Went Saturday night around 8:30 PM, promptly seated and ordered a glass of wine and a beer for me. We then ordered the calamari and wedge salad, the calamari was perfect light,crispy and presented on a long rectangular plate to show off the dish. Wedge salad had a fantastic blue cheese dressing, artichoke hearts hidden through out the plate, simply divine. Now on to the pasta, as an old grumpy Italian chef I usually leave Italian restaurants knowing I could do better at my place or at home. WOW I was wrong I ordered the linguine with white wine butter sauce and clams, absolutely to die for. My wife's plate had perfectly cooked shrimp and scallops over linguine. The timing on great scallops and bad scallops is literally seconds and they nailed it. For dessert we had the best Tiramisu of our lives. Our server was Ted who was fantastic, thank you for a great night out! read more

My husband surprised me for my birthday and took me to Mancuso's for dinner. He wanted to try a place that we have not tried before and what a lovely surprise. Our reservation was for 5:00pm and being a Wednesday, it was not busy but it would not have mattered. The place is spotless, the waitstaff & hostess wore masks and are very friendly and courteous. The tables are socially distanced and the booth which we preferred to sit in had the high backs which added a nice privacy factor. The food was absolutely delicious. My husband had the New York Strip & Shrimp dinner which he very much enjoyed and just loved the Gorgonzola mashed potatoes it came with. I tried the Lobster Fra Diavolo which was so delicious, bursting with flavors and the seafood so fresh and cooked to perfection. If you have not been to Mancuso's, you are missing out on some of the best food in town. We will definitely be returning. I urge you to give this family run business a try and you will not regret it. read more

Easy to work with reservations! Great Service!

Came here for a birthday dinner with a group of about 10 people. Our table was ready and the atmosphere was very nice and clean. Our server was very attentive to everyone. The bread that comes out first is so delicious, I ate like 5 rolls before dinner! You dip the bread in oil and balsamic vinegar and it is just heaven! Everyone at the table ordered something different, I ordered the veal meatballs and risotto from the small plate menu with a house salad. The veal was super soft and tender, almost too tender! but the flavor was delicious. The risotto was cooked perfectly with great creamy flavor. It's hard to find good risotto because it's usually always undercooked and still hard and chewy, but this place got it right on. I tried a few of the pasta dishes my friend's ordered and those were also pretty tasty with great flavor and good amounts of seafood in them. We brought a small cake for our group to sing happy birthday and the server had taken it to the back to keep it cold and then brought it out with a candle and provided plates and forks for the table. Overall, great food, great staff and ambiance, and I would recommend this place for group gatherings or even date night! read more

Such a great restaurant. One of the best downtown. Diverse menu, every item was delicious

Used to go to Mancuso's when they were at the Borgata in Scottsdale. Then I went to their location at Kierland. Thrilled to find out they are now in downtown Phoenix. Best Italian food ever. Went there last night for happy hour. Their meatballs and sauce are magical. Also had eggplant parm which was divine. Calamari great too. BUT the meatballs are soooo good. I could have eaten 100 of them. And their garlic bread is deelish. Everything on happy hour is so reasonably priced - including drinks, wine and beer. Service was excellent and ambience was heavenly. If anyone ever gives this place a bad review I would say that they are either insane or they think that Olive Garden is real Italian. I can't wait to go back and try the lasagna and of course more meatballs. Oh and eggplant too. the sauce is so light, fresh and simply amazing. The meatballs are melt in your mouth tender. I can rave about this place forever. Just go. You won't be disappointed. The food is simply magical. read more

Wow! This place is the best Italian food I have tried in AZ! The highlight dishes that we had that were incredible were the bruschetta appetizer and linguini with clams. I don't like raw tomato dishes for the most part but the bruschetta was so good and flavorful that I enjoyed the raw tomatoes. The linguini with clams was also incredible too. The white sauce on the linguini was super flavorful. They had some other dishes that were good too. The meatball appetizer was really good too. The meatballs were soft and not hard like golf balls. The rigatoni with bolognese was also really yummy. The bolognese meat was more of pieces of meatballs. For restaurant quality food this place is as close as you can get to homemade. read more

Fantastic food, great service (thanks Aaron!) lovely atmosphere, can't wait to go back.

Quiet Sunday evening after a long work week. Sat in the bar area with Michael the bartender and he was super accommodating. Great menu, fantastic wine. I had the scallop scampi, colleagues had chicken piccata and the veal. Everything perfectly cooked. Really enjoyed ourselves here! Thank you! read more

A truly wonderful dinner garlic toast served with oil and vinegar is addictive. My friends and I had several Martinis; Velvet kiss (a chocolate dream,) purple haze, a save myself (?). All incredible. I had shrimp and scallop scampi from the restaurant week menu, blissful. Save room for dessert, the cheesecake was a generous portion. Very good, too. Service was remarkable. Decor is understated mid-century modern. The only issue came when I realized they switched my leftovers with someone else's from my table. Oh well, dogs enjoyed it read more

Enjoyed a wonderful lunch. Butternut squash ravioli were delicious. Mahi-mahi tacos really good! Excellent service and staff.

My wife and I remember the original site at the Bodega in Scottsdale years ago. Went here in downtown while visiting in Phoenix and were not disappointed. It's still family owned and operated. Excellent pasta and the soup was a potato vegetable and sausage soup. It was outstanding. I had the capellini bolognese and my wife had the small plate butternut squash ravioli . Both were outstanding. Service was very good too. Highly recommend!! read more

Went down for Sunday dinner. Had 3 pasta dishes and dessert. All were excellent ! Service as well was very good . Would recommend a visit if you're in the downtown area. read more

This Italian restaurant is a gem! The Mancuso family have been cooking mouthwatering savory food for many years and it is evident in each dish we have tried. The ambience is elegant and inviting! We love that there happy hour is daily!! Along with an impressive selection of martinis for a great price (my favorite is the Almond Joy but, I've tried them all -you can't go wrong!)there are beer and wine specials. You can easily fill up on appetizers alone. The lasagna is plentiful and delightfully good! The meatballs are melt in your mouth tender! We appreciate that Fran, who is co-owner along with her brother,always stops by our table with a big smile and friendly greeting- she is the other reason why we keep coming back!! read more

Was in town for a convention and passed this restaurant multiple times so I decided to check its reviews which seemed to be of either wonderful or horrible experiences, so I decided to take a chance and I must say it was a chance I'm glad I took. Although there are areas this restaurant definitely needs to work on, such as sitting us in an area where a party of 50 was seated when there were many visible empty tables in other areas; this seating causes our waitress to be slow to respond to us at times. However the food was superb! Everyone at our table of 6 was highly pleased with their option from the large juicy pork chop, the meat filled cannelloni, the ravioli, to the spinach salad. I personally got the Oscar Chicken which was a delicious juicy piece of chicken topped with crab and asparagus and a delicious sauce sided with risotto and fresh sautéed vegetables! Full of taste! One of those meals you keep eating even though you know your full. Now I wish I would have ended my dining experience here bc then I would have gave them a five for we all could not stop saying how delicious all these meals were, but we decided to get dessert and although the tiramisu tasted good, it was still completely frozen other than edges. I thought it was just my piece but no, 3 other pieces at the table where the same. After receiving the check, it took the waitress 25 minutes to come back over, bc she was tied up with this party, to take our credit card. Overall though, the taste of the food completely outweighs the negative aspect of our visit and we all agreed we would definitely visit again. read more

I was in Phoenix on business and a group of us went her for Dinner. I was going to get the pasta but the waitress convinced me of getting the special which was Halibut. The fish was OK but about 30 min after consuming the fish something didn't feel right at all. Not to be too graphic but I got violently ill. Never been so sick in all my life. I had a flight the next evening which I decided to gamble on. I made it to the airport and then started to feel sick again. the next thing I remember are three paramedics standing over me as I passed out due to hydration. I missed three days of work, got sick on the plane, got sick in the uber car, and still haven't eaten seafood. I believe the fish was fresh, but I'm pretty convinced something happened in the kitchen during the preparation of the fish. The owner has NOT taken any responsibility what so ever so I decided to write this review. read more

Don't go here. There was no one here but it took over an hour to get our meal. Then we asked for manager who challenged us about our ordering time said she could pull the ticket. No one was entire restaurant! My colleague ordered medium rare and it was well done-they took off, never had a manager so rude. No wonder it is empty restAurant . read more

Ate lunch here during a conference. Dining area feels very fancy and the prices are a little on the high side for lunch. Overall the food was good, but other restaurants in the area have been a bit better. I had the tortelloni. The pasta definitely seemed to be fresh but was overly lathered in cream sauce. Service was quick. Would still go back if I wanted pasta. read more

We took clients for dinner last night. Although we had a reservation for eight, we added 3 more to the group last minute, which worried me as host. To my relief, the staff quickly and graciously came up with seating for all. Sevice was exquisite and detailed. Everyone enjoyed their selections. We shared appetizers around the table. I must mention the stuffed mushrooms in a succulent sauce. Personally, I started with a caesar salad. They make their dressing and it is loaded with fresh parmesan. had a very tender chicken marsala. The sauce was delicious. It came with a tasty risotta. The dessert tray was impressive, too. We will be back! read more

Everything about this place was amazing! Ambiance, food, service top notch. Will definitely be back.

Happy hour has good food, but watch out for the drinks. Complained to the owner about deceptive wine pricing, $11.00 for house red wine. I was told if I didn't like it "don't come back, what did I expect on a Saturday nite". Nasty owner, many other, less expensive options for happy our in the vicinity. Bob from Tempe read more

In town for a few days and came by for drinks. The drinks and atmosphere were great. Then tried the balls and loved them. This is a place will definitely recommend and when back in Phoenix will make a point of enjoying again. read more

I can not recommend this place. We ordered Oysters - they were warm and tasteless. After the first one, we stopped, because we were afraid of getting food poisoning. The Pasta was overcooked and you could taste only garlic. The dessert was the most tasteless icecream, I ever had in my life. Dont go here if you like good food. read more

I loved the bread and lets not forget SPINACH, ARUGALA & QUINOA SALAD, yum. My favorite is the layered eggplant. Great service and good food. I will coming back...again and again. read more

What a Fabulous time and experience. We had the ahi appetizer and it was amazing. Food was wonderful, the Decour beautiful, and all the help wonderful. We definitely will come back here. Thanks. read more

The food was fabulous and the atmosphere was relaxed and entertaining .... I had the Tuna appetizer and it was off the hook!!! Followed by the bolognese pasta and it was great !!!!! read more

Last night we ordered the ribeye, which was delicious and the veal chop with mushroom sauce which was one of the best meals I've experienced downtown. To top it off, Pi, the bartender, has concocted a Pumpkin Pie martini which was delectable. A must have! read more

Had New Years Eve dinner to night. Had the bruschetta for starters and it was excellent. The Roma tomatoes on the bruschetta were as sweet as sugar. A great starter. My partner ordered an entree of vegetarian paella, and I had a delicious lasagna. The desserts looked good but we were to full to indulge. Maybe next time. read more

We got seated very quickly and let the hostess know that we made a reservation for the following week for a dinner for 22 people and that we came over for lunch to check out the place. We asked to see one of the Managers so we could see the private room we had reserved, the hostess said she would get one of the two managers to our table right away. We asked twice for a napkin since the table only had one and also had to ask for sweetener twice for our tea (different people/different times). We placed our order. Starter: Calamari, Salad: Caprese and 2 main dishes: Farfalle & Chicken and the Shrimp Scampi (all on the recommendation of our waiter). The calamari was very rubbery and hard to chew - the temperature was not hot. The Caprese salad was extremely bland and didn't taste fresh at all - flavorless. The Chicken on the main dish was rubbery/undercooked with far too much pesto (this was warm at best). Shrimp Scampi was full of garlic, not warm and the brocolini was as hard as a rock. Our teas were not filled the entire meal until we were ready to leave. I believe a manager cleared our table and asked if we were taking anything with us and we let her know all the problems with the meal (she could see that we didn't even eat 1/4 of each dish and no, we will not be taking anything with us). She removed the chicken dish from our bill because it looked pink in the middle (end of the chicken were cooked, the middle wasn't). Needless to say, we will never go back there. I am so disappointed with this meal, but glad we scoped the place out ahead of our large dinner party. I would have been mortified if this would have happened to any of our out of town guests. We work at a large company downtown at CityScape and will never recommend anyone go there. We are frequently asked for restaurant suggestions. Our waiter was very friendly/nice and the tea was excellent, but that's all I can say that was good about this restaurant. read more

I am not going to talk about the food in this review. The food is just fine. It is great quality, well prepared, and exactly what you expect from Italian American restaurant. What I do want to comment about is the service. You are walking into their home. Fran and/or Jimmy will greet you at the front desk. My server, David, recommended food items as if he were going to eat them himself. I knew it wasn't because they were going bad and the chef wanted to make sure they got moved. He did not steer me wrong in anyway shape or form. Conversation with Fran and Jimmy as I left felt like I was in their home, They had invited me for dinner, and we were having after dinner conversation. It was fabulous! I can only hope that if they ever travel to Washington DC that I will have the opportunity to host them at my house the way that they hosted me in theirs. Go for the food, but definitely go for the service! read more