Andiamo In Banca

Excellent lunch menu and service! Each dish is prepared with fresh ingredients and has rich flavor. The service is impeccable. We love coming here.

My husband and I have been here a couple times by now since it's down the street from our apartment. Whenever we come here we've enjoyed what we have eaten and the restaurant. We love how the restaurant has high ceilings with great lights. It's such a nice restaurant that it pulls you in. We've been given free bread with really good olive oil dip that we've always ordered more bread while we wait for our food to arrive. All the pasta we've tried has been so good and we've brought a few family members to the restaurant. They have also enjoyed the food we have eaten here.Definitely we will be coming here often before we have to move out of our spot!

This place used to be a bank, and you can still see a lot of the features left inside. We had group lunch here on a weekday two years in a row during holiday season. They placed us in the "vault" last time and a table out near the front this time. The service was great last time we were here but just okay this year. Probably because they were really busy during holiday season. It took a while for food to come.We ordered a few appetizers to share including the calamari and bruschetta. Appetizers were good, calamari was not super crispy if that's the kind you like. I got linguini frutti di mare, there were different kind of seafood cooked in tomato sauce. The portion was smaller for lunch. I like the sauce, it wasn't too salty. Overall pasta was okay, nothing stood out. Seafood didn't taste super fresh this time around.

A solid Italian restaurant in downtown South City. My family will go here when there's an occasion, because it is pricier but fairly standard for Italian food ($20-$30 for pasta). All the food is pretty good. We've tried their veal marsala, seafood linguine, meatballs, calamari, etc. It's probably the best Italian restaurant in South City. The location is also unique because it use to be a bank and they have a private room towards the back of the restaurant where they kept the vault door.If you're looking for good Italian food in SSF or a nicer restaurant on Grand then this could be a good spot.

Inconsistent food. Standard American Italian fair. Cool setting in a former bank. Vault room can be reserved for large groups. Adequate service could use some improvement. --I've been to Andiamo many times, mostly for company group lunches. The menu doesn't change much. On good days, the food is mediocre. On bad days, it sinks below Olive Garden level. Unfortunately, I've seen more bad days than good ones. The vegetables in the dishes usually consist of broccoli florets and carrots that suspiciously look precut from restaurant supply conglomerates. The New York steak, though cooked to the requested temperature, is one of those tenderized steaks with a grainy texture. Linguine Frutti di mare sometimes comes with that distinct odor from not-so-fresh mussels. The toasted bread for bruschetta can be severely burnt sometimes. I can't tell whether they are aiming for al dente for their pasta or not because the doneness is different every time. They do offer cheese for your pasta, but it's likely the parmesan kind. I do believe the staff tries, but the service can be uneven. Long wait times, wrong orders, and plates being taken before diners are done could happen. Personally, I would not go to Andiamo in Banca if I crave Italian food.

Atmos is fantastic. Our server was attentive and was there when needed and never seemed intrusive. The cocktails were divine. The Linden is especially good. The house made bread is superb; fresh, hot, soft center, and a crust. Just yummy. The meatball appetizer was a ten out of ten. The linguine pesto was excellent and while it did say "cream sauce" we would have liked to see a more true pesto and slightly less cream. The paparadelle was good, not great. Seemed lack a bit of "oomph" for a lack of a better descriptor. The cream brûlée was good, not great. It was not served in a traditional low-sided dish and when they flamed the sugar the dish got hit which melted the contents so it was not as firm as it should be. The panna cottta, however, was world class. One of the best we've had. A very nice place that could be a stellar place with a few tweaks.

Yall are sleeping on the $19.95 3-course lunch special! This place is open at 11am on some weekdays and the special comes with soup or salad, an entree, and a gelato or chocolate mousse. The place is spacious and clean, service is quick. Table bread is warm and yummy. Such a great value for lunch - support this local business!!

Good italian good and very friendly staff.If you eat inside the vault, then there will no phone signal.

It doesn't look like much from the outside (well, it looks like a bank), but this restaurant has a lot to offer. It was easy to make a reservation online for dinner on a Sunday evening, but unnecessary as the place was pretty empty when we arrived. The setting was elegant with draping curtains along the windows and clean white tablecloths in the spacious dining area, as well as a small bar with a TV at the corner and a private dining room inside the vault room in the back of the restaurant. Service was prompt and professional... of course we were one of the few people there, so I'd expect nothing less. Still, I appreciate their effort into making sure we had everything we needed during our visit. Only one problem. There were too many delectable items to choose from on the menu, both food and drinks! We ended up getting the Diavola pizza (spicy sausage and mushroom) which was about 12 inches in diameter, Brussel Sprouts with Pancetta, a super tasty appetizer, some of the best I've ever had, and the Arugula Salad, a large serving filled with fresh and delicious greens and cherry tomatoes. That pizza was amazing, every single ingredient, generous toppings and cheese, and fyi, the "spicy sausage" was not spicy at all... but that didn't take away from how delightful and perfect the pizza was. For drinks, we tried The Linden, Lemon Drop, Last Word, and Rye Rye, and each of the cocktails were full of flavor and strong in alcohol, it's hard to pick a fave. Great experience overall.

Awesome and very underrated place in South City. A lot of solid vegetarian options and great service. After Bertolucci's closed I was looking for another place with awesome cocktails and food, and this is my top pick in SSF. Plus the high ceiling ambiance is pretty cool.