Dontino's Italian Restaurant

We were out of town visitors looking for an authentic family-owned Italian restaurant, and I felt Dontino's hit the nail on the head. We had an appetizer, 3 meals, and dessert. The food and the service were quite good, and price was very reasonable.

Been too many years since dining at Dontinos. Our company decided to host a seminar in their meeting area. BEST DECISION! Anthony, Marie, Tiff and staff made the experience absolutely perfect. Space was inviting. Parking and location easy to find. FOOD OPTIONS WERE AMAZING, and portions incredible for the price. I could not be happier with the outcome. Be sure to dine here for lunch or dinner and definitely host your events here!

It's been awhile since I've been here. So I thought a fresh review. We ate here last night. It wasn't busy at 7:30p on a Monday. Which was good with us. We got seated right away. It's kinda dark in the dining areas and looks to be around 1989 decor. It's clean. They have daily specials. My partner got the baked rigatoni and it comes with a salad. She enjoyed it. Portion size is kinda small in my opinion. It's a $15 cost and it's a little baking dish. I got the meatball sub with homemade chips. It's was good as well. Chips were hot and came with ranch to dip. Super good. Everything is Ala carte. So my sub was 1 price and to add chips was $2 and cheese to the sub was $1. To add cheese to the salad was $1. So you have to watch the nickel and dimes. The server was nice. I asked a few questions and wanted a recommendation and she gave them to me. At first I thought she was kinda grumpy because I asked the about the quality of steak in the steak sandwich. I didn't want to order it and fight with chewing the steak. So I asked. I think I offended her. But she was fine after a bit. Overall it's not bad. It's a solid Italian American cuisine experience. Prices are in the middle not outrageous but food quantity could be better on the pasta. My sub came with lots of chips and it was a good size. So that's good. We would go back. Again it's just average. But if you are close you want Italian it's fine. Next time I'll get the pizza.

We met three other couples and had dinner at this old school Italian restaurant in Cuyahoga Falls. The joint was packed so we waited a while, but our server was attentive and quick to help. As soon as I saw manicotti I knew what dinner would be. The fish tasted like home made and was a good sized portion. Dinner included bread (good) and a dinner salad. I opted for the house dressing: a simple but delicious Italian. The table shared apps that were good: fried ravioli and calamari.We were all too full for dessert. A solid option if in area.

Took the whole family here for dinner. It's extra special because I was able to have my parents there too. At 88 and 85 it's not easy for them to get out. The waitress was very nice and kept everyone happy. My parents both had to return the chicken parm because they said it was too tough. The waitress brought them out some meatball sliders and they enjoyed them. I have been going to Dontino's since I was about 8 yrs. old (I'm 65) now. It was very good back in the day. When we lived in Tallmadge 14 yrs. ago it was still very good. I guess when the old man Dontino passed things changed. This is my second visit in 5 years, and I had hoped it would be better this time. Both of my last visits I ordered the House Specialty Veal Cutlets with garlic and oil pasta. The garlic was way over cooked and almost brown in color. Nothing like it used to be.

This place is great, a nice old school family restaurant. Great service and very nice inside. The food is very good, some of the best Italian food. Try the eggplant parmesan.

I am a big eater of perch fish. When I visit here I always eat Italian. This was my first time here on Friday and had their perch dinner I was amazed that this dinner was excellent. I wasn't expecting the dinner to be so great. Here is the recommendation get here early if you want this dinner Again the service was excellent

Went there for the first time Saturday with my son at lunch. Portions are SMALL... 17.50 for fettuccine. We thought is was the lunch portion but it was full sized. Salad was old and included lettuce, one slice of tomato and one beet.Pizza was burnt. Total bill was 44 after tip. Very underwhelming. Recommend even the Olive Garden over it for cost and quality.

Our first time here and we are hooked! We had to go with a traditional order of spaghetti and meatballs and the special of the day, ravioli and meatballs. Salads were promptly brought to us and were fresh! Loved the homemade house dressing! Bread was also good, with extras brought to us upon request with our meals. Spaghetti and meatballs were everything I expected and ravioli was point on as well. Three flavors of ravioli included in the special. A shout out to our server, who was amazing as well! Overall, we liked the "old school" decor and friendly service. We felt like we were definitely supporting a small, family owned business and not an overrated chain! We will definitely be back again for more. Wish we would have found this gem years ago.

The food is meh, not impressed at all. I've had better pizza at local pizza shops, better pasta made at home. I'd rather drive 10 minutes for a quality pie vs 2 minutes for the opposite. No respect for the locals. Parking on East Cuyahoga Falls Ave is not permitted, yet the management ignores the problem. No Stopping on Linden, yet management ignores the problem.