Yesterday we decided to go to a restaurant we had been a little curious about for years. Veneto Italian Restaurant in Silverdale, Washington. Honestly, it isn't much to look at from the outside; The location is in a small strip mall around a few other small restaurants and stores. So the "visually" pleasing part of it isn't there. However, walking inside, it was cozy and cute; not a lot of seating options available but more of a warm feeling. Gabriela was our server; she was warm and very pleasant with a beautiful smile.
Looking through the menu, I noticed the large array of items to choose from, each one sounding better than the last one, but I've always stood by the notion that more isn't necessarily better; it usually means something has to compromise quality or amount wise. However, for that said, our dinner last night was incredible! We started with a warm bread basket with an olive oil and herb dip, then moved on to the appetizer: six coconut prawns with a pineapple apricot dipping sauce; I could have eaten only that for dinner and been full. It was so good! We then moved on to our main dinner. BTW we shared our plates. I ordered Lobster Ravioli Bobbyno; which contained five (I believe) large lobster ravioli, around a half-dollar size, with shallots and a cheese cream sauce, and a balsamic drizzle; it all just worked perfectly and tasted so good! The Lobster Ravioli came with a choice of regular dinner salad or Caesar, and I chose Caesar salad; the dressing was great, definitely not a bottle or packaged dressing!
My hubby ordered Pollo Veneto, a chicken sauteed in olive oil and fresh garlic. It also had spinach, tomatoes, and basil with hints of red pepper flakes and parmesan. Plated alongside all of that were fresh veggies and angel hair pasta. Talk about something full of flavor, and the textures were perfect!
Veneto was clean, with no dirty tables or crumbs on the floor and no sticky menus! I did notice that the booths that surrounded us (we sat at a middle table) had large bottles of hand sanitizers on them; unfortunately, the tables did not, but we always come prepared anyway!
I am rating this a four star, not due to the food at all, but the restaurant is cute but a little dated and I wish they offered a couple of smaller tables to use, not tiny, but not so overwhelming for two people.
Plenty of parking spaces are available, so parking is not an issue.
Veneto Italian Restaurant's location is 9468 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale, Washington. Several small businesses surround them, including Joy Teriyaki, Silverdale Antique store, Liv a Latte, and across Silverdale Way lies Grocery Outlet, Greens on your Way, and Harbor Freight tools.
Now is a perfect time to support one of our local small businesses and have some great food😁
"And please remember to Be kind to ALL living things🐾 🌲!!"
