I love this place, The setting is always perfect, it's clean, the food and drinks are always amazing and staff is also incredible, Cortney made sure my date and i had everything we needed. We definitely will be coming back! read more

Allegro is one of my favorite places to go. The food is always great and the staff is amazing. I highly recommend this restaurant; it's great for a date night, family friendly dining or dinner with friends. You cannot go wrong with this local spot. read more

I love great Italian food! They have a great menu and even the table bread is amazing! They have a great happy hour and cute patio area, adds to the ambiance. The service is a little slow but Italian food should be enjoyed and should be savored and ate slowly! read more

Slowest service ever. They never asked if we wanted another drink or would even fill up our empty water glasses. We sat there about 20-30 min waiting just to ask for our check. Maybe because there was just two of us, we were definitely not a priority. read more

I have been a customer of this restaurant for years and only come when it's a special occasion due to the higher scale of the establishment. My problem and reason for the 1 star is that even though the atmosphere and price is of high quality, the staff seems unaware of the customer (me). They messed up my order but didn't make any effort to give me the proper antre I asked for. We left two full plates of food by the time we paid and there was no attempt to fix the mistake they had already acknowledged. We paid almost 90 dollars on two incorrect antres, drinks and an appetizer were correct.....I want Alegro to succeed, the food is delicious, but the service seems lifeless. read more

Will never attempt to dine here again. Was my favorite. Then I was refused a table with no less than 10 tables open.

Service was awful, was our waitress buzzed ? Don't know but seemed like it. Forgot our drinks , forgot our appetizer, ... & other waitress brought our food out for us. Didn't even get the appetizer because she also "forgot to put that in" Food was good but I was over it at that point with that service. Had to be reminded for our bill too! 2-3 times. Very disappointing, wouldn't recommend or return read more

Always great service, food and ambiance the four times I've dined here. Several appealing vegetarian and vegan options in a quaint setting.

Cafe Allegro in La Verne & Upland are by far the best Italian restaurants in the IE. Discovered the Sam Dimas location back in 2003. The Upland location about 12 years ago. Both have great food, excellent wine selection & great complimentary bread. But the La Verne location is smaller, more personal. You can watch them cook from the window on the sidewalk. Both locations have outdoor seating. My favorite dish is the penne explosive. Earthquake & Seven Deadly Zins are your best choices for Red wine. read more

Really like this place! So far everything we've tried is really good, except the Caesar. The dressing on ceasars is good, but I hate to only get the end/spine of the lettuce. I want the big leaves! Come on for the price you pay you should get the whole head of lettuce. All in all a nice atmosphere, you can bring your own wine with a corkage fee of $15. Food is tasty. You will not be disappointed! read more

First time I have been to this Italian food restaurant. I found it very clean and the service is excellent, the wait time was very short, with the waitress being very helpful and friendly. The food was delivered promptly and was very tasty. There is a good variety of dishes and drinks available and the prices are decent. I definitely will return to this restaurant. read more

I didn't expect to change my review within 10 days. Today I felt discriminated against! I went to make a reservation two days ago for Valentines weekend when I was told that they do not take reservations and to check in the day of. I went down for dinner tonight as I was told to do and found out they were completely booked because they took reservations after I was told they did not! Why did they not want to give me a reservation? This is poor management! Do not pick and choose who you are going to serve. Management should make it a point to take reservations regularly or not. This is ABSURD! I cannot believe that they would do this to us! Going from such a positive experience to such a negative experience wasn't expected. I went from expecting to become a regular to never wanting to return. Shame on them. This was my time to take my date for dinner and they took that from us! read more

The food is delicious, all served in an elegant atmosphere with excellent staff. The bartender is incredibly good at making drinks! The chicken Piccata is my favorite ! Try the crème brûlée for dessert, it's to die for. read more

Great Italian food! First time at Allegro. We had the Chicken Marsala and the Allegro salad. Chicken Marsala was unbelievable and the salad was excellent. Definitely the go to Italian joint for special occasions! read more

I am a huge Italian food fan and this place is my local favorite. My husband and I frequently come here for Friday date night and the chicken Parmesan is so yummy!!! . They give you such a generous portion somI get to enjoy half at the restaurant and 1/2'the next day for lunch as I like to save room for dessert; I love the garlic green beans too, so tasty. I think they have a really great tiramisu. My husband doesn't like coffee so when he feels like something sweet we will get their cheesecake which I think is good too. With the meal I will either get their espresso martini or the pear flower martini, both are great. Thank you Cafe Allegro!!! read more

Great food and excellent customer service. The ambiance is nice, you have a choice of eating inside or outside. I prefer outside dining because I like to watch people walk by. Not too much traffic of people or cars so it's perfect. read more

It's been a long time since I popped in to eat here. The birthday girl asked for good pizza and pasta so this was our 1st thought. The calamari was so crisp and thick, so tasty. They charge for bread service now but hey blame inflation. The customer service was on point, we were checked on and water refilled regularly through out the meal. I ordered my usual chicken piccata and it came out very good. It's served with bow tie pasta and a carrot puree. That carrot puree is EVERYTHING. I look forward to coming back soon. read more

Allegro - Chicken piccata - Italian Near Me - Upland, California

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I love this place. Their bread is divine. I brought my Italian friend who says it has a good enough Italian flavor better than other Italian American places we've gone. So that's a plus. Their customer service is on point as well as their adult beverages. read more

This is my second time coming here. They hosted my small wedding dinner here of 13 people. Its very nice inside. We all ordered different pastas and everyone loved it! We did have a reservation and there was a little bit of a wait to seat us but understandable with a party so big. I brought a cake and they helped slice it and provided cutlery to do so. Definitely would return again. read more

Allegro - Penne Explosive - Italian Near Me - Upland, California

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Yummy, happy hour is perfect. Had the shrimp Faralle soo good and the chicken Parmesan was hearty and delicious. Minestrone was okay kinda bland but the tortillini soup is tasty read more

I love coming here for lunch. They have a delicious salmon and shrimp open face sandwich. Service is always quick and nice. The ambiance is quiet during lunch which is perfect for a business meeting. read more

Authentic Italian food. The portions are big, and the bread basket is always fresh. Service is excellent. The servers and bartenders always make sure you are tended to and extremely friendly. The ambiance is nice and family oriented they offer patio seating, which is romantic. The bar area can also be a nice place place for date night. read more

Not the biggest restaurant but I have no complaints over the food itself. Started off with a bottle of wine (half off on Monday's (under $100)) I recommend the mussels and clams as the appetizer with the clam sauce ! Lasagna was also filling! I just needed to add the bolognese sauce. Service was great, very attentive. Calm environment with parking available right outside. You also have the option of strawberry or raspberry topping for your cheesecake dessert read more

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My wife and I decided to brave the cold because we wanted to enjoy some restaurant dining so we went to Café Allegro in Upland on 2nd Ave . I ordered the LINGUINI DELL' ATLANTICO 23 Linguini with steamed clams served in a sauce of garlic, white wine and cream, it was delicious,It was a 10 my compliments to the chef. We also had the best waitress her name was Justine she was super friendly, We had an excellent dining experience thank you so much. We will definitely be back. read more

Allegro - Italian Near Me - Upland, California

I enjoyed myself in this busy watering hole but was surprised that there was no garlic in my eggplant parmiagiana. What gives at an Italian resto? Fabulous attentive service. Very busy on a Friday night. read more

Honestly this is some of the worst "authentic" Italian food I've ever had. The antipasto misto is literally embarrassing. I'm paying 25 dollars for olives, prosciutto and arancini rice balls that taste like they're freezer burned. Extremely overpriced. Mushroom ravioli was decent though. I can't remember the name of our waitress but she was paying more attention to the people sitting next to us because I'm assuming she knew them, to the point that it was delaying our service. If I'm paying way too much for terrible Italian food, please at least make the service good. We were basically ignored the whole time. The hostess eventually came and took the check and my card from our WAITRESS because she was literally too busy talking to the people next to us. She was holding my card for almost 10 minutes!! basically in front of me, after we've finished our meal. Literally unacceptable, but thank you to the hostess. I wish I could have seen her name because I would shout her out on here. She gets 2 stars. Go eat at San Biagio's, they have better pasta than this restaurant at half the price. read more

Service was great, very attentive. Came before V-Day to prevent the craziness on waiting to eat. Bread was delicious , ziti was good. And environment is perfect with a dim like surrounding. "Romantic" ooooo ahhhhhh. Cesar salad was also delicious. Will be coming back. ok U.S.A read more

Allegro - Bread - Italian Near Me - Upland, California

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Great experience the food and atmosphere were nice for a date night. Def will go back to try different dishes! read more

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I enjoyed the ambiance and the area it's located in is beautiful. Although I will admit I was a little disappointed with the food, idk who or why the food was just not as authentic as I had imagined. The chicken taste like it was frozen pre cut and in those weird chunks and the pesto doesn't have a great flavor it just taste like basil that came out of the food processor. The charcuterie board literally comes with a forest of micro greens that make no sense and in this forest is a few pickles with grapes and walnuts, which was almost like a salad. Just put in on a board and let the quality do the talking. The bread also threw me off as some of it had spinach kneaded into it. I asked if they can make cacio e pepe which is like 4 ingredients and brought me something that would insult an Italian grandmother. Their Moscato is just as sugary as kool-aid and the bootle was just way too sweet to drink. Look this place is popular and I'm not saying don't try it.. Please do and have your own experience.. read more

GREAT FOOD and the environment is extremely serene. The service is fast and friendly no matter what size your group is read more

Excellent service and great food. Top tier staff and amazing Lasagna that'll impress Garfield himself!

Let me preface this by saying this is my fourth visit to this restaurant. My husband and I love the food. And the service is impeccable. My husband and I wanted to have a little date night in so I ordered our food to go. Everything was going well -- our entrees were amazing. Then we moved onto dessert. I inserted my fork into the chocolate mousse cake, pulled it out and was met with a blue fabric of some sort (see photos). And it didn't look like it kind of fell on top of the cake, it looked as if it were baked into it. I love this place so imagine how disappointed I was to find that :( I know no place is perfect but this stinks. read more

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Good food and good service as it should be .Highly recommend. Love their menu and portions as well

You cannot go wrong with any dish at this hidden gem in downtown Upland. It's the greatest spot for date night or for groups. The food is fresh and authentic and the experience is top notch. Service is phenomenal and this restaurant will always have a soft spot in my heart. They GENEROUSLY donated a bottle of wine and $50 gift card to a charity event I hosted back in 2011. For that reason (as well as the deliciousness of their good), I will continue to support this spot and recommend it to so many other people. read more

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The Valentine specials were delicious and our server, Samantha, was everything she should be. For dessert we shared the molten lava cake which was rich, smooth and again delicious. Definitely would return. 5 for sure! read more

Celebrated my birthday there. Food was great and my family kept on saying I chose a good place to eat, which is rare cuz a few people have restrictions and or preferences. Very courteous and friendly service. Definitely recommend read more

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First time eating here and I will definitely be back! The service was excellent wine was awesome and the food is worth the money. I love the dimmed lighting. It made the experience feel more high end. My friend ordered the mushroom ravioli and let me try it. I will definitely order that the next time. I had the lasagna with meat sauce and the large portion was good for three meals! read more

Allegro - Lasagna with meat sauce - Italian Near Me - Upland, California

Gnat in my food and service was pretty bad We asked to be sat outside and server said no because he wanted to keep an eye on since he was alone so we said ok. Other customers came in and sat outside right after us and that was annoying. read more

Allegro - Italian Near Me - Upland, California

This place needs new management ASAP. Most unprofessional experience we've ever had with their manager Courtney. My wife and her friends got there on a Monday afternoon for some girl time. As women sometimes do, they spent many hours catching up. I joined them later for dinner. Keep in mind we are all 50+ year old professionals. We eat out all the time in finer places than this. The ladies did drink a lot of sangrias but were fine since it was over many hours. The BS started when our family friend, who happened to also be there dining, came over and quietly informed us that she tried to buy us a round and was told "no, they are cut off." First, no one once told us we were cut off. In fact, I bought another round AFTER our friend told us this. Second, what kind of manager tells other patrons that someone else is cut off? Thirdly, if we were cut off, why didn't they warn us of what we were doing wrong? Our table was never warned of anything. No "keep it down" no "you've been here too long" no "you've drank too much." Nothing. We had zero idea Courtney had a problem with us. If she had acted like a normal professional manager, she would have told us if we had done something wrong. But she never did. Their staff (Kat and Garrett) were super friendly and talking to us throughout their shift, and bringing us drinks and food whenever we wanted. So, again, if we were "cut off" why did their staff not know, but our family friend did know? Of course we're not going to put up with this treatment. My wife asked Kat to ask the manager to come speak to us, but the manager REFUSED. So we went to the bar to talk to her and find out what the problem was, and why she's telling other patrons we're cut off, while they also keep serving us (sounds contradictory to me). Courtney just stood there acting extremely dismissive and wouldn't explain anything. She said she can do whatever she wants. Within 30 seconds she was saying "I'm going to call the cops!" We were dumbfounded by her attitude. No one threatened her. I'm a former district attorney by the way so I'm not stupid. That's when I decided it's not worth getting an explanation and started gathering our group to leave. My adult step-daughter asked Courtney one more time, what did we do wrong? That's when Courtney started screaming at the top of her lungs "86! 86!" We found out later this means she was kicking us out and banning us forever. It was the most bizarre and humiliating experience we've ever had. We have never been treated by anyone the way Courtney treated us that day. While this was going on, our friend was asking all the tables around us if we were too loud or did anything wrong, and they all said no. One of us also spoke to Robert the owner a couple of days later, and found out Courtney had made up all kinds of lies and got her staff to lie as well (probably because they don't want to be fired). The lies included that our group stood on top of the bar and were screaming, and throwing food inside the restaurant, and it hit a staff member. But none of that ever happened. How laughable. We're too old to even climb up on a bar to begin with and would never throw food inside a restaurant. Robert's reply was "Wow, I'm hearing 2 different stories." We said look at the cameras, but they also made some excuse about them not catching anything that day. Likely story. Bottom line, this should have never happened. If someone is in fact a problem, you let them know to calm down or get out. But we were not a problem, other than I don't think Courtney liked that her staff was taking a lot of time to shoot the breeze with us. But that's not our fault or problem. She clearly had a personal problem with one or more of us, but either way she does not belong in that capacity as a manager. She escalated the situation instead of de-escalating, and as a lawyer, I can tell you that is a huge liability for a business. read more

This place is always special to me. My wife and I have been coming here for years. Brought the kids when they were small and we keep going back. Food and service is always great. read more