I'm slow to do this review, but I think it's worth noting why I won't be going back to this restaurant. Â My grandmother and I used to love coming here, her more than myself. Â We would usually go at lunch, but one night decided to go in for dinner. Â My grandmother ordered the "special" which was linguine and shrimp. Â I had my usual linguine with clam sauce. Â The reason for the 2 stars is that when I got the bill, her entree was $29.00. I about fell out of my seat! Â $15.00, maybe but $29.00 was crazy.
I never told my grandmother about this but whenever we talk about going out to eat, I always try and steer her to somewhere new.
Just had first and last experience here. Service was poor from the first minute in the door. Atmosphere was fine but waitress was busy enjoying herself sitting at a table with friends. Food looked good but heated unevenly and not warm enough. We decided to box it up and try again at home. I love to support local restaurants but I expect good food and service for the prices at Digiacintos. The value just isn't here!
Review Source:Yay! Â I am a fan! Â This place has great food, service and ambiance. Â The house wine is $6.50 a glass though, driving the bill WAY up. Â The appetizer was the tomato mozzerrela basil one, so good (although of course tomatoes ARE out of season), but very fresh and tasty. Â The pasta was excellent. Â All sauces made in house, so is the fresh bread. Â This restaurant is better than one or two I've eaten at in North Beach in San Francisco. Â Yay!!
Review Source:Ate here recently for the first time. Â I should start by saying that I'm not normally too into Italian food, especially overpriced Italian food (pasta has such a low food cost), but my boyfriend and I just flew through the whole series of the Soprano's and lately I've found myself craving it more and more. Â
Anyway. Â I had a half order of linguine with meatballs and my dining companion had a veal dijon dish. Â I basically thought it was boring. Â Noodles, red sauce (not as good as I've made at home), and one meatball sitting in the middle. Â For like eleven dollars. Â Yeah, I'm poor, but I think that would seem outlandish even if I wasn't. Â Boyfriend liked his (or at least pretended to so the 22 bucks it cost him wouldn't seem so sad). Â They give you bread and salad with your dinner, which is cool, but nothing to put on the bread except for little butter packets (olive oil, anyone?). Â I won't be suggesting we eat here again.
My last name is long & Italian like the name of this place - so I know what grandma's sauce REALLY tastes like, and this is as close as I am gonna get unless I start driving over the hill and thru the dale...
It's the details that makes the restaurant. Years ago, this was the ONLY place in Spfld one could get a real salami sub with real Italian salami (Volpi), on real Italian home made bread. That's the attention to detail the owner shows - I have no idea how much trouble it was for him to get the stuff back then, but he either got the right stuff or wouldn't put it on the menu, no compromises, no excuses.
The take out orders are done up like they should be - once again, detail, like the pickle wrapped up separate so not to get pickle juice on stuff.
This guy really, truly, selects the foods he serves - sub par, off brands, etc don't goto the table. And he makes sure it is prepared with the same detail. It really shows from the sauces to the veal to the beef cuts. Even the relish is a constant.
The atmosphere is really great, too. Same level of detail.
If someone offered to take me to any Italian place in Springfield, free, I'd pick this one over anyplace more or less expensive. This is the kind of place that you say on Monday "Let's go there Friday" and you look forward to it til Wednesday, can't stand anymore, and wind up there 2 days early, and by Friday you'll rationalize that was your original plans anyway...
Really, this is one of the best dinning experiences in the "metro" area, of any type.
Pretty solid place to eat if you have some extra cash. Wish I had some hardcore proof that the stuff comes from the owner's grandma, but the sauce doesn't exactly taste like its from the can...It has that very light, tomato taste with a bright red appearance and not watery. I've had their meatball sub, philly, and canaloni pasta. All were right on. The meatball sammy comes with 4 big ol meatballs and a ton of stretchy, melty cheese and what appears to be homemade bread-the same bread you get with the olive oil and garlic platter. The philly comes loaded up and, like the meatball is just good enough for $8.50. The canaloni with meat and mater sauce is nicely packed and extremely aromatic. The meat has a very strong fennel front, then a nice, smooth sausage taste, not spicy at all and the pasta is right there with it. Somehow, we ended up with the chocolate canoli for dessert. According to the waitress that too is homemade. You should probably splurge for this dessert as it is surprisingly light and will not make your stomach burst. It has lots of competing flavors and I could honestly do without the cherry cordial sauce that lines the plate. Its cool that they can make a nice sauce grid on the plate but it is absolutely not necessary.
Its pretty right on overall, but a place I would and will keep coming when someone else pays for it. There hasn't been anything that has blown me away here like at Brunos, and I'm not going to make someone pay +$20 for any veal dish to try and top my Bruno surprises. Overall I think its a bit pricy, but I'm also poor, so take that critique with a grain of salt.
My favorite restaurant of all time. I should really change my profile "last meal" section because it would basically be anything that DiGiaCinto's serves. Or everything...
Though everything on the menu is fantastic, my favorite dinner items are seafood ravioli, eggplant parmesan, and spinach lasagna. All are amazingly delicious! The owner, Sam DiGiaCinto, got all his recipes from his Italian grandmother, and you can't beat them. His alfredo is so rich and creamy, you can die happy after eating it. The tomato sauce is simple, yet fabulous. Not overfussed with unnecessary ingredients.
Lunch at DiGiaCinto's is great too. Their sandwiches (Philly cheesesteak or the Russo with hot pepper relish is my fave) are very tasty and satisfying.
The only bad thing about DiGiaCinto's? That they're not located inside my house.
Lo! My second Yelp cherry pop!
Every time a birth, death, wedding or other incredibly tragic or incredibly important event pries me away from my happy little home in SF and thrusts me back to the Ozarks, I make it a point to order my Springfieldian comfort food: nooo, not cashew chicken or Mexican Villa...the veg lasagna and tiramisu at DiGiacinto.
The sauce on the lasagna is obviously fresh, as are the lady fingers and cream in the tiramisu. I can't speak for the meat dishes, but according to my omnivorous friends the chicken marsala is among the best they've ever had. The lighting is right, the bar area is wonderful, and the piano player has the ability to bring me to tears. Be sure to ask to sit in the back; few people know about DiGiacinto, but those that do become regulars quickly and fill up the good spots back by the bar. Reservations are a must on Fridays and Saturdays. Good date spot.
Most definitely a diamond in the rough.
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