daVinci's — Restaurant in Eagle

We've been in the Treasure Valley for 3.5 months and came here this evening, a Sunday, for the first time. We called ahead and made reservations for 5 pm.

Located in downtown Eagle on State St., we found parking right next to the restaurant. Upon entering, there is the bar on the left and the restaurant on the right. The bar opens at 4 pm and the restaurant at 5. The bar area was very crowded and loud. I imagine that one can order food while seated in that area. The restaurant was a mixture of booths along three walls, half-booths along another wall, and tables in the middle.

Our host, I believe his name is Jay (possibly the manager/owner?), seated us at a nice booth just inside the restaurant and next to a table set for a likely large party. Fortunately, that party did not materialize while we were dining, making our table very intimate and quiet.

Our server was Eric, and he did a great job taking care of us. My wife ordered the spaghetti with meat sauce and chose to add some clams. I had the seafood lasagna. Both were delicious. They serve unlimted salad with the entrees, though one bowl served both of us just fine. Their bread is also very yummy, and you can have it with butter or balsamic vinegar and oil.

We splurged and got two desserts, though one could serve two people. However, my wife loves tiramisu but they had mud pie, and I hadn't had it in a long time. Huge piece, but with my wife's help, i finished it. Meanwhile, my wife brought half her tiramisu home.

The bill for our two entrees, a glass of wine and a draft beer, and the two desserts came to $86, which I thought was reasonable. We will...

First off, idk how this place almost has 5 stars but okay. So this was our very first visit so this is what I'm basing my review off of. Walked in the door and it was empty but of course this is right at 5 when the restaurant opens up. Had a reservation for a birthday dinner so that was probably a good call. -The bread was really good, nice and warm. The crab and artichoke dip could've been good besides all the onion which overpowered the whole thing. The mozzarella sticks were good, have had better though. The wait for our food was too long especially with a baby who was hungry. Good thing we had bread to hold her over. Had a family style salad (like olive gardens) and felt like we needed bowls to eat the salad from because everyone was constantly trying to stab their lettuce and it wasn't very fun lol

-Okay now for the entrees. Chicken Parmesan was good, nothing crazy spectacular though. I will say though if you like spicy, the spicy Alfredo is the best choice. Also got the Leonardo (chicken Alfredo), that was good too, decent. You could tell the noodles were homemade but the sauce was just okay. Everything just seemed decent, nothing hit it out of the ball park for us this visit. Service was also just a little slow but she did her best and we were grateful for that (just felt like we were searching for her a lot). Another thing is, the atmosphere was really dark and dim lighting, so make sure to wear your glasses if you need them lol I couldn't really tell how much salt I was sprinkling onto my salad haha Anyways give it a try and see what you think. You may or may...

Having moved to Eagle back in 2000 I'm surprised it took me this long to try Davinci's; probably based on a false preconception that it would be overpriced. The prices are quite reasonable and we spent slightly more than we would have if we were to visit a chain restaurant such as Olive Garden.

My wife and I visited for our anniversary and we were happy with all of our choices. The minestrone was the best I've had. When it came out I was skeptical and thought it looked more like tomato soup. The seasoning was spot on and the zucchini was amazing. My wife ordered fettuccine alfredo despite the fact that she was unsure about it being made with nutmeg. I think Davinci's alfredo is now her favorite. We also had the crab and artichoke dip which does not skimp on the crab and I had the lasagna.

So badly I wanted to give five stars because of the great food but the service created a major star deficit. We were able to order and get our food fairly quickly but the service stopped there. It wasn't exceptionally busy and when I visited the restroom I saw that they were well staffed with a half dozen or more employees, including our waiter, in the kitchen. After finishing our dinner, we waited a fair amount of time looking around the restaurant in that way that makes it obvious you haven't been helped as most tables cleared out and it reached the point that it was only us and one other couple in the restaurant. Eventually, I had to flag down a waitress that was cleaning tables and ask for our check and a refill on my...