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March 2024 by Al Dox
Had a great time! Delicious food and amazing service! Jesus took goood care of us.
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March 2024 by Stephanie DeCavit
Do not go here if you aren’t a regular. Such a disappointing experience at a “highly rated” restaurant. The atmosphere is nice, but the service was honestly not up to standard. Our table got ignored except by the nice man who would fill our waters. The tables around us got served promptly to sitting down, but we had to wait an unreasonable time to get served. An older couple that was sat after us got appetizers before we even got water glasses. It took fifteen minutes after asking for the check the first time for our waitress to return and another five to get the check. The linguine ($32) tasted good, but half of the clams were empty and the ravioli ($31) only came with four ravioli. The bread basket ($2) came with five thin pieces that supposedly “serves 4” according to the menu. When exiting, a different male waiter rushed in front of me and almost made me trip. This was not the experience I was hoping for at a restaurant like this and it completely ruined my birthday dinner.
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March 2024 by Marcelo Barros
It has been around for decades and it is still delivering good food and service in a very cozy atmosphere. Great happy hour including pizza, meat balls, bruschetta and house Chianti and Chardonnay at very reasonable prices.
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March 2024 by
We were seated at the patio. Service was nothing to brag about. No bread. No olive oil. Maybe because we were seated outside, but I remember getting the bread at other locations. Food is overpriced and mediocre at best. The restaurant is located right on the ocean avenue with lots of tables. Would recommend skipping unless nothing else is available.
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March 2024 by Mihai Iacob
We ate here 3 times but each time the experience was different.
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March 2024 by SkipH
We've been to Ill Fornaio several times but this time it was very poor. I ordered lasagna and it came up burnt on the edges and tasted basically like hamburger helper with a couple of layers of burnt pasta. It was over cooked to the point you could see or taste any of the cheese. Also had a Caesar's salad that was very dry and bland. My wife had the raviolis and they were below average and she said she would not order them again.
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February 2024 by Paul Costa
Nice place with a good bar. Food is ok, could be better for Carmel. There are many options in the area.
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February 2024 by MichaelL
We were in a hurry and ordered the pasta with ragu sauce. It arrived quickly was very good, more than we could eat at one sitting. We boxed up the rest and had another great meal at home.
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February 2024 by Alicia Hahn
Went on Valentine’s. Service was good, food was good (two different pastas) and it was very busy. Caesar salad was just ok but all else fine!
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February 2024 by Nikki Effenberger
Kathy was an incredible waitress. She was attentive and made our night wonderful. I can’t wait to come back and see her!
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February 2024 by Kathryn
Sergio was very delightful and the atmosphere is beautiful! The food is exceptional, on a warm evening you can sit outside on the lighted deck overlooking the ocean and the cappuccino was fabulous!!!! ??????
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February 2024 by Derek Lauritzen, MD
Great food, ambiance, and best of all, people. Kathy, who took care of us, was amazingly nice, knowledgeable, and energetically positive… thank you for a wonderful dining experience!
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February 2024 by Bayan Ghalimah
The food too oily and tiramisu is heavy and service is not good
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February 2024 by KristinaG
I never leave bad reviews but I felt that I had to for the place. The food was extremely oily which would have not been a big deal because I'm not picky. But the big problem l had with this resturant was the lack of respect for the patrons. In particular the bust boy was extremely rude and disrespectful by stepping between my very young son and I while we were preparing to leave and would not move even after I said excuse me. He continued to bust the table and nearly shoved my son aside. I have never been to a restaurant where someone came in between my son and I and did not care that a child needed help leaving the table. To make matters worse, he gave us literally no time, approximately 3 minutes, to leave before busting the table after we paid the check. Really weird and not okay, I will never come back again.
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February 2024 by
El servicio fue excelente! No estoy seguro pero pienso que el nombre de nuestro mesero es Francisco. Él es muy amable. Disculpa mucho porque no pudimos tener la hora feliz en Il Fornaio hoy.
