Antonio's Italian Kitchen & Bar — Restaurant in Trumbull

We recently visited with a party of 8. The food was actually very good. The service was AWFUL.

We had a 5:30 reservation and were there until 8pm because we were begging for our check. Things started off okay, we ordered drinks and apps and then our waitress completely disappeared. I don't think we interacted again with her until we finally asked for the check. We hunted someone down to take our dinner order. We had to go up to the bar to ask for more cocktails as no one ever came back to ask us if we needed anything else. Our appetizer plates were still on the table when the food finally arrived so we were clearing off the table ourselves to make room for the new dishes. We ordered dessert when they were delivering our dinner because we knew it would never come out unless we did. When we finished our dinners, we asked the host to check on our desserts. It took another 15-20 minutes to come out. The staff thought it would be a good idea to bring 6 desserts out while our dinner plates were still sitting in front of us. Once again, we were stacking the plates on the table so we could make room. It was disgusting and not enjoyable. I think there was only 1 waitress running around the entire restaurant. When I asked her for our check, she snapped at me and said she was having a bad night and walked away!!!!! We were very patient with the staffing situation until they started to get rude. NOT OUR FAULT they were over capacity and couldn't manage the seatings. Food was good but considering the cost and service, we will not go back. Consider take out! I hope the management at Antonio's addresses the issues because its hard to see so many businesses come and go from our town! Wishing...

We love Antonio's so much that we can't stop coming back! This time we enjoyed the happy hour in the bar at our favorite table and kept it straightforward. I had the cherised, oversized wings and the perfectly prepared zucchini fries along with my favorite martini (which is made so perfectly each and every time), and she had the delectible meatballs w/ mozzerella and the baked brussel sprouts. Each dish was brilliant all around. We also shared the beet salad for the first time and it was loaded with beets and a huge portion of juicy burrata which simply melted on our palates. Of course, I couldn't pass up dessert because the lava cake with gelato is simply unbelievable and my third time having it. This time, however, I opted for the chocolate gelato (instead of vanilla) and our server, Julia, was more than accomodating. My date had the pistachio gelato, which I tasted, and it's clear that this is real pistachio gelato due to it's natural color (not green) and delicious flavour. We love Antonio's because of the wonderfully high quality dishes, super consistency, amazing staff with fantastic and charming service, and the appropriate pricing. Thank...

We were in town for Sacred Heart family weekend and had reservations for 6:00 at this restaurant but arrived about 5:40 and were seated right away. We figured they would be busy but it wasn't too busy at that point. We were seated in the elevated area past the bar. One thing I noticed right away was we could hear the kitchen and someone barking instructions (kitchen manager? Owner?) quite loudly. While I'm sure this is probably typical for a busy restaurant kitchen, I think a door or full wall in that area would be good to drown out that noise. We also found the service very slow. There were 2 waiters and a waitress and they didn't seem to be assigned to any specific area so at certain points, we had all 3 at our table. It seemed very disorganized. We waited a long time for our drinks. The food came out quickly and was delicious. But then we had to ask a couple times for boxes to bring home leftovers and for the check. The wait staff was friendly and apologetic. Maybe the management needs to work on a better system for handling...