Augustino's Italian Restaraunt

Best Italian on Indy's south side!

Love the environment too.

Will definitely be back next time we're in the area.

We were pleased with the service and quality of the food.  We will be coming back even  though it is nowhere near our house.

Nothing special about the decor, but there is something special about the place.

Got in at 7PM on a Friday; seated immediately.  I ordered the smoked tomato & goat cheese dip, a glass of wine and fettuccine alfredo (mostly to benchmark the food).  The appetizer came in minutes, followed by a caesar salad then the main course.  The sequencing was a little off, but not really a big deal for a restaurant in this price range.

The goat cheese dip was really quite good.  It came with a loaf of bread as well.  All in all it was more than enough for two people (perhaps too much for two).  

Before I could get too carried away with the dip, the Caesar came.  It was delicious: dressing was very creamy, good flakes of parmesan and large "croutons" (unseasoned hard bread basically).  Despite the miss on the croutons and no offer of ground pepper (again, quite forgivable), it went down quickly enough to refocus on the dip and wine.

After a few more bites of dip the main came.  It was a perfect portion presenting very well.  That went down nicely too!

Now, all in all the food was higher quality and portioned larger than I expected, however, the staff made all the difference.  I asked for recommendations on every aspect of my meal and was given a nice variety of options - even on wine.

Speaking of wine, and I'll admit I am not a connoisseur, their wine list was larger than their menu.  I was quite pleased with what all was available.  If I lived in the Indy area I would definitely take advantage of their "club".  I'm sure if you go there you will learn about it, but it seemed well worth getting discounts for "repeat offenders" of their wine list.

Overall, I am quite pleased with the place.  The staff to ratio was above average, all were quite friendly and my experience was good.  Even the other diners were raving about everything from spaghetti and meatballs to lasagna.  Definitely worth a try, and I will likely revisit when I get back to Indy.