Vittorio's Buon Appetito — Restaurant in Wickliffe

Italian gem in a nondescript strip mall in Willowick with a diverse menu. Friendly and attentive service. Great prices and value for large portions, and their daily specials are amazing deals. The food was high quality for the price. I will be back. UPDATE: 3 weeks later I went back, and changed my 5 starts to 1. Never have I been treated so rudely, and by an owner no less. Had a reservation and the man did not come to the front but asked from inside the dining room (speaking over tables) if I had takeout, then asked how many and when I signaled by hand he started yelling at me "We speak English here, I don't know what that means." I was stunned and embarrassed, and also confused for it's a restaurant with Italian words in their name and on the menu. Other diners assured me that "oh that is just him, don't let it bother you." Well I have traveled all over the world and no that is not acceptable behavior. I know we all have bad days but this was excessive and mean, and I do not know what triggered his viciousness. It may have been that I was wearing a mask for precaution (I'm 2x vaccinated) and that makes me wonder about their Covid safety protocols. The manager (she did not say but I guess it is his wife) did eventually come over to apologize, and she made him do so later. He comped my $7 wine, but honestly it felt like a forced gesture. My server was very professional and pleasant and the food was good (spaghetti a bit dry) in the end. The staff does not deserve to work under these conditions. So, round two, I will NOT be back. There are lots of other Italian places that are less expensive and treat customers with respect (Scotti's, Guido's, Mama Catena's, etc. etc.) What a...

I had a special called ziti rosa with prosciutto, I believe. It's not on the menu, but should be. I was in heaven eating it. I'll probably be bothering the restaurant on the phone to find when they'll make it again. My husband ordered veal marsala, with fettuccine and asparagus, I believe. He loved it. I ordered salad with my pasta, and a bowl of wedding soup on the side, that I shared with my husband. The wedding soup was okay...a little different...their homemade recipe. Next time I will substitute the wedding soup for the salad, as the salad was not appetizing to me at all. It was basically soft tasteless greens with lots of shredded carrots on top. I ordered two dressings on the side to mix together...probably homemade dressings, but they were flavorless. There's a difference between enjoying what you're eating, and just getting through it, and I just wanted to get through the salad. Also, I have no idea why, in an Italian restaurant, you would not have a nice mound of provolone or mozzarella on top of the salad. Why on earth shredded carrots? Our friend had lasagna, and loved it. I've eaten dinner here twice before, and thought it was okay. I've also been here for parties in their party room, and that food has been outstanding. Moderate to...

I went to this place for a wedding reception about 2 yrs ago and enjoyed the scones that were provided by this restaurant. Me and my mother went today to order a half a dozen scones and were directed to place our order to the older man at the bar. He was very very rude and disgusting to us and condescending. His response to our order for scones was, “WHAT! We don’t have scones this is an Italian restaurant not an Irish restaurant. “ I politely let him know we had scones here before yet he still talked nasty and down to us and when we turned to walk away then he thought of his mistake and wanted to apologize. Too little too late! First of all the British eat scones, second, if you don’t make scones why did you provide them at the reception? Did a ghost make them? Third, who knew a scone could make a man angry, take your medication before you let out your aggression on innocent customers. I will never visit this establishment again and will be spreading the world as well. What we thought was a cute hole in the wall turn out to be merely just a hole in the wall. Grumpy old man at the bar...