This restaurant is a favorite place of my husband and I. We get the dinner for two most every time we go which we feel is a great deal. The environment is casual and romantic. The food is fresh and you can taste it in every bite. The staff is very friendly and helpful. It can get crowded at night but not anything unusual for a quality restaurant. We use it for our date nights and love it! For a small town like La Porte, it's unusual to find such a gem.
Review Source:Probably the best upscale food in NWI hands down. Enzo's holds its own when it comes to talking about restaurants like Cafe Borgia, Cafe Lucrezia, Valley, and anything in Valpo (Bistro, Pikk's).
Good wine and beer. Amazing sausage and pepper for an appetizer. By far the best spaghetti I have ever tasted. From anywhere. Specials are always good. Tuscan Airline Chicken is absolutely amazing. The thing that is rarely on the menu is Brine Soaked Pork Chops (the owner makes them). Apparently my father dreams of the dish. Excellent service.
Never had a anything short of spectacular from this place.
Very good! I had the shrimp and scallop ravioli and it was really good. Portions are very large and service was friendly and fast. Strawberry martini was excellent. One gripe- The place gets VERY loud when it's crowded and it's difficult to have a conversation. But it is well worth the visit!
Review Source:I went here for my birthday on a Tuesday evening. The service was excellent. The hostess was gracious and the waitress was attentive and made sure to answer all the questions my wife and I had. So it started out well.
For dinner: Â Bourbon (1 ice cube), Nailed it!
         Calamari (tasted like rubber dipped in flour and spritzed with water...not good.)
         Filet Mignon (I asked for it cooked medium rare, and there was pink in the middle, but it was tough as nails. It did taste like it was flame cooked).
         Risotto Del Giorno (this was disappointing as it tasted like it came straight from the frozen food isle in Al's. There is literally nothing special about this dish)
         Potato-Leek Soup (should be called potato-chicken-stock soup. It tasted like liquidy-mashed-potatoes thinned out with chicken stock. There was zero hint of leek in this. Disappointed).
Needless to say, the bill was around $60. I suppose for the volume of food, the price was right, but the quality was sub-par. Neither my wife or myself will go back nor would we recommend this restaurant to people coming into town. It has the look of a nice place, but we were over dressed in jeans, button-downs, and nice shoes. For the appearance, the food should have been much better.
I hope it hires serious cooks for weekdays or changes the menu. It definitely needs a pick-me-up.
i love enzo's! Â this is not the place to go if you're looking for diet food. Â it is the place to go for good, fresh, italian food.
the atmosphere is cozy and romantic - or maybe that's just 'cause i was there w/ my now husband. Â i wouldn't think that this is the place to go for a birthday party, or where you'd bring small children. Â it's more the place to go for lovers, girls night out, anniversary party, family gathering. Â it's mature and grown up, and it's for the side of you that likes some fancy.
i have had the gorgonzola & asparagus chicken both times i've been.  and each time is just as exciting in my mouth.  fresh cream.....mmmmm  my husband had the mushroom ravioli w/ red pepper bruschetta.....just as good, and fresh.  i love fresh food!
and bread - their bread and butter is so fresh. Â as a rule i do not eat bread w/ meals. Â i think it's gross. Â but fresh baked bread, that has never sat in a bag? Â i cannot resist. Â and i'm not sure, but i think they get fresh churned butter (it doesn't have that "refrigerator" air taste to it)
and they have gelato! Â their banana fudge gellato is to die for! Â
the waitstaff is friendly, and unassuming. Â you barely know they're there (i am not a fan of overbearing service staff, i like when i get what i need and they just disappear, breezing by and paying attention to your needs.)
i love laporte for the antique mall tour, so any chance i have to go back i will definitely be eating at enzo's!
I went to Enzo's last Friday for my friend's rehearsal dinner the night before their wedding. They have a beautiful room upstairs that is quite elegant and reminiscent of a real Italian eatery. There were approximately 30 people in attendance and my friends had rented the entire upstairs for this private affair. Apparently, Enzo's didn't think that large of a party would require more than one server, yes, 1 server for 30 people which included cocktail hour, appetizers and the main course. The server we had was wonderful and she was working her fanny off, red in the face, sweating and all trying to simply get the job done, which was clearly an impossible feat. At 3 different points members of the party went to talk to the manager to get additional help and were told that they were simply too busy downstairs to assign an additional server to our party! Imagine that! Keep in mind that the server we did have had to run up and down 2 flights of stairs all night while trying to serve 30 people. The bride, groom and I ended up clearing tables, going downstairs to get silverware etc. It was absolutely ridiculous. The meals were all showing up at different times so nobody actually got to eat together and the drinks were empty all night. I would NOT recommend this restaurant based solely on the lack of service.
Review Source:dinner for two..
we got an appetizer, 2 dinners, 2 beers, 1 desert, $60 before tip. Â We went on a tuesday night, no reservation was needed, the restaurant is very small tho so I would think most nights you'll need one. Â Our server was prompt, friendly and knowledgeable...everything that she should be. Â Food was decent. Â Tortellini wasn't any better than olive garden, my fish was good but the mashed potatoes and asparagus tasted the same as they come out of my kitchen.
Overall I felt like it was "just average" - but I'm not from LaPorte, so it may very well be the best in town. Â Not somewhere I will drive out of my way to go to again, but if you're staying in LaPorte, check Enzo's menu online and call ahead!
Enzo is, in my opinion, hands-down the best restaurant in LaPorte. Â And it's easily one of the best in the region, too. Â Absolutely worth the drive from the beach or New Buffalo areas.
The atmosphere is perfect! Â Approachable, warm, but quiet and sophisticated enough to add the romance that this sweet little farm town desperately needs more of! Â Great little bar room too. Â Doesn't have that weekender/Chicago vibe that most of the good lakeside joints have.... just a really nice warm place.
I have the salmon here quite often and love it. Â Really everything is great though.
It's too bad LaPorte can't attract more places like Enzo, and make the courthouse square a destination for more than just good dive bars. Â (But it should be noted that there are EXCELLENT walkable dive bars in every direction from Enzo... perfect for nightcap!!)
we have never been disappointed  with anything we've gotten from enzo's and it's always been warm cozy and service is friendly, my waitress always remembers the drink i normally order and that's really nice! I love their spaghetti, the tiramisu, and the stuffed chicken is amazing every time!  A smidge pricey, but well worth it with what we have to choose from around our parts!
Review Source:I am Enzo, Enzo the baker.
OK, sorry couldn't resist the Godfather reference. We have been to Enzo's several times and it is one of the best restaurants around. It is a quaint little restaurant in downtown LaPorte that serves up some terrific Italian food. We were able to call ahead to secure a table, which you pretty much need to do as this place is not too big. My wife and I were joined by her sister and husband. Wouldn't you know that we got the exact same things? They have a sweet "dinner for two" option which includes a soup or salad starter, a pizza or pasta and dessert to share for $30. The minestrone was great on this chilly afternoon after getting soaked watching the Irish. Pizzas for the ladies, which they enjoyed. Penne with Sausage, EVOO, sun dried tomatoes and fresh basil for the guys. My brother in law wolfed down the dish. Can't say I blame him, it was very good. Since we had to run to grab the kids, they pack our Tiramisu to go.
Service was a bit off, but they still got us in and out pretty quickly. It wasn't expensive at all and you can really get a ton of food for what you pay. However, they suffer from the same problem just about every place around here has. Smoke. And a lot of it. We were sitting pretty close to the bar and smoke was just rolling out of there. Not appetizing at all. Enzo send the smokers outside and you'd have a 5 star establishment with more patrons.
Located in the heart of downtown La Porte, IN, this is NOT the type of place I expected to find in La Porte, IN. We went there on a Friday night at around 7:30. There was a rather long wait. From what I hear, there is a rather long wait all of the time here.
The looks of this place can be deceiving. It looks as if it is in a very large building, but when you walk in the dining area is not very big at all. The waiting area was even more cramped. We were told that it would be about a 20 minute wait. It kind of perturbed me that the actual wait was 40 minutes.
We started out with an order of calamari and marinara sauce. It was decent calamari and the marinara sauce had a little bit of a kick to it. Â I am kicking myself because I can't remember the name of what I ordered. It was bow tie pasta in a creamy white sauce with peas and prosciutto. It was very good
The service here is very good. The atmosphere is simple yet effective. The wine list and the menu itself has a good selection but does not overwhelm you. I would like to try some more options the next time I am out here.
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