Campiello

01/06/09

feel like you are eating in italy

by pvgirl

we had one of the best meals of our lives last night at campiello's italian restaurant. the ambiance was top notch, the food was excellent, the service was also great. they have a limited menu with all authentic italian choices. the waitress told us that the head chef had spent time in italy and it really shows. we will definately be going back there soon!

• Pros: ambiance is great, everything was very flavorful and cooked to perfection
• Cons: none

12/16/07

"CAN"iello

by mcpear

CANiello

Pretty bad. We've been going here for a number of years and had good luck. Bad luck the last time but we gave it a pass. This time, unfortunately, confirmed this restaurant has gone down hill in a big way.

Starter course listed as Alaskan King Crab with Penna Cotta sauce. It was actually very chewy, canned shreds of king crab mixed with an onion and vegetable vinaigrette.

We also ordered the Bruschetta which was pretty good; however it was four slices of bread with four chunks of tomato that only covered 1/2 of each bread slice. The whipped ricotta served with it was tasty and ample.

I ordered a house salad that advertised tomatoes, feta, black olives,

hard-boiled egg, cucumber and red wine vinaigrette. It was a good sized stack of greens with a few pieces of each of the other items. No less than 5 times, while I was eating the salad, did a wait person ask me if they could take that away for me. The cardinal sin of the waitperson.

For the entrees me wife had the penne with spit-roasted chicken, artichoke,

basil, garlic and lemon. The artichokes had obviously not been rinsed after they pulled them from the can as the dishes main flavor was that of the vinegar solution used to preserve the artichokes.

My dish was the ravioli with braised chicken, king trumpet mushrooms

and butter. The dish was swimming in oil (not butter) and the mushrooms were canned. The filling in the ravioli was minimal. I had about three bites and left the rest.

Highly disappointed and for dessert decided to go elsewhere. Get it together D?Amico?s; this is not your style.

• Pros: Good cocktails
• Cons: The food and servers trying to get you out of there

10/09/07

Fried to perfection calamari and delicious guilt free pizza

by tandc

I took my parents for dinner Sunday and they fell in love! Everytime I am here, I always get the calamari for starters- its fried to perfection and the dipping sauce compliments it very well. We also ordered the sicilian meatballs and mussels for starters. I'm not too big on the meatballs because I think they taste more on the mexican side but my parents enjoyed them. We all enjoyed the mussels, sauce is excellent for dipping bread! My dad got the glazed short ribs, mom had penne w/chicken and I had pizza. I love the crust on their pizzas because it is so light and airy. My fiance's favorite dish is also the short ribs, I'm sure if my dad and fiance could they would lick their plate's clean! For dessert, we shared the warm blueberry tart served w/vanilla ice cream and a brownie. My mom enjoyed the blueberry dessert so much that she ordered one more to go!