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    Zesta Cucina

    4.1 (274 reviews)
    ModerateItalian
    Closed 11:30 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Classy
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Chopped Salad
    Mark Maureen C.

    We stopped in for a late dinner on Easter. The restaurant was not busy but there were customers. The waitress and staff were pleasant but perhaps not well trained or just very new to their jobs. They were not real efficient and paid more attention to resetting tables than addressing the needs of their customers. We were in an area where there were a few other tables with customers. I had to ask for water refills twice. We ordered our dinner, my husband asked for the prime rib dip, I ordered the chop salad. The meal came out as an order of prime rib and the chopped salad. He explained he wanted the prime rib dip. She took the entree back to the kitchen and 5 minutes later came back to tell us the dip was not available. Then went back to get a menu so he ordered something else. At that time she offered a free dessert for the trouble. None of this was catastrophic and as I said the food tasted good, but it isn't what I would expect at this restaurant. The staff was friendly but young and inexperienced. Maybe more training focusing on the needs of the customer. Wish the prime rib dip had been available, the chop salad was delicious!

    This is fettuccine riccardo. It has fettuccine noodles, Alfredo sauce, chicken, and zucchini. It was so good!
    Shar V.

    We've gone here multiple times for birthdays and they have been so accommodating and helpful. Very friendly staff, and the server even recognized me from last year! I keep picking them for my birthday because the atmosphere is so pretty and the service is great. And the food was top notch, my daughter only likes the eggplant Parmesan from here. I'm sure we'll be back!

    Mary B.

    Zesta Cucina truly has the best staff, food and ambience!! When peaches are in season, their Peach crème brûlée is incredible!!

    Cross section of tiramisu
    Kathleen C.

    The reservation process was super easy and kept to the exact time, no waiting although the restaurant itself had tons of things to look at. We were here to celebrate our birthday, I was desiring amazing pasta. We were blown away by not only the politeness and quickness of the whole night but by the whole experience of our meal and its flavors. Our drink order was quickly taken and delivered. Followed by food and ultimately dessert. The food we got was on the specials for July, but sounded too good to pass up. If you see the images you'll likely agree. This place amazed us with how precise and effortless it seemed to run us through dinner. Some tables were there taking their time, and chatting a lot longer between courses, but we liked this style. We never felt like we were searching for our waitress because she was always a few steps ahead of us and anticipated our needs. I believe her name was Ruthie and we had a great night celebrating, she was happy to be there and brought a candle out for a silent happy birthday which we wanted on an amazing Tiramisu which was delicious, well balanced and sized large enough it felt worth the price.

    Peach crème brûlée it was beyond amazing!
    Diane M.

    Excellent food and service. Joshua did an amazing job at making our experience memorable!

    Chicken Parmesan.

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    This is the best restaurant in Yakima! The staff is wonderful. A great menu and the price is right for anybody.

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    10 months ago

    Food and drink are excellent. The staff are friendly and well trained. Atmosphere is inviting and comfortable.

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    Food was excellent. Same for The service. It was a new find for us. We were so pleased. Will definitely be back!!

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    Food was delicious, very welcomed and great service. Most definitely going again! Super clean restaurant as well

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    I have eaten here a lot and always find the food to be good and the service great! The owners are really awesome people too!

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    Had Valentines dinner with my Valentine. The food and staff was excellent!! Will definitely return.

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    Everything about the place is amazing! From reservations, to the food, also the setting is well cared for! Thank you for an amazing time.

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    Mediocre food for terrible prices. The restaurant itself is clean and inviting. Service seems okay too. An okay place to bring kids.

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    Delicious food, very consistent every time we come. The service and drinks were awesome too.

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    Ask the Community - Zesta Cucina

    Hey so it says outdoor dining, but I just called and they said only take-out right now? Confusing.

    Was outdoor before. New regs now only takeout. Will likely change again as we go. Happy pandemic 🤪☹️😷

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    Some things good. Some things great! Nothing bad on the menu. Anything with their red sauce is…read moreamazing. The white sauce is good, but I do prefer the red. The garlicky roll sized pieces of bread are dangerously good. So good you might not have room for dinner. Chicken parm is incredible. Don't order if you don't have room in your belly...or your fridge because it's HUGE. I heard that they may close at the end of May. Hopefully they find a new location because this is the best Italian restaurant in the Tri Cities. I kind of like that it's so far out. Makes it a hidden gem. If it was closer in, you might not be able to get a table!

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    We were driving through the town on our way home and stopped here for dinner. Didn't expect much…read morein view that we are stopping at Ellensburg. We ordered some apps and entrees: calamari (came out room temperature; otherwise decent); stuffed mushrooms (again not hot enough) Brussel sprouts (pretty good) house spaghetti salmon & veggies chicken marsala; and ultimate cheeseburger. All items were decent and no huge complaints. But the fact that an Italian restaurant has burgers on their menu should say it all. No serious, respectable, true Italian restaurant would have burgers on the menu. Just sayin... Lastly, service was friendly and good. Not super fast but good enough for the night,

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    We've been meaning to try this place out for quite some time and finally had a chance to. This is…read morean absolute little diamond in the rough in the spot we will be heading back to soon! They share space with the sportscenter bar, but effectively function separately in a space adjacent to it. They've got a small footprint with 3 or 4 total tables, about half a dozen taps and some higher proof options. The pizzas they serve here were really really good - Like way better than we expected them to be good! We grabbed a couple pizzas including the Avenue and a mona Lisa. And as previously stated, my expectations were for it to be good, but not incredible... And these were incredible! The crust was done really nicely, there were plenty of toppings, and overall it was just really nicely done pizza. Perhaps the biggest showstopper were the fried cheese curds. You need only take a two second look at me to understand that the love of cheese runs very deep. He's cheese curds for about as good as anything that I had back in the Midwest. The only place that I may have had better cheese curds is in Wisconsin, basically where cheese was born! We are excited to go back and try some of the other pizzas that are creative in name and topping. They've also got plenty of other good looking pizza alternatives. It's rather impressive and was more than I expected to see. This is a worth your trip spot to check out!

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