Fornarelli's - Hartford

Service is friendly, food is awesome, decor is a little dated and food is pricey. Still woul recommend

We ordered their chicken parm 2.0 and lobster ravioli. The chicken parm even sitting in the car for a bit on our 10 minute drive home was still super crispy and delicious! Only weird thing was the random veggies on the side of the chicken smushed into the same container. The lobster ravioli was great too and tasted super fresh. Would recommend and would come again!

Great little spot in downtown Hartford. We went before the UConn game on a Sunday afternoon. Delicious food, friendly staff and owner, nice atmosphere. Will definitely be back.

Just awful, food was cold, I had fast food that tasted better, I am not Italian and cook better pasta than what we got. Not sure how it has any good reviews, one start is too much. It was an expensive disappointment :

I've now been to this bistro many times for their Happy Hours. In the summer, I loved sitting outside at a table watching folks go by. Their lounge is well appointed and cosy. Intimate and inviting. Two happy hour appetizers plus a glass of wine cost about $20. Their HOUSE wines are quite good, moreso than other venues. The food is basically decent but I've never been certain who is in the kitchen or if the food has been heated up from frozen at 5pm. The last time I was there I heard a kitchen staffer ask what is in the pasta fagioli I ordered. My soup came to me as a thin tomato base with a few pasta noodles and white beans. Better off with their very tasty fried calamari and caesar salad when the right person has prepared it. Once I received a caesar with no cheese, some romaine lettuce and a few croutons. I had to ask for cheese and evo. OMG. Funny. I am certain they do cook beautiful food for the main restaurant patrons. Their bar staff is always friendly, although they don't know or have the proper liquors to make certain cocktails. Once I asked if they had any form of raspberry/blackberry liquour to add to a drink, they did not. Its a neighborhood friendly hangout and definitely has that Soho vibe, a hard to find karma in Hartford. I've sat there while known male patrons enter for beers, exit, and return with expletives. I've never been certain as to the why. By all means, visit as a couple. Just be prepared if you are a single female elder. The men might become ribald.