Dolce’s Pizzeria & Wine Bar

Jessica is newer here but has done a great job on the standard recipes. Get the pasta with vodka sauce because she has made it her own. Stop in — totally recommended

Great time. Easy ambiance with friendly atmosphere. Customized service and unique pallete pleasing faire. I hope Zorana is there to help you with your selections.

Tonight was my second visit to Dolce’s. The first time was with a compel if my girlfriends and tonight I went with my husband and two kids. I love the cozy, neighborhood feel of the restaurant and the staff is extremely friendly. Oh and the food is pretty delicious too. We will be making this a regular outing.

The service was great, the wine was delicious, and the Margherita pizza was even better! Loved the place and I can’t wait to go back!

Sorry I was so disappoints with my experience. I ordered what the server recommended he shrimp pasta and margarita pizza. Both just didn’t do anything for me my gf ordered the chicken park same thing he breast was dry seemed it was just microwaved? I rarely leave food on the table but I knew I wasn’t going to eat the food and felt bad for the server as well. Kinda awkward cause we didn’t barley touch the food.

Well what can I say?!
First off… I’m insanely upset that this is the first time my BF and I tried this place. This is so close to our house… Grrrr… Anything Italian… We have to try…
This restaurant is literally across the Westmont Metra Station.
It’s quite small but cozy … Décor is rustic modern…
They didn’t have a table for us (this is at 6:30pm Friday night) but the bar was empty … Could probably sit only 6 people … That’s where we ended up sitting…
Noticed that the kitchen was very tiny too… When we saw the menu… It’s pretty short but relatively not so expensive…
Phillipe was our server/​bartender and he was very professional, polite and accommodating .
We told him it was our first time and he helped us ordering– from what he liked to what customers favorites were…
We spent about $ 100 plus tip… And totally worth it.
We ordered a Dolcetto bottle $ 32
Wrapped dates $ 8 — not too sweet which we love
Pickled beets $ 8 — good
Smoked prosciutto pizza $ 12 — amazing thin crust, fresh ingredients and I’m addicted
Pappardelle $ 14 — bolognese was just perfect al dente and my damn favorite of all time (we have been to so many Italian restaurants, this dish really surprised me — flavorful and not salty)
Soufflé $ 8 — was ok nothing spectacular… Maybe we should have ordered the tiramisu with our cappuccinos?
This is definitely not fine dining but I was blown away with the home made freshness and my palate was quite satisfied.
We will be back… Eeeeeeeeeek… Like next week lol

Excellent service. Excellent pizzas and salads (that’s all we tried so far). Cozy yet classy yet very affordable. Looking forward to try other items on the menu and hoping for more non-​pork options. Very highly recommended!

Delicious and fantastic, friendly service. The Chicken Parmesan was terrific and enough to feed a small nation. We hand the meatball and polenta appetizer along with soup and a salad. The Greek salad was very fresh and generous and the chicken vegetable soup was perfect. Very meaty. The pistachio gelato hit the spot after this very enjoyable Mother’s Day dinner. Highly recommended for a meal or snack.

Tonight for the first time we had carry out. We ordered a Caesar, Beet & Mediterranean Salads. All were a disappointment. The lettuce, romaine and greens were all old and had seen better days. The portion sizes for what the restaurant charged was a joke. I ordered a Cheese and Sausage Pizza and the waitress placed the order as a Cheese Pizza and Sausage Pizza. These also were not up to their standard quality. The pizzas are their normal one person pizzas. The price of this meal was over $ 49.00. For the quality and quantity this was expensive.
Eating at this restaurant has always been a great experience, but after tonight
We will not be going back.

Wow, what a gem ! Went there last night for dinner, first time and can not wait to go back again… From the interior, to food to service, just gets better and better. Our servers Maria and Monica did excellent job, recommended a pair of pizza and a great red wine with it… im def going back with my girlfriends this weekend

Found another nice Italian spot near us. Great food at great prices, a nice atmosphere, it could be romantic, but it’s also family friendly. Try the pizzas or the fire chicken z. Get a good olé Peroni 16oz for only $ 5… truly a deal at any restaurant. Service is outstanding and very friendly… and it’s right off of my Westmont train stop, love it

My husband and I first came to Dolce’s 3 years ago … I had the LaSagne, and my husband had the Fire Chicken Z (?) … they were both outstanding. We dined here about twice a year and we always ordered the same menu items. Tonight we came again and ordered the same … they changed the LaSagne recipe — it was terrible, unless you don’t mind paying $ 17.00 for a bunch of lasagne noodles with tomatoe sauce and a couple vegetables. The chicken was undercooked (tough) and was swimming in butter. We sent back the food and asked to speak to the manager. He never came over to our table. The waitress was kind and the bus boy was very nice, as well. However, we will not be going back to Dolce’s.

Cute little Italian restaurant. It’s tiny and I went on a Sunday evening and the place was only serving two other tables. There’s outside seating and lots of parking in front.
The staff was nice and professional. The menu had mostly wine by glass or bottle and appetizers/​salads/​pizza/​entrees. Only downside was we could see cobwebs on chandeliers above the tables so that kind of ruined our appetite. Made me wonder where else they were in the restaurant…
We had: meatballs, mozzerella/​tomato salad, bruschetta, veggie lasagna, and three different types of pizza. The bruschetta is good but not worth the $ 3. It’s a small piece of bread and you only get one. It’s like a regular bruschetta but has capers. The veggie lasagna was okay but I’ve had better– and the noodles were el dente. Everything else was delicious– we loved the balsamic reduction on the salad.
All in all, nice little place to come for date night.

Great neighborhood spot. Love the ambiance (great Girl’s Night Out or romantic dinner). Great specials… risotto of the day!

I struggle between giving this place 3 or 4 stars. We went there last night for Valentine’s Day. I picked it out because it’s local and it seemed to have a nice atmosphere from the Unilocal photos.
We made dinner reservations at 7 pm and they were able to seat up promptly. I do recommend making reservations. It was busy and I’m not sure without them you’d be able to find seating. There were 2 servers for the whole place. Although it is small, it seems as though one more server would have been a good idea. We ordered our wine and then an appetizer and he didn’t take our order for our food until we received our appetizer. I prefer ordering everything at once and having them figure out when it’s appropriate to put things in the oven. Oh well.
He seemed busy, our waiter did. Nice and polite, but busy. He didn’t explain any of the menu choices as he did to the table next to us. He just handed us the «Valentine’s Day special menu» and left. We ended up ordering from the normal menu, but no explanations were given. I might have liked to order the butternut squash ravioli that he explained to the table next to us.
The appetizer we ordered was baked goat cheese. They give you about 6 tiny slices of bread and expect you to finish off this giant cup of goat cheese. Um, no. And it was $ 9. I wish I would’ve gone for the bacon wrapped dates.
My fiancé ordered a pizza. And finished it. They’re small enough that if you’re hungry enough it’s good for one, but if you eat other things, it would be good for two. I ordered the gnocchi with creamy pesto sauce, chicken, and pine nuts. It was amazing. Some of the gnocchi were a bit doughy and not all the way cooked but 70% of them were perfect. The chicken was dry. Very dry. Still tasty, albeit very dry.
We ordered the salted caramel chocolate soufflé for dessert. It was good, though it lacked any caramel, save for the caramel drizzled on the plate. There was no actual caramel in the dessert. Nor was it salted.
It seems like a really nice restaurant and maybe we just had a bad experience. I’m not saying it was horrible, but I just think the food could’ve been better. Had the food been slightly better, we may have returned. However for the cost of the dinner and the quality of the food, we’ll probably stick to our favorites instead.

My fiancé and I came here for our anniversary after looking for a new place to try out. It was smaller than I expected, but it wasn’t super busy so it wasn’t a problem. Actually, it was kinda nice because it felt more intimate and cozy on a cold night. We started off with an appetizer of bruchetta. We were confused at first because it gave the price for one bruchetta. Wtf does that mean? One helping? One plate with a few? Nope. It means one piece. Silly American big portions mind. However, the one piece was a good size, because it had a big heaping of tomato, basil balls, and cheese. It was really good.
Then we had some wine. They were out of a few, but they still had a lot of good options. They pour the wine in a mini water glass and then leave the pouring glass there with you.
We ordered a sausage pizza. The italian sausage is homemade and it had a nice spice to it. The pizza was very thin and light, so you and your dining partner can surely eat it in one sitting. The cheese was just right and the crust had that nice firewood burned crispiness.
We still had room in our bellies since the portions were light, so we had dessert. I had a chocolate souflee with gelato and my fiancé had crème brûlée. Both were incredible. I’d come back for that alone.
Our waitress was really nice and helpful and checked on us frequently. I was pleasantly surprised by this restaurant and I will gladly come back.

This restaurant has such a warm, intimate dining room. The menu had a solid selection of choices, and the waiter was fantastic at juggling his tables and making time for everyone. The portions were good-​sized, to the point where I wished I’d had room for something off the dessert menu. This is one of the best Italian restaurants I have been to in a very long time. It is very much worth the effort to visit this tucked-​away little place.

Wonderful service. Visited from St. Louis and it was great. We got a salad a pizza and a panini to share.

Ate here with a friend a few weeks ago. Dolce is my mom’s maiden name, so I had been trying to get here ever since hearing of the place.
Service was very good. Our waiter was attentive, cheerful and even funny (in a non-​annoying way). The interior was warm, intimate, and clean.
Onto the food. The bread was just OK — my guess is it was purchased elsewhere.
The Caprese salad was average. The cheese was a little too chilled, and the tomatoes seemed to be hot house (I’ll give them a break here, since it WAS February). For mains, we ordered pasta dishes, and they were, again, average. Nothing spectacular.
Then we got to dessert, which is where the meal took a decided turn to below average. I am a HUGE tiramisu fan, and asked if the tiramisu was fresh, and was told it was. Wrong answer. Clearly not only was this frozen and prepared previously (probably somewhere else), but when it was served, it was STILL partially frozen.
Now, I understand that a restaurant of this size probably can’t make their own desserts — however, you could find a local bakery to provide them for you, or at very least, if you’re gonna offer pre-​made frozen confections, at least THAW them out before serving them.
To their credit, once I mentioned the frozen tiramisu, they took it off my bill, but by then, they had lost me.
Unfortunately, despite wanting to really like this place, especially considering the connection with my mom’s maiden name, it didn’t live up to my expectations, and I can’t imagine I’ll be back.

I wanted to try this place for the past year but just never made it in. Well tonight I wanted Italian and I wanted it to be close to home. This is a very cute/​small place right off of Cass Avenue across from the train station. It has a very nice ambiance and the food was just GOOD. Small inside though so go early or don’t mind being a little smashed in.
Now the only down side I can come up with is SMALL portions BUT if you order a side salad (which was great) and enjoy the fresh bread with E.V.O.O and parm cheese it turns out being perfect. I guess if you think about Americans are a little too used to eating HUGE portions.
I enjoyed the Gnocchi — with roasted chicken, pesto cream, pine nuts. Wow what great flavors! My bf enjoyed the Tortelloni — Beef & veal tortelloni, brussel sprouts, mushrooms, veal demi cream sauce. He said it had a smooth rich mushroom sauce. Nice woodsy taste to the sauce.
Friendly staff and pretty good service. Interesting that the entire staff was male. That is rare.
I would like to go back sometime and order a meat and cheese tray or some bruschetta and have a few glasses of wine. :)
Give them a try.
Cheers!