Angelo's Italian Ristorante — Restaurant in Dunmore

First time at Angelo’s today 7/19/25. I just wanted a good comforting Italian meal and I was definitely let down. I have to preface this with two things. One, the atmosphere and service were amazing. The bartender, Ally, was super sweet and very attentive. I really enjoyed talking with her. Secondly, maybe it was just my taste buds, but I keep it real so this is my opinion. I got the stuffed long hot peppers as an appetizer. They were absolutely delicious. If I just had that for my meal this review would’ve been 5 stars. Also had complimentary fresh bread with an Alfredo dipping sauce that was delicious as well. I waffled back and forth on what to order as an entree, as so many of the options sounded delicious. I ultimately decided on chicken saltimbocca. Very poor choice on my part. Maybe it was an off night. Maybe it’s me. But it flat out sucked. It was like eating a chicken breast that was wrapped in sage and coated in a Marsala wine reduction. Absolutely terrible. The side of pasta was very delicious. They took the entree off the bill, not that I was looking for anything for free. But what pissed me off was that the chef said there was no sage in the dish. You have a better chance of seeing Sasquatch walk through your back yard than there not being sage in that dish. And 10 times too much of it. Don’t insult my intelligence, I know what sage tastes like. I like sage but little bit goes a long way, not to mention it’s a traditional ingredient for saltimbocca. Anyway, sorry to rant. I’m just a little irritated that I wanted a good meal on a Saturday night, still spent $70 and leave hungry and disappointed. Oh well. Too many other good options in NEPA than to take a...

To start with the good: the employees are very nice and very attentive. The hostess kept refilling my water glass, and a waiter who wasn't ours asked if we needed anything.

Atmosphere: the walls and ceiling are painted a grim grey, with black trim. The tablecloths are black, as are the napkins. The result is funereal, reminiscent of a morgue. Definitely depressing.

The drinks: we ordered the house version of Old Fashioned's. The description said they used Maker's Mark. You couldn't prove it by us; in fact, you couldn't convince us there was any alcohol in there at all. There was definitely sugar, though. I'm not a fan of sweet drinks, and usually an Old Fashioned is fine. This was syrupy. After three sips, I was done with it.

The food: my husband liked his antipasti salad, though the bits of meat and cheese were pretty small. His appetizer size dish of manicotti had two of them, and that was enough for his meal. My house salad was also rather small (for a $9 house salad, I'd expect more vegetables) and the dressing seemed excessively vinegary to me. The gorgonzola was unremarkable.

The worst, though, was my seafood gazpacho ($22). The boring liquid tasted like V-8 juice or cheap tomato juice. While the two shrimp were large and tasty, and the crabmeat was okay, the lobster tail (which is the only way they could have justified that price) was tasteless and watery. After one bite, I decided it wasn't worth eating.

I didn't complain, because there didn't seem to be any point to making all those nice people feel bad. It's a small town, and there isn't much competition from good places. Next time, I think we'd opt for a pizza joint, to avoid being...

One of the worst restaurants I have been to solely based on service. We were a party of 7 and sat for 20mins before even being greeted and asked for our drink order. We ordered 3 white claws, 1 wine, and 2 martinis. Took 20 mins to receive the white claws and wine ( white claws that were brought out were the wrong flavor). Another 10 mins for the martinis. At this point we have been sitting for 50 mins when finally another server came to get our order. All the staff was nice, but did not seem concerned with how long we were sitting there without being waiting on. Thank god for the server who did come over and take our order because we probably would’ve sat for another 40 mins if we did not say a couple of times that we were ready( and we had just called another restaurant nearby because of how long it was taking to try to get a table there- host must’ve over heard us on the phone and had the other server take our order). From 3 people at the table who are also bartenders/ servers we are very understanding but this was unlike anything I have ever experienced. No sense of urgency, no apology, nothing. AND it did not seem busy at all that night although we were seated inside and could not see how many tables were outside, but still no sense of urgency or apologies from any of the staff. To top it all off, the host wrapped our food but failed to ask my sister if she wanted hers wrapped. She put another dish on top of her pasta on the table without even asking if she wanted hers wrapped. Definitely will not go again and would...