Va Bene Italian Eatery

There were a couple of very loud kids when we there Friday night. Otherwise the ambiance was fine. We loved our appetizer (the meatballs) and salad (Mediterranean chop). The entrees (lasagne and gnocchi) were average. We will probably come back and just have salad and meatballs particularly when it's warm enough to take advantage of their lovely patio!

Great place, loved the decor, service wS superb, food was delicious. Definitely going back.

The Lobster bisque is outstanding! Salads had too much dressing for our taste. We should have asked for dressing on the side so as not to overwhelm the salad ingredients. The waiter was friendly attentive.

Overall, I would say it was a good experience. This is our first time there and it was during restaurant week. I ordered the salmon and he ordered some chicken thing. Sorry for not being more descriptive almost like a chicken Parmesan. I am always nervous to order salmon at a new restaurant because I don't know if they're going to overcook it, and they succeeded in not doing so. The ambience was OK. Kind of crowded and kind of boxy, we were crammed in a corner. But overall, I think we will return but it just won't be first on the list.

A mixed experience. To me, the beauty of Italian food is its simplicity using fresh ingredients. At our table, the two who ordered simple pasta or gnocchi with sauce were very happy. My wife's orecchiette dish had 8 ingredients plus the pasta so flavors were an indistinct blur. My chicken piccata was built on a mountain of sautéed kale and “rosemary roasted potatoes” which were a skinless mashed glob. But the chicken was tasty! As was the side of grilled garlic broccolini with Calabrian chiles. Desserts of three gelati and limoncello cake were exceptional. But service was mixed, attentive and friendly but we had to ask for bread which came with olive oil that our server dripped on my coat. And the place was cold for the tables near the lengthy windows, so ask to be seated elsewhere.