Generous servings of homestyle Italian food served with a smile…read more Arugula and Southern Italian salads were big enough to share! Oregano in the dressing was an unexpected treat! Flounder, served with a side of roasted vegetables, satisfied! Eggplant appetizer was unusual and delicious. Supertuscan red wine is tasty. Make a reservation if you'd like to dine outside!

Way over cooked. With some cheap clams tossed on at the end. No sauce. No flavor. Just a dry…read morecracker.

Had a wonderful dinner at Riva. The rigatoni, Campanelle bolognese and duck ragout Mafaldini were…read moreall excellent. The charred octopus appetizer was a hit and the tiramisu and Terrone Budino Brûlée desserts were delicious. The drinks were delicious with a wide selection. We sat outside and the ambiance was beautiful. The service impeccable - They even accommodated the picky teens in our group who asked for off the menu items.

I heard the StRegis was beautiful but very expensive ($1200/night) so we (4 of us) decided to try…read moreit(Riva restaurant-Italian) for dinner. I went with a pre-conceived notion I would be disappointed but driving into the complex and especially entering the main bar, I was blown away. The lighting and design is special. Each evening at 6 champagne is poured to celebrate so we participated as we walked around to view the complex before dinner. Riva serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. We ate outside and were presented bread and oil with our drinks. My Burrata salad was excellent as was my duck ragout; Mafaldini noodles were very filling. Christy was the perfect waitress- appearing when needed and refilling our drinks. The old Monkey bar on the beach is gone but a new bar honoring this iconic bar is there. As much as I hate to admit it, 5 stars- food, service, ambiance and setting. Valet parking- get your ticket validated

We enjoyed several meals at Ravi during a mini staycation at the St. Regis. Ravi is the main…read morerestaurant of several available at the resort and offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. The restaurant is just off the main lobby and offers Italian classics with fresh made pasta. The decor is classic and relaxing, offering plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. The outdoor seating will provide better views of the resort pools and gulf; it was too cold to seat outside while we were there recently. Service was excellent with very kind and attentive staff. Since we were celebrating our anniversary, the team went out of there way to make our stay special with special treats. The food was very good for all three meals. Dinner was definitely the standout. My biggest issue was the muffaletta on the lunch menu. While the sandwich was good, it wasn't a muffaletta since it was absent of the olive salad. I'm from New Orleans and I know my muffs . Overall score 4.6.

Food was cold and sparse, atmosphere was unpleasant. Won't be back. The lighting was like Denny's…read morerestaurant.

The vibe of this place in between the plaza is sooo perfect! Secluded enough to have good…read moreconversation at a normal volume. Seemingly limited seating but that ensures you'll get 10/10 service, and it's understandable since it's a shared space!! This was mine and my boyfriend's first time and we just grabbed a quick bite, and the presentation even on a togo order was beautiful!! As an avid bruschetta lover this was one of the best I've had!! We will be back!!

The best service and recommend this place! We have come here the past 2 years and will keep coming!read more

Enjoyed an amazing dinner here recently with my father and brother. We arrived around 7 on a…read moreSaturday evening, it was pretty busy, but we only had to wait about 15 minutes to be seated. Once seated, the waiter was very attentive throughout the entire meal. To start our meal, we ordered a a plate of the calamari, which were ok, maybe a bit more rubbery than I like. Side salads were brought out after, which were ok, nothing great, very basic. They also brought some tasty, warm garlic rolls/knotts with the salads. For my entree, I had a tough time deciding, there were a lot of good options on the menu, but I was really interested by the Cacio E Pepe, but it is only available as a meal for (2) which seemed a bit excessive. My brother and I decided to get it together, along with a side of sausage to add some protein to the meal. I've seen videos of pasta made with in a cheese wheel online several times, and have wanted to try it, but this has been my first opportunity. They bring out the cooked pasta, and prepare it in the cheese wheel at the table, which was an added bit of fun for the dining experience. overall it was a fun and tasty meal. Got to try something I've been wanting to for a while. One warning, the restaurant is basically just one large room, so it can get a bit loud, depending on the crowd and how busy it is. But I'd go back, and would recommend this spot to other as well.

We went with 2 - 8" pizzas instead of pasta dishes and we were both pleased with what we ordered…read more The service was excellent and we would consider going back. It's pretty far from where we live and we had to pass a lot of red lights to get there, almost an hour drive. Aside from that, we considered the prices pretty high but you get what you pay for.

Went here with some friends who actually recommended it from friends and Yelp…read more The exterior looked like the Italian restaurants you find in a larger city, trying hard to be noticed. The interior was in the same motif, an old school Italian restaurant that's been around for awhile. We had reservations and were sat immediately. Our server came over to our table almost immediately. He was friendly, professional and friendly and explained the menu and his recommendations. Even though the appetizers looked amazing, we opted to just order entrees as they came with a salad and pasta. We ordered 2 Chicken Parm's with a Caeser salad side and their homemade Tagliatelle pasta, Bronzino special and a Pasta (homemade linguine). I was one of the Chicken Parm's. DAMN, it was excellent! Very large portions of chicken and pasta with a tomato sauce that was absolutely one of the best I've ever had in a restaurant! It was thick, tasty and clung to the pasta and Parm. I HATE ordering pasta in a restaurant that isn't drained properly and the plate is a puddle with food sitting in it-and this WAS NOT the case! It was a big ass tasty platter of delicious food. The other plates were as large and delicious! For dessert, I had the Espresso Affogato, again DELICIOUS!!! I WILL be back to try some of the other dishes as, for me, unless they do a really good chicken parm, I won't go on!! Great job by the staff! Our table was constantly bussed, waters refilled and making sure we were satisfied.

had a very nice waiter. took 45 minutes to seat the 4 of us even though we had reservations…read more Caesar salad was boring and the dressing seemed from a bottle. the mushroom soup was dark grey and had the consistency of mushy baby food and didnt taste like mushroom. Puttanesco very salty and noodles were hard, not al dente- inedible. bolognese was a little salty and sauce was scant and boring..

Marcello never disappoints... .. there were 8 of us &…read moreeveryone very satisfied! Gus was our server & was great! Like the quaintness of the resturant!

Last night my wife and I went to Marcello's for our 4 year wedding anniversary. We were excited to…read morereceive the same attention when we went the first time with our parents. Since we told the waitress that we weren't drinking wine his mood changed. The first time we went with our parents the server explain really nicely the menu. This time the server just put the board in front of us and said choose what you want. No explanation. My wife and I were disappointed because the table next to us with the same waitress got a very different experience. The waitress explained each dish very nicely. But because we were young and didn't have a wine. We got a different type of service. The food was great but we got out disappointed that we were treated that way. I am writing this because I do not want this to happen to a young couple that is going for a special occasion and they are treated this way.

This place has the very best pizza! Service was great, prices are very fair, nothing not to like…read moreabout the place. We want to go back for one of there dinners.

Authentic Neapolitan Pizza at its finest!!…read more Sarasota is very very lucky to have this place.