[Chatbrat]

Pizza doesn't make a restaurant Italian. Dominos is not an Italian restaurant.

[Taltarzac725]

Ricciardi's Italian Table - Gourmet Italian Dining The Villages, Fl - Ricciardi's Italian Table - Our Table

We went there last month for lunch and it was OK. I do not have a very educated palette however.

[perrjojo]

Went there once.....awful food, good waiter.

[Chatbrat]

Lots of people in the Villages love paying for Chef Boyardee as long as a server brings it to them. Golly I really wanted to eat some real Italian food. Things are pretty bad when they have to water down canned sauce.

[onslowe]

Ah yes, it's Sunday here in America's friendliest hometown.

[Chatbrat]

Nothing to do with being friendly-I don't like seeing neighbors & residents getting ripped off by restaurant who should know better. Chef's of Napoli is above average, so is the Italian restaurant next to Publix @ Virginia Trace.

[RickeyD]

Been here several times. Never a problem with the food or service.

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

Nothing to do with being friendly-I don't like seeing neighbors & residents getting ripped off by restaurant who should know better. Chef's of Napoli is above average, so is the Italian restaurant next to Publix @ Virginia Trace.

I'm assuming you mean Giovanni's, in Southern Trace plaza???

[Sandtrap328]

Chefs of Napoli was the absolute worst Italian food that I ever ate. I ordered Eggplant Parm which is very tasty at most places and is not hard to fix.

The eggplant was sliced wafer thin, boiled, and stacked betwen unmelted slices of cheese and covered with a very bland tomato sauce. It was not even browned in the broiler. No waiter or manager stopped by our table during the meal.

A friend who was with us ordered the veal "special of the day". She didn't ask the price and about choked when she found out it was $29.95.

Stay away from Chefs of Napoli!!!

[RickeyD]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

Chefs of Napoli was the absolute worst Italian food that I ever ate. I ordered Eggplant Parm which is very tasty at most places and is not hard to fix.

The eggplant was sliced wafer thin, boiled, and stacked betwen unmelted slices of cheese and covered with a very bland tomato sauce. It was not even browned in the broiler. No waiter or manager stopped by our table during the meal.

A friend who was with us ordered the veal "special of the day". She didn't ask the price and about choked when she found out it was $29.95.

Stay away from Chefs of Napoli!!!

The eggplant was sliced wafer thin, boiled, and stacked betwen unmelted slices of cheese and covered with a very bland tomato sauce. It was not even browned in the broiler.

GROSS !!!

[Chatbrat]

Looks like Giovanni's is the only Italian restaurant to go to in the villages. Haven't been to Chef's of Napoli in close to a year. Restaurants change just like the weather,

[Pharmer]

My wife and I ate at Mezza Luna about 12 days ago. The food was okay but our waiter's clothes smelled like he had been working on his car's motor. When he brought us the check I noticed that his hands and finger nails were black with grease. I sent a polite email to their website but never received a reply.

[Villager Joyce]

Originally Posted by themachoman

When will you folks get the message that these two joints are awful. Yes, I know they originally got great reviews from a small hand full of your buddies but by and large they are pretty bad. Perhaps you should be thinking of which restaurants not to go to depending on which regulars recommend them.

I don't make decisions based on reviews because people judge food by what they are used to eating or where they ate it and those people think their opinion is the ONLY opinion. I look at restaurant reviews on cleanliness not flavor. Besides, lots of posters, regulars or new, are hateful people that you can't please. Why would I go on their opinion? You might be missing out on a good meal because someone else bashes it. Look first to see if the poster bashes everything.

[cmj1210]

Originally Posted by Villager Joyce

I don't make decisions based on reviews because people judge food by what they are used to eating or where they ate it and those people think their opinion is the ONLY opinion. I look at restaurant reviews on cleanliness not flavor. Besides, lots of posters, regulars or new, are hateful people that you can't please. Why would I go on their opinion? You might be missing out on a good meal because someone else bashes it. Look first to see if the poster bashes everything.

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[Jimigolf]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

Nothing to do with being friendly-I don't like seeing neighbors & residents getting ripped off by restaurant who should know better. Chef's of Napoli is above average, so is the Italian restaurant next to Publix @ Virginia Trace.

Do you mean Southern Trace?