Food was just ok. Service was not. And they tried to overcharge all of us by adding on our 10% Yelp discount as a room/surcharge fee and then deducting that. We caught them on it and they said it was an honest mistake. I beg to differ. They also took my phone to the office ir somewhere a total of three times before they agreed it was legitimate. read more

Tavola - 10% off. . . - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

I've been at the bar or in the restaurant from 5:30-8:30, bartender Matt was nice. Shout out to Abraham, bartender was Amazing. Yuyen our server was lovely & I'm sure he was busy, but it took so long to get our togo boxes & check & I eventually asked Josie, the Girl Friday who does it all at this restaurant on only her 2nd day she said. She has helped me 3 times tonight! So good I tipped her $20 & she never served me anything but attentiveness & good service. My biggest disappointment was with the manager who walked around me & dinner companion for 3+ hours saying hi to everyone & never once stopped by. I appreciate all of your service during this time where restaurants are short staffed. Shout out to Dennis who made the time to introduce himself with no prompting while he was running a ticket:) Management could learn from staff at this joint. By the way, I'm still at the bar. read more

I here for 2 weeks had 3 meals here and every plate was so over salted I was feeling it the next day.

Stopped in 2 nights and service was excellent both nights! First night just stopped at the bar and had an Old-Fashioned...that was delicious! I kinda felt bad for the bartender because he had to keep going for more ingredients but he knocked it out of the park!! Second night we stayed for dinner! Bre was amazing (especially for it being her first night I think)....husband ordered an old fashioned because mine had been so good. Different bartender...wasn't quite the same. But let's talk about the food....ordered the Totino's Traditional and thank goodness I live in town...I'd order that to go any day of the week!! We also got the small plates of the Tortelli and Cinghiale Pappardelle...wow...I wasn't sure about the wild boar but YUM!! I'd also order that to go any day!! So yummy!! read more

Nice restaurant for a late meal. Great Service. They have a full bar and are open late. read more

Tavola - Fungo Pizza - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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An absolutely excellent dining experience. The bartender is a top-notch mixologist and very fun to talk to. The food? Get out of here. One of the best Italian restaurants I've been to, and I've been to many great ones in different markets. I started with the Burrata salad, which was a spin on a traditional salad, but they hit it out of the park. Plus the mozzarella was some of the freshest I've ever had. For my entreeé I went with the roasted goat cheese ravioli with the tomato and olive mix. Very smoky but delicious. The highlight had to be the Cinghiale Pappardelle. The slight gaminess of the boar coupled with the fennel, mushrooms, pasta, garlic and butter was sensational. I spoke with the chef, who was more than willing to discuss the dishes and their business. For anyone wanting to travel in town, please stay at the Eliott Park Hotel and come get a great meal at Tavola. I shall return. read more

Our small 4-person group walked in just as the kitchen was about to close. The chef was very accommodating and took our last minute order. He prepared 3 of the 4 pizzas on their menu and they were all amazing!!! We drank the "days of our youth" cocktail which was really tasty. Glad we got it before the drink menu transitioned to their new summer drinks. Definitely would come back! read more

My boyfriend and I saw great reviews for this place, so we decided to check it out. We were unaware that it was the second night that the restaurant had been open. Unfortunately, it seems that Tavola has quite a few kinks to work out. We ordered the Antipasti Plate for our appetizer, and were very disappointed that for $15.00 we only received 2 slices of cured meat, 3 pieces of cheese, and some olives and nuts thrown in. Despite this disappointment, remained hopeful about our entrees. That was ruined when we had to wait AN HOUR AND A HALF to receive our meals. We were continuously told that they would be served shortly, but nothing followed. The server finally offered free bread, but it was too late. I ordered the chicken dish and my boyfriend ordered the risotto, two things that should be incredibly easy for a kitchen to make and serve quickly. Both are staple dishes for a restaurant. I don't know what happened, but we watched several tables and bar patrons sit, receive their food and leave. After this, we were told that we would receive a discount on our dinner. We thought that this was great, until the discount that we received after waiting so long was only $5.60... are you kidding me? Once we spoke the the manager, our meals were finally comped. After an hour and a half wait, one would think the restaurant would offer their patrons more than $5.60 and not force them to express their disappointment in this greedy concession. We will most definitely not be returning to this restaurant. Unless you plan on ordering pizza, I would highly suggest waiting a long time to allow the place to work out their issues. The food that we received was very good, but not worth the trouble. read more

Really good food and great service!!! Such a good experience and we will be back! Had the gnocchi. read more

Tavola - Gnocchi - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dope new spot in downtown! This is only 2 blocks away from our place so when we saw it we had to try it. Walk in and immediately very impressed with the ambiance and decor. Everything looks very nice and upscale/modern. We started out with the bread basket which included their house made focaccia and other bread that comes on a warm skillet with a cup of butter that melts as it sits on the skillet and a cup of garlic spread as well. Unbelievable bread; loved the presentation on the skillet as well. I tried the "I know my chickens" which was 1/2 a chicken roasted and stuffed with ricotta and spinach on top of sweet potatoes and pesto. Absolutely delic. Also tried the tortellini camponata which was stuffed with goat cheese, egg plant, tomatoes, and olives. Also a very delic dish. Overall great food, great service, wonderful atmosphere. Will definitely come again! read more

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Not impressed at all-so much potential for a downtown location like this but with other Italian restaurants like bar la grassa available that FAR surpasses food here-only time is eat here is for convenience and desperation and even then that's a low low probability-I'd spend my money elsewhere. Food is blah. read more

Tavola - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Food looks nice but the taste...ugh.. risotto was rare, like a plastic. Salmon was ok. We couldn't finish eating a pizza and took it home. The pizza was awful, very strange taste.. we threw it out. read more

Tavola - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Excellent service, Matt made our anniversary night a night to remember. Food was excellent; we had the salmon and steak and would order either again. We cannot wait for our next trip to the restaurant. read more

Was in the mood for some light Italian fare and this restaurant was really great. I had the bucatini pomodoro with meatballs. Perfect serving size of pasta with two meatballs. Very flavorful. My wife had the Fungo Pizza. She gave it 4 stars, needed a bit more tang on the cheese. Nice wine list. Service was good given that he was handling all tables and the bar. Outstanding service just isn't possible during the pandemic due to lack of staff. read more

I was so excited to come here on a date with my boyfriend as the website made the restaurant look so much better than it was. The food was extremely average and the ambience was nothing special. If you are staying at the hotel and are too tired to go anywhere else, go here. But don't bother traveling and investing into this place when there are so many other Italian restaurants in the Twin Cities. read more

I went to Tavola saturday night for a birthday dinner. We were excited to celebrate but our excitement was dimmed throughout the evening with several upsetting events. We sat at the table for a half hour before our server came to ask for our drink order (after we asked the host for a server) and as he was prepared to write, we informed him that we hadn't even gotten menus. We get menus then we go around at this time giving our full orders, drinks apps and entrees. After another half hour or so, 2 glasses of wine for 2 guests come out. 17 minutes later, another 2 drinks, 15 minutes the final 3. Time to cheers to celebrate about an hour later! Food begins to come. ONE guests mussels come. 2 more dishes, including mine, a carbonara, a ball of cheese peas and ham with the egg over it served in an app dish. (my salad is coming....) adding salt and pepper to my pasta i ask my friend across the table, what did you get? carbonara she responds, i'm confused as she has no peas. i get up from my dish (table still waiting on 4 to be served) to find the manager. Hi! her pasta has no peas? he grabs it from her and walks into the kitchen returning with a pasta with peas added. the pasta had not been warmed which she found out as she ate the cold egg on top. hmm they added peas and cracked an egg onto cold pasta. my salad comes! I ask again for the manager, our night has been a total bust, i list all of the things that had gone wrong. he offers to pay for our round of drinks. we decide not to get another round as they never may arrive.all other entrees come to the table except for 2 pizzas for 2 guests. i look for the manager again. he walks quickly from the kitchen the the bar avoiding eye contact. strange. he is however not avoiding reviewing our yelp reviews, so here is mine Ryan. cheers. PS Manager Ryan will send personal messages threatening that he "knows people in the industry" then comment on your post to appear to be accommodating. "i'm well connected in the industry and will absolutely be sharing your review with everyone" he boasts! a simple we're sorry for the service would have sufficed! read more

At this time in our world I hate to complain but I will not be ordering a margherita pizza again. It was basically a crust with some sauce and a few basil leaves. Maybe other things are better but for the cost I will try elsewhere. read more

Tavola - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Living in the apartment next door, I've been excited about Tavola since I moved in. We enjoyed our meal on Saturday, but there are still opportunities that can make this place a five star restaurant. //Food Food is what makes this place shine. My spaghetti carbonara was outstanding, although I'd definitely recommend going with the larger portion size (the smaller one is closer to an appetizer than an entree). Speaking of, appetizers are also fresh and tasty. We enjoyed the burrata and tomatoes, although some extra bread would've been appreciated as part of the serving. //Ambiance Dimmed lighting and a variety of table sizes make for a great location. There's a large bar area with a brick oven at the center which I am sure would provide some coziness in the winter. I will say they could do with a little extra light in some of the corner tables; we had to resort to cell phone flash lights to read the menu! //Service This is where Tavola loses a star (and possibly more if we had been in a hurry). It took about 30-40 minutes from when we ordered until the appetizers came out, and then another 45 minutes for our entrees. 90 minutes from ordering to getting an entree is not acceptable. To the restaurant's credit, the server was very apologetic, and one of the managers also came over to apologize for the delay. It was the first weekend the place has been open, but it wasn't a packed house so the delay was disappointing. If we had been in a rush or unwilling to wait, this would have made for a bad experience. We were happy to chat and relax, so it wasn't a big deal. The kitchen needs to hire some extra staff as it sounded like there was a shortage of folks making food that led to the delay. Some complimentary drinks would've also gone down well. We also found overall (non-food) service to be a little slow. My drink took about 10 minutes to come out, and our server was slightly hard to track down/not always visible. //Overall This place has potential, and I'm excited for it to bring buzz to an otherwise rarely visited part of Minneapolis. I'm excited to give Tavola another chance in the near future. read more

This was my first visit to Tavola. The decor and restaurant appearance is very nice. However, the service is honestly terrible. We had two separate people waiting on us. One was the hostess and one was the bartender (we werent sitting at the bar) so I dont know why he served us. We ordered a pizza and a salad and it took over 45 minutes. Mind you, the restaurant was not busy, we walked in and sat down. 45 minutes for a small personal pizza and a salad.... Despite the wait time, the food was AMAZING, it definitely made up for the terrible wait time. Then when it came time to pay the bill the hostess brought our check, we gave the card, then the bartender came to our table and asked what dessert we were having tonight. He had no clue we already paid. The two people waiting on us did not work together or communicate. read more

My expectations were more than met. We had Phil as a waiter and Abe as our bartender. They both were attentive and went the extra mile even making us cocktails that are no longer on the menu. We got a special tasting menu from the chef/kitchen and I unexpectedly received some foods on my Bucket list (squid ink pasta and steak tar tar). The full portions were incredible, we shared meatballs and arancini along with the steak tar tar for our appetizers. For a table of four this was PERFECT. The meatballs were some of the best we have had due to both flavor AND texture (finally!). The arancini was among the creamiest I have ever had! The (squid ink) spaghetti with crab, the orecchiette was perfectly rich and the ricotta and spinach ravioli were clearly creatively and carefully made, best spread of pasta I could have ever imagined. Our steak was cooked to PERFECTION and the desserts were delectable. Cannot wait to finally make it back! read more

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Where to start..... first I would like to start by saying that My husband and I LOVE experiencing delicious new restaurants since we have moved here to the twin cities. My husband being a local public figure we often get invited to different restaurants, bars and openings. When we got the invite to a couple of our close friends birthday dinners where were completely excited to try a new authentic Italian cuisine. We arrived promptly at 7 for our reservation to be met with well, nothing. No host no server no one to speak of to either tell us to wait for the rest of our party or to seat us. We stood there for about 5 min with servers eventually waking right past us with not even a glance in our direction. So I found a very nice young lady to ask her if we could go ahead and be seated. She kindly obliged and sat us. The rest of our party arrived about 10 min later and sat. Time to get this party started right....our table sat for about 20 min with no server to speak of. He finally approached our table ready to take orders. Well since we didn't have a menus we had no idea what we wanted quite yet. When we received our menus and decided what we wanted the server took our orders all of it, drink, app and main course. About 15 min went by and two guest received their wine, 15 min later another three guest received their drinks and well my husband and another guest got theirs another 15 min later. SERIOUSLY! At this point I was trying to figure out what was going on as 4 of our drinks only had to be poured and the other three were mixed. I made an off handed joke about our food only coming two at a time as well and guess what! DING DING DING! Winner winner chicken dinner! One plate of muscles to arrive 20 min after our last cocktail was served. At this point we asked for the manager. Well seeing as my father is a chef and I have worked in a restaurant before I understand things happen right. Mixups, short staff you know stuff happens sometimes. Well we're met with no explication at all. Our drinks were comped but the food continued to arrive very slowly. My muscles were tasteless and my roasted brussel sprouts were soggy. My husband was the last to receive his margarita pizza over an hour after ordering and was only ok, our friend carbonara lack luster in taste as well. A friends carbonara was cold and missing peas and the whole time no server or manager in site to make sure everything was satisfactory. The manager was actively avoiding our table and our server was only seen again when it was time to pay. Now at this point we leave and that's that my husband and I just make the choice to not go back. From the food not being great to the manager not caring about our experience we were highly disappointed. The disappointment gets even worse when I find out that, well the exact manager responds to one of the guests at the table here on yelp. He proceeds to private message her and threatened to use his clout in the culinary industry and let everyone know who she is. With all of this said I personally have NEVER experienced such treatment like this from a restaurant or business directed at guests. Sadly our friends birthdays were less than a stellar experience. read more

Abraham the bartender was one of the best I've ever had! I've never met anyone who loved Fleetwood Mac as much as me but I think he wins in a Landslide! His Edge of Seventini cocktail was easily the best. Food was all very good, price was right as well. The seafood pasta and aranchini were both delicious! Don't trust my Second Hand News and Go Your Own Way to try Tavola yourself! Be sure to sit at the bar when Abraham is working! read more

I downloaded the Yelp app just to write this review. My fiancé and I made a reservation at Tavola last week for our special date night tonight. When we arrived, we ordered drinks and waited at least 20 minutes for one to arrive. The second cocktail came a while later and it was completely wrong. We brushed this off and ordered an appetizer that never showed up. Now frustrated, we decided to order entrees... the food (that actually showed up) was very good. After dinner we didn't see our waitress for about 30 more minutes. After she finally came out of the kitchen and we could flag her down, we asked for a glass of water and the bill. Our reservation was 7:45pm and we are just leaving at 9:30pm. Extremely disappointing service for an empty dining room on a Friday. read more

Excellent service and excellent food! I recommend this place especially on the weekends of brunch. We plan to take all of our out-of-town guest here. read more

Food: 2 stars. Service: 3.5. Ambiance: 3. Monday night, 630 reservation. Other than a few patrons at the bar, there was only one other couple in the entire restaurant. Our server was kind and attentive. She was also fairly knowledgeable about the menu. For appetizers we started out with the Burrata and bread basket (Costa nostra daily). The burrata was high quality. The bread basket was not great (read bad). Certainly not worth $12.00. Between the table we ordered: the Triple Threat Risotto (wild boar, oxtail), Cinghiale Pappardelle (wild boar), Pici Aglione (spaghetti), and the New York strip. The Risotto was quite heavy, being laden with meat and simply overpowered the risotto. Moved from something that could have been great to just mediocre. The Cinghiale Pappardelle (wild boar) was enjoyed as well was the Pici Aglione (spaghetti). The strip was ordered medium and came out well done. Not at all what I would expect at the $50.00 mark. Very disappointed. Dessert included a single piece of key lime pie (we ordered 2 but they only had one on hand), tiramisu, and a butterscotch budino. All we're close to excellent. Overall, I wouldn't recommend Tavola. Minneapolis has so many great restaurants, don't waste your time with this one. read more

I also went to Tavola for the Thanksgiving price fixe menu. I had never been there before, but the reviews I saw were promising and the menu looked great. They charged $45 per person for this. Seriously. Turkey and gravy, stuffing, roasted Brussels sprouts, green bean casserole, turkey gnocchi bolognese, scalloped potatoes, and in the middle, garlic mashed potatoes with cranberry sauce poured on top. I have no idea why they chose to cram all these dishes on one plate. It made it very difficult to enjoy the flavors of any one dish, let alone if you don't want cranberry sauce in your mashed potatoes. I would have asked for it on the side, had I known, but really--who serves a 7-dish meal this way? Each portion was also tiny, so if you were hoping for more than a small piece of turkey, or a spoonful of stuffing, you were outta luck! I see from other reviews that the restaurant has been open for about two months. It's a nice location and the restaurant is nicely appointed, but it seems they still have a lot of work ahead of them on their service. read more

Tavola - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cold food. Terrible service. Waiter dropped off our food never to return. We were never offered another drink or coffee and dessert. Had to ask three times for the check. read more

Tavola Italian Kitchen & Bar you are simply terrific, I had a wonderful experience here yesterday. Phenomenal menu items, friendly staff, beautiful atmosphere - what more could you ask for? I could not decided what to order, but I am so happy that I bought Tortellini Camponata, it was absolutely incredible. The staff are super attentive and friendly. They're great at giving recommendations. I love Tavola Italian Kitchen & Bar. read more

Tavola has been on the "must try" list for quite awhile, and I finally made it there recently some local YES ladies. We went on a weekday evening and even though we had reservations, we could have easily gotten a table for the 7 of us. Their selection of fresh pasta is so enticing, and I do recommend going with a group so you can taste a wide array of their menu options. As a group we tried the grilled artichokes and Caesar salad. both were packed with flavor. I am usually not a big fan of artichokes, but these were not too salty & packed great flavor. And for the salad, I could've eaten a bowl of the croutons. WOW! just so good & crispy. Many of yelpers were pulled to the pici aglione for our entrees from past experiences, and for me as a first-timer I appreciated the recommendation. It was a great dish! I added 2 meatballs and could've been satisfied with one..but sometimes we just have to go for it, right? So you're probably wondering why I am giving this 4/5 and not 5/5? it's really due to the length of our visit. It took almost 30 minutes for us to place our app order, which I recognize could have been a function of our group not all arriving at once. The entire visit took about 2 hours and really just seemed to be lengthened by that half hour. So I agree with other reviews that the restaurant is not the fastest at service. read more

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For a hotel restaurant it is perfectly adequate but I wouldn't make a trip to eat here. Service is excellent and the food is fresh and well prepared. Not a lot of Imagination or innovation on the menu. They don't know how to serve black tea. They have an excellent cheese board. Options for vegans are slim and for vegetarians not that much better. read more

We were staying at this hotel, and after a long day of shopping, we decided to stay in and go here despite the mixed reviews. The ambiance is fresh and cozy; we all loved the decor in this entire hotel. Our cocktails were fantastic! Everything else left something to be desired. Our server was friendly, but they disappeared often when we needed another drink or to pay our bill. We waited a ridiculously long time when we were done with our meal for them to bring us our check. The menu has some appetizer/shareable dishes as well as pasta dishes that are offered in two different sizes. I ordered a salad and the spinach ravioli off the appetizer section, thinking that would be good for a light meal. My sister ordered the smaller portion-size pasta dish and a salad. We shared the bread and butter appetizer. The bread and salads were good, but my ravioli came as just ONE ravioli. My sister's smaller portion was also just one small ravioli which she did not enjoy. For the price, I would have expected at least a few more ravioli. If I were a server, I would have at least mentioned this to someone ordering their meal, as it was not stated on the menu. Still hungry, we wanted to order dessert, but our server never returned to our table. Overall, stop in for a great cocktail, but there is better Italian food to get elsewhere. read more

Been here several times and had excellent service each time. I love their pepperoni pizza, and the other pasta and steak dishes I've had are equally excellent. Love the vibe, location and service. Definitely a favorite in the area! read more

Came here for game day brunch. It turned out to be game day coffee. I was with a group of 12 people, we had reservations for over a month so you'd think they'd be prepared to handle a large group. We waited 20 minutes for drinks and 30 minutes to order. Some friends arrived late and the waitress told them they could only order pastries since the kitchen was backed up. An hour goes by, no food. I told the waitress we needed our check since we were leaving and she said oh I'm sorry and continued whatever she was doing. We never got the bill and ended up throwing some cash on the table for our drinks and walked out. I do not recommend this place. Truly disappointed as I had heard good things about this restaurant. The coffee was good... read more

Traveled to this great city for an event with four gents who have been friends for over 45 years. Let me break it down simply: Service: Pleasant and desperately trying to please. Inexperienced. Cocktails: very good "Complimentary" Appetizer: See below...left everyone at the table wanting Salad: Burrata and tomato...excellent. Caesar was the same. Entrees: Awful. Served after an hour plus of being ordered. Seemed to be microwaved before being placed on the table to reheat which dried a few dishes out. After visiting, eating and cooking in Tuscany over the decades, the only thing Tavolo has in common with that food, wine rich region is a few letters of the alphabet. Summary: we were there the Saturday after they opened according to the hostess. Should have known we were in for an exasperating evening when we were offered a complimentary antipasto BEFORE we ordered a drink upon arrival because "the chefs were having a difficult time with the new menu." When pressed about the complimentary appetizer after a 40 minute wait we were advised that "there seems to be some discrepancy between the Manager and the kitchen about this but I'm working on it." by the clearly frazzled server. Worse moment: The Chef is taking a victory lap around the restaurant. Stops at our table and asks "How was the food?" Our more loquacious buddy of the five of us states "We haven't been served yet (we are now an hour and a half in) are you the Chef?" Chef replies with a smile: "Why yes I am." Buddy replies "Then what are you doing out here? Better get back in the kitchen!" Can't make this stuff up. Hope they make it but doubt they will. read more

So, I understand its opening weekend, and the staff is getting situated but this is brutal. Over an hour half before the waitress even made it back to take our dinner order. Stuffed us full of bread, so we weren't even hungry by the time the food came. Waitress seems new at waiting tables so I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt. There literally probably 7 tables in the restaurant so I'm completely confused on why they're struggling so hard. Oh did I mention that they're pasta machine was down? I really don't know if I'll return. **UPDATE 9:09pm** we ended up leaving before our entrees came, waitress was as sweet as can be and apologized. Forgot to mention, we hadn't seen the manager all night (opening weekend you think you would). Finally the manager Shawn came over to our table, apologized (didn't provide any company) handed us the bill. Bill was roughly two hundred dollars. 7 drinks, party of 5. 1 appetizer at 25$ and 1 and 12$. We were unsure of why it it took us 2 hours to spend two hundred dollars on nothing. We called the restaurant after we left in hopes to obtain the itemized receipt that we for some reason left to see why we were charged so much, agreed to email it to us. Let me reiterate, the waitress was not the problem. I understand it's opening weekend and it takes time. I really, really hope they get it together. read more

The food and ambiance are great. I did need to take a star away for service as it is not consistent. Hoping this can get resolved.

Delivered. They pretty much ignored the simple requests in the order to not add onions to the grilled chicken sandwich, the request to send utensils and didn't send the drinks ordered. Food is passable. Not planning to reorder from this place. read more

Agree with the below- great food.. terrible service. 1. We had a lunch reservation and were only offered the bar menu (we weren't seated in the bar are). 2. The restaurant side where we were sitting was empty besides our table, and service was so slow 3. We were told to leave because of a reservation and that they needed that table (there were seriously no other patrons, they could have used any table) . I just thought it was wild to go during lunch and be told me weren't going to offered a lunch menu and basically be told to leave an empty restaurant. Luckily the food was good and the company I was with was wonderful... maybe I'll head back when they get their sh- together. read more

"Brutal" is a good adjective to describe the experience here, so I'll echo previous Yelpers and borrow it. Service really crawled along, and the reasonably tasty menu couldn't make up for this. read more

Delicious homemade pasta fresh every day - try the ravioli: also loved the meatballs and garlic knots. great atmosphere and service.