La Dolce Vita

02/15/12

Pastas are good Bread is better

by Lolan is cool at Citysearch

I have eaten her many times and love the food...It is fair priced and I always ahve enough to take back to the apartment and share with my cats. I wish they would name a dish after me because I order it all the time...the Lolan Carter dish....

09/10/10

We will not be going back

by Kentcove at Citysearch

I have no interest in going to this restaurant again.

First off our bread was flavorless and completely saturated with butter. Our entrees lacked any seasoning and the Calzone was soggy from some tomato soup like sauce it was floating in.

On the positive our waiter was attentive and the Cannoli was very good.

It's possible this was just a bad night, however I expect much better for $15-$20 a plate.

01/13/09

Great little Italian joint

by toddjprovo at Citysearch

It's a smaller family-owned restaurant. The first time I went was on a date in college and I've gone back at least a few times a year ever since. The food and service are great, especially since the owner, kitchen staff, and even a few of the waiters are actually part of the original family. Sometimes I have seen them a bit shorthanded, especially on weekends, and you may have to wait five minutes to get a refill or a spoon for your spaghetti as the waiter makes his rounds through seven other tables. Lunch usually costs me $7-9. The ragu sauce is terrific and comes on most of the menu items. Most of the desserts are not homemade, to my disappointment, but I usually don't even have space in my stomach since everything comes with complementary salad and bread. La Dolce Vita is a great choice for an excellent lunch.

• Pros: Great food, relatively inexpensive, normally good service
• Cons: Very limited parking - use the big public garage by Wells Fargo

01/13/09

Always a great experience

by Hawkeye29 at Citysearch

La Dolce Vita lives in the shadow of the large and better known Italian restaurant, Ottavio's. La Dolce Vita is a relatively small place. They usually just use one or two rooms of tables, and the waiter might also be doing some work in the kitchen. But that's the charm of this restaurant. There's hardly ever a wait, and with few exceptions, the food is every bit as good as the offering next door. The cozy atmosphere connects me so much with the place, that the food maybe tastes even a little bit better, just because I want it to! If you go to Ottavio's and the wait time is 2 hours to get in, duck around the corner and see if La Dolce Vita can get you seated quicker. If you do, they just might be your first choice next time around.

The notable exception to this would be in their soups. Ottavio's is famous for their rich tomato basil soup, and if that's what you're craving, just sit tight a wait for Ottavio's. La Dolce Vita is probably serving Minestrone -- a fine soup, but it doesn't really compare.

But on the whole, La Dolce Vita is a real David and Goliath story. Their small and simple restaurant wins out over their next door giant on many of the things that matter most in a restaurant.

• Pros: Reliable, consistent, tasty, intimate setting
• Cons: Lousy choice of soup

01/10/09

Always Perfect

by utahfoodie1950 at Citysearch

I'm not sure what this earlier review was talking about. I am a repeat customer to La Dolce Vita and have always been impressed by the excellent service and amazing food. I've also had Chet as my server quite a few times and have never been disappointed. Perhaps the food was too authentic and the atmosphere not snobby enough for some people, but for me it was and always is a perfect little piece of Italy. These are real Italian people making real Italian food the real Italian way. I would most definitely recommend La Dolce VIta as the best Italian restaurant in the Utah Valley.

• Pros: Great Service Great Food Great Everything
• Cons: None