Aventinos Italian Restaurant

Cozy and warm atmosphere. Dark and romantic, a perfect date night spot. It's a hidden little gem in a tucked away shopping strip. You'll be happy you found it and surprised at what you see when the door opens. Might want to call for a reservation. Food was great it's a definite try if you like Italian food. I'll get some photos next time. This was a visit with family and my nephew stole she show for the evening.

Husband and I are starting alphabet date night with a solid A restaurant. It's a quaint restaurant right off of Camp Bowie. Yelp says it's an Italian restaurant with seafood offerings, but the only seafood on their menu were salmon and shrimp. I wouldn't come here if you're looking for linguine with mussels or a cioppino. We didn't have any reservations, but we pretty much got sat immediately by one of the servers. As soon as we sat down, our server, Sydney, came by with two glasses of water. Throughout the night she made sure our glasses were full and was just a pleasant person all around. I really liked her. Food was pretty good. Can't complain. Husband and I got recommended items on the menu. Although it was good, I felt like I could've made the Ziti Umbriana at home. The carpaccio wasn't bad either. I think the garlic bread took away from the meat because all I could taste was garlic bread, which btw was delicious. I had a little bit of my husband's chicken cacciatore. The sauce was excellent!I'd come back and try some other stuff.

Yes, I'm behind on my reviews, but I keep copious notes to remind me of the details the visit and the dining experience. First off, my wife and I've been dining at Aventinos for decades. We love the restaurant, the phenomenal food and the superior service. Aventino's has never disappointed us.Our visit, one of the busiest days at a restaurant, was on Valentine's Day. It's a very special day for couples to go out to eat. Many restaurants roll out special prix fixe menus for a special dining experience. When we learned that Aventinos was staying with their standard menu, which we love, I booked our reservations in a heartbeat early. I am glad I did because they were sold out for the day. I'm not against prix fixe menus for special occasions, but sometimes the prices are so expensive.My wife and I arrived at our scheduled reservation. It was wonderful to be back in their serene atmosphere with the music playing quietly in the background. Aventinos has a wonderful ambience, the venue is so inviting for its patrons. Our table was ready, they already had a chair pulled out since I am in a wheelchair. I had noted that when making our reservation. Just as a sidenote, we are very close friends with the owners, Erica and Chris. They know, I'd never sugar-coat or whitewash a Yelp review in favor or the restaurant when it wasn't deserved.After being seated and getting to say hi to Erica, our server took our drink orders. We chose a glass of our favorite wines and ordered our favorite entrees. Unfortunately, we rarely vary what we order. My wife LOVES Aventino's incredible lasagna, and I LOVE their Chicken Scallopini (aka Chicken Piccata). I like anything that has lemon in it!Our wine arrived so we did a toast to Valentine's Day. Our incredible house salads following our wine. We also ordered a basket of garlic bread. It was SO good. Aventinos signature salad dressing is so good, you just want to drink it. I believe its red wine vinegar based, but that's it. Their salads are the perfect size and served on a cold plate. What a wonderful way to start our celebratory dinner.After a short wait our entrees arrived, and they were absolutely perfect. If I could jump into my plate of Chicken Scallopini, I would have, it was SO delicious. As my wife was devouring her lasagna, not a word was being said. She finally said, "I have a VERY happy pallet and tummy! I am so glad we came here for Valentine's Day." I knew I had hit a homerun. We didn't have dessert since we had a red velvet cake at home to top the night off with. Erica and Chris, thank you for the wonderful evening. You've never failed us. We'll see you again soon.

Super friendly staff and cozy environment. The drinks were good along with the salad and garlic bread. Sadly, the pasta was not great. The carbonara had a very nasty aftertaste and lacked any flavor even when adding salt and pepper. My friend had the pesto pasta with chicken and the pesto had a good flavor, just lacked salt. The chicken was cooked well just had no flavor. Very disappointed overall in the entrees.

While the food and server were both good, we did not appreciate being "chased" off our table by the hostess. Yes, we were there longer than the 90 minutes they allowed for Valentines Day, but that was pretty much due to our waitress being slow to bring our check for signing. It would have been more considerate of the hostess to ask our waitress if she knew why we were late leaving our table, rather than coming over to me and telling me that she had a couple waiting for our table and that we were there longer than allowed. Especially since there was an open table for two less than 10 feet from our table with no one waiting for that one. We will not be returning to this restaurant, especially on a holiday where they limit your table time. I hate being rushed for any reason while dining at a restaurant.

We expected it to be very good after hearing so many good thins, and it was pretty decent. It's a small dining area with dim lighting, so very romantic. We ordered the meatballs, the Chicken Frances and Ravioli Carciofi. The meatballs had a nice flavor to them and the sauce was nice, but nothin spectacular and they didn't hold their shape much. The bread served with the salad and meatballs was very enjoyable! The Chicken Frances was okay, not much flavor to the chicken. I was very excited about the Ravioli Carciofi but besides the artichokes and the cheese in the ravioli themselves, also not much flavor. Our service was very good as first (we were the only ones in there) but we honestly didn't see our server much after a second table came in. I might give this place another shot and see if it's better next time. Will keep yall posted!

There's nothing quite like a family-run Italian restaurant that makes you feel welcome and soul-fed. Tonight was our second visit, and we both tried new things. They made my spaghetti Carbonara with green peas like I love it and hubby had the Tortellini Rosa and thoroughly enjoyed it. Last visit, I had the lasagne - which was really special. And their house salad with that homemade dressing is just sheer perfection.

I found it odd that the restaurant serves only their own very sweet dressing on their house salad. Really? Our last visit was lovely, sedate and romantic. This time it was very busy and LOUD. Good for them to be busy but took the bloom off the rose for us. His scallopini was not at all flavorful. Our server Lulu continues to provide nice service..

Food and service is excellent with local easy local access. Highly recommend but make a reservation.

This place has been here for a long time and there's a reason why. Quality Italian food, consistent, and friendly staff. Upscale hole in the wall restaurant. Chicken scallopine is my favorite dish! You can't go wrong with anything on their menu