La Lanterna di Vittorio Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Friendly staff, excellent service and affordable prices."
• "Waiter was attentive and 'on the spot' with any needs or requests."
• "From the host Vittorio to other staff members like Tamer everyone is super welcoming."
• "The staff was really friendly in helping seat a larger group and was patient as we waited for our entire party to show up."
• "Our server Alfina, was one of the best servers I’ve ever had."
• "The waitstaff are all personable and ready to deliver impeccable service."
• "Our waitress was excellent and attentive."

Cons:

• "Service provided by Diana was very polite and slow but not as attentive as expected."
• "Service was slow and inattentive."
• "But the service was slow and bad."
• "Service was not great - our waitress kept rushing us."
• "Additionally, the service has declined compared to what it used to be. They didn't even refill my water."
• "Our waiter got our order wrong and didn’t bring our second drinks until after we were done with our dinner."
• "Service was terrible. The server did not bring the second round of beer until asked again."

Food

Pros:

• "The lasagna is highly recommended and their pizza is very solid as well."
• "Lasagna was solid - loved all the different flavors and styles with my favorite being the Funghi and Pesto."
• "The arrabbiata was very flavorful with the right amount of spiciness and pesto was my favorite!"
• "We had the pizza and pesto lasagna, super tasty."
• "This place is definitely must try for their lasagnas!!"
• "Awesome lasagna flight - exceptional one is the one with the shrimp."
• "The lasagna flight was super filling and tasty!"

Cons:

• "Also their chocolate cake options are usually overly sweet or dense, and this is coming from a real chocoholic."
• "The pizza tasted not much better than your average slice you get at your local pizzeria."
• "The sauce was fairly bland and the base of both our pizzas, was overcooked and blackened."
• "Tastes like noodles, copious amounts of cheese, specks of meat but with no trace of tomatoes, ricotta, or any complex flavors whatsoever."
• "Both were completely flavorless. As bland as could be!"
• "The lasagna is blah."
• "But the food was bland, and none of us wanted to take home leftovers."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "They had dividers between the tables and plenty of heaters."
• "The vibe is cozy and authentic which matches the level of perfect comfort food you'll be enjoying."
• "The garden in the back makes you feel like you are sitting in Italy somewhere enjoying the food."
• "All in all this place gave a very cozy Italian restaurant vibe which I love!"
• "First the ambience is romantic and cozy. The decor charming and the atmosphere is warm."
• "Great place for a late romantic dinner. Candles on every table and lights are down low."
• "The ambiance was perfect- you definitely want to be seated out back in the garden."

Cons:

• "The vibe was okay, felt it was too loud so it’s definitely not a date place during the evenings."
• "The only thing disappointing in was the ability to not sit in the garden."
• "Just be leery of the panhandling homeless as they will sneak up behind you to ask for money so stay alert."
• "On a weekend their backyard is so loud, it's hard to converse."
• "However, the place is way too noisy with all the people talking."
• "The garden is very loud and difficult to hear so maybe not ideal for a conversational evening."
• "And maybe cause we were seated by the door the atmosphere was noisy as hell and harried."

Price

Pros:

• "I was amazed at how affordable and reasonable their prices were, especially with wine service."
• "Meals were very reasonably priced."
• "The prices are amazing for the value you get, makes you feel like you overpaid for your dinner elsewhere when you stop in for desert."
• "Perhaps most impressive is that we got a pizza and two entrees and it was only $70."
• "The prices are amazing for the value you get."
• "Serve food late which is awesome too! Prices are reasonable ($17-30 entrees, $13 cocktails)."
• "Unbelievably reasonable prices and the food is fabulous."

Cons:

• "However we payed more than 100 dollars for a rugula salad, a very basic soup and lasagna."
• "The lasagna was good but it seem like a very basic and cheap dinner for Valentine’s Day and for paying 100 dollars!"
• "This was honestly less than I expected to pay but still wasn’t worth it all together."
• "They just basic said the lasagna flight was the best option and I told them I was a waiter I did not have that much money !!!!."
• "I will say, 30$ bottle of wine came with a twist off top & that gave me the ick-- last thing i expected was a twist off bottle on a selective wine menu 🤷🏽‍♀️."
• "The tiramisu is delicious too but overpriced."
• "The dessert (Raspberry Cheesecake) was underwhelming."