Reviews of Trattoria al forno – Dinner
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Reviewed by snovak Review Date: 11/11/2016
Rating: (6) Recommended
Had breakfast here during my latest vacation (Oct. 25th - Nov. 2nd). The food was good, but I would rather eat here for dinner options. I didn't feel the price was worth it. The menu wasn't that big and I feel I could get a lot of the same things at other locations on property. I'm glad I tried it, but I will be back at dinner time only.
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—Reviewed by cmoranski Review Date: 09/25/2016
Rating: (6) Recommended
Lovely dining room. Lovely aroma of food, pizza cooking. Open kitchen. However, the food coming out of that kitchen was a disappointment. Dry, crackery pizza. While they prided that the made the mozzarella, there was very little on it. Ground turkey in the lasagne. Come on, guys...in a trattoria? Eggplant roll ups way undercooked. DH ordered shortrib and it was just a little shredded meat in sauce. Small portions. Large prices. Bragged they made the pasta but very little of it on the plates. So disappointed for $160.00 for 5 with only one can of beer.
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FoodReviewed by DePasquale Review Date: 07/10/2016
Rating: (6) Not Recommended
Disappointing and not a memorable dining experience. The interior is comfortable Metro Italian. The food not up to Disney standards. The Margherita Pizza was a bit soggy and the Polpetta Gigante dry. Our server lacked the subtle knowledge of Italian cuisine.
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Food misses markReviewed by Fitzboyzmom Review Date: 08/10/2015
Rating: (6) Not Recommended
The service here was excellent as was the bread and appetizer (antipasto). The food however left much to be desired. My husband and son had the giant meatball dinner. It was probably made of 75% parsley. It was very strange. I had one of the pasta dishes that was just very forgettable. It had little taste and was dry. I can't recommend coming here since we don't plan on returning.
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FoodReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 04/06/2021
Rating: (5) Not Recommended
Went week of Jan 11th and was meh. Similar to Olive Garden with rushed service and food quality. Overpriced for what you get. You can spend the same amount for a table service for higher quality or even signature (some).
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Picky eater friendly, family friendlyCons:
Speedy service, ok food for price tagReviewed by M2Mc Review Date: 03/05/2021
Rating: (5) Not Recommended
I want to start by saying if this was purely based off food, I would give it a 10/10 because our food was so delicious. So imagine how bad our service was for it to drop to 5/10. The host was awesome, our waiter was nice at first, but when he brought our food out we never saw him again! After we finished eating, we waited over half an hour with no one coming by again, so we stopped someone else (happened to be the manager) and asked for our check please. Then the manager left and didn't come back for another 20+ minutes. We asked if our waiter was still around and he said he would go check in the kitchen, after waiting 15 more minutes we were out of there. So sad because I really loved the food but will not be returning because of the experience.
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ServiceReviewed by JenC Review Date: 05/03/2018
Rating: (4) Not Recommended
My family and I ate here the week of April 24, 2018. We have eaten at this restaurant many times dating back to when it was Spoodles and then Kouzzina. The first year of Trattoria we had a much more positive experience, partly due to the fact that the menu listed a vegetarian option. With no more vegetarian options, my daughter and I had pizza, which was good. However, the waiter was clearly nervous and/or inexperienced. We got the wrong drink order and when he fixed it, he returned with glasses only half-full. He even gave my father only a half-full cup of coffee. Then he got the check wrong, too! The portions were small for the price paid, and when you tack on the not-so-great service, we likely won't be returning. It's a shame, because it's such a convenient spot for those staying at the Boardwalk. (For better tiramisu and zeppole, try Via Napoli in Epcot)
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expensive food, negative experience with waitstaffReviewed by alfy Review Date: 03/23/2015
Rating: (4) Recommended
We were seated on a Friday night at about the time we reserved. Our table was a two-seat setup in the middle of a row of four-seat tables in the middle of the room, undoubtedly arranged that way so they could be pushed together in varying combinations. Not the best table, but not the worst. Our server promptly brought a flask of room-temperature water and bread, but no bread plates. We ordered pre-dinner drinks and our entrees at the same time. Unfortunately, the pre-dinner drinks arrived 10 minutes after the entrees when we asked the dinner-plate deliverer where the drinks were. A supervisor chanced by the table later to ask how we enjoyed the meal and we pointed out the discrepancy. It turned out the server had failed to turn in the drinks order. The server returned later and informed us that "due to her incompetence," the drinks would be comped. No apology. She must have been scolded. Our entrees, linguini a la vongole, were quite good, with lots of small clams, al dente pasta and a light olive oil-and-white-wine-based sauce. The drinks, spritzes, were correct. We hope they'll work out the bugs as this restaurant offers great promise and an authentic menu. As it stands, Via Napoli is still the best choice among the Italian restaurants in the Epcot area. (We have heard that too-quick service can be a problem in WDW table service restaurants, and have been advised to order the courses separately if we're not in a hurry. We will take more care to do that from now on.)
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serviceReviewed by blatzair Review Date: 12/26/2023
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
Used to be our go to favorite place but something has changed and not for the better! Our last 3 visits (any place can have an off night so we went back 2 more times) service is still excellent the food bland we took some friends there chicken cutlet parm dried out over cooked no flavor. The oso buco the same bland no flavor the polenta like wall paper glue The margarita pizzette flavorless. Please fix this !
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Everything elseReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 02/24/2020
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
Last week we ate at Trattoria al Forno. It was very disappointing. We had eaten there on previous trips and always had a good meal. However, this time it was not very good at all. I ordered the scallops with ravioli. The scallops were dry and overcooked and the ravioli which was doused in a mushroom base was just mush and did not have an appealing flavor at all. I couldn’t eat it. My husband had the lasagna and said it didn’t really have any flavor to it. We will not go back again.
