Caruso's Tuscan Cuisine — Restaurant in Capitola

Went to dinner last night with friends. This place is very small. 4seats at bar watching the chef cook and approx 8 tables. It will get crowded but I thought the food was pretty good but not something to rave about in my opinion. They have a Wine & Beer License just an FYI. The staff was friendly and attentive. It was a nice place but I won’t be going back. I realize that everyone has different tastes and it was nice to try but now a repeat place for me. Here is what we ordered: (I included some pictures of our meal). Salmon Special served with a red sauce (very nice portion of Salmon that was flaky) , roasted potatoes and vegetable. My wife had the Lasagne and it was ok - it was missing ricotta cheese) nothing special. I split the Fettuccine Porcini (That was fantastic) and a Biancaneve Pizza (The pizza didn’t have much flavor even with the truffle oil). We finished our meal with homemade desserts: Tiramisu and some other gelatinous desert served with some sauce. We should have skipped the deserts actually. The Tiramisu was lacking a rum flavor and the chocolate sauce drizzle overpowered this dish. The other thing really...

We went to Caruso's for dinner while visiting Capitola. Be aware that the place is really small. Indoor seating is very limited. We were seated outside initially, but the server was kind enough to call us in when a seat opened up. We had ordered the vegetarians pizza and the Dischetti Al Tartufo. Both tasted good, especially the sauce in Dischetti Al Tarufo was excellent.

We do not know what was the reason but they forgot about our order for a while. Then they realised later and got the food. It was 45 mins since we ordered. Also they got us gnocchi al forno instead of Dischetti Al Tartufo and we had to send it back.

Overall we had a...

We got lucky on Valentines to get a last minute reservation. The place is cute and small with a nice romantic ambience right next to the beach. The host (Melissa/owner) was awesome and warm despite being the only one hosting tables. The food is phenomenal, the best Italian we've had!! Better than Lillian's where we go frequently. We are veg, so had the bruschetta, split pea soup, mushroom ravioli in spicy tomato garlic sauce, and gnocci with tomato/pesto sauce. I had the Barbera red wine which was awesome. They had a nice veg pizza but were not serving so we'll have to come back to try. Highly highly recommend this place and will be back...