Volterra

Nice for a special evening

by CherryPickerSuperman at Citysearch

You can do no wrong here. Eveyrthing is very delicious and they have a nice selection of wines to go with your meal. I dont even think its too expensive for what you get. When I came back from the dentist once, I treated myself to a very nice meal with some friends, but I had to get pasta only because my teeth hurt too much (at the time).

WOW!!

by amandaericson23 at Citysearch

Went to this place on a friday night with a few friends. The food was amazing we ordered a couple bottles of wine with was great. The service was very attentive and very friendly. All in all had the best time!!

Volterra, the food is bad but at least the service is worse

by Keithpup at Citysearch

We arrived excited to try yummy Tuscan food. We had made our reservation telling them we were celebrating our anniversary and yet in an empty dining room they sat us literally right next to other people, explaining "they were so booked up".

We should have left then, with an extra hundred dollars in our pockets and minus the food poisoning.

Our unhelpful, cold, and rushed waiter (why so rushed? no one was there!) couldn’t suggest anything for appetizers "everything is good" is his advice. So we ordered Oil Soup and Bruschetta, can’t go wrong right? Also we got a couple bar drinks.

Just trying to enjoy our evening we start to chat taste some olive oil on the bread, good tasting ok, get our drinks, the waiter stops by again and again asking if we want to order the main course because "the chefs are waiting" (warning two I should have left) so we decide to get a pasta dish (fresh pasta mmm) and a wild boar special (sounds good, let’s try it).

those two arrive, I don’t feel well but I was thinking maybe it’s the smoky smell from the ladies next to us, (how many packs a day does it reach that level of stink?) he brings my wild boar and the first of the three chops is amazing, the next two are (no I am not exaggerating or kidding) completely covered in browned (because of the sauce) fat, thin ribbons fat, not a speck of meat. NOW the waiter cannot be found, I sit and watch my wife enjoy her meal pick at the 3 baby carrots and 6 small potatoes (delicious) and try and try to get his attention/ FINALLY he comes back I tell him the Wild Boar 30$ special is all fat he gets pissed at me (cause I cooked and butchered it?) and say you should have told me earlier I could have fixed it, I am thinking "how about you stop and check Mr. one table to help lousy Russian waiter guy?

Next he shows up and without a word gives us dessert menus, (eh) and without asking brings this apple cake dessert (it was a heavy cake, no apple flavor, a heavy sweet syrup and whipped cream, not good, wife had been planning on ordering tiramisu but I played along, and saw they planned on making me pay for my all fat wild boar. thanks!

So I went home sick, but not full of great food sick, just goodnight wife I am going to be sitting on the toilet until 2 am sick,

Just say no, to re-volt-tera.

Go down the street to anywhere else, heck I think there is a McDonalds not too far.

Evening to rememeber

by CChan at Citysearch

We had my friends' graduation dinner here. The food was great and the service was attentive but not pretentious. We had a couple bottles of wine, one of them tasted funny and they gladly exchanged it for a new bottle.

• Pros: Attentive Service
• Cons: Parking

The Bar Outshines the Restaurant

by Zak at Citysearch

I had relatively high expectations. Just as another reviewer noted, I too have been to Volterra, and this is not that food. That said; we were built up very well at the bar for our mild disappointment in the food. It has been about two years since I have been back, but the signature cocktails and the cheese plate we had still gave me lasting impressions. They also make an incredible cappuccino.

My advivce is to go and have a casual experience with a date and get sloshed at the bar.

• Pros: Good drinks and appetizers.
• Cons: The food was decent but not worth the price.