Best Italian Restaurants in Kankakee

Sat 6:30pm extremely busy. Reservations are required! Friendly front staff, seated promptly. Great food & service from our waitress Alba. Another wonderful dining experience.

Our experience was excellent. It was our first time there. Our waitress was Guadeloupe and she was great! She was so helpful with the menu and gave us time to order, did not rush us. Made great suggestions which made the experience so nice and inviting. Definitely coming back! Recommend the food, it was amazing and ask for Guadeloupe, she will make your dining enjoyable!!!

This is a very nice trendy, high quality change from typical red sauce italian. Creative dishes, limited wine list, very good service until they got very busy. They are willing to change or”customize “ any dish to suit the customer. For me, I had a linguine dish that was to have shrimp and scallops. Not bad. But because I like mussels they swapped out the shrimp and scallops for the mussels. Nice place. We’ll go back.

Tonight, my son and I went to Frankie’s Since 1988 for their brick oven pizza. The oven is a fairly recent addition and  what a great investment it was! We sat right by the oven and my son was able to watch our pizza being made. These guys are true artisans when it comes to making the pizzas with dough imported from Italy! Perfectly cooked and so delicious, it didn’t last long in our table. If you haven’t tried the pizza at Frankie‘s yet then you are missing out. The staff is very friendly and attentive. This is a true southside gem. You can tell the owners put their heart and soul into their restaurant.  you will have a hard time deciding what to get because it is all delicious! One of my favorites is their lasagna, but I’m always excited to see what the chef has for specials. If you go to Frankie‘s once, you’ll be back, if you go more than once, you’ll be family!

Our server, drinks, and food were excellent. The food was fresh, our server was very experienced. The assistants made sure we had water, and cleared plates at the correct time. The desert was great, and the coffee was perfect. Coffee may seem like an afterthought, but theirs was fresh and not bitter. I will be back! The atmosphere is perfect.