Volare — Restaurant in Wixom

I'm really surprised to see all these great reviews here. This place is not at all a family friend place. It was our son's birthday and I called them in the morning and reserved a table for the evening dinner. I made a request to get a surprise cake before the dessert and the lady on the phone sounded great. So, we go there on time and I reminded them of the cake. We ordered our beverages and the server said that she will get some bread. Beverages arrived and we ordered our food: We ordered eggplant parmigiana along with penne pasta as a side and requested to have it well done. This one comes with a side of salad. We requested to cut the pizza in 8 slices and replace the goat cheese with the regular cheese. One Caesar salad. And I reminded her that we still didn't get the bread and she didn't even feel apologetic for that. Her response was I'll see what I can do. Common guys, kids are hungry and they least cared.

Our food started coming in portions. Received the salad first, while kids are waiting for pizza. The salad was literally bitter and no dressing at all. After some time, we got the parmigiana, but they forgot the side orders of both salad and penne pasta. So, I had to remind them again. Despite my request to replace goat cheese, Pizza came with the goat cheese and it was not even cut 8 slices. So, I had to tell them again, she takes back the pizza and cuts it into 8 slices. The pizza was so bad that it was just a plain dough with some sauce on top of it. There are hardly any toppings. Kids could not eat even a single slice.

After the disaster with food, I whispered the waiter to bring the surprise cake. She didn't have a clue of what I was talking. So, I took her to the side and talked about the cake, she said she doesn't know anything, but said she will get a cake in some time. We literally we had to wait around 30 mins for the cake.

After this pathetic experience, I got a big check. This was not even worth 10% of what they charged me. They only care for business customers here and it's NOT A PLACE...

Update as of 8/8/23 - new, improved rating

We had another date night out, and I needed the gnocchi and king salmon. We honestly were hesitant to come back because our experience with the service the last two times was not ideal. We are so glad we went back because Gino made our dinner so enjoyable. He was incredibly attentive, down to earth, and I actually told him about our prior experiences. I wanted to make sure they knew that their food was incredible, but our concerns about the service made us unsure about coming back. He was so understanding and appreciative of the feedback. He mentioned they have meetings with their team, and they review the ratings from Google. He actually said he remembered my review 😆

All that to say, you need to go here. 💯 Best Italian restaurant I've ever been to.

Had a date night out and was happy we chose this place.

The food was wonderful - all seasoned and cooked very well.

The king salmon and gnocchi will be in my dreams for a while. Perfectly soft little pillows with a sumptuous white wine cream sauce and the most delectably cooked salmon I've ever had.

Octopus was surprisingly tender (I say surprisingly because it seemed a little tough to cut at first), and it had a nice char grill

Calamari was plentiful, lightly fried, with yummy cocktail sauce. They were tender but could have used more salt. The peppers were super flavorful in comparison - sweet and pickled and spicy

The chopped salad was very good. They charge an extra $2 to cut it up for you, which seems silly, but what can you do.

Service was kinda spotty.. overall, it fine, but we ended up waiting for our waitress for 20 min to cash us out, so we had to find another person to do it for us. Kind of annoying way to end the otherwise nice evening.

We sat on the patio which you'd think be a little chilly but they had the heat absolutely blasting. I'm not kidding, I was dripping sweat and I heard other tables commenting on how freakin hot it was. Not great. The interior atmosphere seemed very...

Edit: 5 stars to 3 - This is my favorite place to get steak for the last three years, but when my sister and her husband came to visit, we were very disappointed in our experience this time. The zip sauce had changed a bit, but our main issue was my boyfriend's steak being overcooked and burnt. Both my brother-in-law and my bf ordered the Manzo, which is the biggest steak. BIL ordered it medium rare, and my bf ordered his medium as he usually does without issue. BIL's came out looking great, a lot of pink as expected. My bf's came out covered in black char and obviously cooked way more than medium, and way more than one step below medium rare. I had gotten a different steak cooked medium as well, but there was no char and still pink, completely different from my bf's. The outside of his was well-done, and there was not much pink in the middle at all. Our waiter was very nice and took it back to the kitchen. He advised the kitchen said they cooked it medium and if they did it again it would look the same with the char. The waiter asked if maybe he could ask them to cook it medium rare, and we agreed, but the kitchen refused, saying they would charge to change the order. We were not trying to change the order - we were trying to correct their overcooking. My boyfriend did not want to cause a scene or have it go any further, so he decided to keep the overcooked steak covered in char. We should have talked to the manager, but we were out with other people and decided against it, as they probably would have said the same.

Older review: The atmosphere was nice yet a little louder than I expected. However, that is because the place was packed due to their excellent food. The steak was one of the most tender, juicy steaks I’ve ever had, and their zip sauce goes perfect with it. Excellent moscato and dessert selections. Very pleased; I have returned multiple times and plan...