Gatto's Italian Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Downers Grove

I can't say enough about how happy I am with this restaurant. We had our dad's memorial dinner there on December 15th and they really went out of their way to accommodate us during the busy holiday season. As you know, it is almost impossible to predict how many people will show up to funeral luncheon or dinner. My sister decided to reserve the party space but we realized that we were not going to have 30 people at the last minute, which is the minimum to get the room and buy the package deals. I was nervous at first because they already had quite a few tables reserved for other parties, but the staff found a way to make it work. Then we found out that another three people who were planning to come could not at the last minute, so we had a few open seats and there was not attitude about it AT ALL from the staff. The atmosphere was perfect for this type of event as well. Casual, friendly, and warm. My dad was not a fancy restaurant type of guy -- great food at a good price was his thing and he would have approved of Gatto's 100%! We picked them taste untested and we were beyond happy. We had the garbage salad, bruschetta, chicken vesuvio, penne with vodka sauce, and sausage and peppers served family style. All solid choices! It was important to my dad that we keep our business in Downers Grove and we discovered a new place to hit up -- a real win win situation. Thank...

We were visiting Downers Grove for a production my daughter is a part of, and we decided to get dinner before we left. My daughter wanted "pasta," and a quick Google search sent us down the road to Gatto's. Our first impression was very positive. Seeing that they offered indoor/outdoor seating was the perfect compromise because she wanted to be indoors, I wanted to be outside, so we both got our ways. We were immediately seated and brought the most fantastic loaf of bread with butter while we decided on our appetizer and meals. We ended up getting the fried zucchini, which was PERFECT...most places overcook it to mush, but this was cooked through while still being slightly firm. Oh, and did I mention the bread just kept coming?? Aaannnddd, we just kept eating it! By the time our food came (which really didn't take long at all!) we had filled up on the bread, so we took most of our entrees home. I got the lasagna and it was cheesy and meaty and flavorful... probably the best damn lasagna I've had other than my own. My daughter had the ravioli with marinara and she really liked it. We have to come back to town in a few weeks and I'll be back to try some of the wines I saw on the wine list and I'm really looking forward to their signature salad....

I absolutely loved my cheese tortellini meal and my son's vodka sauce with rigatoni however my other halfs lasagna wasn't right. Only way I can explain it is you couldn't really see the layers in it and it gave it a processed texture and the best part of lasagna is the ricotta cheese and there was barely any ricotta cheese in it. It had a good flavor other than the ricotta being barely there but the texture was weird. The sausage I ordered with my meal was also delicious. Overall this place was fantastic but had to give 3 stars because you can't go to an Italian restaurant and the lasagna isn't made properly and reminds you of processed food not homemade. The wait staff was absolutely wonderful even though we got there 30 min before closing. Extremely friendly and polite and efficient and didn't rush us. I rushed us because I felt bad and wouldn't want that done to me. I also didn't like the fact there wasn't an option for fresh parmesan cheese like I have had at any other Italian restaurant I...