Nilo Restaurant

My wife brought me here after raving about the lunch she had here, so we camet for dinner. We both had the seafood pasta, the special of the day. There was plenty of seafood (prawns, calamari, scallops and fish.) Great flavor and cooked perfectly. For dessert my wife has the tiramisu and I had the mango mousse. My mousse was light and tasty. My wife said that the tiramisu was the best she has had and talked about it all the way home. The owner, Kayvon was personable and a wonderful host. Nilo's has become our new favorite restaurant, so much so that we had to get a gift certificate to give to a friend so they can experience this wonderful restaurant.

Ordered take out for my family and myself. We ordered the wings and calamari. Wings were good and had a nice spice. The calamari was bland to say the least and needed to be way more crispy and flavored. My daughter got a kids pasta with added chicken. The chicken was dry and lacked flavor. My husband got a salmon pasta he enjoyed it. The sauce was really good but wasn't even a full salmon piece of salmon. I got a mushroom burger I asked for it to be medium it was over cooked which I didn't mind but the lettuce was wilted and brown why even put it on the burger :(. We also had a bottle of the house red wine and it was pretty good. The service was nice the girl working had really nice pink hair and was so sweet. They offered even to help me carry my order to the car. The restaurant was empty, but it was 715 pm on a Wednesday night. when I first walked in, I was like oh no, it's empty. That means the food isn't good and I was RIGHT. The place when I walked in was also full of smoke like they had just burnt something. Other than that very cute little restaurant. Will I go again probably for wings and wine :)

Only for entering. Looks not equipped for a busy afternoon. Probably about 6 parties seated. Came in, with eye contact and no greeting. Waited a few minutes and left. Seemed like only one person working the floor.

The chicken calzone! Regular sized fork, knife and napkin for scale in the picture. It was not mini. At $20.64 (tax included, not tip) that was 2 meals for one hungry me. I very happily packed my leftovers to take home. The calzone was made fresh, came out piping hot and the inside was filling, and hearty (homestyle maybe would be a better word?).I went on a quiet Sunday afternoon and chose the restaurant because I wanted peace and a pleasant comfortable ambience on a warm day. I'd go back if I lived closer, and needed a break from home cooking.

We decided to try a new restaurant for dinner that was close to Yersen's because we planned to have gelato of dessert, but dinner wasn't planned. We found Nilo's restaurant via Yelp and decided to try it. We ordered fettuccine Alfredo, kids pesto pasta, kids spaghetti, the scallop calamari shrimp pasta and a soup and salad. For each of our dishes, we all felt like it tasted homemade and not fake or overproduced. It was nice to walk in and have a cozy family vibe inside. I really liked that the minestrone was full of vegetables that reminded me of ratatouille. I also liked that the Ceasar salad dressing was made from scratch because the garlic was delicious!

Lovely decor, good food, excellent service. The brownie wasn't really a brownie but actually a chocolate cake. Lots of choices in the menu.

Nilo's is a small Italian restaurant in the Blackhawk mall. We started with the pear Gorgonzola salad. The flavor captured our taste buds nicely. The staff nicely split this for us since they knew we were splitting it. Next was the salmon fettuccine. There was a good amount of salmon nicely placed on properly cooked fettuccine. Ground Parmesan is available for the asking.We sat next to the fireplace. Since it was hot it obviously wasn't on:-) It will be fun to go back when it is cooler.The owner had a nice west bay pizza shop for many years do, to no surprise, he made a flatbread/pizza garlic bread. It added great flavors to our dinner. We need to try other flatbreads.The mall needs more foot traffic but that didn't stop Nilo's from creating great food.

I took a friend of mine who was craving meatballs to Nilo's for his b-day lunch. We were going to go to Melo's but I told my buddy that I saw a new restaurant closer to our houses. He agreed to give Nilo's a try and was very happy that he went.I tried the meatball sandwich with French fries and my buddy had spaghetti with meatballs. We added garlic bread but on pizza dough. My sandwich came with 3 big homemade meatballs with cheese and a soft Dutch Crunch roll that was heated. The soft roll and the meatballs were very tasty and one of the better meatball sandwiches I have tried. My buddy said he loved the generous portion of meatballs and the sauce was tasty.One of the Owners took care of us and was very friendly. The dishes were very delicious, service was good and we got yummy food at a great value.Give this hidden gem a try. Sadly the mall is dead so there is minimal foot traffic. You can't find a better value for great food and good service.

Took 45 minutes to finally get bland, overcooked, and in my case, an order that was wrong. By the time the server came back (my husband had to flag her down), we'd been there over an hour and I sent it back - no, no need for them to remake it or bring something else, we just wanted to get out of there. She said the kitchen had gotten backed up and I could see that if there'd been more than 2 tables seated besides us. We took a chance and never again.

The restaurant is in the Blackhawk Plaza and has indoor or outdoor seating options. The hostess was very attentive and friendly. My picky husband was able to customize his meatball sandwich which was on a Dutch Crunch type of roll and my pasta. The bruschetta was delicious medium chopped tomatoes in a pesto like sauce and sourdough toast. Was surprised to find but will definitely be back.