Valerio's Restaurant

Fun menu -Small place right in the heart of little Italy Cozy and cool vibes. There is space to sit.Authentic Italian. Real ingredients. Can tell everything is home made. Small non chain atmosphere which I like. Selection of Italian wines with a wooden wine rack.Recommend for Italian night

Went here with some friends. A little pricey, but the food was good and consistent. A good place to stop in Little Italy.

Came here on a Friday night and chose to sit at the bar. It was the best seat in the house!Great hospitality from the staff and chatted up some locals who all come to Valerio's on the regular. One bottle of wine, 2 more glasses of wine, grilled octopus and one steak Florentine later... this was one of my favorite dining experiences I've had in a while. The steak was right in line with Florentine steak I had in Florence (the owner is from Florence). The rib eye was huge and prices are very reasonable! I would be a regular at Valerio's if I lived in Cleveland!

GREAT SERVICE. DELICIOUS AND AUTHENTIC ITALIAN FOOD. INTIMATE BAR. QUAINT ATMOSPHERE!I visited this Italian restaurant, Valerio, for the first time in early March 2024. It's located in the Little Italy neighbourhood of Cleveland. I came with 5 other people and Molly, a friend's friend, could only get a late evening reservation but I'm happy we still got a reservation for a Saturday night. It was packed and busy when we arrived. SERVICE (5/5) -- exceptional. There is a piano player right at the entrance which is a lovely sight to see and hear. We arrived just before 8:15pm and a host greeted us where my friend Ian mentioned that we had an 8:30pm reservation. We were then seated right away and our appetizers came out right after 8:35pm.FOOD (4/5) -- To start, we all shared two appetizers -- a calamari one and a cantaloupe wrapped in prosciutto. Both were delicious especially the calamari because it had a flavourful soupy base. Next, the main courses arrived. I ordered the Orecchiette alla Salsiccia ($19.95) which is an orecchiette pasta sautéed in a tomato cream sauce with mild Italian sausage. I enjoyed the orecchiette and the pasta was very fresh. It wasn't a complicated dish in terms of making this by yourself at home. I will say that it came with too much tomato sauce for my liking but I loved the Italian sausage in it. The orecchiette came in a very large amount so I couldn't finish it and I had to take the rest home which I wasn't mad about because that was my lunch the next day. Two people on my table ordered the Gnocchi al Gorgonzola ($22.95): gnocchi sautéed in imported gorgonzola cheese and a touch of cream. They liked it. I tried one gnocchi and it was fine because I don't really eat cheese or creamy things so this dish was too strong or rich for me. If you love gorgonzola cheese and cream then you'll love the Gnocchi al Gorgonzola. The menu describes this dish as having a "touch of cream" but that's definitely a lie (haha). From what I saw, it has ALOT OF CREAM although the gnocchi still tasted light.I highly recommend this Italian restaurant and then after dinner, if you want dessert, go right next door to Rosso Gelato to indulge in some gelato ice-cream. ****GOAL of 150 reviews in 2024- 15/150 total reviews in 2024- 665 total overall Yelp reviews- Reviewed on 16 March 2024

Service and ambience were both good but not exceptional. The eggplant bruschetta special appetizer was wonderful and the mushroom salad was great. The seafood risotto was good, but not exceptional. The osso Buco was also good.One of the disappointments was when I ordered the coconut sorbet for dessert and it came out and was the exact island sorbet and the half coconut shell that Costco sells. I have the same dessert in my freezer at home.

Right smack in the middle of Little Italy lies this small little gem. It's small in size but big in flavors! Between 4 of us, we tried 4 appetizers (chicken livers, Carpaccio di Salmone, Braseola, insalata di Silvia), 3 main course (Oso Bucco, Cod, seafood risotto) - all of it was excellent. The end of the meal was topped off with house-made tiramasu and some kind of hazelnut torte/ice cream (I forgot the name of it), but it was excellent as well.Service was fast, efficient, friendly, and knowledgeable. And a live piano was a definite plus.Absolute fantastic experience.

The service was exceptional even though it was extremely busy. Both at the bar and table. The food was everything you would expect from an authentic Italian restaurant. Delicious. Wish I had taken a picture but you won't be disappointed.

Terrific experience with authentic Italian! Celebrated our anniversary here. We enjoyed the Insalata & entrees. Lovely staff & environment. I recommend visiting during the week and making a reservation as the restaurant was full on a Tuesday evening! We will be back.

My wife and I ate here February 2025. We ate at 6 pm on a Wednesday which relatively quiet. We started with sauteed chicken livers. These were very good. I had a house salad which I enjoyed. For my wife's main course she had Poll al Funghi (chicken breast with a mushroom sauce). She thought this was fantastic. The sauce was very flavorful and the chicken was moist and tender. I had the Baramundi in a light cherry tomato and black olive sauce. This was light and I enjoyed it. Both main courses came with roasted cauliflower and roasted potatoes. The atmosphere was relatively quiet and upscale. There was valet parking about a block away which served several restaurants and was quite helpful. OUr server was attentive without being overbearing.We will be back!

We had reservations, arrived early, and they kindly seated us early. The dinner plates were very good, but I can't recommend the appetizers. Unfortunately it was just unbearably loud. There was a piano player, which would have been lovely, if the space wasn't too small and cramped. We couldn't hear the server and couldn't understand each other without nearly shouting. It wasn't what we were looking for.