Best Casual Restaurants in Palo Alto

Good food. Extremely slow service. Our drinks arrived after appetizers.

Delicious food in a nice atmosphere! Loved the GF menu options since one in our party needed that. Also that clean oils are used as we try to avoid seed oils. We like the updates (not sure how recently done) and plan to come back more often.

Great staff, great pizza, great coffee. End of review. 👍

We had a very pleasant experience at Il Fornaio during Valentine’s Day. The staff was very respectful and kind towards us. We made a reservation two weeks in advance for 5:30 and was seated immediately upon arrival. Our server was very enthusiastic in greeting us and checking up on us. The food was amazing! They had a special menu for Valentine’s Day and we had a ravioli with lobster bisque that my partner and I both absolutely loved. The steak was also cooked perfectly medium rare and tasted delicious. We also got their Valentine’s Day dessert that was prepared beautifully with a chocolate cake that melted in your mouth. Loved the whole experience and can’t wait to go back to try the other pastas on their menu!

Had dinner on a Thursday night and there was a good amount of customers in the restaurant. The food was good, but waiter was not attentive and never came to check on us after we placed our dinner order so we were not able to order another round of cocktails with our meal.