Antonio’s

We have been coming here for over 10 years — it reminds me of eating at my Italian neighbor’s house when I was a kid. You can smell the greatness from the parking lot. Ask anyone for help selecting a wine downstairs, David is great, but they are all very bright. I recommend choose something new — $ 5 corkage fee makes it a better selection than by the glass. I went outside the box and had the house calzone, it was huge and really good. My wife had the chicken piazzoli and was very happy as they accommodated her gluten allergy. We have eaten upstairs as well, more formal experience and the food is fantastic. We will be back…

I came here because I recieved a giftcard. I was excited to try it out because I love italian food, and I always hear people talking about this place. I was not disapointed! I really enjoyed my meal and the coffee was very good as well. I would recomend this place to anyone!

Great looking place and great customer service. A little pricey for some items, but portion sizes were good. I wish their dishes came with sides (For example, the eggplant did not come with any side).

Loved Antonio’s. The food is wonderful and the bread… oh, oh. Going back today for more excellent food and service by Mya made it a very good experience.

I had the Chicken Florentine Lasagna and it was pure heaven. This downstairs restaurant is inside a little market/​deli. I loved the atmosphere and my waiter was amazing. So when you first arrive you find a table and a waiter comes. I received my food about 10 minutes after ordering. I ordered the garlic bread as an appetizer. It was the best garlic bread I ever had. It had fresh garlic, basil, and oregano on fresh baked italian bread. I highly recommend this cute restaurant to everyone. Lake Lily is about 50 feet away (across the street). You can have lunch/​dinner and then a nice walk around Lake Lily. Enjoy!

Antonio’s is delicious. We have been going there for 18 years, since we opened our dance studio three doors down from them, and send our customers there as well. Thanks for the great food and atmosphere!

…it sort of depends on which part of the restaurant I am ranking! The downstairs portion is awesome. As everyone else mentioned, this is the casual «café» and it is awesome. It has this great vibe (like you are eating in the middle of an Italian market), with great (and fast) service, consistently solid food, the whole deal.
We went upstairs once and I didn’t think it was worth it. The food downstairs is just as good and half the price, so my advice is to stick with that :)

I LOVE this place! I’ve been here several times now, and always have a great experience. Now, they have an Upstairs and Downstairs, and when I’ve gone I’ve always gone to the Downstairs part. It’s like a little Italian market with a restaurant mixed in, and my favorite part is the seats outside that have a great view of Lake Lily. It’s a super fun environment for a good meal. I love their salads, and the pasta dishes I’ve had are fantastic. The chicken parmesan, though, was the best meal I’ve had at Antonio’s. So great. I also love coming in for just some dessert and coffee or a glass of wine. I love their tiramisu and chocolate mousse!
My favorite part is that they also have a huge wine selection. You’re able to walk the store, pick out your favorite bottle, and open it at your table or take it home for another occasion. They have a great selection. You can also purchase food to take home since it is a little mini Italian market.
The servers/​employees are always super friendly and fun. They really add to the experience, and are a big reason it’s always such an enjoyable time.

This is our favorite Italian restaurant. Not only is the food delicious but their staff is awesome.

I came by Antonio’s today for lunch with a friend. When I arrived originally, I didn’t realize there were different options between upstairs and downstairs, so I went upstairs and sat and looked through the menu. When my friend arrived, she told me that downstairs was much better and to come down. Since she’s been visiting Antonio’s every Thursday for 10+ years, I trusted her!
The atmosphere downstairs was really neat. Find a spot at a table between the store shelves. It’s small and intimate, but also feels bustling and unique. They bring homemade bread with olive oil and the bread is amazing. Crusty with soft insides and oh so perfect!
They had a handful of wine selections served by the glass and a nice lunch menu with salads, sandwiches, and pastas. I ordered the caprese sandwich with pasta salad on the side. The sandwich was good. Great bread and all of the ingredients tasted very fresh. My friend ordered the spinach salad with chicken and it was a huge portion and looked very tasty. I would like to come back and try their pizzas!
The parking situation was rough when I arrived. Perhaps there were large groups of people eating lunch when I arrived, but there was zero parking available. They have complementary valet available, but there was a line up of people and one person working the valet stand so it took me about 15 minutes to get into the restaurant from the parking lot. If I wasn’t meeting a friend, I would have definitely opted for another restaurant. Parking had cleared up when I was leaving, but it still took me at least 10 minutes to get my car back from the valet. If this is a common occurrence, I suggest better staffing the valet area to entice more people to visit! The inefficiencies and time waster is just a bit of a turn off.

I dined here for the first time tonight… and was very impressed!
I walked into the market part at the bottom because I had never been there. I was lost trying to find my way upstairs to meet up with the rest of my party and a man behind the counter helped me to get where I needed to be.
We had a bruschetta appetizer that was absolutely delightful. The bread was nicely toasted and the bruschetta part was great — tomatoes, red onion, extra virgin olive oil and fresh basil.
I ordered the Pollo Fiorentina and it was TO DIE FOR. One of the best chicken dishes I’ve ever had. Chicken breast topped with sauteed spinach and melted Mozzarella with a creamy white wine sauce — so delectable.
I love this place. I want to try the downstairs part for lunch one day and of course, return for dinner. It seems like a very romantic date spot as well.

OK, so this is two restaurants in one. The upper floor is home to a lovely bar and intimate upscale restaurant, while the lower half is a deli that has some tables and you can eat amongst the shelves of wine and packaged foods (much more relaxed). I have to say, I would have preferred to sit upstairs, but our party decided to eat down. The only advantage is that the wine is at your fingertips (and oh, boy, did we take advantage of that!!). Our food was really good, although I cannot recall what we ordered (refer to the previous wine comment). Admittedly, the draw to this restaurant, for me, has more to do with the company we kept, but it is still a great Italian meal with amazing Italian wines. And, honestly, isn’t that what it’s all about, anyway?

I am way late in writing a review for this place. Never had a bad meal here. Everything is always so fresh. My recent meal was the caprese sandwich. Big, juicy tomato, awesome ciabatta bread and perfectly made mozzarella. I especially love the olive oil dipping sauce for the bread they bring to your table. My only complaint is that the sandwich was HUUUUGE. When the waitress asked if there was anything she could get us, I said, «A bigger mouth!» So. Yeah. Go here.

I’ve been going to this place for lunch for years and I love that you eat inside of a little grocery store. Tables are scattered throughout so you’re never really sitting on top of the people at the next to you. Plus you get to «shop» while your sitting there. Pick us something for dinner from the deli case or grab a bottle of wine for those long afternoons back at the office. (Kidding. Totally kidding!)
They’re eggplant Parmesan, lasagna, and chicken sandwiches are all delicious. The service has always been good and the food always just how it’s supposed to be.
I’ve eaten upstairs at the «fancier» part of the restaurant but was disappointed by the options on the menu. I liked the choices downstairs much better. The food was ok but not spectacular and the service left much to be desired. I never went back upstairs after my one experience because I wasn’t «wowed» and downstairs was so much better!

Went last Saturday evening and received probably the best service I have ever had at any restaurant. I received an excellent warm greeting walking in the door, added to the waitlist, walked around the tattorie where I was greeted by a nice manager. That manger suggested various drinks up in the bar, up in the bar, was greeted by a nice bartender, I tried a new drink. and even though it was made right… it was not to my taste… and he made another that was perfect.
The downstairs manager came up to get my friend and I. I left to get seated… and another manager waited for my friend to pay the bar bill to escort her to the table.
The waiter was attentive and knew the menu. The food was superb. We shared the portabello mushroom appetizer… I would get that again… The main course was the sausage and spinach raviolli. Excelent… it was good reheated as left overs too.
If you are in the area of Maitland or Winter Park I would definitely recommend for a small or large party.

Antonio’s never fails to disappoint! This is by far one of my favorite restaurants. I’ve been here numerous times in the past and I’m glad to finally write a review. The lower level of Antonio’s is sort of a marketplace deli and grocery area. With shelves of unique deli items, such as italian pasta, sauces, fine cheese, wine, meats and many desserts, it’s a great place to pick up something quick to make at home or you can even get a slice of cake to-​go. And they make the BEST cannolis ever, you can also get these to go too!
The upstairs is more a of fine dining area that makes a perfect date night for anyone. They have a full bar and also have small rooms you can reserve for special events. We love this restaurant so much, my husband and I had our rehearsal dinner here in a small room and it was perfect. Each room also has a screen and projector, which we used for a video slideshow during our dinner. Also, if you decide to reserve a room, they also put together a set-​priced menu, which was very helpful.
A favorite of mine from the menu is the fried calamari for an appetizer, it’s fried, but it’s SO good! The complimentary homemade bread and olive oil with seasoning is For the main dish, the veal picatta and the veal marsala are divine. I would also recommend any of the fish of the day, or the wood grilled salmon, if seafood is your thing. Another thing to add is the waiters are on point, they are usually old-​world Italian waiters who are experienced servers.
All in all, between the linen table cloths, beautiful view of Lake Lilly, and delicious food and wine, this restaurant the perfect go-​to for a date night or group setting. Also, try the dessert if you have room!

Wow. I’ve been upstairs (about 2 years ago) and remember it being good but a bit out of my price range for a normal dinner out. I’d been wanting to try the downstairs café and when I decided we deserved an Italian treat we went for it.
I got confused when we walked in because there’s 3 entrances and we didn’t come in the one where the ‘hostess’ counter is. I flagged down someone walking by and he tried to find someone to seat us, gave up, and told us to grab a table. I’m still not sure how that process works normally.
The café itself is cute, filled with Italian products and wines. The tables are a bit close together but it wasn’t loud so it was not bad to be close to other parties.
We ordered glasses of wine and then had salads — a house with creamy sun-​dried tomato dressing (homemade) and also a Caesar. The salads were crisp and fresh and the dressings were tasty. The were also pretty large portions which made me happy. I love salad.
For entrees we ordered a chicken Parmesan and the cheese ravioli which comes with a sun-​dried tomato cream sauce. There were a lot of raviolis and it filled me right up. The chicken was huge and came with a good portion of spaghetti. For the price, the portions were large and overall the food quality was very good.
I wanted dessert and we generally order cannolis. This time we got one of those and also a tiramisu. I wanted the bread pudding but it takes 20 minutes or something and we were trying to get to a movie. I loved the tiramisu and it was also a large portion. The cannoli was good but had a slightly lemony flavor and I prefer mine with chocolate chips mixed into the filling which this one did not have. I probably wouldn’t order it again but that’s personal preference, not that it was bad. The tiramisu I would eat daily if calories and fat were meaningless!
The server was nice and unobtrusive. I was very satisfied with my experience here and we even got a bottle of wine to take home. I’d go back in a heartbeat.

I dropped by to pick up a few items I needed since I was in the area so I will not write up one of my long winded reviews like I usually do. I will just wait until we dine here again and will just stick to telling you about their deli market.
If you are an old school Italian cook, Antonio’s will have what you need or order what you need. EVERYTHING in that market is TOP NOTCH and they use what they sell to make their food.
Today I just needed some pasta, a loaf of bread and I snatched the last jar of cherry bombs off of the shelf. I have bought many items from there over the last few years and have NEVER EVER been disappointed with the quality of the products they offer. The customer service there is 5 star and ALL of the staff have EXCELLENT customer service skills from what I have experienced.
My ONLY complaint is they are about 30 minutes away from me but I am ALWAYS glad to make that drive when I need something from their market!

This review is coming from an Italian American, and I can say hands down this is the most authentic Italian restaurant I’ve been to. The service is impeccable, the ambiance is elegant but cozy, and the food…(drool).
The complimentary homemade bread with olive oil and herbs is perfect. We started with the caprese which is made with BUFFALO mozzarella. This type of mozz is made from buffalo milk which has a higher fat content than cow milk and makes it oh so smooth and creamy… Most restaurants do not bother to carry this!
The salmon is delicious, perfectly cooked and the portion is huge.
The chicken parm… all I can say is it was the size of my head, and I had to take 90% of it home for lunch the next day.
Try this restaurant for a romantic night out or a family dinner… you won’t be disappointed!

I have heard about this restaurant for years, but never been there until a couple of friends suggested it for last night.
We got there around 6p and headed upstairs to the bar that overlooks Lake Lily. We were prompted greeted by our waiter and order several drinks as well as appetizers. For appetizers we had pigs in a blanket with Italian sausage and an artichoke dish — both were very good.
It was such a nice evening (and they had heaters) we decide to dine al fresco on their upstairs patio. We started off with the calamari which was excellent, not very greasy and had nice flavor. Next, we moved on to the main course which was eggplant parmigiana for me. I’m always in search of an excellent eggplant parm and this did not disappoint. In fact, it was one of the best I’ve ever eaten!
My husband had the gnocchi which was also some of the best I’ve tasted.
Service was wonderful as well.
I would highly recommend this restaurant is you’re seeking good Italian in the Central Florida area.