Love the location, food is very tasty, and service is great. Great place to go on a date or meeting up friends or coworkers after work.

I hate having to write this review because the food is AWESOME and it's a local business, but DO NOT order online from their website. I ordered food at 6:58 pm and got a confirmation email. Didn't get any updates, so I went over at 7:50 pm. Turns out my order was not ready nor did they even seem like they got my order. The server was helpful even though she wasn't handling online orders. I waited until 8:44 pm(!!!) to get my food. The server was the only one who apologized even though it wasn't her fault and i ended up walking home in the dark due to how late I got my order. It wasn't a nice experience to have to wait there 20 minutes until closing with no updates or apology from the person actually handling online orders/management. Management, if you're not able to handle online orders from the website, please do not offer that option. read more

This review is about the lunch menu and service. I've never been for dinner. We partly went here due to the 4-star review on Yelp so I'm writing this review to help correct that rating. I've had Italian food all over the country as well as in Europe so I'm used to a wide range of preparations. Cafe Vitale was not up to the mark for even the most hole-in-the-wall stops I've been to. The service was responsive and very friendly. The restaurant was clean and welcoming. Tables were spaced fairly well and the lighting and decor was pleasant and modest. The meal itself suffered from a number of issues. After telling the server we didn't want any bread, a basket came out with four slices of bread (two full slices and two half slices) that looked thrown in and appeared to be purchased from the local Safeway. We tasted it out of curiosity and while it was fresh, it lacked any flavor. The stuffed chicken with prosciutto was cooked well but wasn't warm enough when it came out. The mushrooms gravy was flavorful but didn't taste house made. It tasted more like a canned gravy than a dressing. The brussel sprouts were overcooked though they did have a lot of flavor. The worst part of this dish was the side of penne. The pasta was a bit overcooked but the sauce was inedible. It was thin, bright red and tasted like watered-down tomato paste. Any Italian place worth the name has to get the sauce right and Vitale's is a failure by any measure. We also tried the gnocchi. The pasta was overcooked. The white sauce was decent--thick and cheesy--though it needed some seasoning. This dish too was not served hot enough. It was by far the best of the items on the table though. read more

Wow! Was craving Italian and dogsitting nearby. Boyfriend picked up amazing seafood pasta. Been wanting to try this place forever. It was very good. Did not care at all for the bread. Want to go back soon! read more

In a more quiet part of town, the service was great! The three stars is for the food. The food tastes inconsistent compared to other Italian places, but the restaurant is a little cheaper than the other Italian places anyway. ($22 vs $17 for similar dish) I liked the bread. But it tasted like they had bought the bread from a store and just took it out of the bag and put their own garlic butter, not heated or anything. I ordered Risotto Al Salmone. I love risotto and I always order it. The whole dish seemed baked. I liked the soft Salmon but it was too oily... Way too much oil... I think they had the right ingredients but the execution was wrong. Risotto rice seemed over cooked\baked.. My friend ordered a large pepperoni pizza, it was average. Our total came out to be around $38. This was a decent place, great service-- but just don't expect super amazing food, but the price is cheaper. read more

Food *** Seafood Pasta ***** Cioccolato Desert ***** Kids Pepperoni Pizza **** Arugala Salad **** Lasagna ** bland and mushy Kids Spaghetti Bolognese ** should be creamier, more umami flavor Lentil Soup ** watery and flavorless Hot Chocolate * made from a mix with water? Ambiance ** So we got the worst table in the place next to the back door in the cheerless back corridor. Other places looked nicer but this was our experience. At one point they opened the back door (cold night) and we learned why when a burned smoky food smell emerged from the kitchen. Something bad happened in there. Service * OMG this place is SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWW. read more

The hubby and I stopped by here for an early dinner to check out their food for a birthday celebration later this month. We actually found this place by accident when we visited Tom's Depot. Food was great and you could tell it was homemade which goes a long way with us. The staff are very accommodating, friendly and willing to make Italian food if not currently on menu as long as they have the ingredients. We will typically split our food to cut down on calories m. What can I say. We asked to share chicken parm and a side salad. Chicken parm was not on the menu but they offered to make it for us. You get fresh bread with your food. The only downside (but they are fixing) is not fountain drinks just cans. Should have fountain drinks ready this week. I happen to like the kids menu for under 10. Just what my grandkids would eat. As always support local business #ShopDineLocal help out our businesses. read more

I ordered two entrees for pick up today. The veal marsala was good, but the other dish, salmon with risotto, had hardly any salmon in it. I had three bites of a thin piece of fish. I have never seen salmon this thin and sparce! They must have run out, and rather than tell me that, they gave me three bites of fish. Terrible. I cannot recommend this restaurant. read more

Great italian restaurant in a very quaint area of Los Altos. Good prices. Nice waiter. We came on a weeknight and there was no wait, though the place was decently crowded. As recommended by the reviewers, I got the chicken pesto calzone and it was the most delicious calzone I ever did sink my teeth into. Boyfriend got the chicken marsala (I think?), which the meat was tenderized well and tasted good in the mushroom sauce, but I think he wasn't full after. So he ate the other half of my calzone lol. There's a small patio in the back too. If I came back, I would definitely order the calzone!! read more

Cafe Vitale - Look at the crispiness of the skin! Pesto chicken calzone - Italian Near Me - Los Altos, California

Really enjoyed the food. We ordered calamari, penne pasta with eggplant and the prosciutto e funghi pizza. The pizza and pasta were really excellent. The calamari was solid though could have been crispier. We ordered takeout so that may have contributed. We will definitely be coming back! The outdoor seating looks very cute too. read more

We have been coming here for years with family and friends. Ruben and staff are on-point and very attentive. The food is all homemade, and is consistently delicious. Vitale, the place where friends meet. A+ read more

The owner has put a lot of work into redesigning the space. Though it doesn't look like much on the outside, the inside is attractive and welcoming. Food is great. I especially like the salmon dinners, served with tiny new potatoes and vegetables. It's not the strong, fishy salmon you get at some restaurants, but mild and fresh with a lovely sauce of capers and tiny tomatoes. YUM! Vitale's has become a popular spot with locals like me -- for good reason! read more

We ordered the prosciutto e funghi pizza and the pesto pasta with chicken. All of it lacked flavor. The funghi were crimini, which is fine but with so many amazing mushrooms why go with crimini? And the pizza was wanting in sauce. The pizza dough lacked flavor though was light and had a nice texture. The pesto pasta lacked flavor and pesto sauce. Even the bread they sent us home with lacked flavor. I am sorry for the negative review, but really this was not a satisfying meal. read more

Great food and good ambiance. I tried the Fettuccini pesto with salmon. The calzones seemed nice too. It was cooked very well. They also have good tiramisu. The service was quick and friendly. Parking is easy. read more

Cafe Vitale - Italian Near Me - Los Altos, California

I had lunch at Cafe Vitale on 5/2. My group of 7 picked it because: 1. it had outdoor tables 2. it had a bike rack for our 7 bikes 3. it was next to the bike shop parking lot where we had met up What a pleasant surprise. The eggplant parm calzone was scrumptious with a dough that was soft and sweet and not crunchy like other calzone's I've had. It was loaded with vegetables. The part that made this meal really great was the service from Antonio. It was as if he anticipated our every desire before we asked - ice water, more (yummy) bread, food recommendations, great menu knowledge for food allergy requirements, fast service. Vitale management - I hope you're taking really good care of Antonio because he's an enormous asset to your business. I'll definitely go back there because of the experience he helped create for our group.Thanks Antonio!! read more

Sometimes you just want a place you can walk to. Fortunately for me Cafe Vitale fits that criteria. Unfortunately the food is only okay. It's a cute little restaurant - the only one open for dinner in Loyola Corners. We sat on the front porch so our toddlers could see the Fremont Ave. action, or - as it turns out - lack thereof. (Note for future reference: the back porch is much prettier.) We started with the bruschetta. We actually sent it back - something we never do - because it included a lot of unadvertised parmesan cheese. If we had kept it (as my parm-averse husband originally wanted to do) he would have sulked and left me to eat it. Unfortunately, even when the new version emerged from the kitchen it was overloaded with balsamic and WAY too sweet. We couldn't even taste the tomatoes. Thankfully James, my 2 1/2 year old garbage disposal, ate it up. We shared a margherita pizza (misspelled on the menu). Oddly it was without tomato sauce. It was only okay. The service was good. This place is somewhere between 2 and 3 stars, but given that I would go back I will err on the side of 3 stars. I will not return to a 2-star place but a 3-star still maintains some interest to me. That said, dazzle me next time, Cafe Vitale. Dazzle me. read more

Disappointed -- was this even the same restaurant I had lunch in less than a month ago? After a great lunch experience I bragged to some buddies how the food and service were outstanding; four solid stars. On my way out there was a Prime Rib Friday Night Special for $22.50. So; the conversation became a party of six for last night's Friday night delight. Not! The food was mostly not bad; but, the service was so bad it tainted the rest of the evening and our return in the future. We were seated promptly at 6 PM and waited in a mostly empty restaurant for a waiter; when he finally arrived his attitude was arrogant. The corkage charge is only $5 so we brought our own wine, he could not have taken more time to get around to opening the first bottle, and we borrowed the cork screw and open the second one ourselves. He actually filled each glass all but to the brim and was way short the final glass. My wife ordered a glass of Chardonnay which we had to request three more times before literally 30 minutes later the wine arrived. Water you say; one request and it came before her wine. The appetizer came with the entrees, about an hour after placing the food order, my friend complained and the waiter replied; "I will take them off the bill," we were charged half price for the cold cuts. The Prime Rib was pretty good, BBQ'd in and Egg-BBQ; the fresh steamed vegetables were also favorably cooked. One of the diners requested horseradish and butter; instead of getting horseradish the first attempt was sour cream, the second was Dijon mustard and the person finally gave up and went to the counter to request butter for the third time. Two of the ladies had Chicken Marsala that was so tough it was difficult to chew and had to be cut with a knife. After about two hours we were soured, dirty dishes still on the table, pouring our own wine with no busboy service we finally received a bill, paid and got the hell out of this service nightmare. Interestingly those people who had called in and ordered food out scurried in, got their food and right back to their car. Clearly the takeout business is a priority to those who dine from this restaurant. On a positive note there was a young girl helping that was doing her best and a Mexican cook who at least smiled and treated us with respect. One person said they would try it for lunch to give them the benefit of the doubt. Me? Well; clearly the business model failed last night and I will most likely not return for some time unless it is for takeout. Food 3.5 Stars Service -0- Star 2 stars overall given that my previous lunch experience was positive. However my wife had lunch there about a week ago, again on my recommendation, and had less than a spectacular experience. One last note; I called well in advance for a party of six reservation. My wife on her lunch visit checked and there was no reservation. Give me a break. . . Where is the owner of this restaurant? read more

Cute to boot. I didn't think Loyola Corners could be any more adorable with Tom's Depot, the bicycle shop, tiny gyms, and a small children day care. But, it managed to with the addition of Cafe Vitale. While many businesses have come to this area only to have disappeared from before our eyes in a very short time, Cafe Vitale's food and friendly atmosphere will hopefully hold it over for the long run. My food experience in Cafe Vitale was with their delicious Pizza Salad. A pizza salad you say? What an odd combination. WRONG! It is a heavenly combo with a thin crust pizza topped with fresh greens and a tangy balsamic among other salad veggies. If the delicious food isn't enough, this is also a very relaxing place to sit with a cold drink or curl up with a good book when you are bored of lounging in your local Starbucks. The employees are always friendly and willing to specialize a dish to your specifications. They also gave us a very large sample of their soup. This truly is your neighborhood Italian restaurant with friendly folk and hearty, fresh food. read more

Its really 3.5 to 4 stars. This is the first time we ordered food here. It is not fancy, but a solid neighborhood Italian restaurant. The seafood linguini is big portion with a lot of seafood, and it's quite tasty. The penne with Italian sausage is on the salty side, could have used more mushroom in it. The price is reasonable for what you get. Overall it is good enough, we will want to come back and try other things. read more

I had my sister's funeral celebration of life here, on Feb 11, 2023, and WOW! It was fantastic and they made everything feel like a family event. The food, service and Ruben (the owner) and his staff were just the best! They treated us like royalty! Even the wine was great! We had a private room with a microphone setup-which was very helpful! Ruben added a corner table for pictures of my sweett sister that we were honoring! See you again soon, Ruben!!!! AND thank you!!!! read more

Came in on a Sunday afternoon to grab some lunch. It was super quiet and we pretty much had the entire place to ourselves minus another family. We ordered the soup of the day - Broccoli Soup, Wedge Salad and Pasta carbonara. The broccoli soup was super tasty! Although it was a bit thin - normally I'm used to it being more chunky. I would recommend all 3! My bf loved the pasta although I thought it was a little salty for my taste. The server was super great to us as well. He was attentive and really charismatic - totally made it seem like an Italian experience. read more

Cafe Vitale - Broccoli soup - Italian Near Me - Los Altos, California

We sat in the new expanded section of the restaurant and could feel the ambiance right away. However, as the section became full capacity, you had to raise your voice in order to have a conversation at your table. The calamari appetizer was very good, lightly breaded and tasty. I had the seafood linguini and it was excellent. Others at our table had the lasagne and the veal that were both very good. The mango/pear special salad for $9 was a good value with a large serving. Again, as the section became full, the wait for the desserts became very long. The waiter's were rushing around trying to serve everyone, which meant that they could not be attentive like at the beginning of the meal. And the same happened with the long wait for the bill. I tried a few times to wave to our waiter for the bill, but he had tunnel vision in trying to keep up with everything. Overall, the food was very good to excellent except the complimentary bread was tasteless and hard. The dessert was good but didn't knock your socks off...I wouldn't go there just for the desserts. The tiramisu was watery, the chocolate cheesecake tasted like it was bought at the store and the sorbet seemed ok as well as the gelato. The service was very good and friendly at the beginning but dropped dramatically when it became crowded. The ambiance in the new section is nice but the noise nullifies it. It's a nice, local restaurant with potential but needs to recognize the other areas of a restaurant besides the quality of the food such as service and ambiance. So 3 stars for the food quality (good value) and ambiance (in the new section) but not 5 stars due to the noise factor and inconsistent service. I wouldn't recommend to my good friends at this time but I will try sitting in another area and hope the service is more consistent the next time I go. read more

Good Italian menu, we'll prepared. Low key casual cafe with nice decor. Cocktails to Pizza and many traditional Italian dishes. Lots of seafood too. read more

It's a small cafe in the unlikeliest of locations, right at the corner of a road. It also looks a lot more casual than I thought it would be, but that's fine with me. We picked this place because they serve gluten-free pizza, so it suits my gluten-free friend. I ordered some wine and Don Corleone pizza...and I really liked the pizza. It was thin-crusted, nothing too special, but the ingredients were good and it was a good, solid pizza. My friend got the BLT pizza and it was apparently really good as well. They're a small and friendly place, and while not really the kind of place for a romantic dinner, it looks like it would be great for lunch and certainly a casual dinner with friends. Just a word of warning for the gluten-free crowds tho: not every pizza can be made gluten-free (apparently some sausage casings have gluten in it). Make sure you check the menu so you are not disappointed afterwards! read more

I didn't realize this was a full on restaurant. When I was not working, I came here for the caffeinated beverages. Nice space, quiet, and you can sit with your laptop and wifi. Good for studying if you're still in school. One of these days I'll have to give the food a try. read more

REDUCE THE SALT on the chicken. I ordered a pizza with pepperoni, sausage, and chicken as the protein. Saltiness is expected on pepperoni and sausage, however the grilled chicken was also so salty it made the pizza a salt fest. The chicken quality was fine, but it was salted to the point of ruin. After 2 slices I had to drink cup of water after water all night. Not to mention, there was barely any chicken but it still had that effect. What's the point in paying for chicken topping if you're gona through 5-6 centimeters sized salt cubes on a large pizza. The food here is average but I visited again after many years $30+ for mediocre pizza, just to support during covid. The kind of place to make Italian grandmas cry. It I thought i would fulfill a craving for crappy American pizza. It will be another 5 or 10 years before I return. read more

Excellent food and great service. I have never been disappointed eating there. My wife loves their margaritas.

Everything was great! Decent, reasonably-priced house wines, lovely service, tasty food. We had the gnocchi and tortellini, apple salad, and glasses of house Pinot Grigio and Chianti. The tortellini and gnocchi were both house made and completely delicious. Perfect sauce, perfect portions, decadent flavors. I wish I lived in the area so we could visit again read more

Food was pretty good, had the penne al salmone. Prices were fair for los altos and for an italian restaurant. Very nice little spot and service. Would be back again. read more

Wonderful local place for very fresh salads. I LOVE the cranberry pecan apple salad. Very fresh and filling. The waiter was very gracious about bringing extra balsamic dressing. It was perfect and refreshing. Very pretty and clean. Its nice to find a place that doesn't rush everyone. You can sit and relax. It's a perfect addition to Loyola Corner. Parking is awkward and you will probably need to pull around back. There will be plenty of spaces. After so many years of being the quiet part of Los Altos, I think all the new businesses are bringing about a good change. read more

I have been here a few times with friends and look forward to my visits. Great food and service. Menu has a wide variety of Italian classics. Calzones are very good. Pasta cooked perfectly. Waitstaff is very attentive and quick to respond. Decor is well done. read more

The food did not taste fresh or right. These reviews don't seem authentic. I'm disappointed in Yelp

My wife and I ate here this evening and we drove 30min to accomplish that. I can honestly say that this place has great food and we will definitely be back. Our service was impeccable and everything was 5 stars this evening. Our waiter was Antonio and he was very on key with us. The food was superb and there is plenty to choose from on menu. Definitely coming back!!!!! read more

Shelter in place "disaster" order. I would think twice before ordering from here. Very poor communication while waiting over 1 hour for a friends food. The owner was condescending to me, he didn't really know me and didn't care of the service he provided to me. I hate to post this in COVID19 environment but I have had take out from many local Los altos establishments for the past 5 weeks and never treated the way I was today. Good luck with your business. read more

Ordered a take out after ages. We ordered the FETTUCCINE ALLA GENOVESE and the GNOCCHI with GORGONZOLA; The gnocchi was fantastic ... I usually never like gnocchi - they are chewy but this one was fluffy , light and cheesy . It was fantastic . We drove to the restaurant and had a waiter come to us to enquire about our order. She came back to give us an update and then again with the food. Great system and hassle free . We didn't even get out of the car. overall good food and we will visit this place when things are back to normal! read more

Walked up asked to place an order to go. 10 minutes later no one bothered to get back to me, just lrft me standing there.

This review is for take out only. Don't order for take out - they have terrible communication ability where you have to leave a voicemail for a chance to talk to a live person, and even then, they do not call you back in a timely manner when you have an order pending already. Waited the estimated 35 minutes before heading to the restaurant to pick up the order, then they said they haven't started making it yet and it will take another hour. read more

Great food...great service...great value. Who could ask for anything more. TEN stars at leadt

Cafe Vitale is a great neighborhood spot with indoor and outdoor seating. On a Friday evening they were quite busy but luckily they were able to squeeze us in. Street parking in front is limited but there is a back lot. We tried the bruschetta and a couple of pastas. The seafood pasta was light but seasoned well and abundant with fresh seafood. I prefer non-creamy seafood pastas so this hit the spot. read more

This is the best option I've found for Gluten-Free Pizza in the bay area. Made with outstanding quality. Always friendly staff read more