07/29/09

Love it!!

by UBTrainer1

I recently had Dinner at Isabella's for the first time and I was absolutely delighted with the service I received and the spectacular food!

It was a busy Saturday night and our server was very attentative and made some wonderful recommendations for food and wine. We had an Amarone with the Veal and Tenderloin. All of this was just amazing and then to top it off we had a wonderul dessert the Raspberry Semifreddo.

Over all we had a great experience and we will be returning. I highly recommend the restaurant to anyone for lunch or dinner or even a special event.

They even have great Happy Hour specials with 3 large patios!

• Pros: Wonderful Italian Food!!
• Cons: Nothing!

07/08/09

Flavorless frood comes at a high price

by Zucotto

When I first walked into Isabella's I was immediately appalled. Having gone through great lengths to create an aristocratic ambience complete with a live musician, they had immediately shattered it by playing pop music over the PA system while the musician was performing. Trying to not contemn the experience already, I moved on, open-minded, to the food. The focaccia was average, yet palatable. For my meal, I ordered a homemade gnocchi in a four cheese sauce. The gnocchi was undercooked (I suspect the chef was hastily trying to cook too many at once--gnocchi is tempermental and must be cooked in small quantities) and tasted of old, wet flour, and the overpowering cheese sauce seemed an after thought just to mask the failed gnocchi. Hoping that I had merely picked poorly from the menu, I ordered a cheesecake for desert. The cake matched the gnocchi in blandness and the only flavor it suggested was from the pistachios inside its crust and the strawberry on top.

Overall, for it's quality, which seemed on par with or even below a cookie cutter fast food Italian restaurant, the pricing was the largest outrage. My final bill (for two entrees, $18 of wine, and desert) was over $80, without gratuity. If you are looking for an intimate and refined family owned Italian restaurant, I recommend you try "Bene Bene." For the same price ($15 for Gnocchi), you will experience top notch quality and service.

• Pros: ambience
• Cons: Haphazardly made food at overwelming prices

07/06/09

Italian find!

by CSMobileUser

I was referred by a hotel down the street for a place to have my engagement party. We had a small group of 18 so the owner booked the wine room for our special event in Frisco. What a fantastic italian restaurant for parties or any occasion