Spennatos

One of the best Italian places in NE Ohio! My GF and I have gone twice and no complaints. The service is nice, prompt and friendly. Fresh bread and butter from their oven; great selections and clean. I highly recommend this restaurant!

Sad… very sad indeed. Maybe one of the worst restaurant experiences I have had in a long time. It took 20 mins just to get water… which one of our party got up and got for us! Drinks took forever and forget a second round. The ladies went to the bar to get their own glasses of wine! When the food finally arrived after and hour and a half it was cold or average at best. My dish was a joke. The owner should be embarrassed to even serve it. Seafood? See the picture of the «huge» shrimp (I found 3 in my dish and needed glasses to find them’). Won’t ever be back and recommend you save your time and money and go somewhere else… anywhere else!

So disappointed! We made a reservation over a week ago for our group of friends (8 total) to have dinner before a concert at the Rocksino. We should have known it wasn’t a good sign when they didn’t have our reservation when we called this afternoon to confirm. We were all slightly early for our 5:45 reservation time. We waited over 10 minutes for someone to take our drink order then she never came back. After another 15 minutes we asked if we could get our waitress to order because we wanted to enjoy our meal and be on time for our concert. We never saw our original waitress again but the new waitress assured us we would be fine on time to eat and leave by 7:10 so we gave her our orders. Note: The people that ordered a drink or beer got them after about 25 minutes but after waiting over 35 minutes my husband went up to the bar to get the rest of us our glasses of water. Needless to say our meals were no where in sight. The table behind us was also upset because they weren’t getting their food either. Our table’s meals came out in groups of 2 starting at 7:04. The last meals were brought out at 7:15. So basically we all had between –0 to 6 minutes to eat. My ravioli was lukewarm on the edges and cold in the center. And the pasta with shrimp had only 2 of the worlds most microscopic shrimp we had ever seen. As our friend said, «they should be embarrassed to serve this». No manager on duty and even the owner my husband spoke to blamed us by saying that we didn’t get our meals because we didn’t order until «6:18». He just ignored the fact that we couldn’t get any service for the first 35 minutes and had to track down a waitress to practically beg someone to take our order (in addition to getting our own drinks at the bar). Waitress #2 said that you were short handed but we made a point of asking if it was going to be an issue getting our food in a timely manner because if it was we would have chosen to go somewhere else. We had mediocre service the last time we went there with a group of 6 and gave it another shot but we are now done. What was supposed to be a nice dinner with good friends was ruined.

Slow… Slow… Slow. Came in with reservations at 5:45 on a Sunday evening and didn’t get food until 7:15. Very disorganized and seemed understaffed. Unfortunately it was like this last time we were here for dinner about 4 months ago. Too bad because food is tasty — when you eventually get it. But won’t come back here again after giving it several tries. Multiple bad experiences with slow service.

First and probably only visit. There were only 2 other customers when I arrived at 4 pm. The salad and Italian bread came out quickly. The bread was delicious and the salad was tasty though unremarkable. The meat ravioli was warm, not hot. The meat sauce was also warm, not hot, and it was very bitter with way too much meat, more like a ragu than a sauce. The waitress never returned to my table after delivering the food. I had to ask the hostess to find her 20 minutes after I finished eating just so I could get my check. She said she got sidetracked. I left a 10 percent tip, which was generous all things considered. It wasn’t an awful experience, just completely underwhelming when there are tons of restaurants from which to choose. Oh, and it’s also tchotchke heaven – I could hear Gorden Ramsey saying «bloody hell» in response to the décor.

This is a great little Italian place! I came here with a few friends who are close with the owner and family. We got a seat at the bar right about 5 pm.
The service was very friendly, though they did know our friends so I can’t be sure that it guarantee (I’d like to think so!). We had a few beers, and I got some things to go and eat at home with the family. I got house salad with their house dressing. Very good! A bit of a spice to it, which we love. The lobster alfredo was amazing; succulent and rich. They did a half order for me which was more than enough! And finally their calzone with onions, and meatballs. SO GOOD! The small was HUGE! We had leftovers even with splitting everything. All of that, and my three beers and I still walked out of there under $ 30. Great, great value! A new favorite!

I’m sorry but their pizza must be made with crack. I’ve had it 3 times in a month and I’m addicted to it. I’m a New York City boy and this crust is amazing. I’m in Chagrin Falls and I go there for my fix. Nuff said…

Omg! This is amazing pizza. It brings back many memories of Scotto’s pizza in the Richmond mall. Love it!

Spenattos is truly one of my favorite restaurants in the area. «G» the owner and head chef always makes sure your meal is prepared to your liking. I especially love the Pasta Pescatori and would recommend it to anyone that likes a seafood pasta with a «kick». The bar area is a nice place to sit and grab a drink with friends too! Would heartily recommend this establishment!

Sterling did a great job.
We had great food for grandmas birthday.
Canollis we fantastic.

The best Italian bread anywhere!
Unfortunately the décor is tacky and the whole place (including the bathroom) is cluttered by it. Also, there was no music– none at all. Kitchen cooking noises and the conversation at the next table were the only sounds. Not even the TV over the bar had sound.
Good food but poor ambiance makes this a mediocre dining experience.

We had my son’s first birthday in the party room and was blown away with the beautifully set up tables and décor. The food was excellent. The pizza was delicious and perfectly cooked. The pasta was tender and not overdone. Everything was very reasonably priced for the amount of food and the quality of service provided. The room reservation was included with the food purchase as well as room set up and clean up.
Overall, it was great food, great environment, and great service.

I usually get their sandwiches. They have pretty good burgers and a really good club sandwich. Not a big fan of their regular pizza although their Sicilian pie is pretty good.

If you look up Italian restaurant in the dictionary there should be a picture of this wonderful place. Very close to the Rocksino. It is a small family type of place that would also be great for a first date or a romantic dinner. They have a nice, spicey house dressing. Wine list is small, but adequate and reasonably priced. All the pasta dishes our group tried were excellent. One of the best spaghetti and meatballs I have had.

Great Capri sauce. Awesome service. Will definitely be back. Ordered Pasta Capri for myself and hubby got the meatball sub with fries. Very generous portions priced right.

Good pizza. Good pasta. Nice Italian family runs it. You’ll see G having a drink with a customer. Best place on northfield rd for Italian.

After coming here approximately once a month for the past 3 years, one would expect the bar tender to at least great us with a simple «hi how are you guys?». But we get it, not everyone is a people person, and the food has always been fine (not amazing, generic Italian but close to home and easy (except take out… never order the food from here as take out)
Most recently we came in for a quick dinner. We were served severely bitter very likely expired chicken. We were assured «oh yeah it’s for sure chicken it’s fine». Neither of us could stomach a second bite. I am presently ill from it, which is how I have time to write such a lengthy review.
Our «friend» the bartender still charged us for cleaning the expired chicken out of the back of their freezer. he didn’t so much as comp a glass of wine or ap.
This establishment does not value customer service or quality. If you want to gamble with your GI system, go right ahead. But I would advise not. We certainly will never be returning.

I came here before awhile ago and it was a decent little bistro but i cane here yesterday and the food was great bison burger was cooked very well. Im a chef so im familar with it being semi difficult to cook bison as its a tougher dryer meat even when cut with hamburger (which this was) but it was cery juicy. My girlfriend got the Philly and it was huge not only that it was very good, fresh made frys from whole potatoes i highly enjoyed the food.
Will be back again defiantly!

If I could give it no stars, I would. This place was pretty awful. The service wasn’t very good. It was a Saturday night and it wasn’t very busy at all. I ordered the Pasta Carbonara. Now your standard carbonara consists of noodles (the type varies), bacon, egg, and a Parmesan/​creamy sauce, and sometimes, peas. On their menu it’s described as «a creamy bacon sauce with scrambled egg and Parmesan.»
I wish I would have taken a photo of the dish I received. What I got was a heaping pile of scrambled eggs, with some noodles and nearly raw bacon.
It was beyond terrible. I took 2 bites and tried to stomach it. At this point I was so annoyed with the lack of attention from our server that I didn’t bother to complain. She should have seen how awful it looked when she brought it out. But she just threw it down, walked away and never came back to ask us how everything was tasting. So at the end when she finally made an appearance to collect our plates, she says «oh you don’t want to take it home with you?» Instead of asking if something was wrong with it.
Overall I was very disappointed with this place.
At least the soda tasted ok…

Two co-​workers and I ordered our food 30 minutes ahead of time so it would be ready when we arrived since we were on our lunch hour. We told them we were on our lunch hour and needed to back at work at 2pm, so that is why we ordered ahead. We waited 15 minutes after our arrival and the food still wasn’t ready. We were told the kitchen was backed up and it would be another 15 minutes. We told them that it was not acceptable because we made arrangements ahead of time and they knew it was our lunch hour.
We asked for the manager and the owner sent another worker who came over. She said that she wasn’t a manager but the owner was too busy to see us. We told her the situation and she said, «What do you want us to do about it?» To which, my co-​workers said, «No, what is the owner going to do about it?» She came back and said that he would give us 50% off and box up our food. We told her that we are not allowed to eat at our desks and now lost our entire lunch hour. She could care less that we were going to leave. We walked out and all had to get fast food and eat it on the way back to the office.
I can’t believe that the owner was such a coward and didn’t even try to make things right. I’ve eaten there before too, but I will NEVER eat there again with the way that we were treated. This is why businesses shut down, because they don’t know how to treat customers. Plus, their food is not cheap, so they should be thankful that they have any customers at all!