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| Restaurant Reviews | Villa Nova |
Restaurant Name: Villa Nova Restaurant
Address: 3131 W. Coast Hwy.,
Cross Street: Newport Beach, Calif.
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Type of Cuisine: Italian
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Type of Review: Dinner
Price Range: Moderate: $14-$20
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Restrooms were: Clean
Parking was: Adequate
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Entertainment: Sunday through Wednesday - Rich Faugno-Piano
Thursday through Saturday - Mike Patterson
View: Great View Of The Bay- Very Romantic
Date of Your Last Visit: April 8, 1998
Time of Your Last Visit: 7 P.M.
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Your Review: The ambiance was fantastic - like being in Italy. The food, service and
entertainment were fantastic.
Great place for a wedding or a wedding reception.
Reviewed By: Charlotte Peterson
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Type of Review: Dinner
Price Range: Moderate: $14-$20
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Restrooms were: Clean
Parking was: Adequate
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Entertainment: Piano Bar everynight, one of the few places we can
go any night of the week to hear live music without rap or disco
View: waterfront
Date of Your Last Visit: 6/6/98
Time of Your Last Visit: 7pm
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Your Review: I have been here before but this last time the food
was really great! I always get their veal & it's the best in town.
My date loved their calamari appetizer(we had two). We sat at a really
big cushy booth and enjoyed the dark, romantic atmosphere of the dining
room. This was the first time I ordered off the new wine list and we were
very impressed with all the selection and prices of some great old bottles.
Our service was very good also. Our only complaint was that we didn't
save room for dessert! I recommend Villa Nova for anyone who wants to
celebrate a special occassion or who just likes really good traditional
Italalian food (no haute cuisine here)
Reviewed By: Gil Graillette
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Type of Review: Dinner
Price Range: Moderate: $14-$20
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Restrooms were: Clean
Parking was: Adequate
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Entertainment: NA
Thursday through Saturday - Mike Patterson
View: great, when tables in front of where I got seated are empty.
Date of Your Last Visit: june 16 2001
Time of Your Last Visit: 7 P.M.
Your Favorite Dish: Italian food overall.... or so I thought..
Your Review: Well, I had been contemplating visiting this restaurant
for quite some time since I drive by the area quite often, but never seemed
to have a chance, so, my girlfriend as a surprise birthday dinner, was
"lucky" enough to have gotten some reservations for us on the
indicated
date, not that we probably would have needed them as the place seemed
vacant
enough to accomodate an army, anyhow, first, we got seated upstairs, at
this
wonderful booth for two and it was arranged so that the couple seats side
by
side, it had a great view of the marina, except for, there were other
conventional tables right in front and it kinda obstructed the view, but
nothing too bad until people actually occupied them and then you feel
as if
you got front row tickets to a "play house" show where a young
couple their
infant little girl and newborn are the stars and take center stage, and
believe me from the time that we ordered our food and the time that it
was
actually served to us, w!
as plenty enought to learn about the do's and dont's of early family
behaviour at the table, at that time, 50 minutes later to be exact, our
entertainment was rudely interrupted by our bad menu choices, it was either
that or the chef was just having an "off" night, dont know if
Ill ever find
out since I dont plan in setting one foot in there again, but seeing how
I
ordered the NY Filet mignon the time elapsed would be easily justified
by
having that tender flavorful steak just melt in my mouth, not so, I honestly
have to say that the soles of my shoes would have tasted better with a
little A1, my girlfriends dried up chicken breast and veggies, with the
side
of top ramen wasnt a winner either, I believe they called it, "chicken
pasta
primavera", to make a long memorable birthday dinner story short,
I think I
will be more forward and assertive about the quality and taste of my steaks
from now on, and not feel bad about sending it back, especially when Im
paying $30.00 for the d!
ish, make that $50.00 since I had to stop by the local Outback afterwards
to
get the bad taste off my mouth, thank god for them.
Reviewed By: Omar Cano Jr.
Your City: Burbank
E-Mail Address: omar.cano@disney.com
