Have eaten here several times now, one of our new favorite places in E'ville.
We have tried the bolognese, bruschetta, pizza, spagetti & meatballs (Meatballs the size of baseballs!) and spedini. I am a big fan of their tomato cream sauce, very rich and delicious--yum! Â The salads are very good also, very tasty dressings on both the (pietra?) and the spinach. The servers are friendly and the food comes out promptly. Good value for the price--highly recommend.
I was pretty impressed with Sugo's. Â I hadn't heard a lot about this place before going and some of the reviews were last than spectacular. Â We met some friends for dinner on a recent Saturday evening here. Â It was a great experience. Â My wife opted for the Chicken Scallpine. Â She was delighted. Â I had the Shrimp Griglia. Â It was wonderful. Â The service was great as the staff were friendly and took their time explaining the menu. Â The menu is a little short but they make up for it in food.
Review Source:Update: Ate there again with family 2/24 Sunday evening. Specials are good and recommended. The $18 bottle of house wine is the best deal (at top of menu) if you don't want to spend $30+. I had the chicken alfredo and it was good. Seafood canneloni was excellent. Spaghetti and meatballs had massive meatball mountains but the eater said it was very good. About the runny sauce in some menu items - they actually say it's a brothy sauce which is what that means. Our server was excellent and attentive and knew her stuff (including good pronunciations of Italian names, nice).
Review Source:My wife and I went Sugo's with somewhat muted expectations, given some of the reviews, and we were really impressed by the entire experience from start to finish. Â This is a well thought out restaurant in many respects, and I think some of the differences between this experience and other Italian restaurants in the area will serve them well.
The first thing I noticed about Sugo's was the spare menu. Â Their choices are limited, although pretty much every important Italian cuisine category was represented, albeit with fewer choices per. Â But look them up and check out their menu. Â For me, a limited menu is often a good sign that a restaurant has made a business decision to offer fewer choices, but to really execute what they do decide to serve decisively and well.
Next, the service was really spot-on. Â Our waitress (Tiffany) was pleasant and informed, and answered the couple of questions we had regarding the menu with obvious pride in the restaurant's offerings. Â She explained that everything is prepared fresh everyday, the meatballs, the sauces, the bread made on site, etc. Â She obviously believes in what she is serving, which is always nice.
The business about all the food being prepared fresh answered the issue of the limited size of the menu. Â When you are going to make everything anew everyday, you have to make choices about how much you can execute well day after day, and your menu has to reflect those choices.
Last night (Friday 2/22) my wife had the mushroom pasta, and I had the seafood pasta. Â Mine was really good, and I'll definitely get it again. Â My wife's mushroom pasta was truly awesome... something unique that you won't find at what might seem like similar restaurants. Â You gotta like mushrooms to love this one, and the roasted garlic is a prominent flavor, too. Â But this was one of those dishes that makes you just look at one another across the table and say, "Wow!" Â It is so good, so earthy, and the mushroom broth light yet substantial. Â I'm getting that the next time we go!
We were full after the pasta, so we ordered the Tiramisu to go. Â Later in the evening we divided it up and dug in. Â Delicious. Â My wife said it might be the best Tiramisu she's ever had.
One other thing that was a fun bonus: Â The general manager, Micah, came over to ask how dinner was. Â We struck up a nice conversation, and it was a pleasure to meet him.
Oh, and by the way: Â The house wine ($18 a bottle) is a quite decent table wine to go with the pasta, and a bargain at that price. Â Truth is, the whole experience seemed like a bargain at this price point... which is why I suspect we might become regulars of Sugo's!
I'll close by sharing a couple of thoughts about some of the negative reviews. Â I think many Americans eating Italian fare are used to the big, thick sauces, Alfredo that has the consistency of grandma's sausage gravy, etc. Â But just as there are differences in American cuisine, from the generally light Pacific Northwest seafood, to crispy-crusty Southern fried chicken and creamy grits, there is a lot of variety in Italian cuisine as well. Â It's all a matter of one's personal palate, but I like the lighter more brothy sauces sometimes. Â If one doesn't care for that style of Italian cooking, that's fine. Â But I still found that the food was well executed.
One reviewer recommends going to Bella Milano instead, which is certainly fine to say, as by nature restaurant reviews have some elements of subjectivity to them, and my pick may not be your pick. Â But to assert that Bella Milano has "better food... similar price... better atmosphere" is to ignore that there are important differences between the two offerings.
My wife loves Bella Milano, and I like it "ok," too. Â But we were both impressed with Sugo's tonight, and really think that they have found a unique sweet-spot that will make them an Edwardsville fixture for a long time to come.
We had a lovely meal here, the Sugo pizza is really delicious! The tiramisu dessert was also great. My husband had the shrimp and butternut squash risotto special (which I tasted) and it was amazing!
The service was really great, our server Melissa was super personable and anticipated everything we needed before we even asked for it.
We will definitely be back!
We came in for dinner this evening and were pleasantly surprised. Generally, chain Italian food is merely passable at best. This, however, was quite good. Everything was flavored well and nothing had that Cisco truck taste. Â The menu is small, but it appears that what few dishes they do, they do well.
The only problem we experienced was that our initial seating, near the entrance and front windows was uncomfortably cold. We were moved promptly and without hesitation.
my family and I loved the food, so much we ate there twice in one week, Service was attentive and freindly. I realize the place is new, it could use some wall art and drapes just to cozy it up a little. Â loved the coke bootles it was a little childhood nostalgic, they do charge per bottle though, so I would rather opt for fountain soda. Overall loved it glad to have good italian in town,
Review Source:We were seated right under the vent for ac, (it was 45 outside). The large room with no decorations or window treatments reminded me of a school cafeteria. Water was served in tiny glasses, with no ice. Salad was passable, as was bread and olive oil. Husband's alfredo dish was not served hot, my eggplant parmesan was tough and the breading was uneven and tasteless, and the server chewing his nails and then touching and serving food was the killer for me. Total waste of money and time, and won't happen again.
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