Reviews for La Foresta Restaurant in Killingworth, CT

I would highly recommend. The moment you walk in, You are greeted by the owner Francesco. Our appetizers & entrees were great.... Staff & Francesco walk around attending to every customers needs. I learned about the owner & his family in a short time whiledining, because he is that personable. I can not wait to go back. Truly a family restaurant. Read more

We had heard very good reviews and wanted to give it a try. Very welcoming and friendly service. Wines by the glass offer a... nice choice and pours are generous. The food was plentiful, in fact quite large portions. While the prep seemed well done, wefound the tastiness to be just ok. Read more

Friendly, attentive service and exceptionally delicious food. Octopus was perfectly prepared, Papardelle and Zuppa de Pesce... were remarkably good. I wish I lived closer but definitely worth the trip. The highlight of my dining while visiting inKillingworth. Read more

This will be our last time here. We have been coming here since they opened and always enjoyed it. Although a bit overpriced, we... like to support local business. On this particular occasion, our waitress felt the need to inform our table that when my 11 yearold was ordering her drink she rolled her eyes. My daughter told her she wanted a coke, the waitress didn?t hear her and askedagain, where upon the waitress said, she rolled her eyes. She informed our table- that?s not cool and it?s rude to roll youreyes at someone, that?s rough. What wasn?t cool was the waitress deciding to act like an 11 year old. I never saw mydaughter actually do this. I asked her if she did to apologize. My daughter made sure to say please and thank you for everythingand said she was sorry. The waitress was rude to our entire party following this. I was so put off by her abrupt, rude demeanor.We asked for more time to look at the entrees. She brought our salads and then took a ridiculous amount of time to come back toour table. I looked around several times and saw her on the deck or behind the bar. She looked at our table and proceeded to goinside. We should have just gotten up and left, but my older daughter has been wanting to try it as she has been away atcollege. She is the first rude waitstaff that we have encountered here, but when spending the kind of money we do here, once wasreally enough. Don?t take things so personally, your bad attitude has caused us to not dine here again and certainly won?trecommend it to any else. My husband left a tip between 15-18%, we always leave 20% or more if they are exceptional. I wish heleft nothing Read more

My veal dinner was served cold and the sauce was bland no seasoning and tasted like can gravy. Send it back for reheat..no... difference. Should have accepted offer for something else. But this should not have happened in the first place. Read more

My husband and I have had dinner here twice. Everything was delicious both times - I definitely recommend going with the daily... specials if they appeal to you. The menu is fairly long and varies, so I think most dietary restrictions can be accommodated butthere are only one or two options if you are avoiding something (such as meat). The staff was very friendly and attentive bothvisits. Read more

What a great evening we had at La Foresta!!!! A last minute choice for my wife and I,on a very busy Tuesday evening!! We will... not sit inside anywhere with what is going on and the outside was very busy! We walked up anyways and the owner greeted us andwe said it?s been a long time since our last visit! Thinking we would be asked to go inside , he pointed us to the lastavailable table, and we did not have reservations! We were seated next to a reserved table of 13, after 20 minutes of nobodyshowing up for the table of 13, I decided to go look at the name on the table!!! How awesome was this!!! The owner had thetable for 13 with full glasses of wine for the fallen soldiers!!!!!!!! How awesome was that for him to do that!!! It made ournight!!! Our meals were fantastic, from the apps to desert Our waitress was great and very busy being shorthand, I?m so sorryI can?t remember her name, 209 was on our check for being our server? The new deck was huge and covered and an outside bar!!!! Kudos to the owner for everything he has done!!!! Can?t wait to go back very soon!!!! Read more

Everything tasted great, but it still felt overpriced for the portion size and ambiance. They seemed like they were seating... everyone outside on the deck instead of inside. There were a lot of flies buzzing around on the deck which was really annoyingand i wished we were inside in the beautiful interior. The service was super fast, but didn't feel very personal and the serversdidn't seem very knowledgeable about the drink menu and stuff. Minor gripe. I wish I had ordered something cheaper for having ameal in the heat outside with the service so fast. It just didn't feel FaNcY ya know. But tasted good. For this price point, youcould be eating at Millwrights or somewhere else where it would be a really special experience. Read more