After golf we wondered where to eat. This place had better reviews on other sites. It's great. Homemade lasagne knocked it out of the park. Sauteed mushrooms in garlic sauce for $7. Others had raviolis. Basic cocktails done well, good wine deletion. Service was excellent. A wonderful find. Even the house salad and soup were great. read more

I was in Mesquite for a golf trip and I was looking forward to trying a few restaurants in the area. One of our golf buddies bragged about Cucina Italiana. They came here almost every night. So we had to try it. We arrived around 5:30 the interior was decorated with Italian paintings and murals. They boast to have the largest wine selection in Mesquite! Once we were seated, we were handed our menus and asked if we liked anything to drink. Of course we ordered sparkling water. I decided to order Veal Marsala and my friend ordered Veal Piccatta. When my Veal Marsala arrived, it did not look appealing. It was drowned in sauce that looked more like gravy. I could barely taste a hint of Marsala. Plus the sauce was too heavy, like a bland gravy. Use quality Marsala and use enough of it. Thin the sauce out. Why can't restaurants get it right? It's not the first time this had happened to me? Don't the chefs taste the food before it goes out or is this the norm? Plus it was served on top of overcooked pasta! Jeesh! My friend liked his Veal Piccatta. He use to own two restaurants. One is still operating today in Chicago. Just a side note: I use to live in Southern Italy for three and a half years in a small town called San Vito dei Normanni; so I hold 'Italian" restaurants to a high standard. To me, this wasn't Italian food! Its Westernized Italian food! read more

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We were in town celebrating our 28th wedding anniversary. My husband and I decided on Italian food. We have never been here before. The service was Excellent, the decor was stunning and the food was Excellent and the proportions were right on! And the price was good. Yes, we would go back again. read more

Cucina Italiana - Italian Near Me - Mesquite, Nevada

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Great food and great service! What more can one ask? We throughly enjoyed our meals. We all ordered different dishes and everyone was very happy with their meal. The setting was perfect for our family gathering and it was nice and open. read more

It was super busy at 1PM on a Tuesday afternoon, been traveling all morning, were hungry and it was our ANNIVERSARY . We have lived in Mesquite for an almost 8 years and have never been here. It was a pleasant surprise and we're happy we stopped in. Had spaghetti and a softball sized meatball and I had spaghetti and spicy sausage. Both were very good but we traded the meat. Had dessert but ice cream much better, again we traded. Everything was priced well! Maria was an absolutely wonderful server and we will return. read more

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Ambience,service and food all excellent! Great pasta and steamed clams! There is also outdoor seating where you're welcome to bring your fur babies! read more

Delicious food all-around. Great steaks, pasta and desserts. Great staff as well. Extensive menu for lunch and dinner!

New to this town and had never eaten here before. Two of us ordered the chicken fettuccine Alfredo, one had shrimp fettuccine Alfredo and our fourth had lasagna. Every dish was deemed great! Our server was excellent, and the ambience is very nice here. Pretty upscale place when you get inside. We were here around 4:30 on a Friday afternoon and it wasn't busy at all. I took off one star because it's a little expensive. I think the fettuccine Alfredo with chicken was $18. read more

Service was spot on!! Couldn't have been any better. Ambiance was nice not too fancy just right. The food just ok, not terrible just absolutely no flavor. Portions were generous, salad was good. Oil and vinegar would have been nice for the bread. We ended up asking for pepper flakes and more parmesan. We wanted to love it but the flavor just fell short. read more

The first time I ate there, the service was good but the food was sub par for Italian cuisine. The second time the food was on point, the service was spot on and arrived within a reasonable amount of time. A lot of the prep in Italian food is important to put out a good meal. They are improving, but the pasta sauces and food presentation still need some work. read more

Excellent food and service as always. We come often and we are never disappointed. Forgot to take photos before eating but it was delicious

We started with the bruschetta. It was delicious and warm. Yum! Next they brought salads. Very fresh. Then I had the chicken Alfredo & my husband had the sword fish. Both were so good. Service was good. Ambience was nice. It's fairly quiet and I felt table were spread out so you didn't listen to other people's conversations. read more

Cucina Italiana - Bruschetta & wine - Italian Near Me - Mesquite, Nevada

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Very decent lunch! I had the chicken parm sandwich and side salad. Really good! The service was just as good! I like this place and will be back! read more

Decent Italian food. Much more expensive than the listing on Yelp indicates. We thought it would be a cheap quick place, but it was nicer and we were a little underdressed because we had the wrong expectation read more

Loved this place! My stead was cooked perfectly. The shrimp scampi was amazing. Everything was great. It's decorated so nicely inside. We went on a Sunday evening and had no wait to be seated. Highly recommend! read more

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Good place for dinner and drinks. We stopped in for dinner while traveling through this city. We decided to check it out because of the amount of cars in their parking lot as compared to other places we drove by. We were pleased to see many diners. I wasn't very hungry, so I ordered an appetizer of Seared Scallops and small Cesar salad. My husband had the Little Italy dinner. Everything was really good. The sauce and garlic bread on the scallops was so delicious. The salads were cold and the other plates were hot. That was a pleasant surprise since we've eaten other places that haven't gotten the food to us right away. I had a very good martini as well. We could see the servers were pretty busy, so it took awhile to take our orders, but once they did everything was really good. read more

Excellent food with generous portions. Reasonable prices and excellent service. Great ambiance and outdoor seating. My favorite place to go for Italian cuisine and appetizers, highly recommended . The owner also owns Peggy Sue's, great place to go also. Owner is friendly and has great taste in staff! read more

Yep, I know this is a small town and my expectations were admittedly low but I must say that I was really surprised and pleased with the food and service. If you can get Cristabel as your server, you are fortunate...she was great, efficient and really personable. Cucina Italiana, Cristabel deserves a raise yesterday. read more

We love Cucina. It's our go to spot for Italian food. The service is exceptional and always takes care of your needs. Don't drive by, Stop in for sure read more

Had lunch their around 3 pm it was some nasty plate yuck. I ordered the steak and chicken parm. The steak was burned black and over cooked (ordered med rair) but cold not hot not warm but cold how in gods name does that happen? The chicken parm was the same cold. And the place had an oder like a backed up sewer pipe. All in all total bad experience. The gal that was our server was very nice and on top of her game to bad the chef wasn't on his game. That's why I gave it 2 star not one. read more

If you're looking for a solid Italian spot, you should try this place. Came in for lunch, got the salmon florentine and it was amazing! And $7 glasses of house wine, hard to beat. Service was great, super nice girl, greeted me, got me a water, refilled my water, got me bread, beans/oil and everything came up quick and fresh. The ambiance is super chill. Only a few other people in there. It likely gets busy at night but glad I came in when I did. I'll definitely come back when I'm in this area. Glad I found it on Yelp! read more

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Service is always great especially if you get Kirsten she is such a hard worker and very friendly, I have always had a great meal there, loved thier salad dressing, I would highly recommend this restaurant read more

Ordered the bruschetta, meatball with sauce on the side, and fettuccini Alfredo with chicken. None of it was good. The food also took two hours to come out. Super long wait. Out waitress never refilled our glasses and the building smelled like they have a plumbing issue (poop smell pretty strong). read more

Cucina Italiana - Italian Near Me - Mesquite, Nevada

This Italian restaurant might be the worst Italian restaurant I've ever eaten in my life. I ordered the Italian sandwich and it came like a club sandwich with turkey on it huge bread which I couldn't even distinguish the meat within it. I ordered the meatballs, spaghetti, and the other time and the meatball was huge but greasy and the spaghetti was floating and grease. I don't know why anybody goes there. We should be out of business right now. read more

This is our favorite Italian restaurant and we drive abt 100 miles for it. Karla is the perfect hostess and wait staff, along with Yesenia. While some of the restaurants in Mesquite are only open for dinner, Cucina Italiana serves lunch and the price and taste are the best. The interior is decorated so that you feel like you are in Italy without the long plane ride. We first discovered Cucina Italiana on a trip to visit the nearby donkey museum, which is very interesting too. read more

i went into this restaurant a few days ago, i'd say it was Tuesday. and my hopes were high walking in, but as we walk in i'm treated poorly by the host. she was on her phone when i walked in and practically ignored me greeting. i than told her i wanted a table for 4 and she sat me and said not a word. later in the night i had went to the restroom and i noticed i used the last of the toilet paper. i walked out and told the host there was no more toilet paper and she said "okay" i go back about 25 minutes later and there is still no toilet paper. awful service. if you guys are going to hire people atleast make sure they can speak to customers properly!!!! read more

Not very good Italian food. The waitresses worked very hard during a very busy time. Unfortunately none of the food was very good. Was just mediocre at best. read more

This local restaurant is a favorite for large groups. My friend and I had lunch there and I was taken back by a few things. We ordered the steak salad. It's a New York strip and it was served, not sliced but whole, on top of our salads. There wasn't a plate underneath the salad so, it was awkward trying to cut it. Because it was so busy and there wasn't only one very sweet waitress, I got up and went to the kitchen to ask for plates. Needless to say, presentation is not a strong suit. The salad was good as was the garlic bread. read more

We come through Mesquite every year and this place is a must visit. The food is awesome and portions are very good. I recommend the Brushetta as an app read more

This is a handsome restaurant with very well trained staff. The Italian sampler appetizer was just right for our group of four. Exc salads. My swordfish dish had a great sauce but was overcooked and a bit dry. I did not finish it. A companion's meatball dish was one giant meatball in a heaping pile of pasta with sauce. The meatball was OK, the sauce delicious. The portion was about twice as much as he could eat. One other pasta dish excellent, and one good, and again way too much for one serving. read more

We were in Mesquite for a tournament and decided we wanted Italian food. We found this spot and they took us in about 30 minutes prior to closing. They had a couple of large parties from other tournaments dining. We were worried our food would take long but no, it did not. Our waitress was amazing. She got all our food and drinks out quickly. The food was all fresh and tasty. We even loved the bread with the white bean dip. We were pleasantly surprised and again, the service was really above and beyond. The food was reasonably price too! We would definitely recommend this spot to others and would come back again! read more

What a great surprise! The lasagna was delicious and very different from other restaurants...I ate every bite!! The feel of the place is elegant and the service was great...can't wait to come back!! read more

Fabulous food! Nice atmosphere. Full bar with great selection. Our server Kirsten was amazing! Extremely polite, friendly & attentive. She greeted everyone with smiles & welcomed back return customers. She even remembered customers preferences in food & drinks. Highly recommend Cucina Italiana! read more

Tried this just from looking up restaurants in the area. We were in the area passing through, this was on my moms bday. The smell as others have noted is off putting, but once we were inside it was fine. The side salad with ranch was amazing. Unfortunately it was gone before I thought of getting a pic. I would return just for the salad, I could eat the ranch out of a bowl with a spoon. I got the spaghetti with spicy sausage. I took a picture but it didn't turn out for some reason. It was super good though. The only mishap was in the kitchen one of our plates was dropped, of course it was the birthday girls. So the rest of us were about finished eating by the time her food came. Service started to lack because just after we placed our order it got busy and our server had a table with about 15 people. I didn't take away a star because I could tell she was trying to do her best and they were very polite. Another waitress came and checked on us and got us some more bread and then the meal just a few minutes later, which they comped for the inconvenience, very nice!! All in all it was a good experience, great food and friendly service. We'd definitely come again next time we pass through! read more

We haven't been to this restaurant for several years but remembered it. While in route to Bryce we stayed over in Mesquite knowing we wanted to return. Glad they were so easy to find on Yelp. We arrived around 4:30ish pm and only two other tables were full. Unfortunately as we entered there was a very strange odor almost like some sort of gas smell. However over time I couldn't smell it anymore or my nose adjusted to it. Anyways, our server was Candy who had just returned to working there after a 2.5 month hiatus. She was great!! Very attentive, accommodating and engagingly friendly. We ordered the Italy to share per her recommendations and it worked well. Soooo much food to share and she had the kitchen split the plate for no additional charge. The plate consisted of Fettuccine Alfredo, Lasagna, and Spinach Ravioli. Came with a small house salad, or soup and we opted for the salad. It didn't have a whole of veggies just tomato and fresh Parmesan but a whole lot of greens-spinach, arugula and mixed greens which made up for the lack of other veggies. We wanted to try their homemade vinegarette but I wasn't to fond of it. On the other hand, my husband loved it so much he used mine too. It was very thick and super sweet since it had honey or something close to it as a base. It was almost spreadable so again my husband put it on his bread and salad. Lol The bread was good, nothing to different. Almost looked like dinner rolls and it was accompanied with a very small dish of a white bean in seasoned oil for dipping. It was different and very good. I ordered their $7 glass of Chardonnay and enjoyed it very much. My husband ordered a $10 glass of Chianti which he enjoyed. Lastly we finished our dinner off with Tiramisu. It was delicious and a nice size!! The restaurant looked clean with a somewhat large bar in the back of it. We would definitely return for dinner and just might since we are staying in Mesquite for a couple more days. read more

Cucina Italiana - Tiramisu!! - Italian Near Me - Mesquite, Nevada

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4 couples for dinner. We arrived at 4 pm with a reservation. There were only 2 other tables over the 2 hours we were there. We ordered veal parm, shrimp Alfredo, chicken caprese, and baked penne. All the meals were subpar, dry noodles and meals had little flavor. Lunch and early dinner menus had a variety of meals between 9 and 15. We would not recommend. read more

Cucina Italiana - Veal parm - Italian Near Me - Mesquite, Nevada

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Late post. Tried eating here 2 weeks ago. I was at Mesquite for a play and stay , so we drove around looking for an Italian place . Found this , unfortunately it was not what we expected. I came in with my group we were not greeted stood there for 5 minutes, then left. Whole vibe was off . Very unpleasant and unprofessional atmosphere. We ended up eating inside a casino . read more

This is way better than a 3.5 star restaurant. We are from out of town and we wanted italian and we found it! I had the swordfish- fantastic and my son had the chicken parm which he says is top 3 he has ever had! Our waitress Maria was very attentive and gave us 5 star service! We will be back next year when we come through again. read more

The best Italian food ever! Mushroom appetizer delicious! Miinisteoni soup is excellent. Pasta is outstanding!! Going back tomorrow.

I have posted about this restaurant in the past and it wasn't flattering. In fact the only thing I said was decent was the waitress who did the best she could. We went here the other night with neighbors and had a great time and great meal. Service was excellent. Not sure if it's new management or what but all were very impressed. No smell anymore when you walk in. Very clean, food was very good and waitress was outstanding. We will be going back. Great to see the positive changes. read more