Tavolo Italian - Batesville

Update for 2023WOW. After my below review, we hadn't really been back. Went this week and WOW. Tavolo was amazing. The bread was hot and fresh. Olive oil was still wonderful. Salad was delicious. I got a creamy shrimp and gnocchi soup and it was so, so wonderful. Daughter chose spinach ravioli with red sauce. Husband picked bowtie noodles with a spicy cream sauce and, though spicy, really good. I don't think I have any complaints. Well, maybe that I wish my glass of Rose was bigger, but, I mean, it was a regular size glass.I can definitely recommend Tavolo now.2021I wanted to like it. I really did. A nice Italian place in Batesville? Sign me up! Unfortunately, that wasn't meant to be. The bread was old, chewy, obviously set beneath a warmer. The salad was a bed of lettuce with one olive slice, one tomato cube, no discernable cheese, and drowning in ranch. My husband's spicy fettuccine was spicy...by way of canned jalapeno slices mixed in. I guess jalapenos are Italian now? Combined with chewy chicken and a bland sauce makes for a bad time. My manicotti tasted like mostly mozzarella. None if the delicious ricotta that I've come to expect in manicotti. And finally, the sauce tasted like it came straight from a jar of Prego.On the positive side, the portions were nice for lunch, the olive oil for the bread was wonderful, and my minestrone soup was great. Also, my husband commented that this was one of the few places in Batesville that didn't burn their tea.We will be back. They're new and are probably still working out the kinks. So we'll give it another shot, but so far, I'm not impressed, most unfortunately.Eavesdropping, I heard someone talking about how wonderful his sandwich was so I'll give that a shot next time. And the hostess and waitress were super nice.

Went for dinner while on a business trip and my coworkers and I enjoyed what we all ordered. Service was fast as well. Really close to the Hampton Inn we stayed at.

Excellent restaurant. Just had limoncello cake and coffee this time. Their entrees have been delicious in the past.

Traveling for work and this place became an instant must-have. Delicious food, fantastic drinks, and even better service.

I've been here a couple of times. The first time, the food was ok. I had the lasagna, and it was good, but not really hot. The second time, I had a calzon, and it was not good at all! It had only two pieces of pepperoni in it and was cold. The waitress was really slow, which explains why my food was cold!