Vino e Cucina

The best restaurant in all of Long Beach! If you want authentic Italian food with great company come here!!! The best part is the owner comes to your table and speaks a lil Italian with you and just makes you feel at home. The food is phenomenal, the carbonara is amazing, and it's done the Italian way with butter and cheese only. Soo good! Come and have a great evening we absolutely love this place.

We were greeted by the friendly staff, and seated immediately. The restaurant was clean and had a nice relaxing vibe. I ordered the Penne Arrabbiata. The pasta was cooked nicely, the sauce was a little bland. We also ordered the fried squash blossom which was very good! Hands down the favorite from our meals. We also ordered one of the specials, stuffed chicken, mashed potatoes and a side of vegetables. The dish was good but needed more flavor, For desert we had the homemade cheesecake. It was very dense. Overall a decent meal

We're new in the area so we just wanted to try something different. Have this place a shot and could not have been more disappointed. The food quality was extremely lacking and it was quite expensive as well. We ordered the lasagna and breaded chicken. The lasagna was made with yellow cheese and tasted more like an enchilada than a lasagna. It was quite weird. The breaded chicken had no flavor and was extremely oily. Needless to say, we will not be visiting this establishment again.

I came here and ordered calamari for appetizers and vongole (clam) pasta for my main entree. Bread was complimentary and it had a really good crust. Asides from that the bread was typical.The calamari came hot. It was lightly breaded and was more soft than chewy. There is a combination of both tentacles and body. The order came with plenty of sauce. The sauce had a nice spicy kick to it. My pasta had a ton of clams. Parmesan was grated on top of it table-side. A small bowl for shells was also provided. The pasta was very simple and minimalist. It was soothing and not too heavy.Overall this was a nice restaurant

Stopped by without any planning because my husband and I could not decide what to have for dinner. We were so surprised that we had drove by here many times and we never expected it to be so good! My husband ordered the seafood pasta, and I ordered the salmon. Both were delicious! Table bread was also delicious. Our server Marco was very knowledgeable and polite. Throughout our meal we had several people check up on us including the owner. I also got a glass of wine that our server recommended and it was exactly what I described to him that I wanted. Overall we loved this place and will definitely be coming back.

This is truly a culinary heaven that never fails to impress!The table bread is a masterpiece--buttery and soft, a humble yet exquisite start. This visit must've been our lucky day because the beer battered cheese sticks were the house special. All I'll say is that it's such a disappointment these sticks are not in their regular menu m, they're like no other cheese sticks I've ever had. While the Nonna pasta was good, my heart belongs to the Tortellini. The dance of flavors between pasta and sauce was a culinary masterpiece!! 100% recommend! The service was impeccable, and meeting the genius behind this culinary gem was a highlight. Very delightful experience!

This place gets less good every time we go (I think we've gone four times?). Got the "truffle" pasta with a truffle cream sauce. Couldn't taste a hint of truffle, mushroom, or flavor at all, the sauce was essentially butter and cream without salt. Probably our last time visiting.

7/24/23 Chef's kiss Deliziosa! Spettacolare!This place deserves a 5 star just based off their marinara! Sara, our fabulous server was amazing & personable. She made our dinner experience great! Usually I don't ever order the special but the way she described it, I just had to have it. Hubby, of course, opted for the Cioppino. Both of our dishes were just simply phenomenal! Hubby's sauce had the right consistency, tang & seasonings-so zesty & savory delicious. The seafood (clams, shrimp, calamari, mussels) were soft & tender. My pasta was egg-based & imported from Italy, it was al dente-so toothsome& thick. Hubby didn't particularly care for it but I loved every bite. Unfortunately, the shrimp on my dish were overcooked, so these were a tad hard on the chew (delicious nonetheless but I do prefer these on the soft chew). The table bread was a bit mediocre. I expected a nice crusty sourdough but it was still soft & tasted freshly made. It paired nicely with the oil & vinegar dipping sauce.Overall, a solid 4 & We will return to try other dishes

I ordered takeout from here. I used the restaurant's website to look at the To Go Menu. I based my decisions off of that. Apparently the menu posted on their website is very out of date. The current prices are about 50% more than what was listed on their website. I get inflation and wage increases, but update your own damn website. I ended up spending $60 for a pizza, pasta and salad, where I expected to spend around $45.The food: the margarita pizza was sad. It wasn't even as good as a Little Caesar's cheese pizza. There was one sliver of basil on each slice. Very little tomato.Also the service was not very warm when I called.

Disappointing and Embarrassing;invited my family and friends to eat here, a mistake all around.