Cafe Dolce Sicilia — Restaurant in San Jose

This is my first time in San Jose. By chance, I ate at Dolce Sicilia. I have worked at Filomena's inbWashington DC. I have also worked for Dante Vanilli at his restaurant in Detroit. I have also worked as comie for Roberto Donna at Galileo. Your lasagna was excellent. Tomato heaven, the sauce was reduced for hours I'm sure. My own sauce takes 5 hours. I can let it go for 7. The lemincello marscapne cake ruined chocolate cake for me. Once my favorite, it is no more. Vanquished by lemony deliciousness. Your pastry cream was light and delicate. Not too much sugar, but the perfect amount of sweetness to allow the lemon to come through naturally. You used fresh squeezed lemons, because lemon concentrate is strong and tart. That would have surely ruined it. The cake was light and fluffy. I am so interested in the flour you used. I am just as interested in the cake pans. Which metal did you use? Definitely not the aluminum. I like stainless steel for cakes and brioche. Bravo! Great job. It's not often I get to choose 5 stars. It feels really good when I do. Eating your cake was a great...

I hate to be the person who writes an average review on this place because it has really great reviews. I don't give bad feedback unless I needed to but when I came here for the first time I have to. I love Italian food with a passion and ravioli is one of my favorites to order. I ordered the meat ravioli with gorgonzola sauce expecting it to be good. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but what ever was in that meat ravioli was not edible for me at all and I had a bad aftertaste after. I never had a ravioli that I didn't enjoy which is sad. I didn't want to go back there and return the food because I don't want to be one of those people. I give the 3 stars because the guy in the front was very kind to me.

Response to the owner: Hi, I think you are missing the point of what I reviewed about. I didn't say anything bad about the Gorgonzola sauce because I actually enjoy it. It was the meat that was inside the Ravioli I didn't enjoy. It was just not edible for me and I hope you take this feedback something to look out for next...

This cafe came to me highly recommended, and it most aspects, it did not disappoint! I loved the wide selection of coffee, gelato, and pastas. The store itself is small but impressively laid out, and it boasts a vibrant atmosphere. The staff were friendly and helpful.

The only reason I'm offering four stars instead of five could actually be due to "user error": I ordered the gnocchi with gorgonzola sauce, and found the sauce to have such a pungent flavor, I couldn't finish it. I wonder if the sauce was made with gorgonzola piccante, instead of gorgonzola dolce, but admittedly, I don't have the training to differentiate the two. All I know is that the flavor, though it may well have been both fresh and authentic, was far too piquant for my palate, and as much as I wanted to enjoy it, I could not. Fans of blue cheese would likely love this sauce, but unfortunately, it wasn't for me.

On my next visit, I plan to try the vodka sauce, and I'm optimistic it will be much more...