Vitello's Restaurant

(818) 769-0905

4349 Tujunga Ave
Studio City, CA 91604 34.1491 -118.3792

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VITELLOSRESTAURANT.COM

Years in business

Established in 1977

Hours:

Mon: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Tue: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Wed: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Thu: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Fri: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Sat: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Sun: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Price:

$$$

Last updated 2.23.12

Category:

Restaurants, Catering

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Local Favorite, Family-Friendly Dining, Romantic Dining, People Watching, Lunch Spot, Group Dining, Live Music, Food Delivery, Dine At The Bar, Bar Scene

General Info:

Open 7 Days

Cuisine:

Italian

What People Are Saying About Vitello's Restaurant

Featured Review

Contributor

Contributor

Old school ambiance and red sauce Italian classics make this a Valley staple for family meals and retro dates.

Editor's Tips

When to Go:
Most nights feature live entertainment in the bar area, from classic piano work to opera arias. There's usually a $10 cover or a two-drink minimum.
Save Time:
Complimentary delivery is available after 5pm in the surrounding area; before that, you can order for take-out.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. This place has a charming and romantic atmosphere, it's a perfect place to take a date.
  2. This is a great restaurant with an amazing atmosphere.
  3. Went here a while ago with some close friends - lovely atmosphere, super food & very friendly staff.
  4. The atmosphere is very warm and homey.
  5. The decor of the restaurant is very pretty, and the waiters are wonderful.
  6. Very good italian food with great ambiance
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. didn't think we had room for dessert,l but the waiter claimed that vitellos has the best canoli's around, and she was right
drinks
50.0% positive
  1. My wine had cork floating in it and the waiter didn't offer a new glass of wine, and the silverware was dirty.
  2. The wine was good and cold, and James and Craig we're very friendly, but the food was bad and overpriced.
  3. We had the best calamari appetizer, and enjoyed a couple glasses of italian red wine.
food quality
77.42000102996826% positive
  1. Our service and food were great.
  2. ;) The food was good, I got one of the house speacial dishes, chicken argencio.
  3. Vitello's has the best Italian food I've had anywhere in the Valley and is always my first choice whenever I'm craving pasta.
  4. She offered us some of the best garlic bread I have ever had, followed by a pesto pizzeti which was sooooo yummy!
  5. love the Linguini Afocata, Lasagna, and chicken Picatta.
  6. had a couple bite of my friends dishes which were also good, the gnochi, pasta with pink sauce and some sausage.
  7. Very good italian food with great ambiance
  8. Divine food, bad service
  9. So bring the family, order a nice bottle of chianti, enjoy some pizza or pasta, and then end the meal with a delicious cannoli!
  10. For dinner we had the veal marsala and the manicotti which were both delicious!
  11. But my shrimp fetticine with marinara sauce was good and plentiful; the chianti was cheap (and served in a basket); and the salad was non-offensive iceberg and tomato.
  12. The house chianti is perfect with any meal.
  13. The food is excellent and the chef is always willing to accomodate any special requests I have (extra garlic, etc.).
  14. don't usually write restaurant reviews but after the best meal I've had in years I felt compelled to share my experience at Vitello's.
  15. The entree was extremely tasty and good size portions too!
  16. It is not a chain so the food is very unique.
  17. We just paid over $100 to eat here and we had to put up with bad food, bad service, and now bad manners?
  18. Best of all the food comes out in a resanable time and the food is amazing.
  19. The food was horrible and the service was worse.
  20. Bad food, legendary levels of bad service and attitude
  21. The food was not very good.
  22. always order the "Robert Blake" dish, which is out of this world.
  23. To be fair, the bruscetta wasn't half bad, and their sesame bread was tasty.
  24. Went here a while ago with some close friends - lovely atmosphere, super food & very friendly staff.
  25. It is my favorite food.
  26. I've been coming to this place for about 20 years and the food's just as good as the first time I ever ate there.
  27. The wine was good and cold, and James and Craig we're very friendly, but the food was bad and overpriced.
  28. This is a wonderful classic Italian restaurant, it has great home style food at a good price.
  29. am not sure who went here and did not like the food or service.
  30. I've never had such great garlic bread or calamari.
  31. the food is good sometimes and other times has no flavor.
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. We sipped on our Chiantis and tried to decide on our entree's, the menu is huge.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. The best home style Italian restaurant in the valley.
  2. This is a great restaurant with an amazing atmosphere.
  3. This restaurant is a great place to go on a date, business lunch, or even a casual affair with friends!
  4. This is a great family restaurant with old italian style.
service
61.29000186920166% positive
  1. The waiter was extremely attentive.
  2. Raul was an excellent waiter and the busboy was very attentive.
  3. The decor of the restaurant is very pretty, and the waiters are wonderful.
  4. We just paid over $100 to eat here and we had to put up with bad food, bad service, and now bad manners?
  5. The Manager is very very nice, the servers treat you like you are in your own house.
  6. Even when it's busy I get excellent service!
  7. The staff was so friendly.
  8. Bad food, legendary levels of bad service and attitude
  9. Our service was horrible!
  10. By this time it was close to 10, so he was able to provide us good service.
  11. Went here a while ago with some close friends - lovely atmosphere, super food & very friendly staff.
  12. However though some postings cite the wonderful service I've experienced mediocre to terrible service the majority of my visits.
  13. Nice bartender, friendly manager-that's about it!
  14. Our server, Lauren, was great!
  15. The service is always warm, friendly and makes you feel like family.
  16. We have never had a bad experience there and the staff is extremley friendly.
  17. am not sure who went here and did not like the food or service.
  18. The manager was even rude to us on our way out.
  19. The manager was rude and the waiter acted like he was doing us a favor by taking our order.
  20. Leo was the best waiter.
  21. didn't think we had room for dessert,l but the waiter claimed that vitellos has the best canoli's around, and she was right
  22. Divine food, bad service
  23. Our server Lauren seemed as if she was going to have an aneurysm at any moment, she obviousley didn't have much experience adn she was rude.
  24. My wine had cork floating in it and the waiter didn't offer a new glass of wine, and the silverware was dirty.
  25. Our service and food were great.
  26. All we wanted was a quick bite but slow service did not make that happen.
  27. The wine was good and cold, and James and Craig we're very friendly, but the food was bad and overpriced.
  28. Bad Service, some of the worst service in Los Angeles or anywhere
  29. We were greeting by a charming bartender dressed in all black who introduced himself as James.
  30. We had such a good time that we came back the next day for lunch, same waitress, same good everything!
  31. The food was horrible and the service was worse.
value
91.66999816894531% positive
  1. But my shrimp fetticine with marinara sauce was good and plentiful; the chianti was cheap (and served in a basket); and the salad was non-offensive iceberg and tomato.
  2. The prices were reasonable & I would re.
  3. The entree was extremely tasty and good size portions too!
  4. The wine was good and cold, and James and Craig we're very friendly, but the food was bad and overpriced.
  5. This is a wonderful classic Italian restaurant, it has great home style food at a good price.
  6. We sipped on our Chiantis and tried to decide on our entree's, the menu is huge.
wait time
50.0% positive
  1. We were serenated all night long from the charming regulars who randomly got up and sang Opera!
  2. All we wanted was a quick bite but slow service did not make that happen.
1 Star Rating: Poor

12/31/11

Uneatible

by Yucky

Nine of us went to the "dinner show" last night (12/30/11). We were celebrating with family visiting from Norway. The food was absolutely terrible. No one could finish their meal. The spagetti and meatballs was tasteless, and the shrimp risoto was very fishy. My mother-in-law (a teriffic cook herself) took two bites of her egg parmigian and stated to my wife and I that it was "uneatible". Something has changed in the last 6 months and in my opinion it is definately the food preparation. I have had better spagetti in the cafeteria at school. Service was marginal at best, and this seemed to be related to a total lack of staff. For $300 one would think that there would be atleast one positive comment from our group, but that was not the case. My wife and I will never go back.

1 Star Rating: Poor

11/15/11

73% price increase! Goodbye Vitello's!

by Steve Ryan

Apparently from what I've read, Vitello's is under new management. That explains why I paid $19 for a simple chicken parm, that used to be $10.95. I have an old menu at home, and compared the prices, and everything has increased, AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT! The price of our entrees increased 73%, not a buck or two, but 73%. Seriously? Are these people crazy? And my wife and I were not happy with the quality of our meals from this new management. It's always been a great place to get a reasonabley priced, quality Italian meal. NOT ANYMORE!

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/05/11

Vitello's sleeps with fishes - AVOID

by Big Tony P

This used to be a great Italian restaurant until they decided to try and get fancy with the menu. Now the place is empty every night and sad. Don't tell me you are trying to be "more healthy" I'm Italian! People are supposed to want to EAT here! If I wanted carrots and bland broiled fish I could mess that up in my own kitchen. They don't even give you bread anymore unless you ask for it. What the hell?

RIP Vitello's

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/01/11

How sad for longtime Vitello's fans!

by craigfor food

Indeed a sad day for loyal Vitello's fans. This once iconic Italian restaurant now has new management, new chef, new menu and new staff. It doesn't remotely resemble the old Vitello's. The amazing food that made this place famous is no longer being served. Now your tiny portion of eggplant parmesan is accompanied by mashed potatoes along with carrots and broccoli that look like they came out of a frozen bag at Trader Joe's. WTF? The service is equally bad. Heartbreaking for loyal Vitello's fans like me. Avoid this new place at all costs!!

1 Star Rating: Poor

08/28/11

A SAD DAY IN STUDIO CITY...VITELLO'S HAS BIT THE BULLET

by Joni Savage

HOW SAD! VITELLO'S IS UNDER A NEW MENU AND MANAGEMENT AND THE QUALITY OF FOOD WENT DOWN THE HILL. Vitello's is a well known historical Italian restaurant that has somehow downgraded the quality of their food. Do not downgrade a historical restaurant that has a large large regular client base. It will kill your business. DELIVERY WAS AWFUL AS WELL. They used to show up within 30-45 min. This guy took well over an hour and my food was cold. Oh and they fill up your whole dinner with cheap veggies now and have completely cut your portions in half. Clearly they think the customers are stupid and will not notice the increased price and lousy food. I guess they are trying to be healthier but do not compromise a traditional Italian Red menu to be healthier. Just add healthy items. People do not go for Italian food to be healthy! It's normally a treat. The only place left is maybe Damiano's on Fairfax but nothing left in the valley. Il Pastaio is great and much fancier but for some reason their prices end up being almost less than Vitello's and it's in Beverly Hills. This was the only in between traditional southern red sauce place that was acceptable in LA and they just blew it. Once Italians eat here they will never come back! Trust me. Ugh. So sad. I agree with the guy below. It's a super sad day for me to say goodbye to this place. I never thought I would see the day where I would throw my Italian food in the garbage.

The Details on Vitello's Restaurant

Place Categories:

  • bad service
  • good italian food
  • bad food
  • great date place
  • romantic atmosphere
  • extremely attentive waiter
  • rude manager
  • extremley friendly staff
  • just gross manicotti
  • never bad dining experience
  • great classic italian restaurant
  • really good everything
  • best canoli
  • plentiful shrimp fetticine
  • nice friendly managerthat
  • extremely tasty size portions
  • cold wine
  • great vitellos
  • nice bottle
  • enjoy pasta
  • never great garlic bread
  • good price
  • great lauren
  • great ambiance
  • enjoy bruschetta
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