Insider Pages Reviews for Piatti Santa Clara

4 Stars: Piatti is excellent for lunch. Superb wood-fired bread (by judynt)

judynt — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Piatti is a consistently-good dining experience - especially at lunch. Even the most basic items, like Caesar salad or eggplant parmigiana, are executed well. The service is excellent. The wood oven-baked bread with flavored olive-oil is superb. If the weather is decent, enjoy the outdoor seating area.

5 Stars: Food=Fresh! (by mtdezi)

mtdezi — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Ive been to Piatti a few times with my co-worker and never am I disappointed. Its busier during the weekdays/nights and slower on the weekend where they are only open for dinner, because of what my server told me, because it is in an industrial area. However, service is prompt and friendly. They start off by greeting you with a bottled Piatti water, free of charge, and then after they bring over the great bread of theirs with their DELICIOUS oil dipping sauce! I had the Ravioli and my friend had the Lamb. I must say, everything was top notch. We paired with with great Italian wines that our server helped us with. For desert, I had the Pana Cotta and my friend had the Tiramisu. Their deserts are the perfect touch for ending your meal. I must say, the chef does a great job with the menu and the food itself! Thanks to this restaurant, I will be here regularly!

4 Stars: Great pastas (by ppizza)

ppizza — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT

I've been here a bunch of times for lunch with my co-workers and thought I'd give it a try on the weekend with the wife. It's not super fancy but it's warm, and feels good. We started with a great chianti and fried artichokes, and were very pleased with their fresh ravioli. We split their version of warm chocolate cake for dessert and walked away feeling like we had just been to a great spot in Italy.

5 Stars: Fantastic setting. (by florence r.)

florence r. — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:18:00 GMT

This place is a romantic place to go to with your significant other. Seriously!

My boyfriend and I came around 7:00PM on a Friday night and they and such great service help. They were well staffed and trained their servers really well.

I ate your typical clam speghetti with a side of salad and a glass of red wine, oh I would go here again definately.

Prices are a little high, but well worth it.

4 Stars: romatic restaurant with good food (by ladywonderwall)

ladywonderwall — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:00:00 GMT

This restaurant looks very nice and has wonderful choices on the menu. They serve this great dipping garlic sauce for their baked bread - free of charge, and I certainly think it's woth coming here just to try how good it is! Their service wasn't great, they were quite busy during the time we came - Saturday evening. I would recommend getting reservations if you're planning to come on a busy night. Their pasta and steak was great - definitely worth trying!

2 Stars: What a disappointment (by SusieG63)

SusieG63 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:00:00 GMT

Had a reservation for 7:00 p.m. Saturday, when our party of 6 arrived, the place was pretty empty, not a good sign. There was also some menu errors as we started asking questions about wine, salad, etc. (the wine one person chose was listed incorrectly on the menu, they were out of one type of lettuce, the gnocchi wasn't as described). Food was very disappointing, I had the Chicken Risotto, as did two others, it had no flavor, reminded me of instant rice with cream of chicken soup. Two others had the Penne Bolognese and said the flavor of the meat was terrible. Service was adequate, not great and not terrible. This was my first time dining here, but I will definately not return.

4 Stars: Always my favourite place for pasta (by brandon1111)

brandon1111 — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:00:00 GMT

When it first opened couple years ago, their Vongole was my favourite. The sauce was perfect and the clam were so delicious. However, they changed their menu later and this item is gone. The waiter told me that I can still order it, hoever, it doesn't tatse the same since then. I suspected that they had changed their chef. Anyway, this is still a cool hang out place after work, the staff are well trained and professional.

5 Stars: User review by shannonbean (by shannonbean)

shannonbean — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:00:00 GMT

The casually elegant ambiance is perfect, the food is always excellent, the subtle changes to the menu for each season are interesting and innovative without being too obscure or outrageous, and even if you manage to find fault with the cuisine, the waitstaff and employees are the absolute MODELS of good service. Wonderful!