Paradiso Ristorante

Well done. Great service and great food. I had the pork loin and it was excellent. Restaurant was busy but our server was always on top of things.

Okay– I’ve been coming to Paradiso’s for 15 years, it’s a «date-​night» setting. I’ve also been adventurous and tried the specials regularly– generally speaking, very awesome! Tonight I bring «out of town» guests to enjoy what my wife and I have been enjoying for more than a decade… And I was insulted with a 75-​cent «up charge» (first time ever) for Gorgonzola & Oil salad dressing for the salad which accompanied my $ 20 plate. SERIOUSLY? I thought it was a misfit joke until I saw the check– and there it was… an up charge of $ 1.50 for two Gorgonzola dressings. So I spent $ 125 for an amazing dinner ruined by insulting me with a 75-​cent up charge for salad dressing. SERIOUSLY– SubWay charges 75-​cents for a packet of salad dressing for a $ 5 sub, I get that. This is just ignorant and makes me wonder what else they’re doing to save 75-​cents… Maybe thinning the liquor, watering down the coffee or charging extra for a refill? What next, an up charge for the cloth napkins? C’mon Paradiso’s… Really? I’ll take my business to Liberatore’s from now on, my patronage is worth far more than 75-​cents to them!
I gave this a 2.5 because the food really is good, but I won’t go back. You just cannot trust a place which makes this kind of a policy. Totally insulting!

Been here several times and always a home run. Who would have thought you could get Italian this good in the middle of now where MD but you can! The patio when weather permitting is great, If the weather sucks then there is the really nice room upstairs. Modern with out being cold or harsh. The food is always on point, the pasta is fresh, the wine list is deep and they always have a fair number of creative specials to choose from. Its the real Italian deal.

Had a wonderful dinner this evening, fried green tomatoes topped with eggplant, buratta cheese and their homemade pesto. I can not tell you how really wonderful the meal was. Service as usual was top notch drinks the best in town. Over and over again I would return to Paradiso.

Love this restaurant. The food is fabulous. The booth seating is the most uncomfortable seating of anywhere I’ve ever eaten. I asked my last waiter if people complained. His reply «yes». Highly recommend this restaurant, if you don’t sit in the booths. Really, really, uncomfortable.

It’s ok but I feel like its overpriced for what it is. Never really got the hype of Paradiso but it has been around Westminster a long time so obviously other people have differing opinions

Very good food. Great Italian dishes for a night out. Nice upstairs dining room. Saw the bar/​lounge area, but didn’t go in. Will definitely go back.

Came in for lunch. got 2 salads sausage sub and chicken parm with spaghetti. the food has fresh and hot all very tastey. the salmon salad was pretty and delicous. Jacob our waiter was excellent, friendly, and well mannered.

Given the price range and aesthetics of this place, my expectations were rather high. The first disappointment came when I explored the menu here on Unilocal.Turns out the explore the menu link takes you to a menu that they no longer serve. There were many things on that menu that I wanted to try, but when I looked at the menu on their website I saw that none of which were on it. I decided to get two small plates, so that I could try more than one thing. I got the bruschetta and a salad. The salad was interesting, because I had originally requested they make me a salad off the explore the menu with arugula and goat cheese etc. However they didn’t have any of those ingredients so they offered to make me a salad with a bunch of vegetables on it. Literally. The bruschetta was very disappointing, big hunks of bread with only a sprinkling of a few pieces of tomato and then smothered in melted cheese? I’ve never had bruschetta with melted cheese, and I won’t again. It takes away all the freshness nuance that the tomato brings to the dish. The salad was just ridiculous. I really think they through everything on that salad. It was on bed of mixed greens w/​artichokes, mango, asparagus, tomatoes and who else knows. Let’s just say, the flavors did not go together!
Will I be returning? no probably not. My only regret is not trying one of their desserts as it looks like they have a pretty decent bakery.

They try, but the execution of their gluten free pasta is pretty bad. When it became evident that the pasta was so undercooked that it was crunchy and inedible they were nice enough to take off the dollar extra I paid for the gluten free pasta. Management fail.

Best (Italian) Restaurant in Westminster. I eat lunch here at least 2 times a week. Don’t even worry about reading the menu for lunch, just order one of the daily specials. Great for dinner too. Prices are definitely below other fine dinning throughout MD.

We’ve been here a few times, and the quality has always been basically good and occasionally very good. The specials tend to be prepared with the best and most seasonal ingredients. Sometimes the basic Italian dishes can be a little bland, but the atmosphere and service are consistently great!

This pasta paradise is a delightful surprise hidden off Main Street in the rather low-​key, off-​the-​beaten path center of Westminster. Despite considerable fanfare on «Best Italian Restaurants» lists, we found the restaurant only half-​full on a Friday night.
Our server was incredibly personable, and the simple, non-​ostentatious dining room was an ideal setting for an evening of la dolce vita.
The pastas were out of this world. The swoon-​inducing evening special was a papparadelle with crab and asparagus in an Old Bay cream sauce. Any one of those ingredients would have formed a satisfying repast… but all of them together were a marvelous treat. The crab was sweet, tender and amply tossed throughout the dish, and the cream sauce was otherworldly with just enough Old Bay to be dangerous.
We also had a more straightforward shrimp and scallop cappellini with cream sauce — smooth and silky without being rich, studded with extra-​large pieces of gently sauteed seafood.
The warm chocolate lava cake for dessert was the perfect ending.

I definitely do not understand why this was voted «best Italian» in Carroll county. The side salad was yummy. Then we got the chicken margherita which sounded delicious with chicken, mushrooms, and sundried tomatoes in a marsala wine tomato sauce but it actually means two bland chicken breasts next to a pile of bland angel hair pasta all floating in an incredibly runny «tomato» sauce. I literally had to use my spoon to taste the sauce because it wasn’t sticking to any of the food and it was clear neither the pasta, the chicken breasts or the mushrooms had been cooked in it. Maybe I could excuse one bad dish and try this place again but nearly every plate I saw going out had a giant pool of runny «sauce». Anyone’s who’s been to Italy knows that is NOT Italian! The prices were pretty steep for Westminster too. The best part were the drinks from the bar and the mousse for dessert.

After dinner here recently, my companions and I looked at each other and said «why did we wait so long?» Our party had fettucine with spinach and lump crabmeat, chicken with lump crabmeat in a cheesy cream sauce, and penne in vodka sauce. The server was attentive but not obnoxiously hovering, and quick with drink refills, grated cheese or more bread. Chocolate soufflé and chocolate mousse rounded out a filling, and satisfying in all senses, evening with friends. Already looking forward to another visit in three weeks!

First time here. Very impressed with the menu, price and service. I had an amazing alfredo dish and my wife had stuffed shells. Both were excellent.

Upscale Italian in this tiny town can be found at Paradiso, but the prices are a bit extravagant. I had a nicely-​cooked piece of salmon over a bed of asparagus and carrots.
The building is nicely laid out, and the servers are extremely accomodating. The small town feel is accentuated when locals greet each other at tables. Teenagers in prom gowns and tuxedos laughed over pricey dishes, and families celebrating a Saturday night together were scattered throughout the two floors.
All in all, I liked it just fine, but I won’t be begging to go back.

Unlike the previous reviewer — I have been disappointed at Paradiso. A few months back our small family went on a whim, and we ended up over $ 100 for a meal McRuby-​Apple-​Garden would have been lucky to charge $ 30 for. Which was exactly my experience the time before that (you’d think I’d learn…).
To be fair, my wife and I had a far better experience this past Saturday night. I don’t know, I guess we intended to slum it at Olive Garden, and showed up to find prom night going on. So we sauntered over to Paradiso instead. Maybe my expectations were just low. But my pasta dish (penne with broccoli, olive oil, garlic, chicken and lots of romano) was quite tasty, and my wife got some halibut special that had her swabbing every last bit of the sauce from the plate. No wine or appetizers. Total damage around $ 40.
2 stars for the previous experiences, 4 stars for this experience, let’s call the whole thing just plain old average 3.

I have never been disappointed at Paradiso’s. Clean, friendly and well priced for the quality. The salmon is my favorite with a salad and there awesome house dressing. Highly recommend!