The wait staff was fantastic and very attentive...and that is why this gets three stars. My husband and I had been wanting to try this place after reading the billboards and seeing the signs about the awards they'd won, so we thought it must be good. The atmosphere is quaint and has an "old world" feel. The menu is lofty and we were excited to see so many choices. My husband opted for the seafood fettucine and I ordered the lobster ravioli. The salads were okay; nothing fancy, but the bread was as hard as a rock. I know what I was paying for my dinner, so I expected a fresh loaf of bread would be served, but I'm guessing this was left over from the day before. My husbands dinner arrived and the sauce tasted very much like a jarred sauce, but I'm no expert. It just wasn't a very good, fresh tasting alfredo sauce. The only thing he really enjoyed were the prawns. My ravioli was a similar experience. I wanted to LOVE it. I wanted to bite into each pillow of pasta and roll my eyes back into my head with delight. But I couldn't. Mainly because I couldn't find the lobster flavor. It was like someone in the kitchen quit trying a long time ago and said, "oh well, this is good enough". Both dishes were very bland. Perhaps the flaunting of the previously won awards had mismanaged our expectations. Like I said before, the wait staff was lovely, the dinner was not. It's not a good feeling to have to drop $80 on a meal that you know was clearly not their best representation. read more

Absolutely amazing dinner & our waitress was so sweet! We sat out on the patio closer to sunset and had a very relaxing night. Ordered the clams as an appetizer & will be getting the mozzarella sticks next time we go read more

Over the last few years, I've made it a point to dine at Italian Kitchen whenever I'm in Spokane. Quite simply, it is a phenomenal restaurant. I was in Spokane over the weekend, so naturally I went there to eat. I'm glad that it weathered the COVID lockdown, and as far as I could tell it was operating as well as ever. I ordered the pasta platter - spaghetti with mizithra cheese and browned butter - and it tasted incredible. The server was very friendly and attentive, and she provided exceptionally good service. My meal arrived soon after I placed my order, and I got a good deal for the price. I was very happy with every aspect of my meal, and I look forward to eating here again the next time I'm in Spokane. read more

Yummy garlic roasted bread. Good Caesar salad. Excellent clam linguini. Kind of price but very tasty! Friendly, helpful wait staff read more

One of our dishes arrived cold. With digital meat thermometers it just takes a moment to make sure the food is served at the right temperature. Our dinner including two glasses of wine, tip and dessert was over $100. Seems for that price a bit more care could have been taken! read more

Wonderful food at this restaurant!! We had their stuffed mushrooms chicken carbonara Minestrone soup is fabulous. All of their food is a amazing. Their Key lime Cheesecake is to die for. When we were there before I had the Spaghetti Carbonara the best dish on the menu, but then all of their food is amazing. Their staff is wonderful too. Our server was Indie. She is wonderful!! read more

OK so I'm a Platinum Express business card traveler. Just had a one of my best Italian dinners of all time. Had the chicken formaggie along a glass of Chianti which was marvelous. Great service by Kayden to boot. Highly recommended!!! Especially during these COVID times. read more

This is an excellent choice for Italian food. Beautiful. Old school ambiance, cocktails made to perfection, tasty Italian cuisine with ample portions. That, along with great services kept us coming back over the years. read more

I loved their minestrone soup, and the chicken diavolo. The waitress, Lyndsey, was great, friendly and attentive. Great choice for an Italian meal. read more

Italian Kitchen - Dining room - Italian Near Me - Spokane, Washington

Chicken Formaggio is a 5 star dish! Our office often has lunch catered by Italian Kitchen. We LOVE this dish. Great food.

My wife and I visited this restaurant on a recent trip to Spokane. It has an old school atmosphere that was very nice and relaxing. The staff was really friendly and helpful. We had the antipasto appetizer that was quite tasty. We also had a Caesar salad that was yummy. I had the lobster ravioli that was delicious. I don't go to Spokane for Italian food, but like go where the locals hang out. This was that kind of place. read more

Staff was sweet and accommodating. But I am so disappointed with the food that was served to us!!! Bland, boring, and wayyyy overpriced (and I'm from Seattle, so I'm used to entrees being on the pricier end). Left the meal regretting spending so much on a plate of pasta that had no flavor-- ugh! I will not be returning, unfortunately. read more

The atmosphere is neat, the staff is nice, and the food is amazing. The ciopino was cooked perfectly, the calamari has a very excellent sauce (eat the cabbage that comes with it. Very good), The Godfather desert was amazing as well. read more

Service was excellent but dinner was unexpectedly disappointing. Found piece of plastic in pasta- no comment from kitchen. Pepper overwhelmed chicken Marsala. Calamari was excellent. Would not recommend. read more

Wonderful ambiance. Beautiful woond interior. The Cipopini was possibly the best I've ever had! It was quite enough to easily have a conversation and our waitress was delightful. Will be making this a go to restaurant in the future. read more

I have never had Italian food this good! My husband and I are visiting Spokane thought we'd try it out and my husband is not a big fan of Italian food. Let's just say it was so good we came back the next day. Very vibrant and delicious flavor. I had chicken formaggio and my husband had the blackened halibut over risotto. It's definitely a place to eat! read more

Yeah, meh. We ordered two meals, which came to about $80 after a tip and both were something I could whip up in fifteen minutes at home. If you wanna survive in this pandemic, you gotta do better than that. read more

A wonderful evening! We were visiting from out of town and got such personal service from Ann. We felt so welcome and the food was fabulous. Ann recommended the lasagna which was full of meat and so delicious! My husband had Chicken Marsala and it was wonderful. Add a delicious Crème Brûlée for dessert and it was the perfect meal toend our visit. read more

The food here was okay. The atmosphere was nice. The service was extremely slow and the restaurant was almost empty. VERY overpriced for the quality of the food. read more

Had dinner here Saturday night, Oct 29th, 100% legit food, service, atmosphere. Not from the area, it was a delightful surprise on a random pick near our hotel. Girlfriend is from Europe, she recommends this place. read more

Great atmosphere and delicious food. Wine selection was good and not over priced. I highly recommend.

Great food, wonderful atmosphere, I would suggest this place for a lovely date night. A little spendy, but oh so worth it!

The meal was perfect! She had the Carbonara with sausage and I had their Lasagna. Wow! We had a glass of their own proprietary label red wine. I've traveled through Europe (but not Italy) and lived in NYC, and New Orleans. I now live on the west coast. It is expensive but well worth it. We had excellent service. read more

"Best Italian Restaurant in Spokane"??? I would say yes, does that mean it is a great Italian restaurant - NO. What you do get at The Italian Kitchen has a much nicer atmosphere then any other Italian restaurant in Spokane, most of which think those cheesy white and red checkered tablecloths and a cheap bottle of basket-woken Chianti on the table makes for a great ambiance. We have eaten there three times and on each occasion the food has been good, nothing extraordinary but good. The service has been above average for Spokane and they can accommodate large parties easily and also work around tight time-schedules. The question might come up are they authentic Italian? NO, they are purely American/Italian experience but the food is good, even though a little overpriced. To put it simply if I was to entertain some guests who desired to dine on Italian food I would take them to the Italian Kitchen over any other restaurant in Spokane. I might get better value somewhere else but not better food or ambiance, the choice is yours what you desire most. BOTTOM LINE: On a scale of 1-10 the Italian Kitchen probably rates a 6; but when you consider that there is no other American/Italian restaurant that rates higher in Spokane, it would appear to be that The Italian Kitchen IS the "Best Italian Restaurant in Spokane" read more

Despite me feeling like death after I eat Italian food, I keep going back. There's just something magical about it that makes the heart-attack symptoms worthwhile. Italian Kitchen's lasagna is no exception. A pie slice of lasagna served with red and white sauce and heaping portions of parmesan cheese... Worth it for sure. What's better, they offer small portions of their meals for those who don't want to end up complaining mid-way ..."I ate toooo much" (I still did anyway!). Garden/House salad was perfect... gorgonzola cheese with mixed greens and blue cheese dressing. I can't say I'll be back because this gem is parked in a Compton-related city. But, if by chance I drive by again, I'll remember this restaurant! Great food, sweet service, and even the restrooms are nice! It's the little things. read more

I used to frequent this place 7-10 years ago. At the time, the food was good. Not amazing, but good. However, the service was amazing, which kept me coming back. Recently, given their history of good service, I made a reservation for about ten people to celebrate my friend's graduation from law school. Despite making the reservation for 7 PM, we weren't seated until eight. The food was served about an hour after we ordered; the meal was "blah." As we ate, the staff vacuumed and put up chairs. After I noticed that not one drink was refilled, I wondered where our server was. After excusing myself to find him, I discovered him texting on his cell phone in a another room in the restaurant. I suppose that because he had an automatic gratuity coming his way (because of the size of our party), he didn't feel the need to serve our table. Italian food is easy to make. Thus, an Italian restaurant in Spokane needs to offer one of two things: (1) exceptional food or (2) exceptional service. If you are searching for either, don't waste your time or money here. read more

Authentic, Homemade, Tasty. Fresh, Fun, Attentive, Flavorful. My experience was with lunch. Based on other Yelp reviews, I tried it - I'm glad I did! The Food was hot, freshly made; the salad was certainly hand leafed and torn by hand; not chopped with a knife, properly dressed, not drowning in dressing which allowed the taste of the ingredients to come thorough. The entree choice was sausage ravioli with a fresh, simple, clean tasting, and proper, marinara sauce on one half with a Gorgonzola Alfredo sauce on the other. The raviolis were of ample size and the ratio of pasta to filling was as it should be. Eating here reminds me that the best food is kept simple, fresh, of high quality and not reinvented. That is what, as the name implies, this place is: an Italian Kitchen. I would have liked to seen homemade bread; or at least from a local bakery, but it served the purpose of wiping the plate down. Service is attentive, friendly, helpful and the atmosphere is functional and the decor is not overtly typical Italian - (read cheesy); its actually nice and inviting. Overall a good experience and an easy choice for a return visit. Prices are reasonable for the quantity and quality. If Italian is what your pallet is craving, you are in downtown Spokane, Italian kitchen is the place to go. Rating: 4.0 Stars for Food 4.2 Stars for Service 4.2 Stars for Cleanliness Overall Rating: 4 Stars read more

The service was great but the food was horrible. I walked away paying $90 for a three topper. The angel noodle miziretha with meatballs was bland. The salad came out so drenched in dressing that it was as if I was eating a soup. Won't ever do that again. Not for $90!!!! What we got was 1 1/2 meals. WTf??? read more

What happened to my favorite Italian restaurant in Spokane? I ordered my favorite dish the Tuscan chicken which I rave about to everybody That I hear is going to the Italian Kitchen. I was surprised when I came in the middle of dinner rush and there was only three tables. The cooks I will use that term loosely had plenty had time to just work on my dish my chicken was so overcooked it was like eating jerky and the flavor of the Tuscan chicken was so bland salt didn't even help I won't be going back there ever again but I think other people of said the same thing because the place was like a morgue read more

went to have dinner on restaurant week. I don't understand why this place get high rating. so disappointed about this place. The quality is just a little better than tomato street and it's overpriced. The food is very salty and over-seasoning. The Lasagna is like frozen dinner. I cannot believe they charge guest to fine dinning price but they use canned whipped cream and microwave oven. After the meal, my stomach did not feel well. I expect too much with this place. won't be back for this place read more

The bad and overwhelming: The pasta was over cooked to the point if almost mush, I asked for no cheese and received extra, and my mother asked for mild sauce and received spicy. The sausage was far over cooked and dry, but the meatballs were yummy. The saving grace of the place was that the staff was very friendly and attentive. I could see the food being delish if they were to pay more attention to cooking time of the food. For the price I would have expected a far better product. Bottom line is that a $20 pasta should be perfect. read more

This was one of the best Italian meals that I have had. The service was awesome and the food was out quickly even though the restaurant was packed! While the food can add up quickly- I think this is a great place to take family out for a nice dinner. Our wine was really good-both the red and white. read more

We've had delicious meals over the last 9 years. We often spend a nite in Spokane and always have a meal @ the Italian Kitchen. It's so nice to see female chefs and other kitchen sous chefs. We shared the Caesar Salad plus the Tuscan Penne Pasta, and my husband created his own pasta specialty. read more

A 4-5 star rating for this place is way overrated! Italian Kitchen gets two weak stars from me: one for the the tasty lasagna, and another for a good suggestion for the beer. The remainder of the experience was just "OK". It took 10 minutes for us to get our drinks, I ordered minestrone soup and got salad instead. The salad was boring and the dressing was bland. The highlight of the meal was the tiramisu. Overall, it's overpriced Italian-American food, for an unsatisfying experience. I would not recommend this place to the unfortunate souls who may wander their way through Spokane. read more

My wife and I had dinner here for the first time on Sunday evening. I must admit that our expectations were very high after all the great reviews we had read. We were greeted as soon as we entered and advised someone would be right with us; we waited a few minutes but not long. The place is nicely decorated and the staff was very friendly and attentive. Our wine came right out along with some lightly flavored bread, a little on the sweet side which I really liked; it went well with some balsamic vinegar and oil. We both had a Cesar salad which came quickly, it was pretty standard. My wife ordered the Gnocchi; it was served with Prosciutto, garlic, peas and shallots baked in a reduction of Parmesan cream; this was really good. I had the Chicken Piccata; chicken, capers, mushrooms, shallots, garlic, white wine and lemon butter with baby red potatoes and veggies. The chicken was perfectly cooked but there was a little too much lemon for me, it overpowered the blending of ingredients. We had the Tiramisu for dessert; Mary did not care for it, I finished it, I thought it was good but not great. We would come back. read more

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This was the only place we could find in spokane that would allow us to sit on the patio with our dog. They messed up my drink order and my wife's food order, but my drink was great and they replaced my wifes order with what she asked for quickly. Every thing was delicious. I don't think it is a big ask to sit outside with a pup but that was especially difficult to tonight and if I'm ever back in spokane I will eat at the Italian kitchen for their hospitality. read more

Had dinner at Italian kitchen last night. I had spaghetti and my wife had a dinner salad with shrimp and a cup of onion soup. Both meals were disgusting! My spaghetti was the worst over priced spaghetti I've ever have, the sauce was watery and tasted like tainted tomatoes. Meatballs were way over cooked. The salad was just leafy lettuce that was it. Had to ask twice for dressing. The onion soup was packed with croutons and no broth or cheesey top. 54 dollars for a gross meal, I wont be back. Also when we arrived a guy asked if we had reservations and we didnt. Even thou there was numerous tables open they stuck us in the dark bar at a very small table, not impressed! read more

My husband and I have now been here twice. It's quaint and cozy. Both times we have been, it's been fairly quiet inside, but we've always gone during the week so that could be why. The food is good, but it's not "blow your mind" good. It feels overpriced for what it is and doesn't seem that much better than what you can get at Tomato Street. Soup or salad are not included and are extra. The house gorgonzola dressing is where it's at, IMO. The chicken in the chicken penne was slightly over cooked and rubbery and the sauce wasn't very "saucy". They do have an amazing chocolate martini and tiramisu! read more

We went to the Italian Kitchen because my father-in-law received a $15.00 off spiff from a realtor. I always judge my first experience at an Italian restaurant by their lasagna. The Italian Kitchen's lasagna was extremely average. Jack had the spicy Italian ravioli. He said the flavor was good but the dish could have been hotter. We had a good calamari appetizer. The decor was nice. The service was adequate. Nothing special but a decent meal and we saved $15.00. Would I go back. Probably not. Too many other choices. read more

I ordered the small portion lasagna, which was great. My sister had the fettuccine Alfredo, but she said the sauce was pretty bland. The service was great, and I'd definitely come back. Maybe order something without the Alfredo though read more

Italian Kitchen - Small portion of the lasagna - Italian Near Me - Spokane, Washington