Donato Enoteca

Donato Enoteca is a visually beautiful restaurant with an impressive layout, multiple dining areas, an upscale atmosphere, and gorgeous wine displays throughout the space. Unfortunately, for how elevated the restaurant presents itself, the food experience was extremely disappointing. The standout dish of the night was easily the mussels in red sauce. The flavor was absolutely incredible and the toasted bread served with it was perfect for dipping into the sauce. Honestly, that appetizer was the highlight of the entire meal. From there, things slowly went downhill. We ordered the branzino, which was deconstructed tableside, but the fish itself was very thin and still had multiple bones throughout despite the presentation. We also asked for more of the bread from the mussel dish and instead received this massive inflated pita-style bread that completely confused us because it was nothing like the original. The salad also missed the mark. It barely had any arugula and felt more like scattered toppings than an actual composed salad. Then dessert unfortunately sealed the experience in the wrong direction. We ordered an apple streusel-style dessert that came out cold, stale, and with a bug in the sauce. The wine was good, and the double waiter service was actually kind of entertaining and unique, but overall it felt like one disappointing surprise after another. Maybe sticking strictly to classic Italian dishes would make for a better experience, but based on this visit I’m not sure I’d return.

Horrible experience for Valentines Day. We got there at 6:50 for a 7pm reservation and didn't leave until 10pm. It was a 3 hour ordeal. They were clearly overbooked. We waited almost an hour to get seated and they even accidentally cancelled our reservation while we were waiting so we had to run back to the host stand to fix it. We ordered the 4 course menu and almost every single dish came out cold. The Crostone di uovo e tartufo, the Tortino di pasta ai Carciofi e pecorino, and the Controfiletto ai porri e patate croccanti were all lukewarm at best. Then we waited 20 minutes for the Bacio di Dama dessert just to get a rock hard cookie that tasted stale. Our server Kenya was nice but the kitchen just couldn't keep up. Definitely not worth the price, I won't be coming back.

Fantastic food! True Italian with some interesting twists. Good for those who are a little more food adventurous- no fettuccine Alfredo here. Wine and cocktails were also great, as was desert. Meat dishes were all amazing, and the salads weren’t bad, but not as great as the rest of the menu. Only reason it isn’t 5 stars is because the service can be somewhat slow, and sometimes it was hard to get a waiter’s attention. Nothing too bad, but not a good restaurant choice if you are in a rush or trying to get to a movie or show later. Pricey, but would definitely recommend!

We held our company's holiday party of about 90 people at Donato last night and they knocked it out of the ball park! I have planned many events, but the service at Donato was exceptional. Fantastic customer service, I didn't worry about things prior to the event and was free to enjoy the party during the event. The layout of the restaurant provided such a fun, elegant atmosphere. We were in the back private room and had full run of the bar. The food was amazing! The staff was the best I have ever worked with. They had all the food ready to go and were so attentive to everyone's needs. They passed out appetizers, made sure food stations were stocked, cleaned up empty glasses and plates quickly. The bar area was a blast and the bartenders were so friendly and attentive.

Beautiful design. Great service. Terrible gnocchi heavy and dense. The other pasta is good. The egg dish was wonderful. A single old fashioned with well bourbon was $17.00. The meat tray was good.