Cinzzetti's — Restaurant in Northglenn

I used to love this place. We drove all the way up from SE Denver, and should have known something was up in that seating was available on the same day. That never happens. The hostess proceeded to sit us, a couple, in the family room, which was loud as hell and extremely uncomfortable. Why would you seat a couple in that space? We were looking for the Italian experience not the employee lounge. It was a two top, not hard to seat. Perhaps keeping the kids contained to one area is a better idea because they were running around like it was their personal playground. Almost got a plateful of your watered down spaghetti dead center because it's absolute chaos.

Unfortunately this restaurant's food has gone down hill. The sauces on every pasta were watery. That means you didn't take the time with it and add a bit of pasta water to thicken. The chicken cacetori was so dry it was inedible. That means you're not paying attention to timing. Fried foods were sitting in grease. The chicken Parm looked like a banquet meal. The pizza was reminiscent of CiCis, not kidding. It was cold and the cheese was congealing. The only thing that had some flavour was the meatloaf, which was dry, and the rice pilaf was good, but extremely watered down. The house salad was also decent. Your bread sticks were as hard as actual sticks. The to rosemary potatoes were hard and dripping in grease. Nothing was fresh. It's like you pre cooked a bunch of food and then put it in holding for the 5pm dinner rush. Everything used to be cooked fresh but your cooks were all putzing around.

The desert was even disappointing. The chocolate souffle was so dry and almost taste burnt. The cream puffs cream was dripping out, almost as if it wasn't kept cold enough. The tiramasu was the only desert that tasted good and seemed fresh. Everything else was terrible.

The waiter was so stretched thin, because every table was a 10 or 20 top, that we finished a full plate and had started on our 2nd before he finally brought our drinks.

What's more, Cinzettis has become the Furrs Cafeteria of Italian. For $21.50 per plate, and a stomach ache, unless something majorly changes, this will be the last time we...

Summer 2025 update-- What a big disappointment for the food ! They just chop up rosette chickens and dump into 4 different sources to callit 4 different chicken. The shrimp bowl had 2 shrimp that was almost black.

winter 2024 update -- it's definitely getting downhill, and not as popular. Also a bit of germ bed, three of us got C*D after a lunch there recently.

Have not been here for many years, great to see it still doing it well. Lots of space in the Thornton location with lots people on Saturday for the Brunch, with at least two birthday parties going on during the hours. Dinner menu looks better (cost the same) so next time probably try dinner rather than the brunch. Service was good. Egg Benedict was not bad (not salty) and run out very quick but they try very hard to keep it coming. Out of all the pasta, the Chicken Marsala Pasta was the best with good favor. Other pasta were just pasta... For pizza, the Margarita had the best favor and great thin crest. Fry fish had too much batter and earth favor in the fish (probably from the type of fish it used.) The Tuscan-Spiced Rotisserie Chicken was not bad in the earlier batch but a bit less favor in the later batch (probably from not enough time in the Tuscan spiced sauce after roasted.) It was popular so it might not had enough time for sauce to cook into for the later batches. Great to see Rocky Road ice cream, and it was good. So was the butter Pecan, what a way to touch up the meal!! (Was told the chocolate ice cream was smooth also.) In the most recent trip, the food wasn't as good as past. (Different cooks at station might have be the reason, as this team doesn't seem to care about cooking and it certainly reflected in the dishes they prepared. For example chicken overcooked, egg stay out, potato overly...

Out on a shopping trip yesterday and we decided to stop in at Cinzzetti's Italian Market in Northglenn. We were seated immediately and our waitress Serenity took our order and was back with our drinks promptly. There is no real plan on what to eat here as it is so massive that it is overwhelming to try everything they have. Me I went with some of the basics to begin with. I got the Caesar Salad which was super fresh, Parmesan was super tasty on the salad. I also chose the Lasagna which the sauce was made with chunky tomatoes that were very flavorful, add the fresh bechamel and a light dusting of cheese on top. Yummy!! Also had some fried fish which was nice and crunchy on the outside and fresh on the inside. The Fettuccine Alfredo was cooked perfectly and was nice and creamy. OMG!! But my favorite was the Chicken Marsala Rotini. It was to die for with a nice creamy sauce, super flavorful sauce, add in the perfectly cooked mushroom. I could have just had this by itself and been satisfied. On to desserts. The Apple Crisp had a nice blend of cinnamon with apples and sauce with a crispy crust. The cannolis had a nice crunch to the outside and a smooth creamy inside. So tasty. The Raspberry crisp was cooked perfectly and was so tasty. But the star of the desserts was a chocolate cake that had a phenomenal chocolate sauce in it. OMG!! A plus was that they were fresh out of the oven. Well that was the end. You can't possibly try everything in one trip. Spread it out over a few different visits. The inside of the venue is decorated perfectly to make it nice and cozy. And another shoutout to our waitress Serenity, she rocked it our...