Cafe Milano

One of the best Italian foods I have had outside of Italy.

I was hoping for some good Italian food, but unfortunately it was mid at best (excluding the spaghetti bolognese, my husband said that was great.) The people who work there are super friendly, but very touchy to the point that both my husband and I were uncomfortable with how much she was touching him. Our appetizer never came, and it wasn't acknowledged until I asked for it to be taken off the bill. The meatballs in the kids spaghetti and meatballs 2/10 and the penne vodka is a 5/10. Also they charge you for the bread they automatically put on the table so there's that.. They also didn't give my kids their Gelato that's included in the kids meal.. Idk, I wouldn't return.

Excellent food - lasagne, caprese, and limoncello. Everything was authentic and real world Italian. The place is small inside but we snagged a table outside and thoroughly enjoyed each course. The limoncello is out of this world refreshing. Ciao!

Placed an take out order from this place and never recieved it. Disputed the charge with the credit card company and the restuarant challenged the dispute. I ended up having to pay for a meal I never got.

I’ve been to this place a few times and the food was fairly good to be honest. However, on Valentine’s Day on 2024 I made reservations and even called ahead of time to confirm but when I arrived there was a line ~10-12 people (and a packed restaurant) and nobody with reservations was being seated. When I spoke to the old man in charge he completely blew me off and I fairly assertively asked him 3 times what was going on and he just left me with “I’ll get to you.” I spoke to a waitress twice and she just said I’m sorry you have to talk to the owner (the old man). 3-4 different couples had left frustrated while we were sitting there waiting to be seated. People with reservations for 7:00 had still not been seated at 7:40. It was pretty clear this restaurant had massively overbooked and did not respect reservations. Very disappointed.

Amazing food, and excellent service. This place has a fun staff and a ton of character.

Best food I’ve had in my life. It’s been my favorite restaurant for 2 years now. Highly recommend it. They also have gluten free pasta!! Dietary restrictions: Gluten free pasta available

Wonderful and cute Italian restaurant here in La Jolla.