Nick’s

Came in at happy hour and the bartender was extremely rude. The food is mediocre and is well over priced for what you get (hence why i go only for happy hour). The restaurant is under staffed and is not very accommodating. Try Rusconi’s across the street much better.

Love this Italian restaurant. If yo have eaten in restaurants in Italy this is the place to go. The specials were made to perfection and even the chicken parm off the menu melted in your mouth. The wine suggested by our server when perfect with our meal and the tiramisu was as good as advertised. The service was excellent. This restaurant has made it to our list of favorites.

Excellent service, the atmosphere was inviting and welcoming– the food was outstanding. We just spent the day traveling from Washington DC and we wanted to sit, relax and have a good meal. We will go back!

My husband & I have been eating here for many years — I think almost 10 years. We LOVE their food & LOVE that we are supporting a LOCAL BUSINESS.
Orlando is our favorite waiter! Miguel is always very helpful too!
I went Gluten Free 5 years ago and was SOOO happy, when I found out that Nick’s had GF pasta back then!:-)
Some of my family’s favorite dishes are: chicken Marsala, chicken Parmesan, Alfredo sauce with pasta side dish, Lamb chop special, seafood Ciopino, clams with linguini, veal Marsala.
They have amazing specials that change daily.
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND NICK’s!

While the service was excellent and the ambience was nice, I would never go back here. The food is HORRIBLE. My fettuccine noodles were thick and doughy, the chicken was boiled and funky tasting and the sauce was watery and not creamy at all– no butter or cream. My husband’s Bolognese was bland and tasteless and, again, the pasta was doughy. Olive Garden is way better than this place. Don’t waste your money here.

Enjoyed another good meal with friends.
Nick’s is a gem of a neighborhood restaurant. The menu is varied, something for everyone and tasty. Not gourmet, not fancy– but consistent.
Only once was I disappointed in my
Dinner. And that’s not bad odds considering we are regular patrons since they opened many years ago.

I work next door to Nicks and frequently get food at this location. Last night after paying and picking up my food I noticed that on my CC statement it had two charges for that evening. When I went next door to find out why the hostess told me that she had not charged me enough for my chicken breast and that her manager charged my CC after I had left and SIGNED only one slip. I was not called, she didn’t walk next door to inform me and when I told her this was illegal she said she would speak to her manager. Very pissed off and never eating there again. I will contest the erroneous charge with Chase. You cannot run a persons CC just because you made a mistake with your food billing. It would have to be a signed slip and there was none. I will not recommend this place to anyone EVER again.

Not sure how many stars to go with here. Food is good, but service is worse than terrible, so this review is for the service only. This is a very small place (which I will harp on) so there is absolutely no way to miss anyone who has been seated.
1) Sat and waited for water (busser looked at us and walked by half a dozen times and never brought any)
2) Completely ignored by the server (3 tables and 1 booth had people). This place is small enough to be able to talk to anyone from where you are sitting, so there is no way to miss someone has been seated.
3) Finally came over to get our drink order which by this time we knew what we wanted and we’re ready to order (by the way, you get bread w/​2 small plates for the oil and pepper)
4) Didn’t take our food order, just the drink order. Our menus were down and any server worth their money would have known we were ready to order
5) Took way too long to get our drinks — Ice Tea for cripes sake
6) Once the drinks came he wanted to know if we needed any time to look over the menu — really?!
7) Food took so long we were wondering if they were rolling out the dough, waiting for it to rise, roll out again so they could make the noodles
8) Heaven forbid you want a refill on your drink, which we had to get his attention for
9) Checked on us one time
10) Our dirty dishes sat on the table, he or the busser never took the dishes away to make room for our meals, so we had to squeeze room for him to put down our meal plates. He didn’t want to take them from me
11) Finally came over and we asked for to-​go containers, which took so long to get we were wondering if someone had to run out and buy them
12) Food in the containers, we sit and wait and wait and wait for our bill.
You would think we had ordered something complicated. A chicken alfredo for my son and a salad for me. The only reason we stayed is because he likes the food and he was taking his mother to dinner.
The server was so busy talking with the other guy that working wasn’t something he or the busser knew how to do. They are 20 feet away, I’m trying get his attention, he keeps looking at me and nada. We had 2 other parties come in 15 minutes after us, get taken care of and were done with their food and out the door before we could get a refill on drinks.
I prefer not to go here because this is not the first time I have had to go with family and had such horrible service, but my son likes the food. I would suggest doing carryout so you don’t have to tip the server for such pathetic service. Told my son I’m not going back here, period. Really, this place is so small that someone sitting at one of the high top tables in ‘bar’ would be able to talk to people on the opposite wall. Busser and server has to walk past every table to get around.
The worst service I have ever had anywhere. We’d come here to get food and some service, if I had known that I was supposed to get up and do his job, I would have.
We always tip on service and I didn’t want to leave this guy a dime, he didn’t earn it, but my son left him something anyway.
This should have been 45 minutes tops for dinner, but lasted 1.5 hours. I would NEVER recommend this place to anyone for dining in.
For us this is a neighborhood restaurant, only 1mile down the street. I’ve waited a few days to write this review because I was so disgusted at the disrespectful service.

Such an awesome restaurant. I love so many things I couldn’t begin to list, I’m a picky eater so that’s big for me. They have amazing customer service, great food and strong drinks. Highly recommend this restaurant for a date night, you’ll end up a regular!

Second time trying the restaurant. Offered me water but no bread for 40 minutes. Service was poor. Had their wedding soup but it was super salty and not edible. My shrimp scampi was also extremely salty. The noodles were almost uncooked. Very disappointed. My friend spoke so highly

Since I moved to Phoenix I’d been looking for a good little italian place with some authenticity, like a place I loved in my hometown.
Nicks totally fits the bill, the food is good and the staff is friendly.
One of my favorite foods is Caprese, and I especially love finding places that make it well, which Nick’s does. The Mozzarella en Carozza is very good too, though I’ll admit it wasn’t quite what I was expecting.
I can’t remark on the pasta because I don’t eat pasta these days, but it looks and smells amazing.
It is a little pricey for my tastes, but so was the place in my hometown, so no surprise there.

Delicious, authentic Italian food. It’s usually pretty busy but I’ve never waited long to get my order. My family has been coming here for years and it is always a great experience.

Not really moved by the previous negative reviews — this is an EXCELLENT Italian restaurant! It was packed last night (4÷17÷15) and we were lucky to get a table immediately. Great service — delicious food — excellent wine. One ciopp ino and one linguini puttanesca along with a glass of Orvieto and a glass of Chianti and we were very happy people, Portions are very large, so there was enough another meal. All was great and we WILL be back!

We frequently travel to the Phoenix/​Scottsdale area and often find ourselves at Nick’s to get some Italian food to take back to the hotel (it’s only a short distance from where we stay). This particular Nick’s is near the intersection of N Tatum and E Shea. It’s on the small side and dimly lit, but provides a nice, intimate atmosphere. There is some bar seating, which is great if you’re just looking to grab a couple drinks there and dinner to go.
The food has been hit and miss for me. Their lasagna is fantastic, as are some of their other dishes. That said, the last time we went I was very disappointed with their calamari fettuccine (I got it with the white sauce). Given that the sauce was being paired with seafood, I expected a light, but flavorful sauce. Although light, this sauce was far from flavorful. It was essentially a bland, light cream sauce – no garlic, wine, or any other hint of flavor to be found. The calamari itself was tender enough, but overall, I was not very satisfied with the dish.
The service can be hot and cold as well. A couple trips ago, we came in about half an hour before closing, and we were constantly reminded that the kitchen would be closing soon and we needed to hurry up and make up our minds. This past time, we sat at the bar and the bartender was extremely charming and attentive. It just depends on the day you catch them, I guess.
We may stop into Nick’s again in the future, but given our mix of experiences, we’ll be trying out some new Italian places in the area to see if we can find a new regular place to grab dinner.

Took the family for a birthday dinner,
Bread was the starter and olive oil this was the best part of dinner.
Started with blue cheese wedge — average at best only a couple red onion slices and two tomato slices — no cucumber no bacon, no crotons.
Other order was eggplant with pasta it was again average at best — egg plant was paper thin not recommended. The other dinners were chicken parmigiana and veal were better choices but still subpar dishes – , they are really cutting corners with quality —maybe there trying to attract tourists but not locals– I give over under in 2 years.
As I checked in I received a 20% off for one entrée and the waitress had to take my phone and track down the manager to verify my $ 4.00 discount– LOL – How funny and very unprofessional is that– chasing the manager through the kitchen with my personal phone thinking I was trying to get over for $ 4.00 – unreal! Just think average plate is 25 plus if I was worried about money I would of chosen a chain restaurant (Olive Garden is a better choice and quality is better) try Michelinas, Guidos, or Giuseppe, Maggianos, Tutti Santi by Nina’s, North Restaurants all in Scottsdale /​North Phoenix are all close by.
I’ve eaten here before and this establishment is going downhill– there are many better choices than Nicks — and I will never return – don’t waste your money or time!
The good news was the waitress Toni was attentive and polite but so are most professionals. I don’t think that the company has long term plans.

My fiancé and I were really feeling like good Italian food and decided to choose nicks because it was the closest and decently priced.
ordered the lasagna, pesto penne, and gnocchi for takeout and told 15mins (wow that seems really fast.)
first the lasagna looked like a hot mess. tasted alittle bitter and that it was Microwaved.
pesto penne was really really bad in my opinion. couldn’t get over how much pesto was in it. i get its suppose to have alot but it just didnt taste right
now the gnocchi was ok but tasted bland and the marinara was like they went to food city and bought faux marinara. also microwaved it seems
i usually try any place twice but nope not this one.
overall olive garden or even oreganos beats this place out of the water. SHOOT i could do a better job in my kitchen

First off– service was outstanding. Ate at the bar — bartender was quick with attention, friendly, and had good recommendations. There is a reason why she seemed to have many regulars at coming in and out.
Was offered bread immediately upon sitting, but declined– did hear others in the restaurant raving.
Food was good. Had the calamari with linguini in white wine sauce. The calamari was tender and well cooked (grilled) linguini was cooked to perfectly. I likely would have tried the red wine sauce next time– the white wine sauce was «lacking» something. I’m a «bigger» guy and the serving size was MORE than enough and they didn’t skimp on the calamari.
Salad was fresh and the right size. Oil and vinegar was seasoned well. Add blue cheese crumbles to the salad, it is worth it.
Chianti was good, liquor was strong selection for a smaller bar set up.
Food price was below what I would have guessed. Wine was a little pricier — scotch (Oban) at 14 $ a pour is a bit much ($ 55 – 60 a bottle)
Quiet restaurant…

Always delicious always on point staff. I have been at this location the most (other ones a couple times each).
Ingredients to a nice relaxing atmosphere is what nicks is all about. Thanks Nicks, and evviva!

I have been to Nick’s twice. I waited to write this review until after my second visit. I went with different people on each visit and our reactions are the same. This place is easily overlooked and deservedly so.
The food: subpar. The free bread they bring you when you sit down is cold, flavorless, and a total waste of stomach space. This would be even more of an offense if the entrees were worthy of stomach space. The dinner salad ($ 5) is extremely simple– green lettuce with maybe a teaspoon of balsamic with some sliced cucumber and sliced Roma tomato around the plate. The entrees my company and I have ordered are the gnocchi with pink sauce, fettuccine Alfredo, and chicken spinach tortellini. All a waste of stomach space. You have to ask the waiter about which pastas are homemade. The menu says they are all homemade but only the fettuccine, linguini, and gnocchi are homemade.
The iced tea tonight was rancid. Even our waitron recognized that something was seriously wrong. He didn’t charge us for them which was appropriate.
The service: standard. Enough said.
Skip dessert. Skip this place altogether.
Hopefully some day I’ll find a nice neighborhood Italian place to go to. This isn’t it. Twice was enough– won’t be returning.

(See my posted business photo for reference.) I had an excellent first time experience here at Nick’s for dinner. We were very pleased with the service from our Host/​Waiter: Orlando and the entire staff. I have to RAVE about my dish, the linguini seafood cioppino with garlic wine sauce and their homemade tiramisu! IF you LOVE seafood you MUST order this, for $ 20 I was extremely impressed with the Quantity and Quality. It comes with jumbo tiger prawn shrimp and muscles in a ½ shell, I want to say there were about (4) each and an ABUNDANCE of clams and tender squid. It was so wonderfully balanced with the seafood and the light garlicky wine sauce I was in heaven and enjoying every bite. There was so much of it that I only ate half and had the other for another serving the next night. Their tiramisu is very smooth and is perfection. I loved this smaller restaurant, the décor, food and the customer service is great!
Other patrons were enjoying themselves and their food. It was nice to see the variety of dishes being served and the happy faces that enjoyed the flavors and the same Host: Orlando.
I was reluctant in trying this place due to the average reviews on Unilocal were MEH, but I am so happy I finally tried this grand place. It’s now my new favorite place aside from Ocean Trail at Talking Stick. I will be back 100% and awaiting for a great deal to come by since I also passed that up too when it was offered on Groupon.
Thank you Nick’s and Staff for a perfect dining experience! :)