Message from Pane e Vino
"Northern Italian food made from scratch"
- Pizza, Pasta, Steaks, Seafood
- Fine Wines and Drinks
- Cooking Classes Monthly
At Pane e Vino, we've developed what we feel is the ultimate Italian dining experience. Our focus is providing you, as our valued guests, with delicious freshly prepared meals. We take pride in our prompt, professional staff, as well as our warm atmosphere and great location in the heart of Orange County. We pride ourselves in our service and encourage all your suggestions. Our authenticity prompted Orange County Magazine to write, "you'll swear you're in Italy."
|
 Pane E Vino
(714) 256-7779
240 S Brea Blvd
Brea, CA 92821
|
Editorial Description by Citysearch
Orange County Italian restaurant serves traditional North Italy fare to indoor and outdoor tables.
Rated 8.8 out of 10 by Citysearch.
|
|
|
|
Explore
Brea, CA
»
Restaurants
|
|
|
4 Reviews
of Pane E Vino
in Brea
...Write yours here!
Very happy customer 
I could dine at Pan E Vino every night and be completely satisfied. Have not found Italian fare anywhere else that compares.
The staff is friendly with the customers and with each other. They seem a happy family. That is what the feeling is - fun, family dining. Check it out and enjoy. (If a bad experience has been had by one or two, check it out yourself - you will not be sorry.)
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes /
No
(you must log in or
sign up to vote)
Nice Italian Restaurant
Pane E Vino is conveniently located in the Downtown Brea area. I have had several tasty dinners there with my husband. The prices are good and they are listed in the Entertainment Book for discount dining. They have several very good pasta dishes and my husband loved the lasagna.
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes /
No
(you must log in or
sign up to vote)
Very Bad Service 
After reading some of the previous reviews, I am glad to see that I am not alone in my experience at Pane E Vino. My husband and I went there one evening for dinner. It was the middle of the week, and early, so the restaurant was not that busy. We were seated on the patio, and then ignored for 20 minutes - no one came to take our order, after dropping bread and water at the table. We tried to get their attention and eventually left. I wouldn't go as far as saying the staff was rude, but just preoccupied. With all of the restaurant choices in Brea, why put up with this type of service?
1 out of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful.
Did you?
Yes /
No
(you must log in or
sign up to vote)
That much money to be ignored? 
My husband and I also went there for what we hoped would be a nice evening meal. We ordered dinner and wine, paid a rather lofty amount, and received extremely poor service.
We were one of two occupied tables in the restaurant that night. The other table had a couple seated at it, and the staff were all over the table - literally having conversations with them and visiting. Our dinner took forever to arrive, we did not have any checkbacks at our table at all. It really stunk.
I am a professional secret shopper and I would not recommend this place to anyone unless they are into abuse. You wil get it there, but it will co$t you!
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes /
No
(you must log in or
sign up to vote)
WONDERFUL FOOD, AMBIANCE AND SERVICE, PLEASE TRY IT.
Love It! After reading so many mediocre reviews I felt compelled to add my positive comments. Pane e Vino has become my husband and my favorite restaurant over the past fews years as well as our adult daughter and husband and their friends. For us it is conveniently located, very pleasant and comfortable inside as well as a very friendly and attentive wait staff. The owner or manager, I'm not sure which she is, is ALWAYS very gracious coming around, saying hello, and asking how our dinner is. I have a favorite on the menu, a smoked mozarella with eggplant and fusilli that I absolutely love and cannot get anywhere else. They also have jazz night and martini night as well as cooking classes and wine tasting. In any dining experience there is always the chance of some sort of negative experience brought on by a particularly busy night or other diners, but do not let those reviews dissuade you from trying this excellent restaurant.
Pros: Ambiance, excellent food, good prices
Posted 08/11/07 at 9:20am
Great Service
I am writing in response to the negative comment "Avoid at all costs". I was a witness to the incident on the night of July 11, and I believe that it was a terrible misunderstanding. I think that Pane E Vino is a wonderful Italian restaurant full of attentive, friendly wait staff. I find it hard to believe that someone was out to "Deliberately" ruin another guests night. I believe that both parties were enjoying there night with fine wine, food, and friends. If such an incident "Deliberately" happened I would hope that it could be handled in a more rational manner than slandering a very fine restaurant.
Posted 06/21/07 at 10:22pm
Avoid at all costs!
The horrible management at Pane e Vino turns what could be a quaint, Italian dining restaurant into a regrettable experience. My finance and I regularly seek out Italian restaurants and could fairly compare the pros and cons of many casual-dining to fine-dining Italian restaurants, so it's fair to say we have an expertise in this area. We were ignored by a woman speaking on the phone when we first walked in, then seated at a table on a patio on the "quiet" side which turned out to be anything but quiet. We then asked to be moved inside away from the noise (caused by the same woman that ignored us in the beginning), then the noise deliberately followed us inside!! We asked the woman to please quiet down, then she boldly informed that she is the owner and would not quiet down in her own restaurant. Not to mention the menu lacked variety, our server would disappear for 15 minute intervals, and the soup was average at best. This was our worst experience yet and we will not be returning!
Pros: Beautiful Area, ample "4 hour" parking
Cons: Rude management, horrible service, mediocre food
Posted 06/11/07 at 9:22am
Pane e Vino Trattoria
Well I have to say that I was extremly dissapointed with the review left by user "the new topchef" as a one of the Pane e Vino managers & owers, I first have to say that your comment was very negative & slandarous, where do you get off insinuating that members from my mangement staff and or the owners which includes myself, would have even the slightest bit of extra time to leave comments about the restaurant? A concept that I believe in faithfully & created from the ground up beginning in 1987, with my partner Claudio. This restaurant has brought much success to my life, heartache, stress & time away from my family. This being my fourth restaurant bearing the same name as the others, I take every comment seriously & to the heart. I was alerted about your comment from a loyal patron from my restaurant. I don't think you have any idea how the smallest negative comment can or has detered future business from coming into my restaurant. I would have much preferred and accepted if you had an issue with my management staff, service, our food etc. to send a letter personally to the restaurant for my attention, (the owner) and your negative experience would have immediately been rectified. Again for you or anyone else reading this comment if there are any issues even on the smallest scale, please alert someone immediately, if that doesn't give you the satisfaction you need please email us @ info@panevino biz or write to us: 240 South Brea Blvd, Suite 101, Brea, Ca 92821. Thank you, all I ask is fairness. BSPVBREA
Pros: Authenticity, Hospitality, Ambience, Apart of Popular Downtown Brea Promenade
Cons: Our parking Lot is being renovated. (Valet & Self-Parking is Avaliable) Parking stucture also avaliable on Birch St.
Posted 04/20/07 at 12:39am
unbelievable pasta & pizza
Pane e vino has a great ambience and the service was excellent. The food is by far the best in Orange
county in regards to Itlian food. The spaghetti in clams was unbelievable which was in a white wine sauce topped with a pizza crust. Also, we dined in the patio which is very romantic and cozy. I would recommend to anyone who loves real Italian food.
Pros: Great ambience
Cons: Park in the back or in valet
Posted 03/02/07 at 11:25am
|
|
4 reviews –
