Avantis Italian Restaurant & Pub — Restaurant in Verona

So the wife and I don't get a chance to get a date night often. The in-laws live in Verona and offered to watch the kiddos so we could have a Valentine's date. Very disappointed! We had reservations at 5pm. We arrived about 4:50. We went to the host area and waited, the waitresses and hostess saw us, but just left us waiting.it was dead in there, 2ish tables and a habdful of people at the bar. We waited long enough that the bartender (only positive thing) gave us 2 drink chips.

We had an older lady as our waitress. She started off like she was annoyed that we were there. Not friendly at all(she got a little better by the end). She saw the drink chips on our table and her 1st words were, "I can't take those, you can only use those at the bar" I mentioned that the bartender just gave them to us to use. She was snarky and said "whatever, I will take them this time". Now to the food... we ordered 2 appetizers. Cheese curds and bruschetta. Cheese curds were good, bruschetta didn't have balsamic and wasn't great. Tomato soup not good either. We ordered the 16 oz ribeyes. For $34.99 each we expected a decent one.. they were the thinnest ribeyes I have ever had in a restaurant.(maybe a half an inch thick) very salty as well. My wife ordered medium and it was close, I ordered medium rare and it l came out well done. Not a hint of pink. I added pictures of my 1st and second steak.. My waitress wasn't around but another waitress came over when she saw I was lookkng for our waitress. She agreed it was well done, and took it back. A few minutes later I got the replacement one and it was blue rare. I ate it because I was hungry and waiting too long, but it was cold in the center and very rare. (Their cook has no idea what they're doing). Overall would not recommend and was a waste for our rare(no pun intended, or maybe it...

What a fantastic place! I have never felt so welcome and at home in a restaurant before. Everything from the staff, the food, the atmosphere and the regulars make this a place to go. Plan an evening down here, have drinks before and after at the bar, enjoy sit down dining with friends, the menu is vast and honestly there are no bad choices. We entertained a little bit of everything for our meal choices, our server was awesome and knew the menu in and out. We had calamari to start, then jumped into bacon wrapped-cheddar-stuffed jalapenos (amazing). We were drinking brandy old fashions, then switched to wine and some of our party even had some tap beers. (The mixed drinks here are exceptional as well) We had everything from amazing french onion soup, stuffed shells, walleye, fried shrimp, and pasta for our main courses. To say we left full and satisfied is an understatment. The atmosphere itself is fun and intoxicating. We met new people and even saw other old friends out that we had not seen in some time. We will absolutely be back. We didnt take many photos during our visit, as there was so much great conversation and fun to be had. This is a place for families and friends to stop in and share a great dining experience and forget about cellphones and other distractions. I did however take a photo of my shrimp, and yes it was delicious! 5 stars! If you are looking for a place to dine,...

My husband and I enjoy Avantis. Although a few months ago we came in for dinner and had an older guy as our waiter. He was crude. Everything about him screamed " I should not be a waiter at Avantis". We did mention it to the friendly, happy waitress and she had said " yeah, he won't be here long". Moving on to tonight, we had a drink at bar and then were seated on the "platform/stage" area. And then came along "that guy" with a basket of bread on top of a pizza box fumbling to slide it off onto our table until my husband grabbed it b4 it fell. We then rcvd water, asked for straws and we rcvd colored, bendy kiddie straws. We placed our order. Our meals came along with more bread. No butter, again. I asked for butter and "he" was surprised we did not get butter the first round. I said , "NOPE..NO BUTTER, YOU MUST'VE FORGOT" (i said)So then he stated, "oh well, the people before you MUST'VE ate it all"! WHAT???? Dude, you forgot the butter! Quit blaming , own it! If ever we have him as a waiter we will wait for another. He is slow, seems he doesn't like to go out of his way to get anything. The least possible thing he can do, is what he does. Bartenders and everyone else are always great. It's ashame, this guy just doesn't have what it takes to do his job. I believe he may do better in another field of work.(Maybe a stock boy after hours at Walmart? ) Unfortunate because we...