Via Vite

Absolutely amazing. Definitely a restaurant to visit again & again and I will recommend this restaurant to anyone & everyone I can!

Our family continues to love Via Vite - We frequent Via Vite (or Forno) for date nights when we're able to do so, but we will be forever appreciative as we held our wedding meal here almost 10 years ago. Thank you to the wonderful servers, chef, staff, and Cristian Pietoso for continuing to hold his food, service, and atmosphere to the highest quality.

This was our first time dining at Vis Vita and it did not disappoint. The atmosphere, service, wait staff and management was top notch and was very attentive to our needs. From the bar drinks, salads, entrees, sides and dessert everything was perfect and delicious. My wife and I cannot wait to return to Via Vita and have also put on our “dining to do list” their other restaurants located in Cincinnati. I’m sure they are just as wonderful. Thanks to our waitress, Natalie and manager, Justin for making it a truly memorable evening. Dietary restrictions: GF Parking: Fountain Square underground parking is located directly under Via Vita. Take the garage elevator to the Fountain Plaza level and your at Via Vitas entrance.

Some of the best Italian food I've had in ages! Everything was outstanding. Service was a bit slow, but other than that it was an amazing dinner.

Italian restaurant located on Fountain Square. The Lasagna is only served on Friday and was absolutely delicious. We sampled all the sides and with the exception of the brussel sprouts, they were not very good. Broccolini was hard to chew. The eggplant parmagiana and the tagliatelle bolognase were good as was the lobster tortellini. Skip the sourdough bread, it's pretty dry. The bread pudding and Gelato were very good. Overall would recommend.

Great Italian food! Authentic with a little twist for American tastes. Overall a wonderful experience!

Via Vite is outstanding for its food and thoughtful service. The menu is strong, and those unfamiliar with it should try the house made pastas. The Bolognese with tagliatelle gives a fine sense of the full flavors here. Savor the slow-cooked sauce and the perfect texture of the fresh pasta. Wines are selected with impeccable taste.The Ripasso is particularly good, yet it is difficult to choose from the veritable tour of Italy in the wine list. For dessert, the choices vary. I recommend the lemon tart with some espresso, but others may have their own ideas. Servers are knowledgeable, and staff like Kelly are essential to the dining experience. Via Vite is a wonderful part of Cincinnati and those unfamiliar may enjoy exploring this stellar restaurant.

The service was great, and the wine was very good. We started with an artichoke app and a carpaccio. The artichokes were bland the garlic parsley just sat at the bottom of the bowl and didn't do much for the dish. Our prosciutto was like a freeze dried stick and also didn't incorporate very well. The carpaccio was ok, good flavor. Our mains which we shared the carbonara was delicious and the pasta was cooked to perfection. Last the chocolate creme brulee was nothing like creme brulee. It taste like fudge . It's thick, over baked, and might as well been a bowl of Hershey chocolate sauce. Creme brulee should be light , cool, silky and have hints of vanilla sugar, and if you want chocolate then throw some in, but don't let it turn in to a torte or a bowl of jello pudding and call it creme brulee. Maybe it was an off night in the kitchen or maybe the baker over did the creme brulee that week. Overall it was just ok.