Fanatico Italian Bistro - Jericho

This restaurant was awesome! It was super busy, so our waitress was running around a lot, but she was very caring after I showed up late and had a dietary restriction (celiac disease). I ordered their GF minestrone soup and I was slightly doubtful that I would enjoy it, because some places can’t do soups right. But I LOVED it. I drained my entire bowl!! I’ll definitely be back here to order the same delicious soup. My family loved the food, too.

Several vegetarian recipes...awesome food...great ambience...plenty of parking

I used to be a somewhat regular here. Food quality was good and consistent. I must say it seems the times we are in have taken its toll on their portion size and pricing. I spent $27 for Chicken Franchese dinner with pasta. It used to come in 2 containers, one with the chicken and sauce. Pasta in another. I guess to cut costs, they now put it all together which is smart. I had no issue with that. However, once I finished the entire meal, I was still hungry. I used to have left overs. My wife had grilled chicken over pasta too. We were going to combine all the left overs so she had enough for lunch at work. Well that didn 't take place as she finished the entire small portion she got as well and was still hungry. We ended up baking some cookies at 8:30 at night for a snack since we were both hungry. (We ordered dinner at about 7:30pm, and ate about 8pm after picking up food to take out) Oh and on top of this, we did have the 4 rice bowl appetizer. So after spending over $60, we had to eat snacks. Neither my wife or I are huge people who can eat and clear a buffet type people. Just average who eat normal portions. I don 't believe after eating Italian food, one should still be hungry. Although prices for everything is going up, I can still buy a lb of spaghetti full price for $1.89 a box. So between that and 2 slices of chicken, at $8.99/lb for white meat maybe costs $4.00 in chicken. Then another $1.00 for the sauce. Makes a $7.00 meal. I know they have to pay for overhead, staff, make money etc. But I should not still be hungry. Heck, pasta in itself is filling. Not happy. I 'll be going to other Italian restaurants where I 'll get a full size adult portion. Not a kids meal for $27.

Horrible customer service. Place gets pretty busy and the workers see it as an excuse to only hear what they want to hear. When not given what you ordered the owner doesn’t offer any apologizes or try to make up for anything, just makes excuses. He isn’t nice or patient and the service deserves 0 stars. Never dining here again.

Good dishes here, but a little pricey for what you get. The bread in the basket has no flavor. This place gets busy.