Terroni

12/18/09

Great pizza!

by hurahura at Citysearch

I love pizza here. period.

ok, if someone likes american style food like you can eat at cheescake factory ro california pizza kitchen.(I am not downgrading cheesecake factory and california pizza kitchen) To them, probably Terroni's food seems too simple and boring.

However, if you like simple and neat style food, then I recommend this place. This restaurant's totato sauce is good. I always order margherita pizza and seafood pasta whenever I go there and it never disappoints me.

Price is a bit high but I still like this place.

• Pros: great pizza, great taste. neat and simple but good food.
• Cons: parking(street or valet)

12/09/09

Great Italian Food

by Italianfoodlovers at Citysearch

Unfortunately, a lot of great restaurants get a bad review from the customer that you really can't ever please. I have eaten authentic Italian food in Italy... and I've tried many Italian restaurants in the LA area and Terroni is by far my favorite Los Angeles Italian restaurant and the favorite of many Italian friends. Sometimes, it's just knowing what to order. I love the dandelion and sausage pasta and the pizza is just like the pizza you get in Italy. Also, I've never had bad service while dining at Terroni. For anyone looking for a tasty, original Italian dish, this is the place.

• Pros: Dandelion and Sausage Pasta

11/23/09

ABSURD ABSURD ABSURD IDIOTIC AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

by BGreen34 at Citysearch

Don't give these people your money. GO ANYWHERE ELSE. Ridiculous idiocy, trust me, no matter how good your day was, they will ruin your evening,

Pricey for such terrifically mediocre food. A glorified pizza place that really wants to pretend it's a five star restaurant; it's not.

Rude, untalented and borderline fascistic service. The customer is always wrong here. I've eaten in five star restaurants all over the world all my life and honestly I have never encountered the kind of insulting arrogance from a restaurant staff that is on display here, and clearly has been trained down to the bone on fear of death, dismemberment, or at the very least, loss of livelihood by the owner. They not only want to tell you what to eat, they want to tell you how to eat it. Next they will actually order it for you, then eat it for you, then tell you how much you liked it, then you'll pay for it, and they'll go home and have sex with your date. You think I'm kidding but I just got a call from them letting me know how much I enjoyed my evening.

In short: DON'T. EAT. HERE.

• Pros: the napkins were clean
• Cons: Staff, Ownership, Service, Food, Embience, Cost etc.

11/23/09

great italian pizza

by issy luca at Citysearch

my italian friend whom i like so much brought me to this place, for which he knows i soooo love italian food! food was great and i really love it! however, the place is tiny so there would be a chance of hurrying up so that other clients could use the table, leading to messing up the time to get more sweet with your date. it would totally kill a romantic date! so, if you are planning on something romantic, do not go here! this place is good for friends :)

• Pros: great food
• Cons: would kill romatic night

10/29/09

Third class restaurant at first class price

by ElieB at Citysearch

the waitress was uninterested and the service was definitely not "Mediterranean style" , the portions were SMALL and the prices were large. No flexibility or desire to accommodate customer request. The bread did not fit the place or the prices (more like a Danny's bread) . A simple salad @ $17 and main course too small of a portion to feed a normal person.

Overall rating, Mediocre (at best)

• Pros: the food wasTasty
• Cons: Lousy service, bad management, expensive

07/29/09

Couldn't Get Out of There Fast Enough

by Alissabc at Citysearch

I thought I would give Terroni one more try. I went this evening and I won't be going back. It's loud on it's own because of the acoustics of the building, but they also blast this really frenetic, annoying music. Our waiter was inattentive and somewhat rude. He disappeared at some point. We had to ask the hostess for the bill. The food was cold and over-priced. This place is not going to last.

• Pros: In my neighborhood
• Cons: loud, frenetic atmosphere, so-so food

06/14/09

SUCKED - Don't bother

by ML90036 at Citysearch

There was attitude from the moment we walked in. It was loud and the tables were smashed together, killing any possibility of a romantic evening. The bar was limited, and drinks were overpriced. Food was unimaginative and poorly executed (they screwed up pizza) -- especially for these prices. Bad service, bad food, bad drinks bad ambiance, and big bill. I will * N E V E R * go back.

• Cons: Bad on every level

06/12/09

Careful, Terroni thinks it's better than you

by nicada at Citysearch

The atmosphere was great, the wine was overpriced ($18/glass...is this the Four Seasons?), but it was great, and the menu looked extensive. But DON'T be fooled. This is a restaurant that thinks it's better than its customers. My husband & I have never felt so belittled by a restaurant's absurd policies!!

The bread is dry, can we please have some butter, or balsamic vinegar? NO, we believe you should only eat bread with olive oil. The calamari looks good, can we please have some dipping sauce? NO. What about a side of marinara, we know you have that in the kitchen. NO, we don't want you to eat our calamari with our marinara. Hmmm. The pizza comes out, it's too dry and flavorless. Some Parmesan cheese? We just saw you bring some to our neighbor for their pasta. Absolutely NO, we don't want you to eat parmesan with our pizza. Excuse me??????

It was so rude, so belittling. To have the ingredients, to bring them to the table next to you, but to outright REFUSE to bring them to you? It's inexcusable. No paying customer should be made to feel like we're not good enough to sit in your seat. Like your opinion of how to eat pizza is better than mine. You can eat your pizza how you'd like, but with all due respect Chef, you're making food for ME to eat! It's not your meal when I'm paying for it. It's mine.

The manager went on to argue with my husband, who is Italian, and who has lived in Italy, that this is the European way. What is, rudeness? Well this is Los Angeles, and your restaurant is across the street from the Grove, for God's sake. And here in California, restaurants earn loyal customers with courtesy and delicious food. Not insults and dry pizza.

Btw, this is the first restaurant I have ever written a review about, ever...

• Pros: Nice atmosphere
• Cons: Absurd & belittling policies

05/27/09

becoming my favorite lunch spot

by HerbDow at Citysearch

Just always an enjoyable meal for me and my clients. Most of them have returned on their own. I would recommend to anyone. I especially enjoy the big table in front

• Pros: great wine list and service
• Cons: hard to find street parking

05/14/09

You must be kidding: Condescension gets an A+ here!

by MarkWithAK at Citysearch

This is the kind of restaurant doomed to fail--I give it 2 years at most--since they are totally customer-unfriendly. No substiutions. NO PARMESAN CHEESE TO ADD ON TOP OF YOUR PIZZA. No balsamic vinegar to dunk your (veritably uninteresting) bread in. The wait staff have all been primped anf primed on how to tell you "No" to any special request. Get off your high horse already!

• Pros: Good pizza
• Cons: Just try asking for it to be cut, or substitution made!