IL Fornaio - Seattle

02/08/12

Love this place

by Aloi at Citysearch

Great pre-shopping location. It's actually 2 restaurants. The upstairs is like the other Il Fornaios but downstairs is a one-of-a-kind "Risotteria" that has these great salmon slider. Delish breads up and down and outside in the cafe in the atrium. I like to whole Italian enchilada!

01/26/10

Ok in a pinch, room for improvement.

by girlandcoconut , Citysearch Contributor at Citysearch

Six of us stopped here for lunch after an event at the convention center. Convenient location and no wait for seating as well as a menu most of the group could agree upon made this a good option. I had the Insalata di Bietole (beet salad) which was delicious and split a margherita pizza with a friend. The pizza was good, pretty standard and similar to versions I've had elsewhere. For being practically empty on a Saturday afternoon, the service was sub-par both in speed and quality.

• Pros: Location, quick seating
• Cons: Wasn't wowwed, slow service

02/15/09

Not worth the wait, especially for any sort of special occasion.

by Hatemembershipsites at Citysearch

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

12/22/08

Feel real bad for this resturant

by richard98101 at Citysearch

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

12/13/08

always a delight

by pjracz at Citysearch

I love this place, I have been there several times before a show and was never disappointed. The staff was always attentive the manager comes by the table to ask how is everything and if there is anything we need ect. They have a fab happy hour the appetizers are great and complementory. I love the decor (we always sit upstairs). My BF who loves wine was always impressed. Good homeade bread and breadsticks. The pizza is out of this world, the crust itself makes me crazy for more. The dessert cart makes me drool, love the tiramisu and this bread pudding I had. Can't wait till the next show so I can go there.

• Pros: everything