Toscanos

Family of 5 never receives food... A much needed night out was met with disappointment at Toscanos tonight. We were greeted well, wait was around 25 minutes, can't complain there, it's a Friday night. Server seemed pretty nice. We ordered the Flat Iron (Coffee crusted rub steak), the squash risotto, and two pizzas for our kids. Approximately 1 Hour and 15 minutes went by and my wife and I never received our food. As in, it never came out of the kitchen. We had to politely ask the waitress to box it up from the kitchen. Luckily our kids got their pizzas about 40 minutes in. My wife, my 1 year old son, and I got the gift of just sitting and watching everyone else in the restaurant eat. Got to be honest, don't feel great about spending $140 to just sit in a building hungry. Our waitress didn't even offer to comp anything, not even one of the kids pizzas or the drink I ordered. Attaching pics of the plastic bowl of food I had to eat cold at home. Hopefully management sees this review. Can't recommend a place that doesn't even get the food out.

We had dinner at Toscano's the other night with a couple friends and it was quite disappointing. Firstly, my husband thinks he got food poisoning from the smoked salmon chowder. He had a terrible night (and next day) after dinner and the only dish he ate that no one else tried was the chowder. It even looks questionable in the photo. Anyway, to add to that, the service wasn't good either. I had ordered some Brussel sprouts with my risotto and never got my order. I was halfway done with my meal so when the waitress finally came by I told her to just cancel it. This place was definitely not built to be a restaurant and you can tell just from walking in. It's located inside a shared commercial building with other businesses and it definitely looks and feels like it. This place was suggested by a friend because she always drives by it, but no thank you, we will not be coming back.

Let me start with the setting. It was a beautiful day, seated outside with a gorgeous view of Mt Rainier. We made reservations so we were seated quickly. The service was great. Didn't have to ask for refills. All recommended dishes from server were on point, delicious. Favorites were seasonal gnocchi with lobster and an apple bread pudding. I need to come back before it's gone. The gnocchi tasted so fresh with a ricotta filling. I think it's the best gnocchi Ive ever had . Really just went there to get a bite but left feeling much more than that. Thank you Toscanos! All our dishes were great. A little pricey but really delicious.

I love Italian food. The ambience here is cozy and upscale, and the service is excellent. The restaurant is new and very clean. I like Southern Italian food, and Toscanos sounds like to serves food from the Tuscany area. Since it's a grill, the steak should be considered, but I was craving pasta. Yes, that's a Thinsulin red light, but I don't want steak today. I started off on the onion soup. I regret getting a cup. I should have gotten the bowl because it was the best onion soup I have ever eaten! Delicious. Then, I got their signature steamed clams martini. There's no alcohol that I know of, but I was served in a large martini glass. Wow, the clams were delicious! So fresh and I love the way it was steamed! This was definitely a green light dish. I asked for linguini and clams, but that was not on the menu. I could ask the chefs to make it, but if it's not on the menu, there's probably a good reason. Instead, I got my pasta fix by ordering the spaghetti bolognese. It was only $16. How good can it be? Super delicious! The meat was so fresh and chunky! The best I have eaten again. I am quite impressed with this restaurant. I can't believe this gem is found away from the big city. If I have a chance, I will definitely come back to this place!

Husband mentioned he had always been curious to try this place despite my own experience, and I thought, hey maybe my first experience was a singularly bad one, why not give it another chance for my birthday?(SPOILER ALERT: not my brightest idea)He got reservations at 7:40 PM and we were promptly sat. The table behind us had been sitting there for a bit already. We sat with the menus for quite some time, at least 15 mins, while the waiters went by, no hello, no water, no nothing. Eventually our waitress came over and we ordered a drink. She sped off. I knew we should've ordered everything in one go but...we didn't. Drinks came out with the water about 5 mins later. My bourbon peach drink was tasty.After about 15-20 minutes of servers passing us by, our waitress came back and we ordered the calamari. Again, should've ordered in one go, but...you guessed it, we didnt. Calamari took a good 20 mins or more to come out. The sauce was tasty but it's more suited for shellfish. Who knows how long it took but eventually we grew tired of being ignored and we stopped our waitress as she zipped by, intently focused on ignoring us, and asked if we could order entrees. I started timing things at that point. Keep in mind, the table behind us still hasn't been served their food either.This place closes at 9. By 8:35, they're picking up silverware, wiping tables, putting outside furniture away and still no food. Our food arrived at precisely 8:53 PM. My husband's child portion of pasta sat on top of the sauce, which is awkward, and was cold, but it did taste good. He added meatballs and that was the only warm thing on his plate. Conversely, my pasta was hot and tasty. A few minutes after we were served, the table behind us got their food. I ate some of my dish and then got it to go. All other to go boxes came with a sticker on top to avoid the top from opening, but not mine.From the moment we were first served water, we were never offered anymore. In fact, a server came by with a pitcher, stopped at our table, turned around and served the table behind us. My husband and I were floored. That's to say, from 7:40 PM, until 8:55 PM, we were not served water UNTIL we stopped some random server and asked. He was *very shocked* and said yes quickly, but must have forgotten that he kept walking by our table without offering any. Is it because we were the only Hispanic couple in the restaurant? We will never know why we didn't deserve water. Or why our food took so long just to come out cold. Or why I saw a server serve someone a little birthday treat with a candle while I got nothing, after mentioning it to our waitress. We will never know because we won't be back.

The absolute best experience and food. I ordered the chicken linguine and we also had the bread pudding for dessert. Both were really good. Also tried the clam chowder their soup of the day. The ambiance is nice. I recommend making a reservation because it can get busy.

The food is always great, the atmosphere also and the service is always spot on, I still don't understand how the competition down the street is still in business with this place here. I guess they get the overflow when Toscanos is busy.

Excellent food, top-notch service. Authentic, northern Italian. It's worth a stop if you are in this area, and it's worth a drive if you are south of Seattle.

We came back to Toscanos for Valentine's Day. We were sat in the back room at a table next to the window. We were freezing the entire time we were there. It was very drafty and just super cold. It took quite a while for bread to come to our table and when it did it was the butt end of the bread with two smaller slices. The prosciutto wrapped mozzarella was delicious as an appetizer. My husband got the filet mignon with a side of balsamic mushrooms and I got the truffle mushroom lasagna. With the previous experience being so great, we were so sad to be disappointed with our food this time. Both dishes lacked any flavor. The steak was cooked perfectly to temp, but it barely even had salt or pepper on it. My lasagna was mediocre and it was burned so bad that a large portion of the pasta sheet was hard and crunchy. Our server was nice and she asked us how the food was and we told her that the steak was disappointing. Later on she offered dessert on the house but we declined. We were also disappointed to see that no manager came to speak with us and that not one drink was taken off our tab. Definitely not worth the $210 we paid for our dinner and it makes me sad to write that.

This is the best meal I have experienced in a while. We got the copper river salmon (best salmon mom has ever had) and the risotto (beautiful and springy! The rhubarb bread pudding for dessert was great to split for 3 people. Service was A+ and Ambience was warm, welcoming and relaxing. Absolutely on the MacArthur list!