Babbo Italian Eatery

Great food. Great service. Everything from the Italian soda, calzones and pasta. Love the bread and salads. But the firecracker rolls steal the show every time. Love this place

Wife and I order the garlic hummus on Tuesday evening for dinner and it never arrives– waiter forgot to put the order in. Return the next day for lunch and they are «out». Is this not something made in house? Place going downhill fast since GM Logan left.

Food not worth price. Convenient yet still wouldn’t go back. Only thing decent is the free bread!

Everyone will find something that they love here Try it, you will like it. Wonderful menu and great service. Great meatballs!

Had a nice dinner last night, my husband & I had looked at menu on line before we went. When we got there, one of the dishes he saw on the on
line menu was no longer available so he just picked another dish. This nice professional young man Nick came over to our table. First thing he did was introduce himself as our server and welcomed us in to the restaurant. My husband asked him about the dish he saw online (penne with pesto, flank steak, mushrooms & sun dried tomatoes). Nick explained it was no longer on menu «but we can definitely make it for you»! I ordered a personal size pizza. The food was really good, but all my Husband and I were talking about was Nick. He’s a young Man who was so professional and personable. He knew the food menu very well, and the wine list as well. It was so refreshing to have a young server go above & beyond to make our night out memorable. Thank you Nick!!!

Nice little place to come eat some good Italian food. I wouldn’t say it is great but it had some good qualities.
The Mozza ball appetizer was the best of our dishes. It was on a bed of their homemade bolognese sauce. It was really good.
Penna Rusticio w/​chicken had a great flavor and the chicken was cooked really well. The least favorite dish was Creamy Pesto Pasta with steak. It needed both salt and pepper to bring out the flavors of the sauce. After that it was only good, not great. Steak was good but would prefer the chicken on the dish for a better blend of everything.
We will come back and try pizza and a few other dishes before we say if a keeper or not.

Must be standard answer to bad service experience! Send us your email address and we will get back to you. Never heard a thing!

We ended up eating here more by chance than anything else, and we LOVED it. Machaela was super sweet and genuine. She pretty much made our day. The food came out quickly and was super tasty. And they even sent us out with bread that had just finished baking. We’ll be back for sure.

Food is always amazing. Their bread and marinara are perfect. Fair pricing and a really nice ambience. Better than the Italian chains and its local and family owned!

First experience at Babbo!
We ordered 3 kids meals (cheese calzone, pepperoni calzone and spaghetti w/​meatballs) and an item off the chalkboard menu (chicken with pesto primavera and a side caesar) all to go. The kids enjoyed the calzones but what stole the show were the meatballs! The bread that came with the order was delicious too! My chalkboard item was fine but not amazing.
We are definitely excited to come back and try other things off the menu! The girl at the takeout counter was friendly and our order came up quickly!

This is strictly a family restaurant, it is very inexpensive for what you get, but the food is very generic. The service ranges from good to excellent. The Decour is comfortable and the place is easy to access. If you’re entertaining out-​of-​town guests this is not the place to go unless you have kids in tow. You would never take a date to this place unless you wanted it to be your last date. This is strictly a corporate mass produced food place, premade food disguised as fresh food. Essentially, a fast food restaurant. The same kind of food you whip up in your kitchen if you only have 10 minutes to cook.

I had a bad experience last night with the hostess. We were greeted and seated by a snotty girl who made it clear to us that she didn’t really want to be there. Then to my total shock, she openly gave one of the servers the middle finger from across the restaurant. I reported it to the manager and she offered no apology, but said she would talk to her. Well I guess that happened sooner than later, because the hostess then gave me a quite over obvious, «death glare», for the rest of the time I was there. The hostess also was slumped over the podium most of the time and loitered around with other servers at the entrance. Social life obviously more important than work. I have only been here twice, don’t think I would return.

Cute place. It can feel crowded. Service was quick and friendly. My husband and I shared a large pizza. It was more then enough.
I would go back. Reasonable prices
Are server was named Emily. Thanks for the nice service.

Delicious Italian family fare in a comfortable friendly atmosphere, who could ask for more?! We were in a mood for good Italian food and Babbo’s did not fail to deliver.
My husband had his usual pepperoni pizza, which he thoroughly enjoyed. I decided to select from their «chalk board menu» where patrons can mix and match combinations of protein, vegetables, type of preparation. I loved my meal of roasted chicken, prepared with tomatoes, basil and feta. Lively tastes coupled with roasted cauliflower, broccoli & carrots. The only average part of the meal was the side Ceasar salad.
The waitress took great care of us; very attentive and polite. She returned to the table several times to make sure we had what we needed.
We will definitely return soon!

Looking for a place to eat tonight and saw Babbo’s sign and pulled in. I have eaten at the 16^th and Glendale restaurant and thought it was good. Tonight the service was very slow. Nice kid but did not even know we had been waiting quite awhile for service. No mention of a special so we ordered the $ 25 couple’s meal. We heard about the special from other tables ordering. Food was OK not special.
Not so sure we would go back.

once again some ones children can ruin a night out for dinner, and management did nothing about it. What a shame, that management is afraid to say something to one table but allows 10 to 15 tables to suffer the screaming, and constant running of a child thru the restaurant. i could have given them 5 stars had they just said something to these people. Had it not been for the good taste of the spaghetti and meatballs, i would have given them only 1 star.
Wake up management, because of your in action we will not be back, and the table next to us that was ran into by this child say to us they would not be back… SORRY MANAGEMENT BUT I WORK TO HARD FOR MY MONEY TO SPEND IT AT A PLACE THAT DOES NOT RESPECT THERE CUSTOMERS

I’d give 1-​star for service, which was awful. The food was good. I ordered LARGE napa salad, hubs ordered small Mista salad + calzone.
We both received SMALL salads, after 15mins. They were both excellent. I told manager I’d ordered a large, she said «no problem I can get you a large one.» No problem?! Is that her position to say that? But we’d waited so long and hadn’t eaten all day, so I accepted my small. Figured I’d have a bite of my husbands calzone.
Wrong. The calzone never came. The manager and the server never came back to check on us. They were eventually involved in a bill dispute with a large party who was charged for a Napa salad they claimed they didn’t have (it was probably mine…)
We flagged manager down eventually, she asked if everything was good. We said no… we’d been there 55ins and our calzone never came. She said she didn’t see one on order and she’d check on it; we said forget it, it’s 9pm we’re ready to go home (and they don’t reheat well).
10mins later she came back with a boxed up calzone. We said no, she said «ok! I didn’t charge you for it.»
And that’s when I said she owes us an apology. We didn’t get our MEAL. And what they did serve wasn’t right.
Only then did she apologize. And now’s that for sincere? She brought out bill and said she gave the managers discount. Um… thanks? A 10% discount… gee thanks.
So the two salads were good though. Wouldn’t know about the calzone. We just moved back to the hood and we’re excited to go back to our local hangout.
Prob won’t be our local hangout anymore.

Do you love a good white cheese sauce that has been separated into a dry yet oily mess because it has been microwaved? Then feel free to waste your money by ordering the Brussel sprout and pancetta pasta. Absolutely disgusting! Couldn’t find the pancetta, sprouts were raw and the plate was swimming in an oily mess. This was my second and definately my last visit to this establishment. My first visit was just as bad. ZERO STARS.

Monday nights are Spaghetti Night — get it with their famous meatballs and you’re in for a real treat. These guys know how to turn «plain ol’ spaghetti» into a fabulous dinner. This place is noisy (’cause everyone is here!) and is good for families AND date night.
Babbo has a good bottled beer selection, but I am really bummed they don’t have draft beer. If they did, I would be back in to visit far more often. Craft beer is all the rage, and so many restaurants provide draft craft that we are spoiled … and it sucks to have to drink from bottles!
I’ll keep going for Spag night … and will come even more often when I see draft taps :)
4 stars for everything perfect, minus craft beer. It will be 5 stars when they get at least a couple draft pulls.

We love going to Babbo, especially on a Monday or Tuesday for $ 5.99 spaghetti and meatball night! Check in on FourSquare and get a free garlic hummus spread for the bread (delish). Go for happy hour (until 6 p.m.) and get even more discounts on drinks /​appetizers!
The staff is always friendly. The have indoor and outdoor seating. The cookie dessert is amazing also.
We especially like to sit at the bar area since the view is better and the bar staff is exceedingly nice.