Formaggio was such a great surprise during my stay! The service was spot on from start to finish. I had the wedge salad--crisp, fresh, and made even better with the extra pickled onions I asked for (highly recommend). Paired it with a Maker's Old Fashioned that was smooth and perfectly balanced. A solid spot to unwind after a long day--definitely worth a visit if you're staying at the hotel (or even if you're not!). read more

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Hands down the best eye-talion I have ever had. Inside the Marriott in Rancho off the MF 50! Wow! Once you go there, you will no longer care! About other eye-talion restaurants! The entire menu is bomb ass! You have to try it! This restaurant is built for the human race, ya hurd! lol. read more

We are hotel guests so was hoping the food would be great so would not have to leave the property. The recent Yelp reviews are So good I had high hopes but also concerns because a lot of reviews before the remodel were low. A nice environment with the same staff won't improve the food Or service. Dinner we ordered the Italian combo pizza. I looked at our neighboring table and their crust looked like a hand tossed crust so I was looking forward to trying their pizza. Ours turned out flat so was a little disappointed and only ate one slice. Also, It was supposed to have meatballs but we got no meatballs. When we started eating I realized a topping was missing but my dinner companion didn't want to wait for remake Or make a big deal out of it. We went inside to pay because the waitress left the check with no pen. I took the opportunity to look at the menu to see what we missed And it was the meatballs. We do have breakfast buffet with the hotel stay so tried the breakfast next morning. Much better: service was nice and attentive, fruit options were fresh and the variety was good, the little croissants were not great but toasted it turned out ok for a sandwich, meat options are good, but the spinach sauté dish they cut up the two meats already offered and ruined what could be a great vegetarian option, there was a sign for whipped butter and peanut butter but it was only pre-packaged. read more

I stay in this marriott very often and eat here every day i stay here. Breakfest is now buffet. No lunch. Dinner is great in price. I eat the scampi noodle all the time and my friend like the pizza. read more

The food is actually better than the one I had at the Citizen in downtown and also slightly cheaper too. I ordered the customized Omelette. Make sure you bring your wallet with you because they don't have Apple pay read more

Formaggio - Italian Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

Rarely am I blown away by a dish. The short rib tortellini!!!!!!' We came out looking for a new place to try and we ended up eating in a hotel. Couldn't have been luckier. Will come again. Great job. Very surprising. read more

Ordered the pepperoni ricotta, and the Coppola Cabernet pizzas. Excellent the one was good as well., service was great with a nice casual ambience! read more

Formaggio - PEPPERONI RICOTTA PINSA - Italian Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

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This was truly a tale of two meals. Meal number one was dinner and I had the seafood scampi. The flavors were just OK. The downside was a decent seafood restaurant will clean out or make sure most of the sand and debris that comes in shellfish is gone That definitely did not happen in here. There was a lot of sand from the mussels and clams and some hard chunks of shell as well. Had tiramisu for desert. It was dried out and not. Dry good...felt like it was made a few days ago and just stored in the fridge. Decent wine selection and very nice waiter. Breakfast on the other hand was very good. big chunks of pepper onion and diced ham. Absolutely huge, like 2 people sharing huge. Waiter named Rolin did a Great job. read more

Their Old Fashion cocktails are spot on! Fabulous drinks, great food, excellent ambiance. Located inside the Marriott they have a great pool side seating area and lovely decor in the general restaurant areas. read more

Formaggio - Manhattan - Italian Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

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Not going to lie.. I really wasn't surprised at all. I read some of the reviews and they are pretty accurate with what they say. My gf and I came here for Valentine's Day. 5 course meal for $58 per person. Which to be honest is not bad at all. As we arrived the host greeted us. Every monotone and sounded like she hated her job. Anyways we sat down and had a chance to look over the menu. Our waiter didn't really know the menu. I believe he was new so we cut him some slack. Our first course came out. 1. Amuse Bouche. Which was a crouton with bacon jam on top. Literally a one bite thing so I understood that. 2. Buratta Confit with asparagus. Also very small dish but they put it on a cool plate so I guess that's ok?? So far not impressed at all. 3. Ricotta ravioli. And guys it was 1 ravioli.. just one. This whole time literally made me feel like we were at a tasting and not a 5 course dinner. 4. New York steak. Literally like a 4 ounce steak. With a beat sauce that looked like açaí. I'm glad they got the temperature correct. But again literally a 4 bite steak. 5. Dessert which I'm not even going to get into. Just not worth mentioning. Overall the "5 course menu" was more of a tasting then a dinner. Very sad and overrated. Especially for a Valentines dinner. Waste of money and time. Definitely other places out there to go eat. read more

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Completely hidden gem in the Marriott! You don't need to stay at the hotel to come to this place! Very comfortable and spacious booths, great wine, high-end wine glasses, super friendly and attentive service. Pasta à la vodka and chicken cacciatore with a special twist, both very delicious. We live in Davis but want to come back to Rancho Cordova Marriott for dinner because Davis offers nothing like this. Thank you! read more

The salads are expensive for the size. The entree salad appeared to be about the same size as the side salad. I do not recommend the Caesar salad. The pasta was decent, but nothing special. Service was good, which you hope for when the restaurant isn't crowded. A business traveler can get a decent meal without much effort here, but I would not travel far to eat here. read more

All in all food was good, pasta was a bit too oily for me. Pizza and meatballs were really good. The cocktail was also good not the best one i tried. All in all we liked it here. read more

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A summer evening having a solo dinner sitting by the pool. Reading a James Patterson book attempting to figure out "who done it". The wait staff is on point aka very attentive. I will return due to the ambiance, quality of service and the delish dinner! read more

Formaggio - Italian Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

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The perfect one! Is truly the perfect BLT. One of the best hotel meals I've had in quite some time. read more

Formaggio - BLT - Italian Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

So I have been eating at this bar/restaurant many times and about once a week. I would order something out and eat it at the bar, while having a few drinks. I have asked permission many times and never had an issue. The bartenders have always allowed me. This week, I've eaten at the bar/restaurant a few times and today I ordered out and was enjoying a nice double with a few more to come. Instead, I was told that I could not bring in outside food and need to leave. I told the women, that i have done this many times and had permission from the bar staff. She they are wrong and it was not allowed. I don't understand how multiple bartenders could all be wrong. So not sure what happened today and way all of a sudden I had to leave. The same women who said It wasn't allowed, has been in the bar when I've done it the past. So I have eight more days at this hotel and will be eating my dinner and getting my drinks some place else. Looks like they just lost a ton of money I am a lifetime Marriott Titanium Marriott Member with over 1,700 stays around the world. This is the first time it has ever happened. Frustrating part is that I asked permission and the staff said it was ok and had no problem with it. read more

The service was great. The people here were super friendly. The food, however, could have been a lot better. Breakfast: You could go to the buffet or order from the menu. We decided to order our individual items off of the menu; eggs, hash-browns, and sausage. The eggs weren't the fluffiest and the meat wasn't my favorite. Even the bagel that came with my meal was burnt. We ended up hardly touching our food and ended up making a pit stop over to Starbucks. Dinner: We ordered a half margarita pizza and a half Italian sausage. The servers allowed us to do a half and half which was nice. The pizza had a LOT of cheese on them and the crust seemed to have a lot of oil on it. My margarita was smothered with cheese and had slices of tomato on top; which is not what I was expecting. Yelp showed pictures of their wood fire pizza; marinara sauce and pieces of fresh mozzarella. That's exactly what I didn't get. Overall, it was a little to heavy for me. Formaggio was ideal as it was in the Marriott and we didn't have to Uber around anywhere for food. The only downside was it super heavy and bland. If I do end up back here, I'll definitely customize my food some more before ordering. read more

Bad. Bad service, bad manager. I order via phone and the person says she'll call my room when it's ready. After 30 minutes of no call, I go down to see if my food is ready. Neither waitress nor manager acknowledge me waiting to be helped for around 2-3 minutes. Restaurant was not terribly busy, and just an acknowledgement if they were busy would have been great. The host comes back and tries to figure out where my order is, goes to the manager, who just shakes his head like I didn't order the food. Finally they likely figure out that they didn't place the order, so the poor host apologizes that I have to come back when my food is ready, even though it's definitely not his fault. The crappy manager who doesn't talk to his customers or his employees is truly the issue here. He sucks, and made no attempt to apologize, take an item or $$ off the bill, or address the situation to me in any way. read more

Food, Service, and Ambiance are all good. The price is reasonable. I would recommend this place

I never expect much from a hotel restaurant, but I'd at-least expect something edible. I ordered the grilled chicken salad. It was cold, not seasoned, and not a grill mark in sight. I understand it's during covid times and we have to be patient but when I did ask if it was actually grilled chicken I was told yea, it could have been grilled yesterday. If that's the case on them making a meal that consists of lettuce, cheese, and chicken, I can only imagine what they do to prepaid their pasta dishes and burgers, MICROWAVE? Sometimes it's worth staying in your room and just ordering delivery. 1/5 for service as well read more

Formaggio - "Grilled" Chicken Caesar Salad - Italian Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

I'm very impressed by Formaggio at the Marriott. I had the power lunch which is steak with chimmichuri on it, a small salad and some minestrone soup. Fries also came with it followed by a rootbeer float. I was talking to someone so you'll have to imagine all that since I ate it instead of taking a picture of it first. All served well by Shy, our waitress. The food was fantastic, the service was fantastic, all in all, fantastic. You just can't go wrong with the Marriotts in Sacramento. I really need to stay at one of them to round out my experience with them. Does a puppy come with the room? because it's going to really take some doing to top what they've done so far! read more

Formaggio - Farewell sweet Marriott. Parting stinks... - Italian Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

I am so glad I had access to such an elevated dish during my impromptu stay at this Marriott! My Brown Butter Mizithra Gnocchi was delectable, and the egg was perfectly poached. Servers were quick and attentive. The atmosphere was somewhere between casual and upscale -- outside seating was available. I would consider dining there again -- even if I wasn't staying in the hotel! read more

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Feels like home! The staff is the best Valentine's Day dinner was the bomb!!! Host and Hostess always make you feel welcomed!

They get one star for lying saying their spaghetti and meatballs were not premade. Got this yesterday over the phone and I asked specifically if food there was fresh. The host told me it was, yet it's ready for pick up right away. How is that possible? He then told me he doesn't know what the cost is until I come get it. Being in a hurry I decided to not argue with him and just get the food. I showed up to find cold, overcooked pasta, with super salty leukwarm meatballs, and weird marinara with grape tomatoes for whatever reason. Husband got just plain sausage and spaghetti with little butter and was charged $25. His food was super hot which tells me they made his from scratch but mine was premade. After spending $50 for crappy food to go I will never order from them again! Liars. read more

Formaggio - Italian Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

Food was good and had great drinks. Damien was absolutely top notch. If I come back I would definitely ask for him again.

I'm staying in Sacramento at this hotel visiting one of my schools. I had the halibut which was very bland needed salt and pepper and even the sauce they provided and it still was terribly bland. Let me say customer service here was definitely four stars from my waitress to the hostess. Sitting outside on this Nice hot day was a treat after a long day of work. I told the waitress that it was bland and she needed to speak with the cook. Wasn't impressed but I was hungry so I ate it. read more

Formaggio - Halibut. Pretty bland! - Italian Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

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This establishment inside the Marriot totes itself as a finer dining experience. Very disappointed. From the wrappings and price I expected better. The meatballs were gamey and very tough! Salad had canned sliced black olives for pity sakes lol.The tomato soup afforded terrible heartburn. I'll stop there. It's convenient as it's in the hotel but the food is less than desirable. read more

I was taken to lunch here by a business associate, cause normally I might not come to these kind of places, you know upscale business meal American food places. They make good places for having meals with people you might not know that well, so the food is pretty mainstream and upscale and there's sure to be something that will please all parties. The inside is modern elegant, and this restaurant is located right inside the Marriott Rancho Cordova, so of on a business park street. There's not too many people when we arrive, and we're seated quickly. We talk of business and the weather, when the server takes our drink order. Looking over the menu, it's a little limited for lunch, but has pastas, pizzas, and burgers along with a couple of appetizers and salads. We start with the Caesar Salad. Pizza or a burger is a bit too casual or messy for a business meal, so I go for the Shrimp Scampi pasta and my associate orders the same as the other pasta was just Spaghetti and Meatballs. Service is very cordial and non-intrusive, which is a good thing when talking business. I like that's it's not too noisy in here too. Our food arrives and look great. The Pasta is a thin Capellini type with shrimp, tomato and basil on top, finished with a white wine sauce. The pasta may have been cooked a little too long just past al dente, but were still fine. The shrimp were cooked fine and not overdone like some places do. It was a completely fine dish, nothing to get too excited over, but good for the intended meal. Lunch was a decent affair, and I'd return, though maybe if I was paying, I might pick somewhere else. It's very convenient if you're staying here at the hotel for all 3 meals. read more

Came here 3x, all for work First time was early January. I ordered a pear, walnut salad: Great and healthy salad save for the fact that they overdressed my salad that it became too sweet and soggy. Well, I mean you can't really eat soggy arugula that the dressing dripped down from the leaves as I picked them up with my fork. Yeah you can say I gave them some real time feedback,via the waiter. The margherita pizza: they added tomatoes on this pizza. I was really disappointed because it tasted super bland and not like a simple margherita pizza at all and you don't add real tomatoes on it. If you f up the simplest pizza, that goes to say you can't trust the other pizzas Second time was for work: ordered the same salad and I asked them to put "light, Very Light dressing" and yeah they listened. The salad tasted better with so little dressing that it tasted almost bland and I much preferred that overdosed dressing Third time: the service was quite terrible. I got tea and it took more than 10min, I had to ask the server walking by to see where it was at read more

The Good -Really good mixed drinks -Really nice bartenders -Good decor -Local Beers on tap The Bad -Little pricey, but to be expected The Ugly Nothing to note. I personally got a red ale and then switched to the Pomegranate margarita. Well mixed and just the right strength. Was very pleased with my visit. Disclaimer - Can't comment on the food served there. read more

They serves microwaveable food. Gross to say the least. Very disappointed. Best thing was the drinks, since they come in a bottle.

For a restaurant in a hotel in Rancho Cordova, Formaggio Taverna does a quality job of giving you a nice meal with a nice atmosphere to boot. I came here for a group meal at 9 am on a Wednesday morning. Considering it was hump day and there was a free continental breakfast buffet down the hall, the place was unsurprisingly empty except for us. This meant we were well attended to and received our food all at the same time and piping hot, straight from the kitchen. The corned beef hash didn't impress me as much as some of the other corned beefs I've tasted around town (it's hard to beat Taylor's Kitchen), but it was still tasty and even better with the crispy hash browns I ordered on the side. All in all it's a great breakfast option in a city (Rancho) known for an embarrassing lack of notable eateries. read more

Formaggio - Corned beef hash - Italian Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California

I have to commend Formaggio for providing a free Yelp dinner. It's a great move to foster goodwill and support the Yelp community. It's also a great way to satisfy my voracity for free food. I hope more restaurants catch on and start offering free Yelp dinners. (hint hint) I was impressed by how nice the Marriott is decorated upon walking in. Everything looks new and tasteful. The pool looked great with rocks and waterfalls and the restaurant was nicely decorated with plenty of space between tables. As we sat down we were greeted by a nice Yelp welcome menu which outlined the dinner menu which offered 5 choices of pasta to choose from. Bread was on the table along with olive oil with roasted garlic, which I really enjoyed. The antipasti consisted of a few cheeses, olives, and red pepper, no complaints there. The salad was decent, and the pasta entree was very good. I chose the Farfalle pasta with smoked salmon. The tiramisu was right up my alley, it is one of my favorite desserts. The service was fast, excellent, and attentive but tapered off at the end. We didn't receive our coffee or tea, and the server was MIA for the last 10-15 minutes. Perhaps there was a shift change? Overall the quality or food and service is solid here. If I were looking for a nice dinner in Rancho and didn't feel like driving too far i would definitely give them a visit again. There were quite a few items on the menu that looked like they're worth trying. Much thanks to Formaggio for a great dinner! read more

Not a bad spot to grab dinner and/or a drink or perhaps a night cap before hitting the sack for the night. This place actually serves up some fairly good Italian fare headlined of course by their lasagna. The location (inside Marriott) is modernly appealing and the service has been solid each and every-time I have been. Overall, not a bad spot if searching for food and you don't want to leave your hotel. Pros- Service Lasagna Nice menu Wine selection Modern decor Cons- Within Marriott No draft beer at bar?! Can get pricey for the area read more

First off, shoutout to Formaggio for partnering with Yelp. The Marriott that Formaggio is in is one of the nicer Marriotts I've been to. I half expected the food to be presented catered style, but instead the food was prepared per individual! I feel kinda bad giving 3 stars because I got a free Yelp dinner, but I'm fighting the urge to write a biased review because the servers were so nice and the food was free. We started with warm, soft bread and some grocery store quality red wine that lacked complexity (don't get the Tamas Sangiovese!). The caesar salad was fresh, but a little over-dressed. Next, I got a fettucini with porcini proscuitto sauce - it had good flavor, but I really hate dried pasta. The shell pasta with chicken was blehhhh. I think they forgot to add... flavor? To finish, we had the tiramasu and it was really icky; it had the consistency of old cheesecake... Food was 2.5 stars, but 3 stars for good service. read more

This is not the one. We were staying at the Holiday Inn and as we drove into this hotel cul de sac , noticed this sign. Being tired from traveling, we decided to shoot over here for what we hoped would be a nice dinner on Friday Sept 28, without doing an exhaustive search on options. Service went downhill rapidly. The server,who was training another server (the girl was shadowing her) forgot to put in our risotto appetizer order (and on second thought, why is risotto an appetizer? Doesn't it take a while?) which we knew only b/c we heard her say so to the guy behind the counter. We did not get bread until about 25 minutes after we ordered. I found it to be dry and overly herbed up-- it was foccacia strips. The appetizer came 35 minutes after ordering. It would have been courteous to admit it was forgotten, so we could have had the option to cancel it. There was a table near us full of 6-8 women who were getting lots of attentive service, but other than that there weren't a huge number of people dining (it was after 7). I had the hangar steak salad. Very disappointing and expensive ($16 I think) for maybe 2 oz of tough meat dressed with oily pesto on top of arugula and sad chopped tasteless tomatoes, plus like three carrot shavings. The server had asked how I liked my steak and I said medium. It was rare: red in the middle. I was starving (45 minutes since ordering) so I ate it. Husband had cacciatore, which he thought was just okay. It was supposedly a half chicken but it was a mighty small half chicken. The ambience looked promising from the outside, but the first half of the restaurant was full of loud bar patrons, no separation from the dining room. A guy who seemed to be a regular went to the people behind us and had a lengthy, loud convo about finding God and what an awesome musician he is in a very piercing voice. Not that the restaurant can regulate that, but it happened, and indicates it's the kind of place where people feel comfortable participating in behavior that may slightly disturb you. Save your money and hit a fast food place instead. read more

Do NOT eat here out of convenience I did - my bad. Took my food to go and dressing was smothered on the salad - didn't think I needed to say on the side. It was marginal at best - pizza was barely cooked and cheese was barely melted The reason they got 2 stars instead of 1 or none is because my peach Bellini from the bar was amazing! read more

I'm giving them 2 stars simply because the food was delicious but I considered only giving them a 1 star simply because character is important. We arrived at 6:15 and didn't get our food for well over an hour. My plate came out about 10 minutes after the rest of our group and the waiter came and said my dish was on the house per the manager because he was aware of how long it took for them to bring it out compared to the rest of my party. I thought geez that is amazing! Well, I got my bill and guess what, the dish was on their and they only compt a drink. All in all, don't be phony and say you're going to Comp an entree and turn around and only comp a drink. Like I said, character is important. Very disappointed. read more

I used to be a road warrior, but I've gotten soft, especially around the midsection. I actually dig good hotel food. Usually the last place I like to eat is the hotel restaurant, because I like to check out the local places... But since I was staying at the Marriott, I figured why not give it a shot. It was a late sunday night after a weekend in tahoe , and I was too lazy to drive anywhere else. The chicken, mozarella, arugala panini was meltilicious, with salad on the side. The chef also included a small cup of complimentary tomato bisque soup. I read more

Great service! The watermelon salad was bursting with flavor. fun pool side patio seating. Feels like your on vacation. read more

Formaggio - Italian Near Me - Rancho Cordova, California