Reviews for Il Fornaio in Sacramento, CA

I was staying at a hotel down the street and decided to pop in for happy hour. This restaurant has a great happy hour menu. I... opted for the calamari. It was so yummy paired with their happy hour chianti. I couldn't help but order a affogato for dessert.All perfectly prepared and delicious. Read more

The appetizers (bruschetta trio and lentil soup special) were pretty good. I liked the pesto, chicken pasta but my partner did... not. What did it for me was the fact that we had to send our steak back for being massively over done and then when we got areplacement, it just tasted utterly bland. The only thing I could taste really was char on certain bits. I just kept on saltingand it just couldn’t salvage the dish. Overall, it just felt like I was paying for the Decor more than the food especiallywith the execution being so poor. Definitely won’t be going back Read more

Disappointed. The service was horrid. The calamari was like chewing gum. Ordered the seafood dish. Scallops were tiny, dime... sized. Everything was blah. Red lobster tasted better. Waiter couldn't suggest a local wine. Yes you read that correctly. Theonly stars are for the venue. Read more

Loved this place. My first time here, ordered salmon and buratta apps. Loved the pasta display at the entry. I will definitely... be back. Read more

Really delicious food! My husband and I went with our friends and their 3 year old. So we ordered the calamari, which was the... perfect texture and had great flavor with a housemate marinara. And we ordered 2 orders of the bread that comes with olive oiland vinegar (sad that it doesn't come complementary like most places). I ordered the seasonal dish which was the ravioli withbutternut squash and the most delicious sauce! And my husband ordered the vodka pasta dish with bacon, which was tasty as well. Our friends ordered the gnocchi bolognese and a pizza with ham, artichoke and some other ingredients. (Our food came outsurprisingly fast too!) I was so hungry and excited to eat I forgot to take pictures of our other foods. We also had dessert,our friends ordered the stuffed cannolis, but the shell was a little too hard for its size. It was REALLY crunchy. I think theshell needed to be just slightly thinner to make the cannoli perfect. The flavors were good and light and honestly the best partwas the candied orange peel bites. My husband and I had the gelati trio. Which was chocolate gelato raspberry sorbet, and avanilla bean Gelato. All three were delicious, but I slightly favored the raspberry sorbet more! Highly recommended! Our totalsspil in half was decent as well. The only downfall was they cleared our plates without asking if were were done (I was workingon my ravioli sauce with the bread and I had to ask for my plate back because I was still scooping up the tasty sauce). Theyalso took our calamari which had 3 pieces left, that we would have eaten, but they just cleared it without asking. A minordetail, but it makes a difference! Also the staff was great with helping out with our friends 3 year old. Unfortunately the 3year old wasn't feeling well and threw up, and the staff was quick to find us something for the little one to disposeof. Recommend this place, but just make sure you have a reservation so you don't have to wait (it saves you and Read more

We went here the day after Valentine's day to celebrate. We chose this place because of the beautiful pictures of the food and... atmosphere. Maybe they drove our expectations too high but although the food and drinks looked fantastic there was nothingextraordinary about it. We left with an unsatisfied feeling. We probably won't ever be back but we are happy that we got to tryit. It really is a beautiful place with great service but just the food didn't keep us engaged. Read more

Amazing dinner!! Beautifully decorated for the holidays but also a clean and elegant restaurant all year long. Hope to return to... Sacramento and enjoy dining here again soon!! It's a must and their seasonal specials are exquisite!! Just to note... parkinggarage validation offered which is great! Read more

Great Italian food! Excellent customer service and delicious food. They have private room for party so perfect for people wants... some privacy or older people that have hearing issue. I got my grandma some flowers and they placed it nice for us. Highlyrecommended this location and will come back again! Read more