Cafe Valentina — Restaurant in Delaware

We've been to Cafe Vanentina 3 times now. Twice for pizza and tonight for dinner. Good pie. Good menu. Lots to choose from. I went tonight specifically for some of my favorite Italian go-to foods. Cafe Valentina did not disappoint. Wedding soup to start. Definitely homemade and rustic with a flavorful parmesan broth. Next was a Caesar salad. Good, but should have been tossed in the dressing, not just ladled on it. Then the Italian antipasto and a glass of Montepulciano. This is what I came for! Fresh mozzarella, sharp provolone, prosciutto, roasted red peppers, bruschetta. With their towering garlic bread. Feeling pretty good right now. Then my entree, veal saltimbocca with spaghetti in buttery Marsala sauce. Two big pieces of thin and tender veal with prosciutto and sage and cheese. And another glass of the Montepulciano. Yeah, I'm doing alright. Didn't eat all the pasta because, well, dessert. A cannoli and a nice pour of DiSaronna amaretto finished a quite satisfying meal on a random Wednesday evening. And, of course, our service was great. Our son's friend's mom, Missy, had a handle on this small dining room like the seasoned pro that she is. I don't know why we haven't been here more. It was...

Interior needs a good cleaning. The shelf the cold/old pizza sits on 🤢. Door needs a little paint & windows need a wiping. The lighting, maybe for ambiance are low, it actually amplifies the cleanliness opportunities. Alright? Enough beating these folks up. They have REAL MOZZARELLA STICKS!!! If you are following me you know how I feel about this… If you are an Italian or Pizza place you need to have these, if not it’s sacrilege. The sticks themselves were not great, if you were to put a gun to my head I would say the oil needs to be changed. With that said the Marinara was excellent!!! I would bathe in it, js. The cheeseburger sub came with fries a plus but due to take out packaging they were gross. Another take away for restaurant owners, fried foods should never be sealed up. Put them in an open bag & make them last. Finally, we are at the end of probably my most colorful review (I’m in a mood), the sub itself was ehhhh. Take note!!! Season the meat before cooking (salt & pepper), then season the sub after built (oregano, salt & pepper), this will make you the best pizza shop on...

I ordered a vegetarian entree tonight, two bites in I find chicken in my dish. I had specified with the woman on the phone I only wanted breaded eggplant, no meat, so it was pretty surprising and upsetting to take a bite of chicken. We ordered two entrees, both of with were sopping and soggy, filled with runny sauce. I was upcharged two dollars for ceasar salad, but it was just Ken’s dressing packets tucked into small plastic clam containers of lettuce with maybe five croutons each, not even any parmesan. I absolutely hate that the rolls were drenched in oil on the outside, and super dry and borderline stale on the inside. Honestly feel bad leaving such a bad review for a local small business. We did not try the pizza, just entrees, and 40$ later we wound up so upset with our meals that we just threw them away. It was worth a shot, but I hate feeling like we ordered in to get a break tonight and should have just bit the bullet and...