Allegro La Verne — Restaurant in La Verne

We were in La Verne for a business lunch, and we dropped by Caffe Allegro. You would not know where it is at as it is off a side street. A hidden gem for fairly good Italian food. The place was busy and if you have a large group, probably not the best place due to its size, however for normal groups it is fine. The waitress was friendly and warm. Let us know about menu items of note. The establishment is on the smaller size, so you are close to folks, so if you have the loud relative after a few drinks, probably not the best choice as everyone will hear you. LOL. We ordered the Chicken Marsala with Fettuccine and the Salmon. I added bellbeppr, grilled onions and garlic to the Chicken dish. When it came out, even the waitress commented that she was going to have to try it this way. As it not only looks divine from a plating viewpoint, it smelled amazing. The salmon was also cooked very nicely and had no issues with it. The side salad that we ordered could easily feed two people. Very generous. However, the star of this meal was the Chicken Marsala designed by me. LOL. The flavor of all the ingredients was amazing! My friend dipped her salmon into the sauce to taste it and then she wished she got exactly what I ordered. Cooked perfectly, served excellently, and devoured with much pleasure! No room for dessert on this visit, however, we will look next time. This is a great find, and only locals would know unless you looked it up and I would recommend to others...

March 17, 2021 - This was our first visit to Allegro La Verne and we were quite impressed and pleasantly surprised at this restaurant's unusual food quality and well prepared, delicious dishes. For our appetizers, we ordered fried calamari and a caprese salad, and both were wonderfully prepared. For our entrees, my husband ordered a seafood pasta dish, which was excellent, my mother ordered the stuffed artichoke appetizer, which was a meal in itself and excellent as well. I ordered the spare rib dish, which was just OK, as the spare rib was a little tough. Overall, the food preparation and quality was exceptional, excluding the spare rib and the 'spumoni' ice cream, which surprisingly did not remotely resemble the taste and texture of this classic Italian ice cream. Our dinning experience at Allegro La Verne would have been outstanding, but regrettably, the service that night was poor. Even though there were many hostesses available and only a few patrons to serve at the time, we had to remind our waitress to bring items we had requested, such as the wine, salt, etc . At one point, I also had to get up to find someone to remove the empty appetizer plates from our crowded table. All things considered, the excellent food preparation, with its superior quality and taste merit that we visit this restaurant again. After all, it's possible that the poor service that night may have been an isolated event. Hopefully, next time we'll have good reasons to give them five...

I was taken here by a friend a few months ago when the weather was perfect. We sat outside with flowers and shrubs giving every table a sense of privacy. (Although it is on a main street in La Verne) There are so many choices on the menu it is hard to make a choice. After much perusal of the menu, I selected Farfalle Al Gamberretti. My dinner companion ordered a sort of Italian surf and turf. We were planning on dessert so we didn't order appetizers or salads. Our dinner arrived even before we had a chance to catch up with each other. Mine came in a large pasta bowl. It was delicious! My pasta had at least 15-20 large shrimp, asparagus tips, mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes, and roasted garlic. The portion could have fed 2 very hungry men. I couldn't have ordered better. My companion's dinner looked very good too. He had a filet that was huge, a lobster tail, mashed potatoes, green beans and a half tomato with seasonings and panko breadcrumbs. The steak was cooked to order, much too well done for me but came the way he preferred. Needless to say we both had leftovers to take home. Our plan to get the Tiramisu to share for dessert was thrown out the door. The food was so good, we didn't have room for anything else. We will be returning so next time I will for sure order the Tirimisu. If you want some food, whole and prepared impeccably, Try this restaurant in the heart of Old La Verne, you won't be...