D’angelo’s Ristorante Italiano

One word — Nah.
Two words — Never again.
Selected D’Angelos for a Monday date experience because their hours were later than most, open until 12AM (great). We sat on the 2^nd floor and were the only patrons in the restaurant. Service was swift and attentive. The décor was classy and elegant.
I inquired about their specialties and was told that the gnocchi and ravioli were made in-​house (okaaaay okaaaay, let’s get it). We started with an appetizer of the caprese salad, I ordered the gnocchi with red sauce/​side of meatballs… my date ordered the alfredo/​with blackened chicken.
Bread was brought to the table… accompanied by rough cut garlic and parsley in olive oil (literally, rough). Presentation was below average.
Caprese salad… tasty, presentation below average still.
The gnocchi was temperature warm, below average and nearly tasteless. The red sauce was reminiscent of store brought spaghetti sauce. The meatball flavor and texture was unappealing… come to find out… and I quote, «our meatballs are veal… that’s how we make them here.» I ultimately opted for the ravioli in place of the gnocchi, which was a slightly better selection… same «blah» red sauce.
My date did enjoy his alfredo, and I would have to agree that it was the tastier selection.
4 stars for the waiter’s authentic Italian accent.
1 star for the food.

still the best italian around in Philly.
we had dinner here (or was it late lunch) in early 2015 and ate upstairs on a nice day.
the food was as good as it was 20 yrs ago, the service even better.
we had a nice table with a window view.

Definitely one of the top 3 best Italian restaurants in philly and I’ve literally tried them ALL! I can’t understand for the life of me what taste bud less morons gave this exceptional establishment 1 or 2 stars. They must be friggin idiots cause this place is literally second to none!!! Oh, and the spicy red sauce is knock your socks off fantastic. I could eat at D’angelos every night for the rest of my life and never want for anything else. BRAVO!!!

I love Italian food but I really did not have the best experience at this restaurant. The food quality was a slightly below average and the prices were a little too high for the quality that was offered. The shrimp scampi was $ 27 and the pasta was a little firm and the shrimp did not taste that great. Maybe i ordered the wrong dish but i would not recommend if you chose to go there.

Ugh was so hungry last night with a group of 4 others and this was the only restaurant with an open table on a Saturday night, and now I see why!
I should have known the second the bread came out that it was going all down hill from there. The bread wasn’t toasted, cold and the olive oil dipping sauce was terrible. The stuffed mushrooms app was soggy, not actually stuffed and just had a slice of cheese on top. The Caesar salad was over dressed and nothing but lettuce. My dinner was the «baked shrimp» which let me tell you was FRIED butterflied shrimp topped with a pound of chunky tomato sauce and slices of cheese. I won’t even start with everyone’s else’s dishes…
Also our bill came to $ 250 not including tip. SO pricey!

I’ve never posted on Unilocal until now, I just had too. I just left this so-​called corner restaurant after paying close to $ 250 for 5 plates of tomato drenched pasta. Tomato’s most likely out of a can purchased during a grocery store sale. The service is another story, I’ve waited on 60 – 70 people at a time and managed to make sure everything was okay at all times!
Let’s dive into the dishes.
Appetizers
Calamari — 7 – 8 pieces, it was tasteless, and the sauce was basically chunks of tomato in a red sauce, probably left over from the cans used for the main course. Stuffed mushrooms — what was that american cheese drenched with tomatoes? Caesar Salad — the soggy ends of the lettuce drenched in a white sauce.
Main courses
Lots of pasta and ridiculous amounts of tomato. (Must of been a hell of a sale at Shoprite for canned tomatoes!)
Jumbo Shrimp pasta dish — 3 pieces of shrimp you usually get as an appetizer.
Grilled Salmon dish — Where was this Salmon found? It had no taste and was drenched, wait for it, a tomato based sauce! (I need to track down this canned tomato sale!!)
Fettuccini Alfredo dish — drenched in white a white sauce with 4 – 5 pieces of chicken. I think the chicken was 4oz?
Granted this is not a Michelin rated restaurant or owned by someone who actually can produce great food, but c’mon, $ 25 – 30 for pasta drenched in tomato?
NOTHING TASTED GOOD! A Frozen dinner would of been a better choice.

Rude staff. Food fair, Chicken Marsala and Spaghetti and Meatballs tasted frozen. Chain Italian is 5 stars compares to this place.

Came here with my parents a few nights ago and was really disappointed. It’s pricey for mediocre Italian dishes. The service was okay but not enough to make up for everything else. Pretty plain Jane basic Italian food. I would not recommend unless you’re in the mood for a mediocre time

This place remains the sole authentic Italian restaurant from the days when being Italian and feeding other Italians meant something. I recently had the D’Angelos salad chopped, it fed two of us and was a delightful start. My wife likes fish, but she loved the angel hair in blush sauce. The Langostinos on my plate with thin ribbons of linguini in a scampi sauce were yumm. We got to sit outside and it’s a much calmer scene than outside at Parc or Rouge

Let’s see the Tomato mozzarella was decent, the bread in oils and garlic was good however my entrée not happy. The pasta seemed a tad undercooked and the chicken parm was not that great. It’s a pretty easy meal! The chicken was gummy. I didn’t appreciate the flies towards the end of the meal either. They need a restaurant rescue!

Don’t miss this Italian restaurant in Philadelphia. Authentic through and through. Chicken Parmigiana… excellent. Rigatoni Oil and Garlic… excellent bread… excellent. Dipping oil… excellent. Atmosphere and Italian music… excellent!!! Even the water was excellent… lol. Will definitely come back.

Saturday night ⁶⁄₆
Birthday dinner for my wife couldn’t have been any better.
We had a group of 10.
We like to have fun and some of us can get a little louder than others.
They sat us upstairs and it truly felt like we had the place to ourselves.
Great waiter Vincenzo. Don’t call him Vinny.
Was having fun with us and did a great job keeping our food and drinks flowing.
Food was delicious. Had a few appetizer specials and a few bottles of wine topped off with shots of home made Lemoncello.
We closed the dance floor at 2:00am and had an absolute blast.
The waitress downstairs was awesome and Vincenzo moved to the front door to greet customers coming in.
We had such a great time and I’m glad we chose D’Angelo’s for a very special night.

I am shocked by all of the horrible reviews. We love eating at D’Angelos. The menu is basic, the pasta is good, and we have always had great service. We get the same waiter each time who always remembers us and is very sweet. I like that this isn’t a yuppie/​hipster joint. There is nothing novel about the décor or the food, which I find refreshing. They make the best puttanesca I’ve had in Philly and a damn good pasta with anchovies.

Was at this place last night for a friend’s 50^th celebration. It was our after dinner dancing spot. I gave the dj 20 bucks to play 3 songs. We waited and waited and waited and waited. Finally, I was like, are you going to play the songs or what and he told me to get away from him. I said ok, forget it, took my 20 back and we left. They could have had a better bar tab from SIX fun women. I think 20 bucks is worth 3 cool songs — Melt With You, Heartbeat and Blank Space. I felt as though he was very rude. We didn’t have food, can’t speak to that. Wait staff was good. Crowd was all over the place age wise, so it was good for people watching, but I know dj’s personally and this one was rude as can be. April 25^th, 2015. Grade A A-​hole.

Could be one of the worst places I’ve been in Philly PERIOD. Please read all reviews prior to going here. Shrimp wasn’t cooked, veal was awful and pasta was bad. No pride in the presentation of dishes either.

We came here with another couple for dinner – mostly for convenience (it was right around the corner for both of us), and curiosity (we walk past it every day).
This is the kind of place that has been owned by the same couple for the last few decades – the owner will come by and sit at your table and talk to you for awhile (which could be a positive or negative, depending on the occasion), the woman I presume to be his wife is loud but generally friendly, the waiters joke around with you. To me, all of this could be good or bad, depending on what kind of vibe you’re looking for at a restaurant.
What killed it, though, was the food. My husband and I split a calamari appetizer, which was lukewarm, bland, and soggy at best. He got the lasagna, and I got a pasta – prosciutto, peas, mushrooms, with a cream sauce. The whole thing was bland, the pasta overcooked (it fell across my fork so limply, it looked rather pathetic), the dish was lukewarm again, and the cream sauce was goopy in texture – ugh! I felt like I could make better pasta with some canned alfredo sauce.
On top of it all, it wasn’t exactly cheap either. Definitely doesn’t break the bank, but for the money you spend, you could definitely get a decent meal elsewhere.
Every place deserves a second chance though (unless one of us gets really sick… which we didn’t)…so we may be back. Probably not too soon, though.

Yeah, it’s the go to place for mushy pasta, tasteless tomato sauce, pasty meatballs, tough veal and cheap tasting wine. I really hate overpaying for diner food. And the noise… ugh. Don’t be fooled by their website. The place is tired and ready for new owners.

Lousy food and miserable owners, but what really sticks in my craw are the no bicycles signs they’ve riveted to street signs. You have absolutely no right to bolt a sign to a public pole, it’s illegal and fine able. It is not your pole, nor your sidewalk you arrogant twat monkey.
I especially disliked the overcooked mush pasta, the boring menu and the dry chicken. Judging from your horrendous reviews, I suggest you focus more on your kitchen and less about parking.

My company had a holiday lunch here, and I have to say, it was just about the most horrible excuse for «Italian» food I’ve ever experienced. From the 1.5 hour wait for our food, to the glass of ice tea that smelled like it hadn’t been washed in a few years, to the overdressed Caesar salad with very little flavor and gross wilting lettuce, and then finally to the entrée «Flounder Francaise» that was suggested to me (which turned out to be an eggy, soggy mess that supposedly had fish inside it somewhere (see photo) and the side of overcooked «homemade» fettucine (I’ve had homemade plenty and this ain’t it).with marinara sauce that must have come out of a can (also see photo). This meal was a disgrace. And not just mine, but pretty much everyone was disappointed.
I remembered that we had a holiday lunch there about 2 years ago that wasn’t great, but wasn’t nearly this awful. I also remember that there was almost no one else in the restaurant that time. This time, the restaurant was packed. I can’t help but think that they overbooked the restaurant and ended up not being able to serve anyone in a reasonable amount of time. I’m serious. We got there at 12:30pm and didn’t get any food until 1:47pm. When the first appetizers came, they were single-​sized portions, not sharing portions (and I didn’t go into detail on those — but they were calamari, tomato/​mozzarella, and bruschetta. all pretty sad looking).
I could tell that the waitress knew how bad the meal was. and she was very sweet. The one upside was that all the waitstaff seemed very nice, but way overworked. This place should have closed — or just become a full time nightclub — long long ago.

2 to 2.5 stars at best.
What a disappointment.
A close friend and I had been planning dinner here for over 2 months.
We finally got to go and the food just isn’t up to par (or the high prices — $ 22 — $ 45 for entrees!).
We started our meal with delicious fresh bread and garlic-​infused oil. (That and the after-​dinner coffee were the best bites of the night!)
I love a good caprese salad and was thrilled when «Fresh tomato and buffalo mozz» was a featured special ($ 12). My friend and I split it — and the tomatoes were HARD — deli-​quality slicing tomatoes. This — in the middle of August when tomatoes are plentiful — is a sacrilege! Also — who serves this over iceberg lettuce? ICEBERG? On a Caprese?
Blah!!!
Our server Leo tried to please us — but the entrees fell flat.
My entrée was OK (albeit very over-​salted) — al dente linguine with about a doze steamed littlenecks in a garlicky, salt-​bath of oil.
My friends «veal sauté» was a joke. While the veal was tender, the sauce was a bland concoction of greasy-​oily floury blandness. It was supposed to be a «light white wine sauce» and no wine or flavor was detectable.
We skipped dessert and had 2 very nice cups of $ 3 coffee.
I would not go back here.
«Founded in 1990» — looks like they have not renovated since 2002.
FAIL!
Such a shame.