Gourmet Italia

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   Jennifer

   Orange County

   10 reviews

   5.0

   10 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Gourmet Italia is still my favorite Italian restaurant in the Temecula Valley and was the perfect choice for our Valentine’s weekend dinner celebration! The food and service is always stellar. On this visit I had the freshly made in house lobster ravioli and my husband had the spaghetti with homemade meatballs in a beef ragu…both were DIVINE! Every morsel was mopped up with the warm bread brought to our table. Soooo good! We finished for dessert with the in house made tiramisu (heaven!) and I ordered another espresso martini…the best I’ve had so far. It’s no wonder this favorite has been in business for 25 years…bravo!💘
   

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   Carlos

   San Diego

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Book a reservation to celebrate Valentines together , and only one word describes the whole experience. Phenomenal. We started off we our cocktails which were crafted to perfection, my love ordered a limoncello drop martini and I ordered a pineapple Moscow mule the taste of our drinks were sublime. Then we both shared a handcrafted Cesar salad, you can tell everything was made about the salad was in house made and the cuts of romaine was fresh and crisp. For our main course we both decided on something new to our pallets , she had a salmon Favalli and I had to try the squid ink spaghetti, both dishes were amazing the sauce in the salmon dish had a very great note to it , and the squid ink spaghetti in the mushroom sauce was absolutely divine , to finish off our night we share a fresh cannoli and it was very delicious, 12/10 will come back again , I want to try the veal or maybe the filet mignon and she was thinking the gnocchi. Thank you to the staff for bringing the whole night together.
   

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   Ron

   San Diego

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   As always, Gourmet Italia provides the best in food and service. It's always nice to see Allessandro (Alex) keeping everything running smoothly. Great servers and attendants.
   

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   Nathanial

   Tucson

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Hands down the best little Italian spot we have ever been to. My wife got the filet mignon pasta and it was the greatest pasta ever. Such a hidden gem, all visiting Temecula should enjoy. We will be back. Thank you.
   

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   Diane

   San Diego

   9 reviews

   5.0

   9 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Celebrated my birthday dinner here and the food and service was great. I had the spinach ravioli and my husband had the lobster ravioli and both were delicious. My husband also had the butternut squash soup which was very unique and flavorful. It was thicker and a bit sweeter than butternut soups I've had before. We both loved it. I appreciated the homemade touch to all the dishes. Can't wait go back.
   

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   Gina

   San Diego

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 9 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A local favorite. Great food, service and ambiance.
   

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   Natasha

   VIP

   Orange County

   15 reviews

   5.0

   15 reviews

   Dined on 2 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had a lovely early dinner today. Everything we ordered was very tasty and the portions were generous. The dessert was delicious. We got tiramisu and gelato and ate it so fast, I forgot to take pictures. 😂 The staff was attentive, very positive and polite. Great overall experience!
   

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   paula

   VIP

   San Diego

   7 reviews

   3.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on 1 February 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Food was great. Service was okay. Took too long to check on us several times. Been there many times and we go back because it’s good. Espresso martinis amazing except last night was not the same I asked but she said that for the past year they have been same. I know they are different because we have them when we go. I was not going to argue. What we didn’t appreciate was the arguing between the bartender and the server. server was being very disrespectful to the bartender. It just looks so bad. I wanted to say something to the owner that had just missed it. Everyone sitting next to us witness the back-and-forth argument between server and bartender. No bueno!!! 
   

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   david

   VIP

   Palm Springs

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 30 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great dinner, great service, great people! Will definitely return!!
   

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    Will

    Hamburg

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on 30 January 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3

    The restaurant feels slightly tight in terms of space. The people in our group sitting on the aisle were constantly leaning forward to avoid contact. The food was good to excellent, an extensive wine list and plenty of choices for entrees.
    

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