My husband and I are building a house just a few blocks away, so we've been wanting to try this place--and I'm so glad we finally did! It's absolutely adorable inside and has such a fun vibe. My husband ordered the chicken special, which I obviously had to steal a few bites of , and it was delicious! I got the Alfredo carbonara with chicken (I know... basic B ), and it was so good. My wine was perfectly cool and crisp, too! I really wish we had room for dessert because everything sounded amazing. Our server was wonderful and even boxed up my food for me. They also have someone come around with fresh Parmesan and cracked pepper, which is such a nice touch! We've already decided that every time we come check on the progress of our new house, we're making a stop here. read more

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Food: hit or miss. Two of us agreed the gnocchi was not even 'mehh' worthy. The more I ate it the more I disliked it. The gnocchi itself was VERY sweet which really threw off the savory flavor of the pesto sauce. No bread to nibble on while we waited, or salad as a precursor to the meal, which at $23/plate was a surprise. Ambiance: extremely loud, crowded Service: no complaints read more

La Rustica - Gnocchi - Italian Near Me - Oak Point, Texas

Nice atmosphere with plenty of tables and booths. Not loud so you can hear the person sitting across from you. The calamari has tentacles, which is 10x better. It did have a hair in it though. The short rib ragu has plenty of tender meat and wasn't overly saucy. Not much sauce at all actually, but we prefer it that way. The pappardelle was slightly overcooked. The ravioli di mare comes with exactly 5 pieces of ravioli. Again, not much sauce, which is great. Taste-wise it was fine. I couldn't visually tell it had lobster or crab in it, but they were nicely filled. I don't think it was worth the same price tag as the short rib ragu. Throughout our meal one of the waiters (not ours) was loud and repeatedly ran into the booths, including the ones we were seated in. At one point he ran into our waitress, didn't apologize, and gave her a nasty look. I don't know if he was intoxicated or something, but his manners were unacceptable. He's the waiter with the silver cross earring(s). Management needs to have a conversation with him. read more

Stopped in for brunch and had the sausage pizza and French toast. The restaurant is clean and elegant, but also family friendly, with high chairs available. Our server, Sarah, was incredibly sweet and attentive. Our glasses never went empty and despite all the good being cooked fresh, it came very fast. We thoroughly enjoyed our experience and will be back! read more

Service was excellent. But felt pricing was a little high. Not a large menu. Will probably eat there on special occasions.

Great place. Kevin our waiter was friendly and courteous. Food was outstanding. Nice place close to home.

I absolutely love this spot. Great service, amazing food, and dessert as well. The staff is on point, super friendly and quick. The best gnocchi I've had around Dallas! I will always recommend La Rustica and will be coming back! read more

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Food was great! Carla our server was excellent... service was exceptional and ambiance was vibrant... Highly recommend... read more

La Rustica - Board Bruschetta, wine and ice tea - Italian Near Me - Oak Point, Texas

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My husband and I tried this tonight for the first time. It was busy, but not too loud. We had great service- very attentive and friendly. The food was delicious. We had a difficult time deciding what to try, so over ordered but enjoyed it all and brought lots of leftovers home! read more

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------ Critics Review ------ Amazing! Go! Impeccably high-end trained staff and a real chef (Ali) who knows what's she is doing!! This place needs to be in the hot spots of Dallas - it's that good! So I walk I and a charming hostess who is well mannered greets me like I'm at The Mansion at Turtle Creek (Dallas). For an early 20's to be that refined and professional is unheard of. Now I'm at the table and another mid-20s is our waitress (Andrea). Impeccable service and highly trained. Immediately I know the owners of this place know what VIP customers expect. But wait!!! We are in the middle of nowhere - red neck fishermen land! We started at 5pm... and when we left at 7pm, the place was packed with people in line for tables. Impressive. Calamari: Herb seasoned and lightly battered - but the crust was crunchy, perfectly cooked, delicate meat and absolutely no rubber!! Delicate and incredible! The marinara is warm, perfectly seasoned balance of tomato and herbs. Hint of salt beautifully done. One of my favorites ever. Score: 10 out of 10 Shrimp Scampi: Obviously handmade pasta, perfectly seasoned and delicious sauce. Score: 9/10 Chicken Parmesan: Delicious. Great ratios of cheese to chicken. Ask for double sauce (not enough for the size of the dish). Chicken is pounded a bit too thin yielding a tad more dense protein - but still nice. (Could be 30% thicker which would increase the chicken flavor ratio.) Score: 8.5/10 Fettuccine Alfredo: Excellent. Well made with all the right ratios of what you expect. (Always ask for double sauce for a better dish.) Score: 9.5/10 Overall: 5/5 Go!! read more

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The Hubs and I got reservations for our anniversary. I definitely recommend getting reservations if it is on the weekend as all the tables were filled throughout the evening. We were seated right away and also greeted right away. We ordered drinks off the holiday menu, I got a cranberry spritz with limoncello. That was absolutely delicious and my husband loved his apple butter old-fashioned. The appetizers looked amazing but we didn't try this time so we would have room for dessert. I definitely want to go back and try the focaccia and the Arancini. We got Caesar salad salads, and for dinner we had the shrimp scampi with added artichokes and the sausage penne with peppers. We loved it! We shared the tiramisu for dessert with coffee and it was perfect! We are already planting our return trip. It is such a cute place with delicious food and great service! read more

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Would definitely recommend La Rustica for catering special events. They did a fantastic job with my niece's wedding shower. Outstanding food, service and dining in is fantastic. Thank you to Victor & Jess read more

We were very pleased with the food here! I love you can substitute your pasta for gluten free. I will say the gluten free pasta isn't the best but very nice they have it. read more

La Rustica - Italian Near Me - Oak Point, Texas

Cute spot for a little Italian date night! A nice gem off 380, for sure. Greeting and service (shout out to Oscar) was prompt, everyone was very attentive to their tables from what I observed, and the food was delicious! Plenty of seating when we arrived around dinner time on a Thursday night it did start to fill up) and they have an outdoor patio section if you want to sit outside. We tried the house made foccacia bread 5/5- bread is a must to start before an Italian dinner! I love a good flavorful carb, calamari-crispy, but the marinara sauce here is super thick imo.. I did I enjoy the second sauce a lot more, they accompany the calamari with marinara and a refreshing citrus herb flavored dip, that was tasty 4/5, lobster ravioli 3/5-again sauce was pretty thick and this time it was the pink sauce, pink sauce had great flavor, but I felt the lobster lacked in flavor (as a New England girl, my lobster standard is pretty high) so the dish was just meh to me..Chicken parm with upgraded pink sauce (thick)-chicken was moist!! a great portion size, pasta was well cooked 4/5, and tiramisu 5/5- authentic flavor-must try!! I would come back here again. read more

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Wonderful food, and even better service. The atmosphere was very clean and nice looking, and the service was speedy.

We are VERY excited to finally have a good Italian place near our community. We have been there 4 times in three weeks. The food is excellent. They seem to have weekend specials. The place looks good and has a good atmosphere. The one thing I would like them to do is better train the staff on some fine dining tips. This includes: ask my wife for her order first. Serve her first. Just leave the check discreetly on the table. No need to hold it at our eye level and ask who wants it. Once the card is run, just put the bill on the table instead of a big production. There were others but enough for now. read more

This is our second time to La Rustica and we still really enjoyed it. Our server, Andrea was on top of things, she was very kind and made sure my girls, 4 and 7 felt welcomed and like VIPs. We got the focaccia again because it was so good the first time. It's not a traditional focaccia but man it's yummy. Husband got the Soppressata pizza and sausage and loved it. Last time he got the Salmon and it was awesome and the crust was crispy and not over done. I got carbonara this time and because I had a cold I couldn't taste it. Last time I got the chicken piccata and it was nice a lemony. The girls got pizza last time and this time fettuccine and spaghetti, all hits. Highly recommend, on weekends reservations are recommended. It's a small but very cozy restaurant. Highly recommended. read more

Not good value. Portion sizes too small. And they are very rigid about accommodating customer requests. They could have easily prepared a dish that wasn't on the lunch menu but available on the dinner menu. No complimentary house bread either. read more

Horrible service. They looked at our family like we were crazy for bringing a 3 year old. This was like 5 months ago, so maybe it's better, but the person didn't understand a party of 3 with no reservation. You need a reservation??? This isn't Mastro's. Really disappointing. Not for families apparently. read more

The food is very authentic, and the taste is just like Italy. I would highly recommend

The Mother's Day brunch was a delight. I ordered the Sausage, egg and cheese pizza Delicious! So large took home half. Dad ordered the Canoli French toast really hefty serving as well. He brought home 1/2 of his. Our daughter ordered the Chicken Picotta, it's her favorite an as usual it was great. Oh, did I mention $4 dollar mimosa's we had quite a few of those as well. When were here it feels like family. Be sure to check them out for yourself. The food was delicious, drinks ample and the service wonderful. Great open air seatings welcoming to all. I had the lobster ravioli win Vodka sauce. Not usually a fan of vodka sauce however this stuff is like nothing I have ever tasted. We have traveled the world eaten in some of the finest restaurants and man are we happy that they are just a few blocks from our home. read more

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Not sure where my review went but we found this gem while in Texas visiting. Celebrated my birthday & our 44th Anniversary there 1st week of May. Out Server was excellent, food was excellent and we just loved it! Will be back when we visit again in a couple months!! read more

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The service was a 5/5, greeting promptly at the door and seated almost immediately. Our waitress was friendly, very attentive, prompt, and helpful. The staff overall was exceptional, i never even came close to running out of water and there was always someone close by. The ambiance was a 4/5, everything was clean and the tables were well prepped. It did seem a bit cramped as tables behind us kept bumping into our chairs. There was also a strong burnt aroma when we first walked in as well as again after we began eating. Food was unfortunately a 2/5, our bruschetta was very inconsistently salted. The first one was a complete salt bomb, the second was over salted, the third was the goldilocks one and the fourth was back to overly salty. Their calamari was good though and their accompanied marinara sauce was great and full of flavor. The gnocchi was bland, and the pesto that was supposed to be in it was unnoticeable. The spaghetti and meatballs was probably the most disappointing part, the noodles were way too thin, boarder line angel hair, the sauce tasted as if it came straight from the can, watery with no flavor, seasoning or anything added, just canned tomato sauce. The meatballs were extremely dry, crumbling into pieces as i cut through them with my fork, also lacking flavor and the whole leaf of basil on top was pointless. Overall, i sincerely hope that the food improves because this place has so much potential and it was completely full the entire time we were there. We will certainly try them again after some time passes to allow for improvements. I would love to see them serve some sort of bread to the tables. They HAVE to figure out the issues with seasoning and salt levels. Lastly, bring the flavor! A little bit of chopped basil in the sauce rather than the whole leaf on top would make a world of a difference. read more

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We have been here many times and it's hands down the best restaurant in the area. Everything we have had is amazing. The service is impeccable. Shout out to Oscar - we have had him as our server a few times and he is AMAZING. Fantastic food and cocktails. read more

Enjoyed a delicious brunch with friends! Food & service is always phenomenal! Extremely happy to have a great brunch spot nearby. read more

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The wait time for pasta is over 45 minutes. Staff couldn't care less. Would love to review the food but after a long wait we gave up and left. read more

Excellent capris salad! Great customer service and ambience. The lobster ravioli was so fresh!

Nice place for some good Italian food in a great atmosphere. Nice bar. Check it out.

Wonderful, freshly made food. Prompt and courteous service. Definitely will be a go to.

Dinner started with our server Alin remembering our favorite wine. The polpettte and mussels started us off amazingly! The pesto gnocchi was fabulous as always. Tried the lobster and crab stuffed pasta- the vodka sauce was divine! read more

La Rustica - Gnocchi in pesto sauce with parmesan. - Italian Near Me - Oak Point, Texas

Wow! First time here a couple weekends ago and it was very good. I had the lobster ravioli and it was absolutely delicious. The ambiance was nice and not too loud either. read more

We went here last night for our anniversary dinner and it was awesome. They treated us so nice, greeting us with an anniversary card for the table. Started with calamari and two cocktails. Then for dinner I had the fettuccine with salmon and the husband had shrimp scampi. It was delicious. The salmon was cooked perfectly. We shared a cannoli for dessert. The restaurant was beautifully lit with candles, perfect for our night. The waiter was adorable and super attentive, I just can't remember his name. But he was awesome. Thank you!! read more

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Forgot to take pictures, but the food and service were great. We went with some friends and the husbands both ordered pizza and said they were great. I orders the cod and orzo special and my friend got the lasagna. Both were delicious and filling. We enjoyed the bread and butter and we all had leftovers to take home. Their espresso martinis were delicious as well. read more

My family and I were looking forward to trying the food from La Rustica tonight. We ordered several dishes for takeout: Bruschetta board, Pollo Penne, Tuscan Salmon, and Chicken Piccata. Overall the flavors of the food is good. A bit disappointed in how they packed the Bruschetta (shown in photos) a little drizzle of the ricotta cheese? It wasn't worth the money. We will go back in person and try some other dishes. read more

Service was amazing and the food was delicious! We had the bruschetta and the lasagna plates, along with tiramisu and a cannoli to finish! Definitely going back to try the rest of the menu! And the restaurant itself has a great atmosphere and beautiful decor. 10/10 recommend! read more

La Rustica - Italian Near Me - Oak Point, Texas

You get great service, attention to details and very delicious food. We've dined here many times and every time the food and service exceed all expectations. Highly recommend! read more

One of my favorites! Delicious food and excellent service. Only suggestion is to turn down the volume of the music to allow for better conversation. read more

This is what their area really needs. A nice sit down restaurant. The service needs some help but they were pretty new when we went. A tad pricey but the food was great. We will be back! read more

First trip there for husband's bday. He loves Italian food. Dinner was delicious. Had gnocchi w a special cheese sauce. Yum! Husband loved their lasagna. All meals were good and hearty portions. Small and intimate setting. Worth a try!! read more

My husband & I came to La Rustica on their first official open day. We made a reservation through OpenTable & although we ran 15 minutes late we called & they were very kind about accommodating our "fashionably late arrival" as the hostess gushed after giving me a thoughtful compliment on my outfit. As expected, food took a little longer, but our server Mads made sure to keep us updated and was very communicative about how they were all learning together & for a newly opened restaurant with an entirely new team who is all learning their stride it is was impressive. From the hosts, to the server assistants, to our server & the floor manager, Victor. For the less forgiving patrons who like to push their glasses up their noses while giving unsolicited advice, who think Starbucks is where you get the best coffee and have a particular asymmetrical bob, maybe hold off on a visit for a month or so while the edges are filed down. For those who are actual & true aficionados of good restaurants & good food, I can 100% guarantee you will love to experience this unique expression of GREAT true to form rustic Italian comfort food made with heart that is actually independent & not cookie cutter like so many of the area restaurants on the north side of the lake. Felt like a perfect date spot & really wonderful ambience. Very lovely! read more

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