine heavy but was still delicious to me!) Bread and garlic butter - A must order. So tasty. Ambiance is a little more upscale, but nothing too crazy. I would say perfect for a date night, nice family dinner etc.. Service was great, everyone very friendly.

We dined at Pasta Brioni last weekend with friends. To be very honest, it was quite disappointing…read more It was a summer Saturday in Phoenix, and the restaurant wasn't very busy, yet we barely got seated and our waiter was rushing us to order. We weren't ready! I think he was disappointed that we were not going to build a big bar tab. Only 2 of us ordered from the bar list. Now to the food. We've eaten at this place many many times over the years. And returned because the food and service were excellent. However this time, our food was far from what we expected, and the waiter seemed like he wished he were anywhere else but there! The appetizer ordered was so haphazardly put on the plate, and was also not tasty. My husband's salmon was thin and dry. I don't think this place has seen any updating since it opened. Currently, it feels dank and dirty with no signs of welcoming any changes. It's always sad to see the neglect of management/investors in not protecting their stock in trade- their reputation and respect for their customers.

I don't recommend Franco's Italian Caffe. The scallop pasta was lackluster - overly sweet and…read moreotherwise completely unremarkable. What happened here? The server was unfriendly and stuffy, and the atmosphere felt much the same. He also took away our garlic bread without asking. I guess they're used to people around here being above leftovers? Pasta options in Phoenix may be sparse, but you can do better than this.

Finally was able to make a reservation! Dave answered the phone!…read moreOur server Dino terrific, food fresh & delicious.

We went to DiMaggio's for my birthday, and what a great choice it was. My wife and son brought me…read morehere, and from the food to the service, it was a fantastic dinner. My grandmother was from Sicily and my grandfather was from Vallata in southern Italy, so good Italian food has always had a special place in my heart. A lot of the food here reminded me of sitting at my grandmother's house having a Sunday dinner. We started with the calamari, which was excellent. In fact, that was the only thing we ate that didn't end up coming home in a doggy bag! The portions are huge. For dinner, I had the bone-in, butterflied veal Parmesan over linguine, and it was outstanding. We also had the spicy rigatoni with sweet sausage, the pasta was cooked perfectly al dente, and the shrimp scampi. Everything came out cooked perfectly and full of flavor. The service and Ambience was also great. Everyone was friendly and attentive, and we never felt rushed. Then, just when I thought dinner was over, they brought out a birthday cannoli with a candle. That was a really nice touch and a great way to finish the night. I'll definitely be going back to DiMaggio's--and I'm not waiting until my next birthday. There are too many other things on the menu I want to try!

Huge portions, even by American standards…read more The rib, rigatoni, and parm were all very good. The only disappointment was the amatriciana. The guanciale tasted like it had been cooked too hot/fast rather than slowly rendered--it was burned in places while the fat was still chewy. The sauce was thick and smooth, more like passata than the lighter tomato texture I expected, and there was so much Calabrian chile that it overwhelmed the guanciale, pecorino, and tomato rather than complementing them. Everything else was very good, and we'd come back--I'd just order a different pasta next time.

My Italian friend recommended Uncle Sal's as an authentic Italian spot -- so I had to go on that…read morerecommendation and I definitely thought the food was good. I did go on a first date here and maybe not as romantic as I would have liked -- much more of a family vibe -- or in the bar area was all about sports. It wasn't too loud so that was good since we were doing a lot of talking, LOL. It was a Saturday night and my date had made a reservation but it looked like we could have easily gotten a table without one. There is a parking lot but couldn't tell if it was easy parking because we took an Uber since we were drinkiing. I started with an espresso martini and I would give it a 4/10 -- I think the espresso used was low quality because it wasn't my favorite. My date got a whiskey old fashioned and he liked it. Service was pretty good -- it was a busy Saturday night. I wanted to order a glass of wine with my meal but the server was gone for some time so my date had to flag her down. I ordered the halibut with crab on top and the server recommended a white wine to pair -- I thought it was an usual suggestion but went with it -- she didn't even suggest which white - so I went with a Sav Blanc and it was actually quite good -- I didn't catch the name. We started with some shrimp cocktail and that was pretty good, sauce was tasty. The halibut was actually quite good and cooked to perfection - the crab on top was really good too -- it came on a bed of linguini which was too much -- I didn't really eat that. My date had the filet special with a lobster sauce -- it looked really rich and the portion was huge! He couldn't even eat it all. Overall I enjoyed my meal, I was quite full when we left, LOL! I didn't catch how much the total cost was but I think it had to have been at least $200 -- so definitely some dough will be dropped! But for a special occasion it is worth it.

Fiancée and i stopped in for dinner saturday night. We had the fried calamari (our go to italian…read moreappetizer) and shrimp- the marinara is incredible! For dinner, she got the carbonara and i got the pork chop marsala. Both were delicious but i have to say, i think the marsala sauce was the star of the evening! We were also given complimentary garlic bread. The chicken parm was calling my name as well, so def need to come back and give it a go. The staff were super friendly and service was excellent. The restaurant felt cozy and had good vibes. I recommend you check it out!