Family owned Italian restaurant overlooking Geneva Lake. Fantastic menu including seafood, pasta, nightly specials, and craft cocktails. Outdoor seating weather permitting. Minutes from downtown Lake Geneva. Reservations recommended. Private rooms available.
Fine-dining spot featuring Italian steakhouse fare, wine & martinis plus a patio with lake views. Based on 699 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $$$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
10 E Geneva St, Williams Bay, WI 53191
Phone: (262) 245-9665
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Hours
| Sunday | 5–9:30 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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5–9:30 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 5–9:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 5–9:30 PM |
| Thursday | 5–9:30 PM |
| Friday | 5–10 PM |
| Saturday | 5–10 PM |
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Reservations: cafecalamari.comopentable.com
Reviews
Virna Garcia
It’s the restaurant is located in there one of the best parts of town, right in front of the lake. The food is excellent. I hardly highly recommended chicken piccata in the house salad. This salad was so good we had to order two. The waiter and waitresses in the bus boys were very nice.
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Jacqueline Williams
My sisters and I dined here on August 18, 2023. The atmosphere and our waiter Tony was great. I give this place 5 stars for the waiter only. Our experience with the management team was not pleasant. The image attached shows a plate with a fly on it. The plate was sent back to the kitchen to be replaced, but the same plate of food returned to us with sauce covering the area where my sister ate from. This was unacceptable. We requested to speak with the manager. The manager did not take ownership of what happened. Instead, redirected to make us at fault. I would say she did give us something off our bill. But that isn’t the principle. Acknowledgment of fault would have been better. We paid our bill, thanked Tony, our waiter, and decided never to return to this establishment. Sad because it could have gained our repeated business. We hoped for a better experience.
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I D
Nice dining experience. The first impression from the receptionist was on the unpleasant side but the wonderful waitress,great food and tasty drinks erased that first experience. The place is casual and relaxing but with a slight upscale vibe.
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Laura Ẅ
What a gem of a place, with an excellent variety of selections! Our request for a ‘Casamigos Reposado Tequila Old-fashioned’ didn’t raise eyebrows or throw our servers or the Mixologist at all. And boy, did they do a fantastic job! They also have a solid selection of quality wines by the glass.
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Noelle F.
Great food, great service. Nice atmosphere for a romantic dinner. When in town again we definitely will be back.
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Olivia Lenski
We’ve eaten here a couple of times while visiting friends in Lake Geneva. Service was great, food was delicious. Always a nice dinner!
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Melonie P
A very busy restaurant, strongly recommend making a reservation. They have a wonderful outdoor seating area. Great service. We ordered the pasta bolognese, it was good, but short on sauce. The cheese strudel was delish. We ordered Tito lemon drop martinis, they were short filled, good, but for $13.50 each to fill the glass half way was ridiculous. I would return, but won’t order martinis again.
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Mary Hirschey
We very much enjoyed our dinner on the patio. The service was friendly and efficient. Being lighter eaters, we appreciated the option to split an entree for a small up charge. Our caesar salad could have used a bit more tense flavor in the dressing but the chicken dish was great. It was prepared with a mushroom sauce and served with garlic mashed potatoes. The chicken itself was tender and moist, not at all like typical dry restaurant chicken. We would definitely return to Calimari.
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Nikki
Guess we disagree with the masses on this place. I say skip the meal here, eat your Italian dinner at Tuscan Tavern & Grill and come here after for the salted caramel cheesecake, which was out of this world.
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jugdish wackerly
LIVID…. Fans of Cafe Calamari for years. Tonight’s dinner was abysmal. I’ve let things slide in the past as food has been very good over the years. First…. Mashed potatoes is it. No risotto, random vegetables based on the night. Their scallops are excellent. Their walleye is excellent when it’s a special.
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