Finally decided to check this place out so my brother and I went for lunch, I ordered the Caesar salad with Antibiotic Salmon, My bro got the Chicken Alfredo with breadsticks. Absolute fire Chef Janette is amazing, if u haven't been u should definitely check it out. read more

Both of us had pasta. Mine was with beef medallions and it was blend, uneventful, my friends pasta puttanesca was mediocre. Service was good, ambiance is good. read more

Went here for the first time today. Let me tell you the entire family left very disappointed. Service was ok but the quality of food was definitely not worth it. We have good Italian cuisine but this tastes like microwaved food. My main dish was garlicky noodles over cooked meat had no taste didn't even get offered cheese for are main dish it's an Italian restaurant no CHEESE!!!. Not worth the money or your time. Not sure where the raved ratings came from. read more

Service was fantastic and what a gem of a place! Wish you were closer to Scripps Ranch! The food was outstanding, fresh, hot and good size portions. read more

First time visiting since they changed over from Chefs Grille. Very disappointed with the switch. They got rid of the few dishes we liked and now it is just a generic, over priced Italian place with sub par food and small portion sizes. My pasta and chicken bowl was $26 and ridiculously small. I am still hungry (and now hangry, hence this review). Bad move on their part changing it. read more

probably the worst Italian restaurant I ever went to the food is cold portion sizes are way too small the sauce taste like it came from a jar nothing authentic about this Italian food. It's way overpriced. I've gotten better food from the Olive Garden. Stay away if you enjoy good food. read more

I'll be back once a week. Came in not expecting much, had an imported Italian beer, the burrata salad and the puttanesca pasta with the bread pudding for dessert. A+ from a local resident, I am lucky to have found the place. Love it read more

Food was not up to par. Other Italian places in the area are much better quality of food for the money. Tables were very small but service was good . read more

The food was absolutely delicious! The best Italian I've ever had. The drinks were excellent. The service was amazing! And.. the desserts! YUM! I also loved the ambiance and we for sure will be back! read more

Since changing to new menu - we enjoyed it a lot. We have gone often. Service could use a little work and ambiance definitely needs work - better tables - comfortable chairs. But I think new menu definitely a score. read more

Great ambience! Good food and service! The salmon was superb! Highly recommend! My go to Italian restaurant.

The "Chef's Grille" menu was always great and we especially loved the fun menu, especially the quack-a-dilla's. We've been going to this spot for the last 2 years. It's now called Ronis West now - Italian restaurant. We were very disappointed with the food. The Quattro Formaggi Ravioli's were undercooked (not Al Dente) and the marinara sauce was watery. Other dishes ordered were Shrimp Capri which was just ok and the Pasta alfredo - sauce was very bland. I understand it's the same owner and the service was great as it's always been. Not sure what's happening there now but it's sad to see a place that we felt had the best menu in town now pumping out mediocre Italian cuisine. Anyone who enjoyed the Chefs Grille menu might agree with me. So, check it out for yourself. The Chef and the servers are always great! I wish this place much success. read more

RIP Chefs Grille. Had not been here since the food and name change. So we thought we would give it a try. The best part are the servers and staff, still the same great service. Unfortunately the food was lackluster at best. Had the spaghetti and meatballs. The meatballs were OK, but the pasta was so over cooked it was like mush. The pasta sauce was adequate and the whole dish needed some salt. My wife's meal was bland as well. We really wanted it to be good, but it wasn't. Probably will not be going back. much better Italian restaurants in the area. read more

Two totally different experiences the two times we tried this restaurant. Both times we went on a Sunday evening when I guess the owner chef is off. First visit the food was good but they were way under staffed. We had one male server waiting on at least 8-10 tables and I believe he was somewhat new. Portion sizes were good, and prices are rather reasonable. Second time we went, service was a little better. However portion size was a joke. I ordered Angel Hair pasta with shrimp. I twirled my fork 3 times with pasta and I was done. It would have been a very small child's portion. I was really hoping for better results since we liked the Chefs Grille. Too many other good Italian restaurants in the area to give this one more try. read more

Always good service. Food is good. Nice comfortable atmosphere. just wish brea was included in many of the dinne items and not extra charge

Didn't want to accommodate a large party with kids at first. Split the party up into two tables and still charged forced gratuity, when we would've tipped better anyways. Food was Olive Garden quality at twice the price. Place has potential but needs to work on customer service. read more

Amazing place!!!! New identity if going back to its owners "roots" of true Italian. We enjoyed bruschetta, mad Italian sandwich , Alfredo pasta and a couple glasses of wine and even their sangria. It was truly delicious! Flavorful, great ambiance , great staff. read more

We were so disappointed that this is what The Chef's Grille has turned into. Honestly the food was bland and we were stuffed at this tiny little table in the bar area with barely enough room for our drinks. We made a reservation but were still put into "overflow" tables. Trying to eat our dinner and constantly being bumped into by people walking by. Definitely not worth the price and really uncomfortable setting. read more

Great food..we had the artichoke dip, the roasted garlic appetizer, the Chicken Marsala and the Lasagna..the wine prices reasonable..great Sinatra music in background, service was a little slow even though pouring rain last night and very few tables were there but a great server all the same. read more

This restaurant took our reservation online for Christmas Eve. We called to confirm they were open and able to take the reservation and they confirmed. We arrived on Christmas Eve at 7pm and found the restaurant with no lights on, but the front door unlocked. Opening the front door set off an alarm and called the police, so we spent our Christmas Eve telling the police about our failed reservation and the police scoped out the place. Looks like this place lacks an attention to detail - both with honoring their reservations and with locking their front door. read more

We have always loved Chef's Grille (former name) and the amazing menu, so we were a bit skeptical when our friends wanted to come try the new menu. I don't like to give bad reviews, but here goes. We ordered the roasted garlic appetizer...it had a bitter after taste. When I roast garlic at home, it comes out so sweet. My husband and I weren't too hungry so we told the server we wanted to share a main dish. There are two different menu items that have medallions of beef so we clarified with her which we wanted and even showed her on the menu when we tried to pronounce it. One arrived without a sharing plate so we were about to ask for a plate, but then she brings the other medallions of beef dish and we reminded her we were sharing and ordered only one. She basically said she thought we wanted both and sorry, but did not offer to take it back or remove it from our bill. I don't appreciate being upsold. The dish we actually ordered was delicious and we asked her to box up the one we didn't order. I know we won't be returning. read more

You know you're eating good Italian food when you can taste the garlic! The food is really good, I suggest this restaurant to anyone that likes true Italian food - you will get it here! The garlic cheese bread platter, yummmm - order 2 because you'll want to eat it all! read more

Love this quaint little hidden gem, food spectacular, service spectacular, food spectacular. Don't share the secret, he's the real deal. Will continue to go back over and over again. read more

When they changed their name, they also changed their quality. In addition, they don't care. The server was wonderful, but their food was disappointing. Ambiance is unimpressive. read more