Ventura's - Utica

Best nostalgic Italian restaurants in Utica we think its one of the best shrimp scampi I've ever had in awhile don't let the outside fool you but inside looks way peaceful and serene fine dining love this place can wait to come back and try other things.

EXCELLENT food! The service was incredible and the atmosphere was stunning. Will definitely make a trip back!

The whole experience was great. The food, waitress and atmosphere were all very good. The owner/host was friendly and accommodating. The only suggestion is to give a little more time between courses. Great chicken scarp.

Old school Italian...wonderful food. The calamari was perfect, lightly breaded and perfectly fried. The baked trout was delightful in a butter and lemon broth and the frozen lemoncello custard was the perfect end! BUT....the service left much to be desired....took awhile to take our orders and then the calamari and Utica greens came out together in spite of asking for the greens to come with entrees. The greens sat there getting cold and were not eaten. Water glasses were never filled, coffee was not warmed up, just perfunctory service. And we were asked to leave (after 2 hours) because others were waiting. I have NEVER been asked to leave a table when I am ordering dessert and coffee. Mind you the server didn 't ask if we wanted coffee or dessert...I asked and now I realize they wanted us to vacate the table. The check came with the desserts. They could have at least moved us to the bar area and even offered to buy us a drink...but no, we need you leave. Since I drove 60 miles to meet a friend there for dinner, this was especially disturbing, which we tried to express, to no avail. VERY DISAPPOINTED.

Rehearsal dinner was great service was wonderful. Great waiter attended to all our needs.