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    Mezzaluna Willits

    4.1 (65 reviews)
    Closed 4:30 pm - 9:15 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    MEZZALUNA WILLITS ATMOSPHERE

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    Loud
    Classy
    Dogs allowed
    Happy hour specials

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    Margherita pizza with added prosciutto.
    Ruby B.

    We traveled to Carbondale to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with our extended family. The first dining experience in the valley this trip was to Mezzaluna Willits to celebrate my birthday and my son's MIL's birthday. There were 10 of us and we had a fun and fabulous dinner. Everyone ordered so many different dishes and everyone loved their food. I had the chicken piccata and I absolutely loved it. (5+/5!) our server Josh said that local regulars will come in weekly to have it and now I wish I could too! The chicken was cooked perfectly and the accompanying polenta and asparagus were perfect flavors to enhance the entire dish. The other entrees ordered were the Margherita pizza, Caesar salad, salmon risospecial, arugula pizza, chicken and noodles, mushrooms and pasta...so much variety. (The only comment heard for constructive feedback was that the pizza crust needed more flavor as it was very plain tasting.) The restaurant is beautiful and comfortable. Josh was a super server to our big group. I think it helps to have locals with you as the camaraderie is evident with fellow residents and business owners. I would love to return again, maybe before we leave. Highly recommend.

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    Heather C.

    We stayed at the Hilton across the way and decided to give this restaurant a try since it was within walking distance. We looked at the menu online and saw Oso Bucco on the menu which is what really drew us in, but upon arriving was told it was not available. However, they redeemed themselves with good steak carpaccio and great homemade pasta. The wine list is a little light on Italian wines, it's "lite" authentic Italian inspired, but it's not terribly busy and so easy to get into and service is good. I wouldn't go out of my way to visit, but the patio does look like a great place to enjoy an aperol spritz on a hot day.

    grilled shrimp with linguine

    The food was simply amazing! The service was great. The ambiance quaint and delightful. We loved our meal.

    Apple & baby spinach salad $13 add blackened tuna $8.50 and total $21.50, was good but I wish the portion is a bit bigger for this price.

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    Delicious food! Great service!! Everything was outstanding ! The atmosphere is nice and we felt very welcome!

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    So psyched to have the famous mezz vibe of locals, great food, great service in the mid valley. This is the place to be!

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    amazing mussels and pasta dishes, the risotto of the day was phenomenal, very well curated menu and elegant interior highly recommend!

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    Service is great! They always seem to be able to find a table. Great interior. Food is very good. Good vine selection.

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    Great upscale yet relaxed atmosphere. Great drinks, food and service. The pizzas are terrific.

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    3.9(200 reviews)
    36.1 mi
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    SUMMARY: Mediocre food…read more Despite the great reputation, well adorned facility, stellar location, and impressive menu, everything I ordered proved consistently disappointing. Calling this food ordinary is, at best, an overstatement. At each turn, my efforts invoked in salvaging the (food) entries was met with failure. Starting with a simple Caesar salad, the lettuce tasted several days old. Drenched in ordinary tasting salad dressing, the romaine lettuce became soggy from the presence of excessive dressing. The dressing was too strong in taste, akin to store bought lower priced varieties, and from this, proved difficult to eat. The portion was generous, however. WARNING: Do not order the minestrone soup. To explain: The minestrone soup proved ultra disappointing. With the amount that I paid, $12, for a bowl, I was expecting it to be of meal-like quality. Instead, it was also challenging to consume, being so vinegary, possessing a handful of some tomato slices and little else. It arrived lukewarm. Instead of ample carrots, beans, celery, onion, etc., with typically a delicious broth, all that I could detect was slimy tomato slices in a pool of vinegar. The "chef" needs to study quality minestrone soup recipes and completely start over, especially if customers are charged $12 for such. I was so looking forward to a quality and hearty minestrone soup. I haven't tasted anything so pathetic yet simultaneously overpriced, in years. Have they tasted this? It pains me to speak so passionately about something like this. But it was a disaster. The house bread? It was crunchy, also seeming to be dated, not stale, just not fresh. It wasn't warm. It was dry. The garlic butter was fine, but following the theme, ordinary, at best. I tried everything to make at least the bread come alive, heaping massive piles of garlic butter on it. Nothing could rescue the bread either. No olive oil was to be found anywhere on the table or tables in my vicinity. Very friendly staff was present, but their inexperience and lack of polish became annoying. Whatever virtue that the "soup" might have had was lost as it got even colder while she was talking ceaselessly to me. Yes, it arrived lukewarm before she was conversing. Friendly service, even if awfully informal, can't compensate for such a poor price - value relationship and mediocre food. I cannot recommend this restaurant. Perhaps they do a superior job on pasta dishes. Yet, upon perusing the menu, I couldn't find just a small or half portion of spaghetti. A jr. high aged boy near me somehow managed to order a small plate of spaghetti. While it looked ordinary, such would likely have proven sufficient tonight, even if such was likely only available on the children's menu. If this restaurant once served fresh and delicious food, something, at least of late, has woefully gone awry in the kitchen.

    Read the reviews before visiting which were generally positive about the food. I disregarded the…read morecomments about noise thinking it was an exaggeration. They were NOT! The noise level ruined the whole experience. I measured the db on my watch and it was typically mid 80's. I even saw a reading of 90 db! This means wait staff should be wearing hearing protection! The owners need to invest in some sound dampening panels or other technology. Food was average. We had a Cesar salad which was quite flavorful and crisp. We also had the elk cannelloni which was bland. I would not recommend the restaurant until the noise issues are addressed and perhaps try a different menu selection.

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    4.3(293 reviews)
    17.0 mi
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    We all have a moment of fortunate happenstance; or I should call it, "serendipity" when we are out…read moreand about. And that is the best kind of Yelping. For this restaurant, the find was almost like that. We (while enjoying our quick spa getaway in town coming from the greater Denver area) found this place after a disappointing experience with another similar restaurant nearby as it was closed for a private party that night. We were in a dire need of finding something alternative. As we were walking around town earlier that day, we did notice this place. After checking to make sure that it was truly open (not again, right?), we rushed there to fill our empty stomachs. The experience? It was quite good! Despite its unfortunate setting (downstairs in one of the buildings on the busy main street in town), what they can offer is worth the mention. Ambience?? Good! Fairly small restaurant but the layout is efficient where it can hold at least 50+ people when it's packed. The bar is the most ambient part of the restaurant where copper top was most fitting with chic looking lightings hanging from the ceilings. As long as the weather permits, seating in the patio is available. Three men collaborated to assist us for all of our needs during our fairly quick dinner. Time was barely 5pm. The night was still very young. Other diners eventually streamed in and it was at its 50% capacity by 5:50m. By the way, this experience was on a Thursday in mid-April of 2026. Here is what we got: -Justin Cabernet $15 per glass -Mediterra Super Tuscan $15 per glass (I had this one. Justin which my daughter had was better than mine in my opinion.) (The selection for wine by the glass is a bit small; they could easily add a few more to both the white and the red) -Starter bread (complimentary; later one of the men came to refill it by adding a few more slices. Excellent starter bread) -Mussels alla Crema (Cream based. They can make it with red sauce as well; $18) -Torretta de Malanzane (An eggplant burrata dish, $17) -Brassato (A gnocchi dish with braised short ribs, $30) All of the dishes were equal contenders where I simply couldn't pick one winning dish out of them. Each dish's meticulous presentation coupled with the overall seasonings, flavors and complex or perfected texture, their creative dishes are the core reason for their successful restaurant operations is what I gleaned while dining. We, unfortunately, skipped the dessert part as we saw an ice cream place several doors up the street from it earlier. We wanted to immerse ourselves in different dining experiences while our short stay in town so maybe next time we dine here again, we will indulge in their "decadent" dessert treats.

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