Italians

I don’t think this place is open anymore. Couldn’t find it. I can’t really post this since its not long enough. So I’m just going to keep writing random words… until… I…can…post the review.

Amazing! A week later and I am still salivating.
Fresh burrata on a foccaccia bread, top olive oil and basil
Side of savory asparagus

So good! Love to eat there. Everything I’ve had is amazing-​the pesto pasta is heavenly!
Pasta piselli is my favorite.
Keely is a great hostess and it is one of our favorite places in town.

Food was so so at best and service sub par.
Took forever to get served. When it finally showed up, my wife’s pasta was lukewarm .
To top it off, I saw a cockroach in the restroom. Maybe they were having a really bad day.

We have been in El Paso about 3 months now and we have been searching for that place that we feel at home but brings something spectacular to the table… and finally we have found it!
This was the most enjoyable, relaxed and high end food we have had since moving here. The staff was incredible from the time we walked in the door to the time we walked out. Chef Keeley personally attended to our table and gave her insights on what we should order and there was not one thing in front of me the entire meal that I was not totally in love with!!!
I plan on making this place a go to for Italian food! If you do one thing in El Paso that is food related it should be dining at Italians!!!

Italians is a fine dining restaurant run by chef kiely. They often fly in fresh fish, usually salmon. I recently had a great salmon-​scallop-​shrimp entrée in what I believe was Bernaise sauce. They also have a wonderful caprese salad with bufala mozzarella. Chef kiely comes out to mingle with her guests and attending to details. A good list of Italian and California wines (no liquor) brings it all together. Overall a go-​to west side restaurant with consistently good food and service.

I loved the service here but was very disappointed in the pasta carbonara. It was basically raw egg soup with noodles inside. Kind of gagged me. That is not anything like the carbonara I had in Italy. This review is solely based on that dish.

My husband and I have dined here several times. The food was excellent, service great but had one problem we noticed while dining. The wait staff also serve as the busers. We noticed that while clearing the tables of dirty dishes and grabbing dirty glasses by the rim and taking them to the kitchen and then coming right out with people’s dinner plates. Now they may have washed their hands in between. The problem was when we pointed this out to the manager he became defensive and dismissed the matter. Had he said that is something I will check into or address, we probably would have forgotten about it. The sanitation issue will probably make us hesitate to return. That is why I could only give 3 stars. During this cold and flu season people really need to be conscience of these things.

They need to work on the quality and consistency of the service. Food was good pesto lasagna was wonderful salads were great. Spaghetti Carbonara was served with a uncooked egg yolk on top, with the intent that it is mixed at the table and the heat from the pasta warms the yolk through. Unfortunately the pasta was not hot enough to accomplish this task, also lacking in any of the bacon or pepper I was expecting, also had to ask for a spoon to aid in eating the pasta. Menu indicated that pasta t as Primi with a meal as a secondi, my understanding is a first course and second course not here as soon as the salad was gone I had two plates sitting in front of me. This did not help the look warm Carbonara. Menu indicated a choice of side with the a secondi but that was not offered I got to enjoy look warm pasta and oven roasted potatoes (which were delicious) The hostess made a half hearted inquiry of the quality but when I responded it’s just okay she walked away unconcerned. Wait staff never offer anything from the bar or a wine list so we settled for water.
Acoustics in the place were terrible extremely loud, some thought to sound dampening decore would be nice.
This is the third restaurant this location all have failed I expect this one will as well, If it makes Christmas 2012 I will be surprised.

We arrived eager to try a Italians, but quickly were disappointed. As we waited tentatively at the door waiting to be seated or an invitation to seat ourselves, 2 waiters and the chef made eye contact with us and stared right through us. Another couple came in behind us and we decided to seat ourselves. The other couple went over to a table with friends and visited, no one came over to us or them, the chef stood at the bar and had a sip of her red wine; several employees looked in our direction, but no one came over. 7 minutes after arriving the chef came our direction and walked past us brushing my daughter’s arm, but no words were spoken and the chef went directly to the people who came in behind us, greeted them with hugs and laughter, escorted them to a table and had bread immediately brought to them. As we were about to get up and leave, a young man, obviously not an experienced waiter came and brought bread, asked for our drink orders with minimal talk and no comment on the wait or the snub. He finally returned to take our order and I asked for his recommendations and then about the difference between two dishes, his response was that one had a tomato sauce and the other sauce was mostly just oil. I ended up ordering the special, mussels, clams and shrimp pasta, my husband ordered another pasta dish and my daughter ordered an appetizer for her meal. We both told the waiter that her appetizer would be her meal and to please serve it with our dinners. This did not happen, she was served before us creating the choice of eating alone or waiting and having a cold meal. The other two dished came and looked appealing, however one of the mussels on my pasta was closed. Even the most novice home cook knows that mussels that are closed are to be tossed and NEVER eaten. There were several shrimp that were tasty and perfectly cooked and five clam shells but only two with clam meat and no sign of clam meat in the pasta. It was as if the kitchen leftovers had been ladled over my pasta. My husband’s pasta dish had no obvious flaws, but was less than remarkable. On our way out of the restaurant, we stopped at a table to speak with friends who had come in and were obviously familiar to the establishment. After visiting for a few minutes, we headed for the door and suddenly a gentleman at the bar (owner? manager?) was friendly thanking us for coming and wishing us a good evening. Amazing how who you know makes an incredible difference in how you are treated. We will not return to such a blatantly discriminatory and clique-​ish restaurant.

I come to El Paso about once a month, and I usually stick with Mexican or a familiar chain, but a coworker absolutely raved about this new Italian restaurant where The Kitchen was. I met him there for dinner tonight, and I was astounded. This is food I’d expect to find in a neighborhood gem in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Everything is made with fresh, high-​quality ingredients and the menu (full of authentic Italian fare) changes daily based on market ingredients. The chef is English, and her Italian husband runs the front of the restaurant.
We started with bruschetta, which was simply prepared — bread with incredibly fresh chopped tomatoes and a touch of balsamic vinegar. We also had fried goat cheese served with a raspberry sauce. Both appetizers were delicious — nicely done and nice portions. We followed up with a Pesto Lasagne — homemade lasagne noodles with layers of pesto, ricotta cheese and fresh tomato sauce echoing the colors on the Italian flag. The flavors married beautifully and the result was a sublime lighter take on a normally heavy classic. After the lasagne, dessert was a panna cotta — again freshly made in house — flavored with orange zest and complemented by chocolate and raspberry sauces. It was a sublime ending to a wonderful meal.
The staff at Italians sees dinner as a social occasion, so there is no rush, and Luigi (the chef’s husband) and Guido (the manager) make the rounds of the room to be sure that you are having a great time. This was an absolutely outstanding evening, and I’ll return soon. The restaurant has very limited beer and wine choices but they allow diners to bring their own wine with no corkage fee.
What’s not to like?

I came to this restaurant and i has lunch. It was really good. They have a small menu but good. The owners are italians thus they have real italian food. I ordered the grilled Tuna sandwich and it was great. My friend had the prosciutto sandwich she told me that it was great. Great place