Tuscano Italian Kitchen

On Tuesday's they have tableside cheese wheel cooking. You pick a protein and add-ins- cheese and diced tomatoes for us. It was delicious!!! They have lots of delicious foods!!! I even had 2 large parties in their private room. Great service and food as always. It's a gem in the Cedar Park area.

Second time around, we came in for the Bean's birthday. Took advantage of their holiday menu. A packed lobby, we had reservations that got us seated early. Our your waitress was friendly and very personable. Water, Chardonnay, and cocktails began our evening. Bean had a lemon drop martini while I had their version of a Moscow mule, the Milan mule. The ambient lighting made for an intimate interaction with the wife. Appetizers were the fried shrimp and calamari with a house and Cesar saladBean had the Tuscan combination which consisted of three different pastas: lasagna, chicken parm, and Alfredo. I had a ribeye cooked medium. The ribeye was cooked to perfection, superbly seasoned on a bed of fries with a side of vegetables. Dessert was Italian bread pudding and decadent chocolate cake. The bread pudding was delicious but portion size was significantly smaller than expected. The chocolate cake was generous but tasted like it was pulled out the fridge and may have had what some might call freezer burn. But the time and intimacy was well worth the trip.

Possibly the best italian food in Cedar Park! This was my first time trying this place. I couldn't decide between meat sauce or marinara sauce on the jumbo stuffed shells so I asked for 1/2 of each for the dish on my to-go order. I'm not sure if it was an accident or not but they gave me one full size dish of each! Now my fiance and I didn't have to share one meal. We loved it! Such creamy ricotta and both sauces were perfectly tangy and there was soo much cheese. We will be back! The inside felt upscale and intimate when I went to pick up my order so we may dine in next. The hostess was very welcoming and friendly. Next time I'd like to try the meatballs and alfredo sauce. Thank you! Definitely recommend!

My husband met a couple of friends at the restaurant on a Saturday night (*it said to make a reservation, which I did, but was not that crowded, and no was waiting at 7-8PM). Inside it looks like it wants to be a "fancy" restaurant with the cloth tablcloths and cloth napkins waiting for you upon arrival. But, it is a casual restaurant and in unassuming strip mall. My husband, and other men, I saw wore shorts, so can be comfortable. Our waitress was prompt in the beginning, and got us our waters while we viewed the menu. There were so many great options, hard to narrow it down. (*I always check out Yelp before I go, to see what others have had and liked,,and there were still many good options :) !) I ordered a Tom Collins, which I guess confused the bartender, as they told me when they brought me my drink (* I know everybody is ordering either a Nigroni or Expresso Martini's nowadays). My friends got wine and my husband got a Lemon drop martini. All said theirs was very good! Our waitress then took our order, and we did not get an appetizer, but all of us did order salads to start. They came out fairly quickly. But, then, the service shifted. Now, they did have a couple of busboys hovering the entire restaurant, and watched them and they did take away plates when people had left, and removed the cloth table cloths and put new on. They were very fast with that. They came by and took two of the salad plates. My friend and I finished out shortly after, even pushed them to the side, so they knew we were finished. They roamed the area by us, refilled waters and brought box for other tables, but never picked up our two plates. We did not see our waitress for awhile. We found out later, there was a big party in one of the side rooms she was taking care of. But, it was over 30 minutes from the time we finshed our salads until we got our dinner. This was a very long time! And, it was not that they were overly busy, as by 8:30 PM, in our area, there were a lot of empty tables. When we got our food, we asked if they could take our salad plates. They asked if we wanted more water and bread, which we did. We got the bread right away, and the busboy even commented he forgot we needed water too. Finally our waitress came out and brought water, and my friend and I asked for another drink. My husband's ribeye was excellent (he let me have a bite), and my friends enjoyed their meals. But, I had the short rib ravoli and it was half warm and half cold. I did not want to make a big deal in front of my friends, plus we did not see our waitress for awhile, so I ate it. It was good flavoring, for the 4 ravolis I got (more mushrooms then ravoli). We finally got our drinks as we were just finishing our meals. Our waitress comes back and was glad we got our drinks. I watched as she brought boxes to the 4 ladies sitting next to us and actually put their dinners in the boxes for them and gave them a dessert menu. One of friends waved down a busboy to ask for couple boxes. Now, my husband's plates was clear, and I just had some extra mushrooms on mine. He asked how many? My friend said "two" and he looked at table and was about to walk away and came back and said "4 boxes..2 big and coulple smalls"? We looked at him and pointed to my two friends, and said "Just two big ones". He brought them them and just handed them off and walked away. 5 min later, he asked if we wanted a bag. Then our waitress shows up and my friends said they wanted dessert "to go". Without even seeing a menu, they just assumed they had "Tiramasu". The busboy came back about 10 min later with if bagged up. Waited another 20 min before we saw waitress again to ask for our bill. Our waitress asked one of my friends "Oh, what did you have again?" 10 min later we got our bill. Now, almost 9:30, not that crowded. Only like 5 in our area had people seated. Now, the food was good, and saw many other options I would like to try. But, I just hope the service improves, as I want to come back.

Update 03-05-2024After a couple of years, finally made our way back to Tuscano Italian Kitchen. Not sure what we have been thinking, it's just a bit out of the way for us and not top of mind... what a mistake! Re-visited Tuscano tonight for a wine pairing dinner with Flat Creek Estate Winery, also a first experience for us... the evening was delightful! The food was incredible, the wine was great! See the pic attached for the food/wine pairing for the evening... I like to write, but not through 5 courses! LOL Suffice it to say, the food paring were well done. Nice touch by Tuscano to provide a little bubbly up front! Al of the course were expertly paired with wines... food = wine ... spice = tannins ... all were well balanced.All in all, a very good show ... we plan to check out Flat Creek soon, Tuscano we'll be going back SOON! A great wine/dinner combo, highly recommend Tuscano Italian Kitchen and Flat Creek. Get you some of that...!!!PS Some of the "interior photos" were taken at the end of the night, don't think the place was empty, it was packed!

Discovering this place felt like finding a secret in a Cedar Park strip center. I knew we were in for a treat when the bread was fresh, soft, and hot. The rest of what we had just got better and better. Service was great, all of our food came really quickly and everything was cooked as ordered. We went dressed for a date on a Saturday evening and had nice moody lighting, but it could also be more casual. Basque cheesecake with candied pecans and hot honey topped everything off. We will be back!

We have been trying to find a new Italian place besides niks cafe and found this one. They had a special promotion for their anniversary on a Thursday and we figured its a good time to go check out.The service was good and their cocktails are really nice. Anuya started with IPA as usual and I got a blood orange martini and both were great. The true test of an italian restaurant lies in the complementary bread they server and tuscano does well here. The bread is simple but warm and flavorful and is served with nicely done olive oil herbs concoction. For the main course, both of us items from the Italian with Texas twist menu, Fettuccini laredo and the Italian enchiladas. Both dishes were flavorful but the enchiladas were too heavy with cream and cheese and the feeling after the dinner was not pleasant.The ambience is weird, the bar area is nicely done but the dining room feels like a collection of random stuff thrown together, I can live with it though. We might go back when we have a big appetite.

Great private party room. I was very impressed by the service!1/2 price wine night. Ya can't beat that. Food came out quickly. And everyThing was tasty on my end of the table. Our server Jordan didn't miss a beat. The food was great. We hope to return in November for the final episode and we will request Jordan.

Great Italian food!! Tuscano's IMHO Is the best Italian food in the greater Austin area a hidden gem in Cedar Park! Jay and his team are fabulous!!!

We returned. There's a bit of irony in that. I've lived all over the country and this is not the kind of Italian restaurant I'm used to visiting. The Calamari doesn't include the tentacle bits. The dipping oil isn't olive oil. Nobody comes to the table to offer shaved parmesan or pecorino (I didn't ask for any, but they probably would have provided it upon request). But we came back because the food is delicious! I had the Fettucine Alla Alba this time. My wife had the Pescatore with marinara. Both were delectable! We shared a small Caesar salad. I requested the anchovies on the salad (I love anchovies). The service is excellent. And the portions are generous. Try this place for Italian food. You won't regret it.