Italian Brothers - Los Gatos

I had high hopes for this restaurant since it had a 4-star rating, but unfortunately, the experience did not meet my expectations. We were seated promptly at our reservation time, but it took quite some time for our drinks to arrive, and even longer for our food order to be taken. It took a total of 1.5 hours for our food to be served, despite ordering a simple pizza and fettuccine Alfredo. The service was slow overall, and the chicken Alfredo lacked flavor compared to other Italian restaurants I have been to. The cannoli had fresh ricotta but the pastry seemed stale, however, the Pistachio dessert was enjoyable. In the end, my expectations were not met and I left feeling disappointed. You win some, you lose some.

This restaurant is fantastic for homemade pasta. The gnocchi with pesto is one of the best I have ever tasted. I suggest trying the octopus carpaccio for appetizer.

The restaurant has a fantastic and diverse menu featuring fresh ingredients. The Caesar salad was flavorful with a tangy dressing. The meatball appetizer came with a bowl of thick sauce for dipping bread. The crab risotto was hearty and nicely presented. The seafood linguini in red sauce had a flavorful broth and was filled with plenty of seafood. The desserts were limited but very sweet. The drinks were also excellent. The service was good as well.

Ordered take out from here. First time here. I got the Chicken Alfredo with linguine noodles. It was delicious!

Went here for a date night with my husband and was able to get a reservation and hour out without issue. We sat on the patio which was nice but very warm because of the sunshades blocking the breeze, but once they went up it was better. The service was basically non-existent. Someone came to us with menus when we were seated and we had to wait about 20min before someone came to take our drink order. After quite a wait, the wine flight was brought to us and we then had to wait a ridiculous amount of time for someone to come and take our food order. There was a LOT of waiting. No one checked in to see how we were doing or if we needed anything. After finishing our wine flight and ordering a martini, the food finally arrived. Mushroom and sausage risotto for my husband and parpadelle alla vodka for myself. The food was good, not stellar. The risotto was more of a rice in broth and not a creamy risotto that we are used to getting at risottorias or east coast Italian joints. The food was large portions and hot though. Noone ever came to see how it was or if we needed anything else. Eventually I flagged someone down for the check and to get a cannoli to go. The cannoli was hard as a rock, so I wouldn't get it again.We decided to order takeout tonight for my brother's birthday, since the food was good and maybe ordering takeout would eliminate the disappointment of the service. Unfortunately two of the items we ordered were not correct. They were correct on the receipt but not made properly. My mother ordered the salmon Caesar salad, and as you can see from the picture it was literally just a piece of salmon on wilted greens. No dressing, no croutons as the description says. She was very disappointed. Then the birthday boy ordered linguine carbonara, and it was definitely not carbonara. 100% was Alfredo sauce, no egg yolk in sight. He was very disappointed, and said it was oily and bland. I got the parpadelle again and it was very good. It was really disappointing to get two of the items made incorrectly with no way to fix them, but we have learned our lesson and won't be back here.