Il Fornaio
Seattle, WA 98101-3702
Phone: (206) 264-0994
- Price:
- $$
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 6:30am-10pm, Fri 6:30am-11pm, Sat 9am-11pm, Sun 10am-10pm
Editorial Review for Il Fornaio – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
With its oversize bar, the sprawling dining room attracts a diverse crowd of locals and tourists. The restaurant has an open kitchen that turns out renditions of regional northern Italian fare, with a dozen or more daily specials. Starters include salads or grilled ciabatta bread swathed with chopped tomatoes, basil and kalamata olives. Entrees such as ravioli filled with Swiss chard and pine nuts or mesquite-grilled chicken are popular.
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Insider Tips
What to DrinkThe wine list is extensive and moderately priced.
CateringGet big platters of antipasto, sandwiches and pasta delivered to your office door.
User Reviews for Il Fornaio
02/15/2009 Posted by Hatemembershipsites
We had reservations for Valentine's day, we unfortunately arrived 15 minutes late due to unexpected construction on I-5 (3 lnes were shut down near downtown exits). When we arrived, I spoke with the receptionist who was aware of the difficulty that customers were having. We ended up waiting another 30 minutes before being seated at what would have to be the wost table in the restaurant. A 24" round table for 2 in front of the kitchen entry. We were forced to abandon our wine glasses to make room for dinner, and the bread and water glasses were subsequently abandoned on the ledge above our heads. Since we were seated next to the kitchen door, wait staff continuously bumped into us with the dessert cart as well as themselves when navigating the narrow passage way. We booked reservations via Open Table wesite and received a "No Show" status from them so we were not able to provide feedback to Open table. The food itself was good but confusing, I ordered the Cannelonni Al Forno, which was drowning in Bechemel sauce. Each bite was confusing, was I in an Italian or french restaurant? The one positive aspect was our waiter who was very professional and was aware of the spacial challenges we were experiencing.
Pros: Wait staff professional
Cons: Atmosphere, Host staff
12/22/2008 Posted by richard98101
Great location and nice ambience. Four of us ate there before the movie and all four of us were very displeased. The bread was great but for a $100.00 food bill and no wine then left with only bread to say anything good about is not right and I feel bad saying anything bad about this resturant. The whole resturant was practically empty and yet they seated us right next to the little waiter station where I learned about the two waiters private lives............I mean private. Yak, yak, yak.....Nope, I do not like this place. My wife and I ordered rice dishes and both looked the same but with different prices.... Oh well such is life.......................
Pros: Nice looking place
Cons: Nothing to like
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