Cucina Rustica

Cucina Rustica is an extraordinary hidden gem. It hits all the bases of wonderful flavorful food, extraordinarily good service, and a cozy old Italian ambience.My rack of lamb with an Italian flavored seasoning twist medium, rare, perfectly prepared with roast potatoes and side salad was expertly prepared. Add an appealing presentation and you have the perfect combination.My guest had eggplant Parmesan, and as they say it's all about flavor which the dish represented. The slightly salted fresh homemade Italian bread with a butter surface wash was a delicious diversion. You had to be careful of before the entries arrived.All this with an excellent dessert, glass of white wine, and friendly attentive service was the way to start the new year.We will be going back. Joe MERSNIK

Things seem to be looking up- the food was solid and the service was good. The renovated bar looks cheap and the staff is grubby looking.

I've lived down the street from this place for the past 4 years and never tried it based on some reviews. In my opinion, the reviews are wrong in this case! Home style Italian cooking. We order the Chicken Parm and Chicken piccata. They use the same fried cutlet for both meals. They just top them with different sauces and that was fine my us!

This was our first time back after a dinner here fifteen years again. Friends invited us to join them for an early dinner with another couple so we decided to try it again thinking things have changed. Well it was 6:30 on Saturday night. We decided to order. Our friends ordered a pizza. The rest of us ordered chicken parm, chicken piccata, the special of the night (walleye). The waiter came back and told us they were out of pizza so they had to order eggplant parm. My chicken parm was two breasts of chicken pounded paper thin and breaded then fried so long it was like eating cardboard. They put melted cheese and bad tasting sauce on it. My friend ordered chicken piccata that looked just like my dish only put capers on it instead of sauce ( never seen piccata using flat breaded fried chicken. My wife ordered the walleye special but the waiter came back and said they don't have the mushrooms for the dish. I had ordered wedding soup as a side. It came out ice cold like it was stored in the bowl in a fridge. Sent it back and they returned with hot soup. We were reminded why we never went back after our first visit 15 years ago. Also, the patio is built in their parking lot so plenty of noise and fumes. How do you have an Italian restaurant and tell your customers you are out of pizza. Never again.

Great service and even greater food. Love the new remodeled interior. Staff was very friendly and accommodating

Had a fantastic time! The service was a tad slow but the food was beyond excellent. The bread was so soft and cheesy and the Italian salad dressing was great. I got the pasta vongole which was wonderful and didn't use too many capers. My mom got the veal Parmesan and loved it! She got the risotto as well and it was one of the most creamy and cheesy things I've ever had. My dad got the spaghetti and meatballs and he liked the spaghetti but the meatballs were too dense for him but the spices were perfect. Overall a wonderful time with great food

To improve you need to cook your food to meet FDA cooking standards. Raw Chicken is not acceptable and will send people to the hospital.

Service was basically terrible, and imo the food was just ok, nothing outstanding. Yes we had a large party with reservations, however their estimate of what size table we would need was light. I cant imagine we will ever return

Great Remodeling job The ambiance is very nice Great food The best soup around, great pizza and pasta. I highly recomend this Resturant. Tony D

My wife and I ate here May 2024. We were seated promptly. The service was prompt. My wife had Chicken Parmigiana. This was pretty good. However, the pasta which came with it was in an extremely bland marinara sauce. I had Salsiccia Rustica (sausage with peppers and onions). This was quite good and the sauce with this was well developed and good. Unfortunately, it also came with the same side of pasta with a really boring, poor quality marinara sauce. The contrast between the excellent sauce with the sausage and the really bland sauce with the pasta was striking. So, overall what would have been a 4 star rating drops to three stars based on the marinara sauce.