Al Forno Caffe

4.7
(241 Reviews)
$$Italian
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Ratings of Al Forno Caffe

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4.7
(241 Reviews)

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Location & Hours

Casual eatery offering regional Italian wines alongside classic antipasti, pastas, entrees & pizza.

1525 Mesa Verde Dr E
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Monday
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Friday
4:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Saturday
4:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Sunday
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Recent Reviews

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Jan 2024
Super clean, fresh, friendly. What an absolute gem
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Jan 2024
Get the parpadelle funghi... you're welcome
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Jan 2024
When you walk into this place, it almost gives you an old school saloon/dive bar vibe, but the food surprised us all! I got the rigatoni bolognese but you need to order a side or pomodoro sauce to add to it, if you like your bolognese more on the saucy side like I do. My friend got the Bucatini All Amatriciana and hers was by far the most tastiest of all the pasta dishes! You have to order a side of their peppers (there was a name I can't think of it though), it adds a little spice to each bite. My husband got the Pasta Al Forno, thats the image that has all the baked cheese on top, he loved his- ate it all. And my friend's bf got the Orecchiette Baresi (only because they were all out of their lamb meat balls that go with their Spaghetti Polpette). I liked all the pasta dishes, would recommend trying all of them. We also got the Funghi Pizza, which is small (comes with 4 slices), to start as an appetizer along with the marinated olives and their fried artichoke hearts. I would definitely come back here during the week when they have their happy hour!
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Jan 2024
Excellent food, family run. A step back in time. Happy hour from 4-6 daily. No charge for sharing. Big amounts, delicious! Reasonable prices. Worth returning. A real treasure! Parking: It's a corner restaurant in a small strip mall, w many parking spaces.
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Dec 2023
Food price is reasonable. Food was good, everybody happy with what they got. Atmosphere was okay.
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Dec 2023
Great food and bars and very nice park to chill
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Dec 2023
I really wanted to like this place me and my mom came in the other day because of the reviews they were shortstaffed, but that wasn’t the issue I ordered the house salad just came with lettuce and two tomatoes Clams, which were very spicy, which overpowered the whole dish, and on top of that I ordered chicken piccata, and the chicken was rubbery, and the sauce was so over powering And there was a smell, I wasn’t going to write a review, but what really upset me is that the owner came up to me and started arguing about how her chicken is the best chicken and no one has ever sent it back and she told me just tell me you didn’t like it which I thought was weird why are you arguing with Customer trying to prove to me that your Chicken is the best well I’m sorry in this instance it wasn’t that good maybe the chef had an off day but the owners very condescending there’s way better Italian restaurants save your money and your time food is mediocre I would never come back here again


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(657) 232-0100

1525 Mesa Verde Dr E, Costa Mesa, CA 92626