Pomodoro Grill

Not kid friendly… no high chairs so we took our food to go. I am a vegan so I ordered a salad no cheese with tomato dressing and plain pasta with the marinara and no cheese, no sausage, and it came with some delicious roasted veggies on top. Very good.

Great food, great service, well priced entrees. Loved that the meals came with salad and garlic bread, prices were very reasonable. We got the eggplant parm which was excellent, chicken parm also good, and the veal parm. Waitress was super friendly and helpful. Wine list was also very good and affordable by the glass. Go there if you are in Vero beach, you will not be sorry!

Garlic knots are to die for!!! I could have made a meal out of just those. They are so good. I had dinner here for the second time last week and overall it was really good! My bf and I split a pizza and the cannelloni. both ample sized meals. Pizza could easily be shared with 2 people. When you order the pizza you can select 5 toppings (one being cheese). Our pizza had shredded mozzarella, pepperoni, sausage, spinach, and red peppers. Delicious! Crust was nice and crispy. The cannelloni was my least favorite because they put smoked mozzarella on it. I’m not a fan of the smoked.(This made me remember that I had the chicken parmigiana my first time here. They put smoked mozzarella on it too. I thought maybe they had run out of regular mozzarella because it was so weird). Would definitely recommend and definitely look forward to going back.

Having read the previous review about the risotto I now feel validated for complaining about it tonight. I too was told that the risotto should be like that. Well it’s not, plain and simple. I challenge the chef to go to Amalfi Grill, The Tides, or Polo Grill to taste properly prepared risotto.

The chef needs to learn how to cook risotto. I had the short ribs and table mate had the scallops. Meats were well prepared and delicious. The risotto was 7 or 8 minutes underdone. I have been to Italy on numerous occasions. This was the worst risotto I’ve ever been served in a restaurant here in the US.
The waitress advised that many patrons had complained the risotto was undercooked. When she advised the chef she was told that’s what risotto should taste like. I know good risotto and this one was raw and way undercooked.

Found this little restaurant with the help of Unilocal and it turned out to be quite the hidden gem! Everything we ordered was delicious and fresh from the salad to the garlic rolls to all three of our dinners. If you are in the mood for Italian or just looking for great food, this is a fantastic little restaurant.

Both the service and cuisine are top shelf at this restaurant. The ambiance is intimate and charming, reminding me of small restaurants visited in Italy. Each time we have dined here, the menu selections were numerous, and the presentation and preparation perfect.

Great, as usual. Usually go here with special guests. Food and wine selection excellent. Staff and owner always attentive and friendly.

As we approached the entrance the smells of Italy greeted us. The interior is traditional Italian stone design which, with the close tables, made it unusually loud. The classical décor provides a nice ambiance, but the glass table tops cheapen the white tablecloth experience. Next time, we’ll sit outside. Also, the aquarium doesn’t add much ambiance. I think it is only there so they can draw water for the table directly from the tank (buy a water filter).
For starters the we had the Mozzarella Capri. It was adequate, but not as flavorfully delicious as I’d like. They also served garlic rolls which were drowning (in a good way) in garlic oil and cheese. They were very good, but garlic makes everything better.
We had both a mixed green salad which was fresh, and a delicious dressing on the Caesar salad.
The veal parmigiana had good flavor, but not as tender as the best veal. The shrimp and scallops Oscar was well prepared, but both the shrimp and scallops were small.

I had the Grouper. It was great! love this place.

without question one of the worst italian meals I have ever eaten. watery sauce. need I say more.

Ordered a to go pizza. Told fifteen to twenty minutes. Got there after sixteen minutes, and they hadn’t even started making it. Won’t use again.

The warm appetizers are no longer a part of the menu. At the restaurant on 09/​05/​2014. My Penne Oscar, very very good. My wife went off the regular menu and received a very salty Eggplant Parmesan. Her meal was so salty that her eyes got swollen, puffy. She is okay not life threading, but no more discount meals for her. Look nobody is perfect all the time. We do plan on going back and my wife wants the Penne Oscar all to herself. 3 ¾ stars
Joe M

Excellent. We had the summer specials. Good food, good service at a good price what more can you say. The lasagna was excellent second to my wife’s. The clam sauce was also excellent. Have a good time very nice people.

My linguine con Vongole was very good, but the service was terrible. We waited a very long time for our food and the waiter was rude. My daughter has a nut allergy and asked the waiter for clarification about whether they were nuts in several dishes. He later dropped a bowl of Parmesan cheese in front of her and rudely said «no nuts.» The waiter didn’t know the menu, and my daughter’s dish, which was described as being in a cream broth, was simply a tomato sauce. Not worth the wait or the poor service.

Expectations were low for an italian dinner in south florida, but pomodoro grill was great. Waitress was very friendly, though thru her own omission, she knew nothing about the extensive wine menu. My husband ordered the filet special, which was tender and cooked to perfection, though the mashed potatoes that came with it might have been boxed. I order a seafood pasta dish off the menu and it was good. Reasonable prices, nice ambiance.

The best Italian food I’ve ever had. You could taste the fresh ingredients and real authentic flavors.
Everything from the garlic knots, salad, pasta to the dessert was fabulous. I had the linguine puttenesca but got it with angel hair instead. So good! The rest of my family got the mahi piccata, Cajun shrimp and eggplant Parmesan and said everything was delicious.
They serve just the right portions. The tiramisu was a perfect way to end the meal :) Also, the service was spectacular.

This place is amazing. We poped in on a Friday evening in April. We did make reservations… rightly so. We needed them. We had about four of us in our party and had 1 veal, 2 pasta dishes and 1 salmon dish. All were absolutely awesome!!! Servers were superb… no pressure to order. We took our time, had wine, ordered and ate leisurely. The servers were efficient, courteous, clean, well coiffed and polite. All of the food was excellent, atmosphere perfect and prices reasonable. This is one of those places one wants to go to try everything on the menu. We all will be back… sooner rather than later. Go!

Best Italian at a reasonable price in VB. Close to downtown area on the barrier island side. Had the shrimp fra diavalo. Very good. My wife had a scallop and shrimp pasta dish. Salad and bread (both very good) were included. Wines by the glass were good. Atmosphere nice and service very good.

This is certainly the best Italian restaurant in Vero Beach and my favorite. The food is consistently good, fresly made and excellent service with waiters who have been with the restaurant for several years. The 2 Acct Managers from our billing company flew in from Maine and said «you pick the restaurant of your choice». They raved about the food; kept telling the waitress it was «fabulous». I had mahi mahi francese, it was excellent. They both had chicken marsala. As a matter of fact, I am going there tomorrow night as a belated b’day gift from a friend. He loves it there too.
Their Marsala dishes and Francese dishes are superb — their veal is tender. Their specials are always excellent. Their salad is great and so are the delicious garlic rolls.
Their noted for their creamy onion salad dressing. Their homemade tiramasu is fantastic. You won’t be disappointed.
The only drawback is that the place is very small.