We had heard of unprecedented reviews of this place. We were in the area and thought about giving it a try. With its brick facade and red awnings, the Gondolier may initially appear to be just another eatery in a strip mall. Don't let it deceive you; this region's Italian cuisine is comparable to Kentucky's bourbon: The harbor is stocked with pasta, pizza, and enough garlic to keep off vampires for ages, and the bright red sign invites hungry travelers like a lighthouse directing ships to safe harbor. As soon as you enter, you are taken to a cozy, welcoming Italian restaurant in small-town Kentucky. The atmosphere perfectly balances "nice enough to celebrate your anniversary if you forgot to make reservations somewhere fancier" with informal family dining. Paintings of Venice's well-known canals and gondolas cover the walls. We started with the Calamari in marinara sauce, made in-house. I opted for the Pork Tenderloin Souvlaki plate, which includes a Greek salad, marinated, trimmed pork cuts served on pita bread with tzatziki sauce, and rice. My wife opted for the Zorba Special, which is slices of gyro meat, chicken souvlaki, pork tenderloin souvlaki & grilled shrimp, served with pita bread. Also, with the Greek salad on the same plate, she opted for French fries and a side of tzatziki. For dessert, we had a combination of both Baklava and cannoli. We also enjoyed a draft Beer pitcher along with our soft drinks. This is the first time I have had draft beer since COVID in 2020. Overall, our experience at Gondolier Pizza was fantastic. It is easily one of the best dining spots in Glasgow, and we are already planning our next trip back to try more of the menu. If you haven't been yet, you are missing out. read more

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Always clean, the food is good, and the service is excellent. They have continued to step it up over the last year.

Our first time here - food was very good. We shared the tour of Italy and then had a piece of cake. We will be back read more

Gondolier - Seven Sins cake. Delicious - Italian Near Me - Glasgow, Kentucky

I live in Leitchfield and I find that this place is definitely worth the hour drive I go there a couple times a month. I am so addicted to their food. In fact, I've even begged them to open a restaurant in my area. Every time I have been there, the service is absolutely impeccable. Nothing like great food and great service. The only complaint that I have is that last time I was there I tried their suicide chocolate cake. Oh my gosh now I'm addicted to that too. read more

Great food and service! We had appetizers and they give you breadsticks. Our server was great. The only thing that threw me off was the Philly cheese steak was Italian sausage but everything else was great. read more

Gondolier - Chicken and Spinach - Italian Near Me - Glasgow, Kentucky

This place truly has great cheesecake, we split the Turtle cheese cake and it was amazing! Very fresh and a hefty slice. They had many options on hand and tell you what they have available when they bring you the dessert menu. I also loved the fried mac and cheese balls. I would recommend you try them! The Greek salad and breadsticks were fine but nothing great, but the breadsticks were free which was nice. The service was good and the staff was Friendly. This place had many seating options and a huge menu! You should find something for everyone here. Don't expect anything fancy though, typical roadside Italian. The standout here was the dessert. read more

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Food was Olay, music was... inappropriate for a dining experience. Food also tasted fake. Service was alright. One of the redeeming qualitys was that they had Root beer. read more

Gondolier is our go to for Italian food in Glasgow Kentucky. The pasta, pizza,and sandwiches are always good.The service is excellent. The Ambiance is very nice. But our favorite things are the cakes and cheesecakes and the portions are enough for 2 people. read more

I had the veal parmigiana and it was pretty good especially for the price the spaghetti was kinda watery but again not bad.

We have went to gondolier's several times in the past and is usually a great place to eat....this last time was not so great. The waiter only checked on us twice. Didn't give us straws. Took my drink to give me a refill and didn't bring it back until he brought us the bill. We asked for apple juice for my son and he said they didn't do apple juice even though it's on the menu. read more

I'll be honest, it has taken some years for my fondness of Gondolier to grow to the level it is now. A recent trip to OG made me realize just how good we have it. Gondolier has the best eggplant parmigiana!! Their breadsticks are okay-a bit bland for my liking. Some butter and garlic could take them over the edge. Their marinara has a slight cinnamon touch that has grown on me. Service is consistently good. They have great cream based soups. The cream of broccoli (Tuesdays) is my favorite! I highly recommend it! read more

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Honestly it's not the best. And could be better. I'd personally prefer Fazolis over Gondolier, Food was definitely mediocre at best. Best thing I could say was at least the Alfredo sauce seemed to be made in house, although I'd didn't have much flavor. Service was okay. Ambiance was a bit dated but clean. read more

This was our first time here and we were nicely surprised by the food. Unfortunately, the service was less than desirable. The waiter did take our order from across the room and handed everyone their food to their hands rather than placing it in front of them. It really seemed we were more of a nuisance than guests. The ambiance was fine, hanging plants, very low music if any, Italian-ish. read more

Love the food here it was amazing the people here are so nice! The food here was delicious!

Best restaurant in Glasgow. Food was phenomenal and service was great. My family enjoyed.

First off, the dessert is what you come here for. Their cheese cake never disappoints. Their fried zucchini is my preferred appetizer. It is fresh and crispy. Their pizza is decent. They put plenty of cheese, but I think it needs more toppings. The proportion of toppings on a 1 or 2 topping pizza is noticeably less than one with 4+ despite being nearly the same price. The restaurant and the bathrooms are clean. The only thing I would say needs improvement is the service. It's not bad, but they aren't very attentive, even when it isn't busy. There were several occasions where we had to remind them of things we ordered. Maybe it isn't like that all the time, but it was on my most recent visit. read more

Decent food but way way way over priced I won't be because the service was rude and professional. And what would normally cost $6 anywhere else? Cost you 12 to $15 there. I don't see how they keep the doors open. read more

The breadsticks were disappointing but the pizza was great. We got two mediums (house & BBQ chicken) and fed 6 people. Everyone had 2 or 3 pieces and loved them. Wish we'd had room for dessert. They had a cheesecake selection that looked amazing! read more

The Baked Cannelloni was delicious. The breadsticks were better than Olive Garden's. Still had leftovers for the next day. I also got seven sins, because I heard they had the best chocolate cakes. It tasted like save a lot chocolate Bundt cake. Waste of $8. Should've got the cheesecake instead. read more

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3 stars for dinner, but 5 stars for dessert so I'll give them a solid 4. My husband and I stayed at an Airbnb nearby and stopped at Gondolier's for dinner. We were pretty disappointed by the homemade marinara and breadsticks. My ravioli was good, but the marinara was thin and bland so I would try a different sauce if I went back. Everything was pretty good otherwise and we had good service as well. But dessert is the star at Gondolier. They have lots of daily cakes and cheesecakes. We settled on baklava cheesecake and strawberry cake and they were both absolutely delicious and came in pretty big portions. I highly recommend stopping in for dessert if you're anywhere nearby. read more

Gondolier - Strawberry shortcake - Italian Near Me - Glasgow, Kentucky

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The pizza was possibly the best pizza I've ever had, the Mac and cheese bites were one of the best things I've ever tasted, the breadsticks and cake were really good too. Nice quiet setting inside the restaurant. Young serving staff that was very pleasant and was always checking in to see if we needed anything. If I'm ever back in this area, I will absolutely be stopping by here for dinner. I can't recommend it enough. read more

We had great service. Based on reviews we had low expectations but our food was good. Pizza, calzone, gyro and Cajun pasta... we would definitely go back again! read more

Wow, our new favorite restaurant. I like Italian. My wife likes Greek. We can get both here. We have visited the restaurant in Gasgow, KY, along with our 14 year old grandson, 4 times. Twice for lunch, twice for dinner. All 3 of us enjoyed our meals and the portions are generous so leftovers came home to be eaten latter. read more

I didn't really like the food to much but the service is very great and I just don't like the food.

I'm pretty picky when it comes to Italian food, so I need to cut them a little slack. They don't have angle hair pasta, that is not good but the food overall is good, sauce not bad, kind of sweet, I liked that. read more

8 minutes ago I got the spaghetti and meatsauce dinner, it came with 2 garlic bread sticks. There wasn't enough sauce to cover the spaghetti and there was no garlic or butter or any seasoning at all on the bread sticks they had no taste I couldn't get past the first bite. I will not go back and won't recommend this particular place in Glasgow. Only reason I gave 2 stars is because the cashier was nice. The other food may be good but spaghetti is waste of money. read more

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Food was just okay. My friend's chicken tortellini was lacking the chicken. The waitress wasn't very attentive or welcoming. read more

Gondolier - Gyro Plate - Italian Near Me - Glasgow, Kentucky

Our waiter was great and the food was excellent. Large portions. Decent prices. Beautiful and clean on the inside and out. Would recommend this restaurant. read more

Service was great but the food was below average. My lasagna tasted like a cheese enchilada...no layering, no meat, no sauce. The spaghetti was dry...no sauce. This place was a step below chef boyardee. First and last time going. Mex-Italiano is not my style. I know what REAL Italian is supposed to taste like and this is not it. read more

Went for my birthday everyone loved there food large portions had the gyro plate delicious some have Strombol everything was delicious the cakes are massive and so good worth the money read more

It's nice. They have amazing cheese cake, but my favorites are their Sunday lemon chicken soup, and calzones! Just a little pricey when I personally like my Alfredo better lol. read more

My daughter & I Went for lunch and got the lasagna and half of it was really good. The other half had NO sauce or meat and was just a layer of pasta & bland. Only gave it a 4 star since the turtle cheesecake & carrot cake made it for it. I didn't complain since it seemed like only one girl working the whole restaurant and she was so busy! read more

We are from the Chicagoland area where there are many outstanding, authentic Italian restaurants. I was a tad skeptical about Gondolier, but our teenagers wanted Italian food so we took a chance. While not "autentico", the food was very good and the service was great. I had a personal size veggie pizza. Now don't get me wrong, I prefer the pizza from my neighborhood pizzeria, but this was also very good. My husband had the antipasto salad and enjoyed it. Both teenagers had tortellini- one w/red sauce, one w/alfredo. They loved it. The free breadsticks were delicious too. The red sauce they bring to dip the breadsticks in is (I assume) the same sauce they use for their pasta. I saw another reviewer that hated the sauce. The thing about tomato sauce is that there are so many ways to make it. Every family and every village and every region has their own "right way" to make sauce (or gravy if you're from the east coast). It's not really fair to criticize someone else's sauce because it's not the way your mom makes it. That said, this sauce was a little thinner than I was used to, but it was flavorful and certainly not like tomato juice. There were some fantastic-looking desserts that we were too full try. One last thing -- the drinks. This place serves Coke products (win) AND they have the "good" ice that is so hard to find at restaurants now. (See picture.) :-D read more

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We were staying in a neighboring small town to explore the caves. We quickly found out our food options were nil there so we ventured into Glasgow. We are super thankful to have found Gondolier as we were hungry, tired and wanted something decent to eat. We weren't disappointed. The pizza was delicious. The Greek salad wasn't plentiful. The food was priced well. They offered a huge beer for like $4 which I really enjoyed. The servers were all very sweet, albeit a bit disorganized. It was a no frills environment but was exactly what we needed and wanted at the time. Fast, good, and affordable. read more

Must admit a personal fail: this is my second Tim here and only one check-in! I was slacking last time! I failed to check-in as I was so distracted by the best marinara sauce in KY or the amazing looking dessert cooler. This is a nice and neat Italian mini-chain. They've got quite a few restaurants in the south east. Its a bit cookie cutter on the decor. The bar is nice and welcoming but the white walls with bare minimum coverage leaves some to be desired. But....this is a small town. Its very impressive when you take that into consideration. You walk in the door and you're mouth instantly starts watering as you pass the dessert cooler. Check the pics on Yelp....you'll see what I mean. You're greeted at your table with delicious warm bread and some of the best marinara one can find. Perfect balance of chunk to sauce ratio. I typically like my sauce extra chunky....but this is great to dip with. Vegan options are of course scarce as with all restaurants in the area. Yet, you can modify one of the many vegetarian options to easily accommodate. I don't think they have many GF options. read more

I have eaten here more than a dozen times. Never had a bad meal !!! I drive 110 miles, round trip, to get to this much better than average eatery. Well worth the trip. Had an outstanding veal Marsala yesterday. Excellent ! And plenty of it. They don't skimp on portions. They have the best house salad in the business. Always cold and crisp and enough quality dressing to satisfy. The manager on duty, Judy, was gracious and friendly. Server was attentive. I complain about many of the food operations I go to. Cannot think of a single thing to whine about here. See you soon !!! read more

This is a regular stop for us. Good pizza as well as meals. Very authentic and delicious.

The absolute worst food in this town. There's no flavor in anything and it's sopping with grease regardless of what item you order. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your time and money here. read more

I have ate here for 6 plus years and I have always loved it! Well, we moved a little bit further from them, so we don't get it as much as we would like any more. We went from eating it every two weeks to now only may be every six months. When I say, I loved it, I would order double of my desserts and double calzones for the next day. I went in there tonight ordered chicken Parmesan, and a pepperoni and Italian sausage calzone. They ended up giving me two breadsticks for all of my meals. I asked for extra sauce that was not in the bag. When I ask for more breadsticks, she was very very rude and told me that's all I would get for the meals that I have gotten. I paid over $60 for everything I got. I ordered two cheesecakes and a peice of cake as well. The only reason why they are getting two stars is because I love their desserts. The food has changed and it is unfortunate. The chicken was thick and rubbery. Chicken Parm read more

Wonderful meal -both had chicken Marsala with salad and complimentary breadsticks. Waiter- Dimitris was great. Quick service and excellent food. Will return with family. Nice menu options read more