We loved the gnocchi burrata and are sad they removed it from the menu. Will raise to 5 stars (and…read morecome back to eat here much more often) if/when they permanently bring it back :)

Food was delicious and classic italian. Minestrone is how…read moreI get vegetables in against my will and it was hearty and delicious Gnocchi al pesto: lots of pillows with pesto. maybe would have liked them slightly more soft. insalata prosciutto con melone, beautifully presented, delicious, lots of flavor going on capellini al pomodoro (add chicken) love that they crisped the chicken so it had flavor. I've been to other places where they just phoned it in and the chicken was rubbery, NOT here, the chicken was YUM only negative was the waiter was trying too hard to increase the bill so he would get higher tip? husband did not like that and table was a little small and would be nice to have a hook for purse/bag. love the cute art. generous bread LOVE the tapenade.

Had another lovely meal at Deilzie Tuesday night, and was told that they will unfortunately, be…read moreclosing tomorrow, 29 May 2026. Although they were able to stay afloat during COVID, the current quickly inflating food costs have taken their toll. Where, oh where, will I go now for wonderful Italian cooking?!? I wish the owners, chefs, and staff nothing but the best, and hope you all find new employment opportunities quickly!

Super delicious food! Great atmosphere and awesome service!…read more I have celiacs and they had a lot of gf options! I order the lemon soda, so fresh and delicious! For my entree, I got the Fettuccine à la Nona, and it was sooooo good and creamy, and it had the perfect amount of spice. The gf pasta was a bit hard, but the sauce totally fixed it. Given it 5 stars bc it was a great experience, our server was super nice and food was very tasty! The Pinot noir wine soooo good too. It had notes of cherry and it was very smooth going down... I don't drink, but my husband order it and I took a couple sips bc it was such a good wine

Saturday 9/12/26 10:30AM Pacific Standard. Quite busy on…read moreour arrival, so I let the Duchess wait in line while I fetched a table for us. Yeah, chivalry is pretty much dead. Parking: Underground garage, stairs or lift (elevator) up one floor to the Cafe Barrone and Keplers Book Store. We were lucky as I was able to find a table outside. Indoor seating is available and that is also where you place your order. When you pay, you are given a number to place on your table. Order regular coffee here and hot chocolate, or special coffees at another counter. They forgot to give the Duchess the regular coffee, but noticed the mistake at the special counter and brought the coffee to the Duchess while she was picking up her hot chocolate. Smoked Salmon Bagel Platter $22.00: Smoked Salmon, Tomatoes, Cucumber, Capers, Red Onion, & Whipped Cream Cheese with your choice of toasted bagel. My choice: Forever bagel. The dish was was plentiful, smelling and tasting deliciously fresh. Large dollop of cream cheese was much appreciated. Bagel was nicely toasted and there was no hole for ingredients to fall through. Loved that! ORGANIC BEET SALAD $15.00 Roasted organic beets, grapefruit, pickled fennel, avocado, goat cheese, & house balsamic vinaigrette. Title should have said ORGASMIC, because the Duchess proclaimed it to be the very best salad she has ever been served in her realm (wink!) CUSTARD sorry no price, my bad. Duchess says she could eat a 55 gallon drum of this creamy rich dessert. Covered with a dusting of fresh nutmeg making it downright addictive. Drinks: Regular Coffee Taylor Maid Farms Drip $4.75 was nothing to write home about. Would not order it again. It looked like coffee, but no taste on the tongue Hot Chocolate $5.00 Duchess made a rookie mistake and tried to sip it before sucking off some of the whip cream, the chocolate milk flowing lovingly down her white flowery dress. Being the "quite proper" Brit, there was no audible curse. Still, she found it very tasty, with a strong chocolate flavor, which left her wishing she had ordered the large cup. Trendy, bustling, loud crowd. Casual dress is the order. Noise level is not so much as to be painful. If your wearing hearing aids, you may enjoy removing one. Sadly, all the staff were walking around with seriously sullen faces. Our server delivered our order with word unspoken, expressionless. So we were pleasantly surprised with Miguel, who while bussing our table was smiling and downright charming. 5 stars to this young man. Yes, we were here to eat, but it is nice to not feel your attending a funeral, when your spending dollars. Tips start at 18% and up. For what? You basically wait on yourself. Will return, as there are many dishes and drinks to relish. Yeah . . . we did leave a tip. Oh!! And the Duchess paid the tab. Drinks all around.

Always great, outdoor indoor, beautiful outdoor area with tables and fountain. Next to Keplers…read morebooks. - parking downstairs- lower level garage. - big menu- full lunch dinner. Breakfasts- sandwiches, roll ups, chocolate chip cookies - student, casual ambiance - big menu -check hours, closed some days Your order will be brought to you. Waiters will bring more regular coffee.

When I came here last year with my parents and part of my brother's family, I didn't know it would…read morebe the last time I would eat here. One never really knows when any restaurant will close, really, but this place just felt like such a Palo Alto institution that it couldn't close, but it did. I had been here at least once before, in the 1990s, when I was in college and my brother worked in Palo Alto. That era feels like the zenith of this upscale chain's cultural relevance, which made my most recent return that much more interesting. I expected things to have changed or at least to have felt different, but my experience in 2025 was eerily similar to my previous experience in 199x: I was expecting to be annoyed by pretentiousness but was instead wowed by the food and the service, which was excellent. But because it felt exactly the same, it didn't feel timeless; it felt dated in a way that I know rationally things are dated, but I'm a very nostalgic person by nature, so I love old things. But Il Fornaio felt too dated either to catch up with the times or to care that they were passing it by. Our large party was originally seated in a cramped area, but they were happy to re-seat us in the patio, which was covered and had heat lamps. That change made all the difference in our experience, because I know my mom, brother, and I would have been itching to get out of here as soon as possible if we had eaten inside. Instead, we enjoyed our leisurely meal, and even though my nephew (a Stanford student) had to bike back to campus, we took our time and relaxed. I can't say I'm sad Il Fornaio is gone. I didn't come here for almost thirty years, and it's not as if the entire chain is closing--at least I haven't heard that it is.

This is an excellent Il Fornaio location. We had our office holiday lunch today. What a beautiful…read moreway to celebrate. We sat outside and they have heaters above. It was a nice quiet area to have conversations. All the food tasted great. The memorable dishes were the calamari $22 and my shrimp pasta $28. The calamari was tender, easy to chew and coated with a light batter. As for the shrimp pasta, it had this light green pesto sauce with soft crushed pistachio nuts. Service was excellent. The waiter even helped us take a group photo. Bonus points for taking our photo in focus. The only minor nit was pizzas were not available. I wanted to order some pizzas to share. They had some really good looking pies online. Perhaps next time.

We loved our experience here tonight at Pranzi! Our server, Andres, was very helpful and sweet…read morethroughout our dinner! We sat outside and the ambiance was amazing. The food was incredible and flavorful and we recommend the chicken caesar salad and the vodka pasta! Can't wait to be back!

The bread here is to die for!! The pennette vodka and the caesar salads with chicken were also very…read moredelicious!! Andres was very quick and efficient with the service. There was great outdoor seating with a nice ambiance. We can't wait to come back and try all the other menu items!

I had to come visit here after BTS raved about how good the pizza was. They have many vegan options…read moreon the menu! I went with the vegan margherita, which was pretty good, in particular I loved the crust which was super thin with good chew and lightly crunchy at the edges. However the pizza otherwise did not really blow me away. I enjoyed it however I would say there are many better vegan pizza options in the area. I think their regular pizzas are probably more standout, the people I came with also tried the sausage and honey pizza and seemed to really enjoy it. The service was great, the waiters are very friendly and professional. They are quite busy, we came around 12:30pm on a Saturday and seemed to take the last open table. We were seated outside which was very pleasant. By the time we left there were multiple parties in line. I also saw they had Vesta/BTS stickers inside but I forgot to ask our waiter for one before we left :')

Tried Vesta before bts!!…read more I had been wanting to go to Vesta for the longest time and finally got to dine in while we were in Redwood City. We got there around 12:30pm on a Saturday as a party of two and were seated immediately without any reservation. We had to order the mushroom toast and then we also decided to get the Spicy Vegan Pesto Pizza with goat cheese added. Food was ready after about 20 minutes. Mushroom toast (4/5): This was tasty but not remarkable for the $15 price point. It was a pretty straightforward dish and didn't blow me away. The portion size was also a bit small Spicy Vegan Pesto Pizza (4.5/5): The pizza was cooked well and had good flavor especially with the roasted garlic. Would recommending adding goat cheese. I wish there was more sauce and that it was spicier but I liked the pizza! Overall, good customer service and solid food! I see why BTS raved about the pizza. I would come back for the pizza and probably skip the mushroom toast.

I've been to this place a few times, and the other times have been good. Yeah, it's a bit on the…read morelively side for atmosphere and noise, but the food is good! My family and I went last night (Monday night), and it was packed and super loud. Like, could-not-hear-across-the-table loud. The service team was running around, but service was not what I was expecting. It took a bit to get drink orders and an app in. The app came and was gone before the drinks were even on the table, and then we were completely forgotten about for 20 mins (no bread, wine is all gone) before someone remembered we were sitting there. We were upset, to say the least, cause by then it was almost 8pm. They got our order in, and it came out crazy fast, which was impressive, but by then I just wanted to leave. They comped a glass of wine and their bread, which was nice, but for how noisy, busy, and lack of care in their service was for a Monday, it wasn't a great place to end the last weekend with family.

Food: we usually only come here for dessert and drinks. But like always, 10/10…read more Service: always friendly 10/10 Ambiance: low enough music to maintain conversation great ambiance for get togethers, meetings, birthdays (25+) please be mature. I say that as a fellow customer. 10/10

I wanted to update my review to 5 stars. Tre Monti reached out and offered to come get a pizza on…read morethem. So I went in with my 2 grown up kids and they went above and beyond. Food was amazing, margherita plus gnocchi and the people there are very friendly. We've gone there multiple times now. Thank you, Tre Monti.

Came on a Friday evening and was able to eat outside as the weather was very nice. Service was very…read moreattentive. We both ordered an aperol spritz and it was very refreshing. The focaccia bread and dipping sauce was very good to start. We also ordered the bruschetta trio. I hadn't read the menu clearly and they were large pieces of one with arugula, cherry tomatoes and an eggplant and onion bruschetta. I think if the bread was toasted better it would've been tastier. It is a bit difficult to eat as it is packed and wished the tomatoes were chopped up. I ordered the Carbonara Calabrese and never had carbonara with artichokes. It is a smaller portion for an Italian restaurant and unfortunately it was just okay. I really needed the crushed red pepper for more flavor. The guanciale had a bit too much fat for my liking. My friend had the gnocchi pomodoro and we thought the gnocchi was overcooked as it was quite mushy. Unfortunately I was disappointed as I had high hopes for this restaurant but have had much better.

This local gem offers freshmade Wed/sun pizza options as well as upscale tastings + food. The…read morepastas are fresh, the salads always d'lish & expertly made (ceasar w/ anchovies) again, a neighborhood gem! The pizzas are fresh & baked in a stone over. The outdoor vibe is just with the summer ordered for brunch, lunch, or dinmer! Even expresso is a special treat off one decides not too drink wine. Inside seating offers an intimate setting and all the wait staff are worth their weight in gold. Check out this gem, the more friends, the merrier!

Great restaurant with winery in San Carlos. Located in seemed to be a warehouse and business…read morelocation. Parking is somewhat difficult with small parking lot adjacent to winery. Although There was a Parking lot attendant guiding you to parking at the neighborhood business's which was a small walk. Dined here for a retirement event so we small area reserved for 30 of us. Food was great. Service was great. Bar inside was great and Wine that they make in house was amazing. Would love to dine again if in the area.

Haven't been in years and changed a bit: pasta is still good but menu structure is different and…read moreservice was sub par. Food: 4 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 3 Cost to worth it rating: 3 Opentableable: yes Return worthiness: maybe Highlights: - Pasta with sausage, brown butter, and pancetta: standout of the night. 4.5 stars - Oxtail agnolotti pasta: nice broth with a mellow flavor and lots of little pockets of pasta. 4 stars - Appetizer portions of all pastas so you can try a few - Wines: all outstanding and not ones you'd find anywhere. Good amount by the glass or different sizes of carafe portion. - Menu: organized by vegetables, seafood, and meat which was different Midlights: - Tiramisu: proportions marscapone to ladyfingers was off with mostly all marscapone in a jar: 3 stars - Fish: just ok, not too tender and bland flavors. 3 stars Lowlights: - No bread offered or cheese for pasta--was for other tables - Service: mia after order was taken, glasses of wine were empty and got our entrees, staff seemed confused when our entrees were coming and having an internal conversation in front of us of what to do. Not the quality of service I'd expect from an upscale Italian restaurant.

This one hurts to write because Donato Enoteca used to be one of my favorite Italian restaurants on…read morethe Peninsula. I'd happily drive over just for the Bigoli e Coda. Unfortunately, this visit felt like a restaurant that's lost some of its spark. Happy hour was actually a pleasant surprise. The prices are excellent and make it easy to sample a variety of dishes. The Polpette and prosciutto with melon were enjoyable, but the croquettes were forgettable. The mussels and shrimp didn't taste particularly fresh, which was disappointing. The chicken had an unusual texture--somewhere between a chicken nugget and a crab cake. It just wasn't for me, The biggest letdown was the Bigoli e Coda. The pasta still had its signature chewy texture, but the sauce felt oily instead of rich, the braised oxtail lacked the deep, slow-cooked flavor I remembered, and the entire dish desperately needed seasoning. It used to be one of those dishes I'd recommend without hesitation. Not anymore. The seafood entrée was probably the strongest dish of the night, but even there it fell short. The fish was properly cooked, yet the skin lacked the crisp, golden finish that makes a skin-on fillet so satisfying. It was another dish that felt underseasoned and never quite came to life. That was really the theme of the evening: almost everything felt underseasoned. Nothing was inedible--it just lacked the vibrant flavors and careful execution that made Donato stand out years ago. I'm hoping this was simply an off night because Donato has earned a lot of goodwill over the years. But when a longtime favorite no longer tastes like the restaurant you remember, it's hard not to leave a little disappointed.