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March 2024 by Dinorah Baker
Amazing food and
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March 2024 by Bob Hall
Great Italian food and wonderful service and spectacular entertainment nights.
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February 2024 by
We had a wonderful experience - there was a live band so we couldn't really talk so we just enjoyed it and sang along. Our waiter was very nice but there was a mix up - still, he was kind and got it taken care of. My dinner was really delicious - I got the salmon plate. My husband got gnocchi and wanted a little more flavorful sauce. Still in all we had a wonderful evening!!
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February 2024 by Dine4SouthBay
Convenient parking; seated earlier than reservation time. Free sour dough bread on arrival. Expansive Italian menu. Service was attentive and not intrusive. Delicious vegetarian lentil soup and arugula salad as appetizers. Entrees of Blue Crab with homemade pasta and beef stroganoff were amazing with appropriate portions. Great place to eat before going to concert in Thousand Oaks!
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January 2024 by Marzel Neckien
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January 2024 by JohnG
We went on Saturday and the staff was fantastic, bread and Tuscany salad were very good but the main dishes were so bad we could not eat them. Ordered the halibut and chicken Madeira. The halibut was soggy and mushy and both dishes had salty goopy sauces that resembled Campbells condensed soup. Took one bite and could not gag down another bite. They need to taste their own food before serving. We had planned on ordering chicken parm but we were told that when they have live entertainment they don't serve chicken parm because it is too time consuming.
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January 2024 by LCdiner
Love Novo Cafe. Happy hour is amazing. Food in tasty. Service is great. However, once the performer starts singing, it becomes very noisy. I finally figured out that the remedy would be to sit in the back of the restaurant. That will be my request for the next time.
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January 2024 by My Collie
Food was good and service excellent.
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January 2024 by
The food was amazing but the service was extremely slow. Although we were talking and enjoying the company we were with, our waiter did not come to check on us or take our order for quite some time. We also had an issue where they were cleaning a table next to us with some kind of a solvent that smelled terrible, and before we left, something was burnt in the kitchen so badly that we had to leave the restaurant due to the smell.
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January 2024 by
Food was good but service was inattentive and slow. There weren't many people at the time, but our request to see the wine menu wasn't followed up on and we couldn't find our waitress. She was nice and apologetic, but there were many servers and only 5 or so tables. We got more wine elsewhere.
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January 2024 by Stephen M.
We celebrated NYE at Novo Cafe this year. They had live entertainment and greeted us with a smile, with an immediate escort to our table. We enjoyed the Misto Salad which was delicious, and a couple of cocktails to begin with. The ambiance was lovely, and my wife really enjoyed the place. She ordered the halibut and I the Marsala chicken. We both thoroughly enjoyed our meals. Afterwards we ordered their flourless chocolate cake and cappuccino...both were unbelievable.
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January 2024 by CarrieN
I LOVE this place! The food is so good. Pizza is amazing. Salads are delicious and the two meat dishes we had were exceptional! Meeting the owner was a treat. He stops by the table and says hello and talks to his guests. We have been twice now during the holidays. Such a great place!!!!
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December 2023 by P L.
JUST DON'T!! Prices: Shockingly high. Food: "Mediocre" at best. There are much better restaurants in the area with much lower pricing. Feels like a cheap mall chain. (No disrespect intended toward 5-star reviewers who enjoy mall food.) Everything we had was bland and dull (exception was raw tuna appetizer, which is pretty hard to mess up). Food was wayyy overpriced for what you get. $17 for a cocktail - not as good as a cocktail in a can from the liquor store. $25 for raviolis - 6 small raviolis with flavorless sauce and no sides. Also: Appetizers and entrees took forever - and were eventually served at the same time. Bread of bruschetta was burnt. Asked for extra capers in piccata but instead received ZERO capers. I could go on. DON'T BE FOOLED. Go to a real restaurant and enjoy a real meal.
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December 2023 by Jeff Boberg
Nice spot for an informal Italian meal. Kids and big groups are welcome. There is a nice bar and a TV with sports on as well.Wheelchair accessibility: Wide open restaurant should be perfect for walkers and wheelchairs.
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December 2023 by Lou Lichtl
Casual atmosphere, food was okay but not spectacular.
