Reviews for Sal's Caffe Italia in Charlottesville, VA
Staff was very polite and attentive, however the food was bland, chicken marsala was a watery broth, pizza and whatever else we... ordered was not memorable. Seriously, I just asked my wife what she ordered and she said, "I dont even remember." Foodingredients seemed fresh and clean, but need a new cook or send the one you have to training. My sauce was a liquid broth andits not even busy from 5-6. Read more
Dinner on 6/19 for three. Only place on street which found seating for walk-ups. Big plus. Several live concert events were... going on so very busy/crowded. Food was wonderful and my calamari was among best I've had in long time. Waiter was overwhelmedit still managed to be attentive. I suspect owners were helping bus tables as they were in plain clothes and older. I think thatshows great leadership and empathy for employees. Great job. Read more
Needs to be way more authentic and freshly cooked for that price! Pink lady sauce is plain pizza sauce with cream. Parmigiana... out of a shaker and not grated fresh in front of you. Cheap silverware . Only benefit, is quick food and great Service. I guesseverything is fully pre-prepared . Btw i am European. Read more
We left the Fridays After 5 early so we could get a table. We were seated outside right away @ 725pm. 15 minutes later we were... brought room temperature water and our order was finally taken (garlic bread, gnocchi allessandro and chicken marsala). Fewminutes later cold bread and dipping oil were brought to the table. And then a large plate of warm garlic bread (quite yummyalthough awkwardly large - we cut it into manageable slices with the butter knife). And then service for us stopped. We watchedtable after table get their food. Tables that were seated after us. Around 820pm we asked to have our order packaged to go. Thehostess came back to proudly tell us that she had our to-go order moved to the front and they'd start on it right away... WHICHMEANS THEY HADN'T EVEN STARTED IT! We asked for the check. It came quickly. And the card was processed quickly!! we still waitedanother 15 minutes before we had our food. We expressed our disappointment to the hostess... she looked at our ticket and saidthe time on the ticket doesn't lie... it was stamped 804pm. The picture I took as we first sat down was stamped 725pm... thepicture of mostly eaten garlic bread was stamped 759pm. The gnocchi was disappointing... as if they took a package of alreadycooked gnocchi and heated it in water... pasty and flavorless... the sauce was tasty and mushrooms and peas fresh. Read more
Hands down the best Italian food in Charlottesville and sorounding area. Everything on their menu is delicious ???? but if you... can't decide here's a good place to start: As an appetizer get the fried mozzarella As your main course the chicken parm Get apizza as well AND your drink should definitely be a sangria (it will change your life) To close things off make sure to order ateramisu even if it's to go you'll thank me later. This is by far the best dinners you will have in your life. Read more
Waitstaff & bartender were extremely friendly and attentive. I was dining alone and they made me feel very welcome! I had the... Marko after Darko cocktail which was good, and the gnocchi which was excellent! It?s the only gnocchi I?ve had comparable tothat made in my kitchen. Read more
Very friendly service. We had calamari and pasta, both with the pink lady sauce. The sauce was very pleasant. Interestingly the... ravioli was a much smaller portion compare to the pappardelle despite a very similar price. I wouldn?t say it was the best pastain town. The tiramisu is definitely unexpectedly weird and we were not so happy about it. But it was an ok dinner overall. Read more
Not bussy at all went to eat around noon.server was great. Portions were good. We left with leftovers. We will go back again.... Had nice atmosphere. Read more