Paradiso Ristorante

If I could give Paradiso six stars, I would! First let's start with the staff - the bartenders (Erin and Joe) are both super attentive and create a fun, congenial atmosphere, reminiscent of the bar from "Cheers". Don't pass up Joe's specialty drink "The Godfather" or Erin's fabulous espresso martinis. If you're not dining at the bar, request Maddie - she will make your dinner a fabulous experience!The food is also outstanding - the seafood dishes ranging from the shrimp appetizer to the oysters paradiso special will have you feeling like you just came out of the Mediterranean after a refreshing dip. My personal favorite is the veal saltimbocca, with a luxurious, unctuous, rich sauce and super tender pieces of calf. Sal clearly cares deeply about the quality of his ingredients, and it is not lost on you when dining at his establishment. I'm going back tonight!

The have great service great food and I've been going here for years with my family. It has a very fancy ambiance which my oldest loves about the place. She says she wants to be an architect when she grows up to design something like this. My son likes it because of the food and one of his favorite workers who is so nice to him and before she left the business she let my two,kids to the kitchen to make there own ice cream in the freezer. All the workers are so kind and respectful this place is beyond 5 stars and deserves so much. If you ever come to this area you need to come here. Epic

Always a pleasure, gives a sense of being upscale though not formal. Consistently reliable Italian based food without any bad (reminders) later indigestion. Westminster jewel. Service is not bad either; they leave you alone to enjoy being there, unless you beckon to them. e... 4/2024.

Delicious dinner entrees! Great service!My favorite meal is Spinach Manicotti!So yummy!

We've been going for 30 years. I was told this is under new owners. I noticed all new wait staff and bartender. My Bloody Mary had too much Tabasco sauce. Our server forgot the olives in my husband martini . It took a while to get our drinks, even though only 3 people sitting at the bar. Our server admitted they had not opened a bottle of wine before. It took forever just to remove the foil. And they struggled horribly with the cork. I felt bad for our server, but our server fell very short in service from the professional servers we had under the original owners. Didn't even offer us Parmesan for our pasta. The usually good marinara sauce did not seem the same, no spice, just a tomatoey taste. ItalIan wedding soup had no flavor. The bread was stale. Won't be back.

Downhill! We've been going here on and off for 20 years! I'm so disappointed! We ordered drinks first. Our waitress disappeared for a while. It was a Saturday for lunch, with one other group eating. We finally ordered salads and spaghetti bolognese. Our salads came out quick and were good. However, when our bolognese arrived, it was like a joke. We got the exact same thing... I had very little pasta, tons of sauce and hardly any meat! It looked like soup. My friend had a good amount of pasta, just the right portion of sauce and chunks of meat. I was so disappointed, because how does a waitress and the kitchen think this is ok. The meals should look exactly the same. I finally located our waitress and explained it to her.she said she noticed and would let kitchen know.She never showed up at the end of our meal so another waitress gave us our check and nothing was deducted from our bill. Another group came in while we were eating. For a Saturday they were slow, you'd think they could step up customer service.We are taking a break from Paradiso, as there are other Italian restaurants in Westminster, I highly recommend!

I've been going to Paradiso for years and always had good food and service. I understand prices have to increase but, to charge me $2.00 per martini for olives is a bit much! I think the new owners have lost their minds . The service is not what it used to be the waitress was young , she was pleasant but not as professional as we were used too. I was told the cook was the same if so he was off his game last nite. I tend to think the new owners are buying cheaper product. After being seated we were not given silverware or napkins nor were we given a bread dish. Come on Paradiso wake up before you are no longer in business. We will not be visiting again. There are too many good restaurants around to waste our time and money at Paradiso.

Okay, so my husband and I haven't been here since it changed owners. I can't imagine this place staying in business for too long. I would think it would have been busy on a Sunday, but it wasn't.(Red flag) I was shocked when I tasted my meal (shrimp and scallops with linguine and tomatoes). How can you have an Italian restaurant that serves tomato sauce with no flavor? It had tomato chunks in a watery red liquid. Even after adding salt it didn't help. My husband's veal parmesan was tough, and the spaghetti was served plain with not enough sauce on top. Any chef knows that you don't serve pasta like that. It should be coated with sauce as soon as it is finished cooking so it absorbs the sauce. Google it. His sauce was terrible too. BTW, I know Italian cuisine . I cook most of my meals and have been to Italy several times. A store-bought jar of any sauce will be better than theirs. The food is nothing like it was when Sal owned the place. It was not worth the cost and more importantly, the tomato sauce stinks! How can you have such horrible red sauce and call yourself an Italian restaurant? Let me know if you want me to teach you how to make sauce. Just another bad restaurant in town!

I went to Paradision with two old friends. They admired their meals, one shrimp fra diavolo, the other baked ziti. I had the lasagna. The lasagna was more like cheesy goo surrounded by a lazagna noodle that was as tough as leather. Lasagna is my favorite meal but it was so bad I couldn't finish it. The waitress was young and scattered but eventually efficient.

Gave paradise another try. This will likely be the last time. Prices higher portions smaller. Expected these days with most restaurants. Unfortunately, with paradiso the food quality declined remarkably. In a party of 3 old favorite dishes were poor but a new dish should have been sent back. Been going here over 15 years. Sad to see the decline.