La Notte Ristorante Italiano - Oak Park, Illinois

lian H.

I left your restaurant and was extremely disappointed! I have been in hospitality for 20 plus years, With titles of Executive French Chef to Director of Operations - Food and Beverage and GM at multiple restaurant’s, not to mention opening Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine’s restaurant in D.C and currently working with Gordon Ramsey at Hells Kitchen in D.C.

Michael our bartender was really attentive and it was very appreciated, we ordered 2 dishes to go, the fettuccine bolognese and asked Michael if they had the carbonara. He said “yes” but it wasn’t on the menu, and we proceeded to order both of the dishes. This was not my first time being at this restaurant- the food was great each time and we always ordered the same thing. This being said, this was our first time at the new location. I am from D.C. and I was totally shocked that the carbonara was $29 when we received the bill!! It’s pancetta, eggs, parmesan, chopped parsley and cream (negotiable on the cream). Apparently there is also a dinning experience that supposedly comes with ordering this particular dish (carbonara)…for $29.00 - we ordered ours to go, (take out), it would have been nice to know this ahead of time, had we seen this item on the menu we would not have ordered it, knowing it was $29. We were highly disappointed at the price for take out carbonara. I know I will not be coming here again for a $29 carbonara.

emily B.

I went here with my boyfriend yesterday, on Valentine’s Day and we ordered a glass of sweet white wine, fettuccine alfredo and rigatoni vodka and it was very good, we finished everything. The wait for our food took like an hour and a half and it took just as long to get the bill but I didn’t mind, my boyfriend did mind though but we still had a great evening. I liked that the servers didn’t bother us too much and it wasn’t too loud which I appreciate. Our reservation was at nine and we were seated at probably 9:15 which was fine. I don’t know how much it was because I didn’t pay. The only thing I didn’t like at this restaurant is that everyone had to wear their coats inside because the AC was on in the area of the restaurant I was in. I didn’t like this because it was snowing and 20 degrees outside. I would come back here but I don’t know what else I would try. I would definitely recommend what we ordered though and it was a great portion.

Judy Z.

On June 28th we celebrated our son and daughter inlaws rehersal dinner for 40 people. Giovanni along with his staff went above and beyond making wonderful memories, evening and expirence❤️ The buffet was delicious, generous and bar was spot on. Everyone was beyond happy... I highly recommend and would give them 5 stars x 100. Thank you again to Giovanni, you and your staff are now part of our family and memories of the kids special night 🥂💍🎉❤️

A B.

Update 1/2025 - hope you like paying someone to heat up 100% frozen food. The owner bragged to a potential employee about how "stupid" their customers are that they don't know everything is frozen and showed them the line of freezers in the basement.

Update 5/2021 - after moving, this place somehow managed to get worse. See my review on Victory - and I can't believe I'm saying this - but you're better off going there. The owner is completely checked out. Most everything is from a can (including the artichokes in the antipasti, or stale meat plate as it should be called - see the photo with the prosciutto that looks like it sat out all day) and the Vitello Piccata had so much salt I had to spit it out. When we asked the owner so taste it he had the nerve to say "I don't need to taste it, I know how it should taste". What?

BTW - see the owner's response to my prior review and that's all you need to know about this place.

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Too expensive for both the quality, authenticity, and portion sizes. I don't know how anyone can give this place 5 stars - but, since the reviewers who did also gave "Buckingham Fountain" five stars - maybe you should try their Italian food 🙂

It's too bad because the service is pretty good, but they are clearly only making the attempt because overpriced food means over-tipping.

If you want real Italian, don't eat in Oak Park. Go downtown.

Vince V.

Such a waste of money!! This place was WILDLY overpriced for the quality you get. My family and I went here for their Christmas Eve special menu.

First, They had a mixed fish appetizer (mussels, calamari, and fish fillet nuggets) for $49. We thought that price sounded way too high, but we figured for the price you would get a lot of fish and it would be of good quality. Nope and nope. The plate of fish was smaller than a calamari appetizer you would get almost anywhere else. Also, all of the 3 types of fish tasted like they just bought frozen stuff from the grocery store, tossed it in some super cheap breading, and dumped it on the plate. Terrible quality fish that didn’t even look appetizing when it came out. This dish at $49 was truly highway robbery. It was honestly insulting that the owner thinks they can get away with this price and food.

Second, my dad and I ordered the same linguine entree. Somehow, mine came out with significantly less pasta, and was missing several other ingredients that were listed on the menu and in his dish. My dish was missing the anchovies, Kalamata olives, bell peppers and maybe more. Even though we ordered the same thing it was clear how messed up mine was, as if the chef just completely ignored mine. These pasta dishes were $30 by the way and very small. Again ridiculous prices for the poor quality.

Third, my mom’s salmon dish came out lukewarm, had very tiny pieces of asparagus, and the sauce on her salmon had solidified as if it had been sitting out too long. For $38 this dish was also a big waste of money.

Finally, the service was very slow. Both in Taking our orders and bringing them out, it always took a long time.

All in all, it is crazy for La Notte to charge these prices for poor quality and service and being in the suburbs. Don’t spend your money here - if you want to blow your money go somewhere more worthwhile in the city where you’ll actually get what you pay for.

Elizabeth B.

Waited an hour to get order taken, when order was taken waited another hour for the entrees to come out. Received the wrong check and felt continuously forgotten about as we watched people who arrived a hour later than us complete their meals before we received ours. Bartender was the first to notice we weren’t being served and checked on us multiple times. Food was decent, but not worth the wait or the price. We did received $24 off as a comp for the poor service but didn’t finish our meals as it was almost 11pm when we were leaving.

We went on Valentine’s Day and they seemed very understaffed, so I’m not sure if this is how service is all the time. I’m very disappointed.

Jocelyn M.

I am here for valentine’s day, and it took forever to get our order taken, it forever for the food to come, and overall the service was not good. The guy was friendly, but definitely understaffed. The food was hot, but the portions were small for the expensive price and underwhelming. They forgot the appetizer as well. They even took a while to bring the check.

Angelina G.

This was horrible. Over priced dried up fish appetizer on Xmas Eve was 49.00! Entrees were screwed up as 2 people ordered the same dish and were very different. My salmon came with 3 asparagus Lol!

The server was clueless and not professional at all. 231.00 for garbage food. DO NOT GO THERE.