La Violetta Restaurant

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   Pamela

   New York City31 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   My favorite restaurant and a new favorite restaurant for our guests. Everything was such a pleasure—from the bustling warm and welcome atmosphere, to the absolutely stupendous meal. It was a pleasure from start to finish!
   

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   Customer

   Tampa3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   Always delicious! We had a brand new waiter last night, Stephan, and he was FABULOUS… he knew about the menu, the food, and wine. We are always impressed when we dine here!
   

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   Richard

   Tampa17 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

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

   Great service food outstanding and good prices! Osso bucco fantastic
   

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   sandra VIP

   Chicago17 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

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

   Everything superb. A perfect dining experience. If I worked for Michelin, I would surely award 2 or 3 stars!
   

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   Judy VIP

   Denver10 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   Everything about La Violetta was outstanding. Service was attentive and genuine. Onion focaccia bread with the eggplant compote is heavenly. The tuna carpaccio with burrata and blueberry compote appetizer special was creative and delicious. Fresh pastas and raviolis were perfectly al dente. We will be back!
   

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   Clare VIP

   Greater Boston14 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

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

   Love this restaurant. The food is consistently good and the menu is very varied. Staff and owner are very welcoming and helpful when asking for information on a menu item.
   

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   Joan VIP

   Washington DC15 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   All was going great until the end when we were waiting a very long time for the check. We ordfered several specials which ended up costing a bundle! Bur very inventive food- smoked tuna carpaccio was not like anything Ive experienced before- the homemade ravioli with veal osso buco filling was super render. I will be back!
   

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   Nadia VIP

   Tampa4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 2, 2025

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

   Always fantastic and fresh homemade food. Hands down the best Italian food in Sarasota.
   

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   Kent VIP

   Tampa12 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 2, 2025

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

   Outstanding in every way!! We are so lucky to have this gem in our community.
   

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    Kris

    Tampa166 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on March 2, 2025

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

    We love La Violetta. The menu is really fabulous...so many choices and things that are unusual on the menus of other Italian restaurants. The wine list is also very good. I also love that there are quite a few nightly specials. I never make up my mind until I hear about the specials. There are too many favorites to mention, but the pasta is freshly made and always good. Their meat aging cabinet is also very tempting. They have quite a few separate dining areas which does cut down on the noise level, but it's still loud. That's not the restaurants fault. People just tend to talk loudly in American restaurants. We highly recommend La Violetta and we will be back.
    

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