Arrivederci

Well. .. I would certainly give Arrivederci’s a 5 Star review for ambiance, design, décor, service, a warm, friendly greet by the female maitre di, and presentation of food. The food itself, however, was very average Italian fare and by far way over-​priced for what you get in flavor and cooking methods of the food. Portions were wonderful – not «abudanza» like Italian and Sicilian eateries should offer as if at Grandma’s for an early Sunday dinner, but reasonably large portions. Still nowhere near worth what one actually pays for it. I am a fairly accomplished chef and connoisseur of authentic ethnic foods and eateries. I also make polite conversation at the table about a restaurant’s chefs – even if the food is mediocre. It’s hard work to be an outstanding, creative and artistic chef. That said, the food in general at Arrvederci’s lacks pungency in its menu choices, has little richness of flavor and spices expected in Italian cooking, and is, well, simply boring. I was underwhelmed, to say the least.
I ordered the Portobello Reganato Con Fontina ($ 9.95) as an appetizer, billed as «the world’s largest mushroom topped with fontina cheese au gratin.» Indeed, I smiled because the description alone was worth ordering. Bread was complimentary and served by a young girl who delivered bread to tables as if she were a flower girl in a wedding. It was kinda humorous. A stereotypically older short Euro man in a white linen apron was the wine specialist. His Romanian (?) accent was very fitting and charming. The bread was cold and tasted like it had been sitting out in the air too long. Bread is supposed to be warm and covered in white linen when you pay these kind of bucks for food, Arrevederci’s!
Back to the Portobello Reganato Con Fontina. It was purely nasty. First, the mushroom was humorously small – not the largest in world! The stuffing and cheese were cold and bitter. Ok – can I say yuck as dollar signs on the bill begin to rise? My partner ordered Calamari and Gamberi Fritti ($ 12.95) as an appetizer to share with my daughter who, by way, was treating me to a belated birthday dinner. The Calamri were greasy, small in portion, over-​fried, and tough. Again – yuck! The marinara sauce was bland and lacked spice. If you want simply amazing and tender Calamari and Gamberi Fritti no one does it better than Tommy V’s in Scottsdale. Hands-​down the best fried calamari I’ve ever tasted outside Chicago.
All I kept thinking was, «Don’t let me enter your kitchen and show you how to cook authentic Italian food – and lots of it for customers.» This would be rude, of course. Thoughts to self (lol). I also ordered the Spaghetti Vongole, E Frutti Di Mare ($ 19.95). It was delicious. Not amazing. The pasta was average – not sweet and tender like fresh-​made pasta (and should be offered here). More like 99 cent store spaghetti noodles we all buy for at home. The Frutti Di Mare portion was OK – not worth what’s being charged – even given prep work and cooking by the chef. My partner ordered the Vitello Madeira Con Porcini ($ 21.95) – or veal scaloppini. He loved the veal. The mushroom risotto was mushy and overcooked. He also ordered cheese gnocchi instead of the vegetables that normally come with the dish. OMG – nasty, nasty, bitter and mushy gnocchi. He pushed it aside. My daughter ordered Polpette Alla Franco (Neapolitan meatballs – $ 16.95). Again, meatballs were OK – not great and full of spicy Italian flavor and juice like authentic meatballs should be, but reasonably good. Spaghetti pasta was average store-​bought dried pasta. The red sauce was OK too – not pungent or rich. Topped off with a ²⁄₃ cup-​size portion of Reisling ($ 7.75) for each of us and a delicious cannoli presented better than any of the food was, i’d say after writing this extensive review – don’t bother. Yes, yes, I could’ve just said that at first. But heck – I have to make a review worthwhile for those of you out there seeking details.

Eating dinner with the wife and this place has a wonderful atmosphere for a romantic dinner. It’s quite and the servers are quick and know the menu. Food is amazing and a must go place for Italian food.

I must have passed this place a thousand times and admired the cool sports cars outside of it. Finally decided to try it for lunch. There were two couples there who were having an early lunch just like us. The place was nicely decorated and had white tablecloths on every table. Very nice. We were served basil pesto in a deep, green, extra-​virgin olive oil that was a complement to the bread we were served. The pesto dip was really delicious although I thought it needed a few grains of salt to balance it out. The bread roll was puffy and crunchy on the outside with a nice texture inside. I like bread with holes and this one had it. We ordered chicken parm and hubby had a chicken cutlet with a slice of eggplant on it. The chicken was perfectly cooked and delicious. Each came with penne with a tasty tomato sauce. The penne were perfectly cooked al dente. The sauce was really good– as I like it not too sweet and not too acidic. Nicely balanced sauce, almost NY style. We didn’t have dessert but viewed the dessert menu for future reference. I saw that they have a ricotta/​mascarpone cheese cake on the menu that I will have next time around.
What surprised me was that the two lunches were $ 12.95 each and the total bill was totaled as $ 42 and change. What? That is quite a math error (?) –almost $ 16 over. Usually errors are a dollar here or there but not $ 16. The waitress could not explain the error but corrected the bill using a calculator. We did not under tip her as a result of this and this will not deter us from enjoying their delicious food once again. We prefer to believe that it was an accident error.

My husband and I ate here last night after it popped up on our maps. We were looking for a new place to try out. I really wanted to like this place but it was a disaster. I’m giving 2 stars because the lobster ravioli was great.
This place is very small which is ok we can deal with that. Our waitress was pushy and a bit rude. (Although I noticed her hugging several customers so maybe it was just us?) I can get over all of that. What bothered me the most was how dirty our silverware/​glasses were. My wine glass had pieces of food dried on the inside. I mentioned it and our waitress brought another one. Our silverware looked like it only passed the rinse cycle in a dishwasher. And at the end she brought us complimentary shots and my shot glass had fresh lipstick stains on it. I was shocked. For the cost of this place the least they can do is make sure what you’re eating off of is at least clean. It didn’t help matters that when I asked for a different shot glass our waitress had an attitude.
We didn’t feel very welcomed here and aside from good ravioli that’s all there was to offer. Interesting experience though!

I moved to California 7 years ago after living in Scottsdale 30+ years. Whenever I’m in town this is on my must do list. They still remember my regular dish: Veal with Gorgonzola Sauce. The server and the owner have been here since I first discovered this very, authentic Italian Restauant.
Beautiful ambiance, impeccable service and the BEST food… and at a reasonable price.
I go for lunch.

We were visiting from out of town and found this restaurant by chance while driving around. The atmosphere was lovely, the staff was so nice and the food was amazing! I had the eggplant roll ups and they were perfect! I was very pleased to find that had gluten free pasta as an option!

Excellent all across the board. The bread is amazing with the olive oil dip. My mother-​in-​law is from the central region of Italy and this is her favorite place to go they even gave us complementary limoncello as an apéritif amazing. My favorite menu item is probably the lasagna or the homemade ravioli. My 1 & only complaint would be the lemonade I understand this is definitely an adult restaurant but we always bring our kids as they are little foodies in the making. I can tell the lemonade is some sort of Minute Maid /​country time whatever & my kids drink it but they don’t really like it and as high class as this places I think everything should be top notch. May I suggest buying Simply Lemonade from Frys or Safeway? It’s really not that much more expensive and it literally tastes like it was made from scratch. Otherwise this place is perfection.

Gary O.
I took my wife to Arrivederci’s for her birthday 4÷15÷2016. Ordered a bottle of wine. I had a chicken dish while my wife had the veal. While eating, my wife felt something in her mouth and pulled out a single strand of hair about 6 inches long with a piece of veal stuck to the end! It was disgusting and certainly gross. Needless to say that ended our meal. The restaurant did credit both our meals. If that wasn’t bad enough though the restaurant seemed to put the brunt of this issue on the server which wasn’t her fault. They surely threw her under the bus. No manager or anyone in charge came over to speak to us and/​or apologize. Obviously, that is our last visit to Arrivederci’s! Be careful eating there.

Trying to keep it local, we went to Arrivederci for lunch today.
Upon walking in the door, we were cheerily greeted by someone as they walked into the kitchen. It took a few minutes to get seated. It wasn’t long at all and our adorable waiter, Kyle, stopped by the table. They had an eggplant special that sounded like it would be terrific if it were chicken instead of eggplant and a few other specials that sounded good — but we ended out ordering off the menu.
We both got the Gnocchi — the hubby got it as mentioned in the menu with pesto sauce, I asked for mine with the pink vodka sauce. Both were quite good (although, I do think I preferred the pesto). The serving size was so big that I only ate half (and a few pieces of bread to smutz around in the vodka sauce). Kyle brought me a box. Which I managed to leave sitting on the table. :(
damn it, I bet that would have re-​heated nicely
Anywho, place wasn’t busy — probably 3 – 4 other tables eating lunch and two on the patio having beverages. It was clean and a nice atmosphere (sort of what you’d expect an Italian place to look like). Once we got sat, the service was super.
We’ll definitely go again. I hear good things about the pizza, perhaps we’ll give that a try…?

Food and service were wonderful but it was louder than a longhorn bar on rodeo night. Ridiculous acoustics. My ears are still ringing. Way over capacity.

Great service and great food!
Wife and I went with our 3 kids. Ages 12, 9, and 7. All had fantastic meals and desserts! Kids selected a meal off the menu for half price (half size) and it was perfect.

As if there aren’t enough restaurants and more specific, Italian restaurants, in Scottsdale. We decided to celebrate my birthday here this evening. It turned out that it was almost several evenings. Specifically made a reservation through open table for 6:45. We arrived at 6:42 and was greeted by «Oh, well sorry it will be just a few minutes longer» After 32 minutes of «just a few more minutes and I’m sorries from the young hostess we were seated at 7:17 by the owner (?) and she reassured me that we would enjoy my birthday dinner. Well. She was wrong. We had waited so long that my 17 y/​o son chose not to eat since the hour was later and his diet. When the caprese salad showed up 21 minutes later it was edible at best. Finally the food arrived at 8:16. Starving was passed a long time ago and we paced our eating but still completed the veal limon in 9 minutes. The waiter offered dessert but we declined due to the hour.
Not another apology was made for the wait or delay, not a comp of a meal, not a birthday offering. At 2 hours almost exactly to when we arrived we walked out dissatisfied by the food and the restaurant. And $ 81 dollars lighter. This is not the first time but probably the last time we will go to Arrivederci. Went in to celebrate my 55^th bday and I think by the time we left I was about to celebrate my 56^th. Arrivederci to Arrivederci.

Was sceptical when I saw to many good reviews, thought they might be fake reviews.
Stopped in with my father for some desserts to kill half an hour and the service was phenomenal.
The price wasn’t as much as I expected for the quality and service. Much cheaper!
We will definately return for a full meal next time we are working in the area.

Christmas Eve Dinner we decided we’d check out Arrivederci.
The place was bustling with activity and every one seemed pretty busy but the service was flawless. They are a well oiled machine.
We ordered a bottle of their Chianti, hubs got the Lobster Ravioli and I got the Seafood Fra Diavolo. Once we ordered, both of us received a puffy freshly made roll to dip in their pesto sauce. Unfortunately, I felt the pesto sauce was lacking of flavor. But the bread in itself was so tasty, I ate it without complaint :)
Hubs’ Lobster Ravioli was very good with two bite sized pieces of lobster tail in the middle of the plate. However, I think he wasn’t filled after eating his whole meal since the dish only comes with approx. 6 or 5 raviolis. It was a bit light for him…
My Diablo was stupid good. I loved the level of spiciness and they were not stingy with the scallops and the shrimp either. I must say, between the Lobster Ravioli and the Shrimp and Scallop Fra diavolo, I’d the Diavolo anytime.
We both received a shot of Limoncello at the end of our meal which was a nice touch.
Well done Arrivederci. We will be back.

Very good food. The menu is pretty limited so check before you go. Good seafood, some poultry and minimal beef (which we liked…)Winner of the night was desert– the choccamisso — it was truly outstanding.
Service was good and the hostess was welcoming in spite of the holiday crowd.

Lobster Ravioli… I saw Unilocalers’ check in and read reviews. I came here to try for lobster ravioli. I studied the entire menu but can’t find lobster ravioli on lunch menu… I picked my backup dish…
I asked the server about the lobster ravioli and she said that is on dinner’s special but since they have them ready, they can serve during lunch too!
I started my lunch with caprese salad, which I split with my friend. They were kind enough to separate the plate after I told her I wanted to split the salad. I enjoyed the fresh taste of mozzarella cheese.
I also liked the pesto served with bread. Bread was freshly baked and went really well with homemade pesto sauce. I never though of using pesto for bread, but they went well together.
Lobster Ravioli… pasta was very good and enjoyed generous portion of lobster. Unfortunately sauce was a bit salty for my liking. I still ate all of them as pasta tasted good, so I asked for the second bread and ate the sauce separately with my bread.
Excellent service. We both had bags with us, and the server brought extra chairs for our bags next to our table. When we ordered espresso, she brought one at a time as she wanted to serve the coffee hot. I saw chocomisu on the desert menu, I would like to come back to order chocomisu (their menu said only one in the US to serve chocomisu, to the best of their knowledge).

We have visited this restaurant twice. We have not been disappointed yet. The pasta is made in-​house and it’s perfectly al-​dente. I recently had the lobster ravioli in a cream sauce. It was so tasty and delicious. I asked for more bread at the end to sop up my leftover sauce. The service there has always been wonderful. Friendly, professional and informative.

Love this place. Bern meaning to check it out for a while and finally had dinner here this week. Service was impeccable, wine list was decent, food was outstanding. I had gluten free chicken andushrooms with pasta… it was perfect. The other main dish we tried was pasta with seafood, also outstanding. Their coffee was delicious and Limoncello was also very good. Can’t wait to go back… quiet, delicious, relaxing. Just what we needed to find in our neighborhood.

I guess you have to be a local to love this place. Went there only because the resort we were staying at recommended it, included a free desert.
Service was not the greatest, nor was the food. Seemed like the locals got a little more attention and service. The food was average at best, your typical Italian local restaurant. The best part was the shot of limoncello they give you at the end of yoru meal.

This had to be my best Italian meal that I can remember having. I ordered the Lobster Ravioli, something that I normally wouldn’t have ordered, and it was delicious!
The service was excellent too! People that have complained about the service must have come on a very bad night or the restaurant read the reviews and made some quick changes. I seriously couldn’t have asked for more efficient service. The person binging the bread and waters almost had them both on the table before we sat down. We were asked several times throughout the meal if we wanted additional bread. Most restaurants make you beg for bread. We loved the bread and pesto, but declined because we had ordered appetizers and a salad, there just wouldn’t have been room.
All in all the 5 stars are for a nice dining experience, the meal seemed authentic, I thought the bread, pesto, calamari, Lobster Ravioli and my cappuccino were absolutely filling and worth the price. My fiancé thought his pasta dish «needed something», but this is my review and I wasn’t eating his food.