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Nicolino's Garden Cafe: Traveler Reviews

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#7 of 247 restaurants in Sunnyvale
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  • Cuisines: Italian, Pizza
  • Address: 1228 Reamwood Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089
  • Tel:  (408) 734-5323

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“Fabulous dinner”

Nicolino's Garden Cafe

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4 of 5 stars
Sunnyvale, California
Jun 20, 2006

I've eaten at Nicolino's twice now, once for a business lunch with a party of about 20 in 2003 and once again for dinner with my wife on a Friday evening 16 June 2006. The business lunch was pizza. There wasn't anything special about that. Dinner was a different story. The rooms seem to amplify noise quite a bit so it can get quite noisy especially with the Friday night gypsy violin entertainment and even more so with the Saturday night operatic singer. The Friday night gypsy violin guy Tibor and his pianist are fantastic entertainment. I tipped them well. Like the review before mine, we had the sausage bread appetizer. Fantastic. Wife had spaghetti and veal for dinner, and for lunch the next two days... She said it kept getting better. I had Osso bucco for dinner and for lunch the next day... Fabulous! It took a lot of self control not to eat it all in one sitting because it was all so good, but we really wanted to save room for dessert. For dessert, we had the strawberry flambee. Absolutely fantastic! And quite a show. It's prepared right by your table. The guy cooked up strawberries in butter, cinnamon and some liquors, with lots of big flaming spectacle. Then he topped a serving of vanilla ice cream with it. Very tasty. We each also had a glass of wine. Our total bill for the dinner for two was $100 minus entertainment coupon.

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“Great Italian food”

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4 of 5 stars
edmond, oklahoma
May 22, 2006
1/1 found this review helpful

We just ate at Nicolino's for a business dinner with a party of 12. The food was fantastic! The sausage bread appetizer was great, although the others really went for the calamari and antipasto trays! They prepared Caesar dressing and salad table side, it was also delicious. My main dish was canneloni and was wonderful with 3 different sauces on it. My husband did not enjoy the fish - should have gotten the pasta at an Italian restaurant! We ended with a freshly prepared truffle - I think it was called " a little bit of heaven." It was excellent too. Served cold, dusted with cocoa powder, I thought it was ice cream at first. Great restaurant, in a comfortable atmosphere. Probably priced at about $30 per person.

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“Terrible Service”

Nicolino's Garden Cafe

Feb 14, 2006
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I used to like dining at Nicolino's because the food is decent, but that all changed today. It was Valentine's Day, so the service was slow and the waiter had not smiled once during my 2 hours lunch at the restaurant. At the end when I was about to pay for my meal, the waiter denied my Entertainment book coupon due to it being the holiday (Valentine's day) even though I had called ahead to confirm that the use of coupon will be honored. When I asked for the manager, she came and wondered if I was crazy trying to use the coupon on Valentine's Day. I was devastated, and I will never go back again!

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Nicolino's Garden Cafe Address

1228 Reamwood Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Tel: (408) 734-5323
* Restaurant price information is based on meal cost per person, excluding drinks, tax and tip.