Il Fornaio

01/27/07

Old LODO's best Italian restaurant with superior service and to die for food. Hidden off 16th Street mall.

by revenge at Citysearch

Excellent food, wonderful service and facinating ambiance. I know it's a darn chain, but they seem to get it right nearly every time. Located in an historic property n LODO, you get the feel of old Denver. The food is interesting and reasonable. The wait staff keeps an eye on your table so all you need to do is motion if you are in need. Don't you hate it when you get to the point you have to yell out the waiter's name and he/she suddenly plays deaf? The woman who keeps up with the bread and water must be psychic here! She watches the tables like a hawk!

Maybe we need to forget about the chain thing and just enjoy the great food and service. It's outstanding. Some nights we would give it a 10, on a bad night it's an 8.9.. There is one in the Tech Center almost it's equal.

Children would be fine here because the place is so enormous. If it's date night you can ask to be places by the windows or fire place. Still it's empressive enough for a business meeting.

I have zero complaints.

• Pros: I love the ambiance and service. Food is interesting and not over priced.
• Cons: Hidden off the 16th Street Mall, we forget about it.

10/01/05

Awesome!

by elizabethchristina at Citysearch

Outstanding service, wonderful food, lovely, romantic ambience. We were seated on the patio, waiters were outstanding, knowledgeable, friendly, relaxed. We were extremely impressed, from the bread and oil-and-vinegar dip to the INCREDIBLE dessert of a creme brulee with chocolate mousse that was probably the FINEST dessert I have ever had at a restaurant. I would highly recommend this place!

• Pros: Excellent service, Wonderful food, Nice ambience
• Cons: Can't think of any!

06/28/04

Don't overlook this restaurant

by tl9724 at Citysearch

The Lodo location is amazing.I used to go years ago, and came back to it recently.The food is superb, this restaurant definitely uses the highest quality ingredients.The Chef even came out to talk to out table.The surprise is that he's really Italian.He cooked in Italy for 15 years before coming to the United States.His standards seem very high.We attended the wine dinner, where he had more liberty with the menu- The food was like nothing I've never tasted--and completely authentic. I used to be skeptical because of the multiple locations, but this is far better than most "mom and pop" Italian restaurants in town, which are overrated, expensive, with overcooked pasta most of the time.My only complaint is, it took the server over 10 minutes to take a drink order; although the busser came with fresh bread in the meantime.

• Pros: great menu, cooked to perfection, beautiful restaurant
• Cons: , need drinks faster, call for reservation