Reviews for La Fontana in Staten Island, NY
I *really* wanted to like this place as so many people recommend it & it's very convenient to my new work location.... Unfortunately, I was largely underwhelmed and significantly over-charged, I feel, for a so-so dining experience. I went with myhusband & business partner. We were seated right away & the young server assistant was super friendly and attentive, 5 stars forhim! The bread they served at lunch was meh. Like a Wawa roll or something. Nothing close to impressive. The butter was thetiny, disposable kind. Now I'm unusual in how much I try to avoid disposable items, but for a "nice" restaurant, I expect agood, high-end piece of bread with a good amount of creamy butter, not teeny, tiny plastic-served butter. Never mind no oliveoil or balsamic vinegar. I thought the lunch menu was expensive for what we received: $18 for 2 small chicken parm pieces and atiny portion of penne pasta. The salad was small as well with not much going for it beyond a little spring mix with 2 grapetomatoes, 2 small black olives & 2 chickpeas. The penne pasta was cold. The chicken was tough. My husband's sole fish was thespecial. It was also a small portion and he said it was, "okay" for ~$20. Our colleague's tortellini was equally unremarkablefor $18. We each had coffee which were served tepid and bland. Definitely NOT special. So all this led to a 3-star experiencefor us & probably not returning. Read more
Old school red sauce perfect everything was great stick with the specials then you won't break your neck looking at everybody... else's dishes Read more
We ordered mozzarella in carrozza, gnocchi, chicken martini and a salad. The mozzarella was decent. The gnocchi is getting... thrown out. We couldn't eat it. It tastes almost fishy, it just doesn't taste good at all. The chicken was ok, but didn't wantto finish it. I think the potatoes that came with the chicken was the best part of the meal. Very disappointed by the amount ofmoney we spent on food that wasn't very good. Read more
It was good. Something must've git mixed up in the kitchen and took forever to get our food when those after us were already... eating. That aside I'd eat here again and give them another chance. Food was good Read more
Staff were very attentive during my Godfathers Repass Luncheon on Saturday. Thank you very much for doing this for me and my... family. Lunch was phenomenal Read more
Excellent food choices and customer service set this restaurant apart from others. The prices were fair for both the wine and... food. Our waiter Miguel had a great personality and I ordered his recommendation of a chicken dish that I never would haveordered and it was delicious! It was a chicken dish with a balsamic reduction with thin slices of sausage and mashed potatoes. Table bread was hot and delicious. This will be our new go to place when visiting Staten Island! Read more
incredible food. came for lunch, pleasantly surprised on how excellent it was, great friendly service too
Went here for a party recently and the food was just ok. Nothing special maybe an off day but don't think I would go for dinner... one day Read more