The place itself is dark / rundown and could use a thorough refreshing. Parking lot is rutted gravel. There is a small bar and a dining area lit with strings of small lights. Waitresses come to the table. We take out pizza from Garramone's, because it is better than any place nearby. The dough is Not yeasty and the cheese is not a hard plaque. The mushrooms are not from a can. The sauce is flavorful with oregano and garlic; the sausage has good Italian flavor. We used to like the chicken francaise and meatball sandwich, too. But now "fine dining" is so expensive! So we take out the pizza. read more

Had a wonderful dinner with family. Appetizer of rice balls was amazing. Everyone loved their dinners. Chicken parm, linguini with Alfredo sauce and broccoli, spaghetti, meatball with long hots and steak. Dinners came with salads and bread. Which a lot don't do anymore. So very much appreciated that. Our waitress Paige was amazing. Had a wonderful sense of humor. Would definitely go back. read more

We pulled in here late on a snowy evening and everything was delightful! Ordered a pizza and salad to share and our waitress was outstanding. Great pizza! read more

First time visited. Definitely be back. Everything ordered was excellent! Server was fabulous. Atmosphere was great.

We had the best waitress again yesterday. Paige was awesome, pleasant and so professional. She was on top of our order, checked several times to make sure everything was done correctly. She is one of the best waitress' I have experienced in years. Thank you, Paige, for doing such a great job and making our dinner experience top notch. BTW the food was fabulous, piping hot and delicious. read more

Quite the menu for being out in the boondocks:) We beat the crowd so service was timely and waitress was very friendly. Food was plentiful and delicious, and it felt like I was eating at home (a good thing). read more

Had the pizza a few times, spaghetti another and shrimp alfredo yet another. We love it there! The staff is super friendly, service is outstanding and ambience remarkable. We highly recommend you check it out. read more

The staff was friendly, it was reasonably priced, food was good. We would definitely go again.

Visiting the area from NH (and following a terrible dinner last night at Kratzy's), I looked around for something different. Garramone's was close to my Airbnb, so I gave it a try. As a solo diner, I was seated in the middle of everybody else, but I didn't mind at all, it made for interesting people-watching. My server, Misty, was extremely friendly, super attentive, and incredibly on point. And, it was even her birthday! A local dish intrigued me, Shrimp Riggie, but I'd never heard of it before and decided to give it a try. Misty made recommendations to tweak it (especially adding cheese on top, and adjusting the heat level). It was absolutely delicious! Perfectly spicy, perfectly flavorful. I couldn't have been more pleased with my dinner, or the portion; I gladly had my leftovers the next morning for breakfast. Yes, the building looks dated from the outside and the sign could use updating, and even though right now staffing is a common issue (which was well-posted on the way in), I got no sense of that tonight, no doubt due to Misty's cheerful diligence. I would go back here in an instant. read more

Garramone's Restaurant - Shrimp Riggie - Italian Near Me - Forestport, New York

This is such a great place in Forestport!! If you like Italian and you're in the area this is your stop! Lots of yummy choices, very friendly service and a great place to see all your local friends! read more

We went here for dinner on a Sunday in August (2024). A busy time of year and a night that many people choose to dine out. Thus one would expect that the dishes on their menu would be fresh and ready to serve. NOPE!! We looked at the few specials being offered. My husband decided on the Ahi Tuna dish. The waitress informed us that they were out of it. His next choice was the steak/lobster/chicken trio dish. Again, the waitress informed us that they were out of that, too. I chose the twin lobster tail meal. Ummmm...yup, I was informed that they were out of lobster tails. At this point we were so disappointed and disgusted that we got up and left. My advice? If you're planning to make the trip to Garramone's for a meal...call first to see what they DO have that is actually available on their menu. read more

We only ordered here today because of convenience. We know the food is sub paar. I called after looking at this menu. We ordered a medium with 10 wings and chicken fingers. On this menu, that says Garramones, it is $22.50 for a medium and 10 wings. I said to the young lady taking my order....I would like a medium with 10 wings, that's $22, right? She said yup, we also have a a large and 20 wings. I said ok I would like the medium and 10 wings for $22 and chicken fingers. She said ok. When we got there they had charged us $48! He started arguing with a woman who eventually said the owner is the only person that can do anything. My husband said, ok, may I speak to him. She told him he wasn't there. Then after another minute of telling my husband it was his fault, she goes to get the owner. He comes out and says they don't update any of that, only their Facebook page, and they pay a company to take care of the web page. I would think if you are paying a company you would keep an eye on it to make sure your company is being represented correctly so you do not lose customers, like they did today. Also, when I go to order something I look it up on the web, not Facebook. So, we paid $48 for aweful food. We won't be back....EVER! read more

Some of the best prime rib I've ever had. Trust me, just order it. I could do shots of the au just straight up, just the best rich deep beef flavor and just mouth watering prime rib. Garlic mash were also great. read more

I am local resident have been going to garramones for years have never had problem, but tonight it was horrible, horrible, I wanted to punch this waitress in the head she was very rude. I understand that you are busy but it does not take 45 minutes for a meal and then we asked what was taking so long she looks at us and says we'll look around you we are busy we had been there since 600pm and it was 7pm when we walked up to the bar to pay for what we had drinks and a salad,she says thanks for coming how was your meal I said wouldn't know haven't gotten are food we would like to pay for what we had so sorry the bartender says, then the girl comes out with our food she says I have your food do you want it by this time my husband is not happy he told her to keep it. Needless to say we will not be back. So thanks for nothing it was a great anniversary not!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

Service was the worst! They were out of a lot of things and waited forever for bread and appetizers. When I asked our waitress she got all huffy, went into the kitchen and came back with our bread and Utica Greens and TOSSED the bread onto our table. We made the comment about her throwing the bread on table and she got worse. She left and came back telling us we had to leave now and they wouldn't charge us for the drinks & greens. We didn't leave right away as we're eating the greens and bread and finishing our drink. Then Mr Garramone comes out and tells us to leave. We were trying to explain to him that she threw the bread on table , he said "I don't believe you" . We aren't young or trouble makers. My sister is 74 my girlfriend and I 68, my son 48. I tried to say was a long time customer and been going there since 1973 with my grandfather & father and he said "don't do any name dropping ".Seriously not saying Harrison Ford or some famous person. Anyway we were told to leave and never come back and that he didn't believe us. I don't think we were the only ones that had issues that night as the table of 5 behind us only left a $5 tip Needless to say we'll never go back read more

Now that is a platter of lasagna..... I had to add this picture. Delicious. Another fine meal in Forestport. Red sauce was perfect. Reliable Italian food. Always good to the last bite. read more

Garramone's Restaurant - Lasagna. Wonderful dinner... - Italian Near Me - Forestport, New York

Looking for a place to eat in the area, there aren't too many options. But the menu looked good. They had a warning sign that they were short staffed and it might take additional time, but it really didn't affect our service. Great server and everything we ate was really tasty. We had the Italian nachos (we are already talking about going back for more) shrimp Alfredo and veal parmigiana. Good sized portions, and we had plenty of leftovers that will feed us for a couple days! We definitely recommend this place, and will be taking others here. Oh! And I had a glass of wine that probably was more like two... no complaints from me on that front! read more

They have their issues, but the food is not one of them. Our waitress was very pleasant and the portions are plentiful. If the Italian nachos are on the menu you owe it to yourself to get them. Delicious. I had the Veal Parm with extra cheese. Very good. The sauce is just sweet enough and the veal was done perfectly. And no they did not skimp on the extra cheese. Clam chowder was very creamy and loaded with clam. Very tasty. She had the Shrimp Alfredo. Shrimp were huge, Alfredo was super creamy. Generous portion. Plenty for leftovers. All in all a very pleasant experience. read more

Very disappointed! On vacation with my family, reviews online made it sound really good, old school Italian. Scallops were bland and tiny, weirdly sauced, way over priced! Chicken French and Parmesan were very tough and rubbery! Ugh, just terrible. Nothing worse than paying for a bad meal. read more

nothing has changed but prices going up and portuon down!! pathetic way to invest in your business!!! such a let down PRICES HAVE GONE UP QUALITY DOWN LIKE I SAID BEFORE A 500 dollar coat of paint a cleaning rag and update decor would be nice to see. Also I wish Buffalo head would give competition because they are taking advantage of regulars here except for favorites....clicky drab dated old tired place but owner puts the bucks in his wallet read more

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Excellent food and service. We have dined here a few times and never disappointed. I highly recommend this restaurant.

I'd love to give them a better rating but I was there sat night & overheard the owner yelling at a customer that was there celebrating someone's bd he screamed in the the man's face to get the F out or play by his rules!!!! we were so uncomfortable & will never go back no matter what the circumstance was he had no right to speak to a customer like that the place is a dirty dump but the food is good ill take my business someplace else where people are kind & appreciate their customers read more

They seem to just not care anymore. Prices are up and service and quality are down. The food preparation person is seriously lacking in any culinary skills. The waitress doesn't notice or care that the plate of food is quite crappy. The owner is just counting the till at the counter oblivious to what's going on in HIS establishment. They won't be here in future years, the writing is on the wall. Such a shame. I understand it's an extremely difficult time and every dollar counts but come on let's try to be real here and have a fair exchange. read more

Worst service ever....Will not go here ever again...don't get me wrong the food we did get (yes butter minus the rolls) was good. But hey if your out of something you'd think when you would take the drink order you'd take the time to say oh we are out of... ....common sense uh right... All I got is the poor girl clearing the the tables was the best she waited on us more than our waitress did hope they notice a good worker she is by far!!!! read more

This is a great place to come for a family dinner. The food is very good, the staff is friendly, and the prices are reasonable. My favorite is the haddock parmigiana. One of my favorite spots in the area. read more

The best fine dining in the area. Think old school Italian steak house. . Booths with lights on them, Italian favorites and prime rib are what's on the menu. The staff is great. Very family friendly and good for groups. Small fully stocked bar that can make fancy adult drinks as well. High chairs available. No changing station in the restroom. read more

Our food was excellent and portions were more than enough! Our waitress was very friendly and attentive. Prices are reasonable. We had the Lobster, Steak and chicken and everything was cooked perfectly. We will definitely be going again. read more

WIll NOT EAT HERE AGAIN! Used to be a regular summer customer here and can guarantee that after the past few visits I will NOT eat there again. To summarize this recent visit in one word I would say embarrassing. Customer service was absolutely terrible and poor. We couldn't even get refills on drinks. Next off the proportions were embarrassingly small. We paid 19.99 for 4 scallops as a dinner item. 8 of us were there eating and not only were the portions small but no one was satisfied with the quality of food. I would not recommend eating at this place. read more

My husband and I had dinner at Garramone's last night. He had wonderful Ravioli with hot pepper and I had this amazing lasagne for only $9. It is HUGE. I will easily get 4 meals out of this. The service was great. Prices good. The deserts looked amazing but we were too full to try. We will be back!! read more

Went here for dinner when we found the Buffalo Head closed for the season. The waitress was very polite. Seated us immediately. Good was okay. Not our favorite, but not terrible. Saranac on tap which is cool. All in all, not sure if we'd go back, but if you're like us and in the area looking for a place to go, this place is okay. read more

Updated after revisiting this weekend. Went up to go to the Buffalo Head and found it was closed, so we went down the road to Garramone's. As before, the food was good, nice variety. Worst part was the bar, wine comes from boxes and mixed drinks are meh. read more

Food and service was excellent. Building a little run down but not bad. I had lobster, steak and chicken and all were perfectly prepared. Awesome place. read more

Normally I would give this restaurant at least a 4-star rating but after my family's experience a few nights ago, I have to say that I would never dine here again, which does make me pretty sad. The food here has always been wonderful, their hats pasta is made in-house and is always amazing, I get it with every meal that I've ordered there. I am truly saddned that the experience on Saturday, 5/23 was enough to drive us out the door (literally). We made reservations in advance for our party of 11 people (which was really 9 adults, one child and a toddler). I understand that 11 people is a decent sized group, I've waited tables before myself, but I do not understand why it took 45 minutes for people at our table to get even just the non-alcoholic beverages. We have been to Garramone's many times before and have seen the restaurant much busier than it was and have had superb service before with little to no extended wait for parties the same size as the one we were in this night. I understand that some restaurants have off nights but the service this night was particularly bad. Nothing unforgiveable though. 3 of our party ordered the scallops off of the specials menu and all received them cold when our food finally came out. We had to wait for drink refills for a long amount of time and were told when we asked for a pitcher of unsweetened tea so that our server wouldn't have to keep running back and forth for refills, that they "can't do that. Its just not something that we do.". We were able to see that the manager and a few of the servers were having some sort of issue at the ordering station that the orders are put in to, and the manager seemed very aggravated from what we could plainly see in the middle of the restaurant, as could the rest of the dining patrons that were pointing and whispering about whatever it was that may have been going on. The service by the end of our meal was enough that we asked if there was anything that could be done for our check, maybe just a 10% off of the meals that were delivered cold, or even one of the kid's meals that came out after the rest of the meals? That is when the proverbial nail was put in to the casket. The manager came around the corner and, without even giving any of us the opportunity to speak (none of our party were mad or upset by any means, we were unsatisfied customers that had a reasonable request and would have still come back in the future), began to berate us in a raised voice with waving hand gestures loud enough that the other diners in our vicinity gawped at her. She said that it was a holiday weekend, they were busy, if we didn't like the service we were welcome to go dine somewhere else, and told us that they didn't need our business. I tried to say that we understood that it was a holiday but we made advance reservations and said that it just seemed that they were unprepared and that our server should maybe have asked for some help a little earlier on in the night so that things could maybe have gone more smoothly. Or I would have said all of that if she had given me the chance to finish before she made the "shush" hand gesture at me and told me that it didn't matter, we were welcome to leave then. I have never left a dining establishment so angry before in my life. We later found out that the manager on duty was Joanne Garramone, one of the owners. No food is worth being belittled for. I was dumbfounded that a manager, much less an owner or family member of the owner could speak to a table full of loyal customers in front of the entire dining room in such a way. I have never witnessed or experienced anything like that before and hope to never be humiliated like that again in an establishment that is getting my money for any service. There are other places to go in the future, and we will go to them instead of ever darkening the doors of Garramone's again, so is the attitude and level of customer appreciation that we were given. Don't expect the Garramones to have any empathy if you have a problem at their restaurant. Don't expect them to have a civil attitude about it either. Don't try to speak to them about any issues that you do have with their service unless you are prepared to be berated, belittled, and yelled at in front of the entire restaurant. The only reason this review has one star at all is because there has to be a rating and their bartender is very nice and cordial. read more

This is a very good restaurant in an area where fine dining is hard to find. The fresh, wild caught salmon was cooked perfectly. The scallops were excellent as well. The side of pasta was very tasty as was the white bean and bacon soup. read more

One of my favorite restaurants of the north country. By far the best Chicken Parm and the sauce... amazing! The service is outstanding and the staff is always so friendly. I would highly recommend giving them a try if you are in the area! read more

We have been regular patrons of Garramones for years and usually go there for their salmon dinners. However the last 2 out of 3 times the meal was served with no vegetable. The dinner includes the salmon, a potato, and broccoli. No compensation is offered for running out of the vegetable. What restaurant doesn't have a substitute to offer? Not planning on going back any time soon. read more

The best lasagna I've ever had. There were four of us and we all ordered the same thing. The service was very good. I also liked you could have the sauce with or without meat. We also got the salad with italian dressing. . Very good. Can't wait to go back and try the fish. They have a wide variety of foods on the menu. read more

Enjoyed a wonderful dinner on New Year's Eve with my Mom. Delicious food and reasonable prices. The shrimp cocktail is the best! I try to get to Garramone's whenever I am in town - the food is consistently wonderful. Staff is pleasant and efficient. read more