Andiamo

Andiamo offers a fun atmosphere and menu broad enough to make all diners satisfied. I’ve had both pizzas and pastas and they’ve been equally good. The pizza crust is nice and crispy. Straddles the line between hand tossed and thin crust compellingly.
For pasta, both the mussels and shrimp are good options. Respectable wine list as well.

Environment was nice, service was good, then the food arrived, felt like there was no love put into this food, and you can’t have good Italian food with no love. Who puts balsamic vinegar on chicken marsala? Yuk!!! The lasagna was bland and mediocre with a capital M. Same goes for the manicotti. Get someone in that kitchen who knows what they are doing and then you’ll be walking money bags to the bank.

Andiamo! Every time I passed by it, it felt it’s calling me to hurry up and come have dinner there. I always passed it going to my ex boss’ house after or before our work road trip. He’s Italian and when I saw the sign, I always unconsciously said it out loud. First, maybe because I have been trying to learn Italian for my upcoming trip there. Second, I’m just a weirdo who likes to read signs out loud (I’m a Tesla’s fan, not the original).
My boss asked me about it — «do you know what Andiamo means?» I said… «Si, giddy up.» He laughed and answered me in Bronx Italian accent, «Heyy, not bad for an Asian girl.» That’s right.
Finally, I made it here with Dita and Vivi the other day because I was craving spaghetti. I had been in rice and beans diet for a week and wanted pasta. I got my craving satisfied.
Surprisingly, the place was bigger and nicer inside. The outside though looks nice too, it gave an impression of super casual almost semi fast food restaurant. Maybe because the sign reminded me of Sbarro at the mall. However, it was quite wonderful inside for a suburban strip mall restaurant.
Dita and Vivi were seated already with some bread sticks that I was readily and happily welcomed. It was good and I ate almost two of them. I can’t really put up a good fight with warm bread sticks. I quickly rolled over with paws in the air.
I ordered my must have on first visit at Italian restaurant, and it was the Dita’s special — Chicken Parmesan. Dita ordered chopped salad and Vivi ordered the meatball panini.
I should have ordered meatballs because that was what I wanted but I was sticking with my Italian restaurant creed like I was a made woman that burned a picture of a Saint about chicken parm –St. Judith, the patron of chicken.
My chicken parm was pretty good. I liked the chicken and spaghetti okay but not loving the marinara sauce. It was so sweet. Dita said she liked her sauce sweeter and she got irritated with me when I brought up the comment Andy G made that she had a palate of a 10 years old. Hehehe. She was loving her salad that was chicken free. It even had pepperoni. Vivi said her meatballs sandwich was good and her fries tasted like Arby’s fries. Sounded like a slam but it’s actually a pat as Arby’s curly fries are the shit.
The coffee. Now the coffee was good and strong. It will make you go andiamo in a flash! I really enjoyed that strong, thick, big cup of coffee.
I know Dita really liked this place and I liked it okay. I didn’t think it was bad but not out of this world. I had a bite of the meatballs and it was tasty. I am open to come back for meatballs and give it a whirl. Not going andiamo for the second time but I’ll come back for sure soon enough.

Great family owned local business!!!
They will make your meal FRESH, to the way you want it!
Sometimes reservations are required.
Honestly, every time we have eaten there, we have had a GREAT experience!!!
RECOMMEND IT

We waited 85 min for our food. Server came by 2x. Manager had no explanation for why not enough staff when had large groups. Had chicken Andiamos, chicken flavorless so needed prosciutto on top, roasted vegetables ok, friends meatball tasty, Mariners sauce rich with tomatoes. Be prepared for a long wait. We were so disgusted we skipped the dessert.

We arrived at the restaurant at 6:45 pm on a Wednesday evening. This was singularly the slowest experience that I have had in a restaurant in a long long time. The food took 54 minutes to arrive at the table… Pasta… 54 minutes. How is that even possible? We were a party of 4 — myself and 3 of my children. 54 minutes for children’s pasta. The restaurant was about half full but was so loud that we gave up trying to have conversation eventually. People trying to talk to each other in the restaurant were literally screaming. As I write this, it is now 8:25 and we are still waiting on a to go box for the children’s food. This is one hour and 40 minutes already committed to pasta. The pasta was good, nicely sauced. About average. The atmosphere was horrible — between the raging screaming and the incredibly uncomfortable awkward rounded bench seat. One hour and 50 minutes… Still waiting for our to go containers. They just arrived. This is not a restaurant that can survive if this is what can be expected. Couple the horrific wait for food with the horrific wait for to go containers and the horrific noise level and you have a recipe for a culinary abortion of an evening.
The waitress Ariana B and the decent quality of the (all be it Americanized) pastas are the only thing keeping this from being a single star review. And really, it was only the waitress. She was awesome with my disabled son — not something that happens at every restaurant. She should really be given a raise and a pair of ear plugs so she doesn’t suffer permanent hearing loss from working in a restaurant so horribly loud that my ears are legitimately still ringing and I have been out of there for 15 minutes now.
The management seemed to be absent or simply didn’t care that the food was coming out ungodly slow and that the noise level was painfully loud. A dining experience like this sucks.
I wanted to like this place, but if tonight was any indication of how they are I suggest you AVOID it.

Father’s Day and this is what my dad picked. I called to make a reservation just in case it was busy but it was not needed, when we went we were some of the only people there, but by the time we left it was picking up.
Our server was very good, I had a thousand questions about different dishes and she helped steer me toward what I wanted. My dad got some spicy shrimp concoction that he liked, and looked amazing. My kiddo got a pepperoni pizza, which he also liked, and it came with orange Fanta (he’s a fan) and ice cream dessert. I got the grilled mahi mahi with coconut risotto and red pepper curry sauce and pineapple salsa. It was good! A little bland, but overall exactly what I was looking for. I know it’s italian, but I didn’t want anything overly heavy.
Beers were on happy hour special, and they start you off with bread with oil and vinegar.
I’d come back if someone specifically requested it, but the menu didn’t tempt me enough for me to come back on my own.

Great Italian food! Very flavorful food. We were thrilled with their use of fresh herbs. Very charming inside too. My dish had bruschetta flavors. Can’t wait to go back and try another dish!

First time here, Saturday night around 6:00. We were seated right away and it was crowded and LOUD. There’s no carpeting or soft surfaces so words, laughter and partying bounces all over the place. i dont know if it was where we sat or the acoustics, but we had trouble talking without speaking unusually loud. I grew up in NYC in a neighborhood with lots of Italian friends and eating food their mothers made and GREAT restaurants run by first generation Italian/​Americans, so I probably have different expectations and maybe I’ve been spoiled. BUT, I ordered the Veal Marsala with sauteed vegetables, and my wife ordered walleye dinner with the same veggies. The Veal cutlets were dredged in flour and sauteed, then marsala and mushrooms were added and somewhere along the road, it fell apart. Marsala was too sweet, flour on the cutlets wasnt quite sauteed enough so it was a gluey mess on the rubbery cutlet. Disappointing! The sauteed veggies, onion, carrots, summer squash, and peppers were done very well. My wifes walleye was heavily breaded and pan fried and served with a cream sauce along side, that tasted like light cream with lemon juice added. Nothing special, but who goes to an Ital restaurant and orders walleye? The bread was great, our cocktails were good and the service was good considering how crowded it was. We got our food in about 15 – 20 minutes. I gave 3 stars because all other reviews I read were generally favorable and we didn’t have anything with sauce or pasta, so our experience may have been an anomaly. I love veal marsala and have tried it in a lot of Italian restaurants, but it was so far from good and so many problems, I wont have it here again. BUT, I will try them again and have something a little more mainstream Italian and update my review.

My wife and I went on Valentine’s day. I ordered the Cioppino which is supposed to be served over risotto but was brought out over pasta instead. I’m not one to send dishes back but I had been looking forward to this dish since I had made the reservation the week before and having it over pasta just wasn’t as good. The management went above and beyond to make up for their error. Nobody is perfect (especially in the chaos that is Valentine’s day) and it was great to see the staff and ownership make amends for errors made. The food was exceptional as usual.

When I first sat down their was a short wait time as the restaurant was just opening and then they delivered delicious garlic bread with just the right amount of garlic. After eating the bread and ordering the food came. I had ordered the Lasagna. It arrived on two very hot, stacked plates bathed in sauce. The fact that the plate had been under the warmer was apparent as the thin, bottom layer of the sauce was stuck to the plate. The main problem of this dish was the excessive, though very good, amount of sauce. The Lasagna had meat, mushrooms, Ricotta cheese, and sauce. The mushrooms were few, the Ricotta cheese portion spot on, and the meat sparse. Overall it was good but could use more meat and less sauce.

Our neighborhood ladies group went for lunch yesterday and everyone loved it! I have been many times with my husband and have never been disappointed! We also used them for catering and was extremely impressed. The chicken Andiamo is amazing along with the lasagna. Some of the ladies were loving the pizza they got yesterday.
If you haven’t been to Andiamo yet, give it a try!

The atmosphere of the restaurant is good. I expected some Italian but didn’t hear any, they have a working fireplace which specially in the winter goes a long way to give a mood of comfort. Overall I enjoyed being there and the waitress I had was nothing but professional. If you’re looking for something a little different this place is pretty good, I had The chicken andiamo and it was a very interested flavor.

If i could give no stars i would. I have been there twice and that is going to be the only times i will ever go there. The first time i went it was a thursday evening. It took forever for us to get our drink order in. When i ordered my dinner i got some penne with sausage mushroom and pepperoni. On the menu that is excatly how it is listed so when it comes out covered with cheese i cant eat it since i cant eat dairy so they send it back to remake. Well waiting the other person has already finished there meal and we have gotten no refills or waitress coming around to even check on us. When the food finally came it was okay nothing to write home about. The second time i went with my husband ordered the same thing this time i asked for no cheese. When it came it is covered in cheese again so again i send it back. No apology was given for messing up my order in fact the waitress came over to us twice once to take our order the other to drop off the check. Horrible service so so food at the atmosphere that everyone has better things to do then to help you makes this one of the worst places i have been.

My family and I went on a Monday night and they were surprisingly packed. I made the mistake of filling up on the breadsticks before I even ate (which I do at almost every Italian restaurant — who doesn’t?), but they were super soft.
I got the penne alla basilica — it’s a pesto chicken penne and I definitely recommend it! The chicken was moist and the pasta was delicious and I got a generous helping. The only downside is that it was a little bit oily but overall delightful!

A few coworkers and I went to Andiamo for lunch on a Tuesday. The lunch specials were a great value, but there were only a handful of options to choose from. Typical of lunch menus, I suppose, but I couldn’t find anything I was dying to try. The underwhelming lunch menu was also evidenced by half of our party ordering off the regular menu.
The waitstaff should be trained to serve the needs of the lunch crowd. Most of us in the 8 – 5 working world need to be out the door at 12:50 during a lunch visit. The waiter should make sure we were not on a schedule before getting our drink order at 12:15, taking our lunch order at 12:25 and not delivering our meals until 12:50. This would have been fixed by simply asking, «Are you in a hurry today?» Why yes, we were.
I ended up ordering the chicken parmesan panini. It was incredibly dry, so if you are going to order this sandwich, ask for a side of marinara/​extra sauce.

Great lunch specials, seriously great deal. $ 7 for a Fettuccini Romano, add $ 1 for Broccoli. They also have pizzas, panini’s, salad/​salad (unlimited), and spaghetti with meatballs for lunch specials. All of them are less than $ 10.
This includes free fresh bread sticks. Service was attentive and frequent, there were a handful of other tables but I never had to wait for anything including beverage refills. The dinner prices are a bit higher but still average for the suburbs.

We went for the first time last Friday. We had a group of 9. We were shown to our table immediately and our waitress came right over. We had two KSTP coupons so this made ordering and the bills confusing. But our waitress handled it wonderfully! She was excellent.
Our food came out piping hot. We were given plenty of bread, which made the kids happy. The food far exceeded our expectations of a strip mall eatery.
The kids meals came with a generous amount of ice cream. We felt this was money well spent on a meal .
We will definitely be back to celebrate more special occasions!

Do you know how it is to meet everyone’s dietary restrictions today? I found my answer for that in Eagan in Andiamo. They have a load of vegan/​vegetarian dishes (which is always a case with Italian) AND gluten free. I think I have some kind of food God to thank for this.
It was a group of 8 people. Yes, it was Monday night so no restaurant was probably completely packed but nevertheless it was great that they were able to seat us immediately. And I already mentioned about gluten free but when I saw the menu and saw «most menu is gluten free» I still had to ask the server which one is gluten free because I just didn’t believe my eyes. Order placed and food was totally delicious. For appetizer, we ordered calamari and bruschetta. I didn’t sample calamari but judging from the fact that calamari was completely gone in a few minutes, it was good. Bruschetta was also good. Very garlicky.
For main course, I had roasted vegetable and goat cheese pizza (gluten free of course). Gluten free dough usually means very flat and kind of heavily chewy but this was done so the bread part was almost like fluffy crackers (rather than hard bread) if there is such thing.
Paying bill was the hardest part and it was purely because of our fault. But the waiter was very nice about it and accommodated our rather unusual request of how we split and he didn’t skip a beat when I admitted to him that we kind of screwed up in inquiry and he just redid it for us.
So we had a very nice outing. Thank you.

My wife and I had a $ 40 Groupon to this Italian place in a strip mall. They had these cool glass pieces that had Italian grape (Wine) things that gave a great ambiance to the establishment
I ordered an Inversion IPA to start it off. My wife ordered a pizza without cheese and oil. I ordered the Ciopinno (Seafood stew) My wife talked me into it, because we didn’t get it when we were in San Francisco.
The stew came out HOT! but it was great. When I say great, I mean one of the best dishes I have ever had.
The free bread came out and it was super garlicky. We both loved it!
Our waiter was awesome, he refilled my wife’s Diet Coke about 3 times.
I would normally never order an $ 18 dish, but we had money to spend. I spread the plethora of clams and mussels and shrimp and this thick risotto that was like a filet Mignon in pasta form. It melted in my mouth. It was possibly the best Italian dish I have ever had. The juice put a nice glaze on the two pieces of bread that comes out with it.
Then I tried my wife’s pizza. It was AMAZING! The crust was crispy, but the basil and tomatoes were like heaven exploding in your mouth.
And then Jesus said «You shall have delicious carbs and tomato with basil treat you like the good person you are.»
This place was awesome!