Cozy, old-school restaurant offering a menu of Sicilian-Italian comfort fare, from veal to pasta. Based on 370 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.6 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
74 Court St, Middletown, CT 06457
Phone: (860) 704-0000
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Cantina-Caf%C3%A9-Ristorante-103066081521453
Hours
| Saturday | 4:30–9:30 PM |
| Sunday | 3:30–8:30 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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4:30–9 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 4:30–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 4:30–9 PM |
| Thursday | 4:30–9 PM |
| Friday | 4:30–9:45 PM |
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Reviews
Jenny Minutillo
Portion for each entree is more than the average person can finish and, yet, they charge you $8 plate-share fee! Food was not bad but not great either. Plenty of other places to try in the area before returning.
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Nick Sackandy
Best Italian food I’ve eaten in CT.
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Cat Tung
Cantina is a place great for anyone looking for a less-known but delicious Italian restaurant. You need to use stairs to get to the eating area, there’s no elevator or ramp in the building. The atmosphere is alright, but you’re not going for decor; you’re going for the food. The menu is limited but the portions are huge; you’re bringing home leftovers. I’ve never had a bad meal here, whoever runs the kitchen knows their stuff.
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Chris Monroe
What the hell happened to this place? The food was always excellent in the past. All 5 of us were not happy with our main entrees. Each dinner was drowned in a soup like salt substance and the quality of what was not was just mediocre. The 2 fish dishes were nearly inedible and $38.99 each. How embarrassing to have suggested this place to my family. No working a/c either. Will not be back.
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Carol Tardif
Love this place! Awesome lemon drop martini, service is excellent and my favorite chicken Parmigiano. Large enough to feed a family plenty for leftovers tomorrow. We will be back when I need my chicken parm and drink fix!
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Juliana Simone
Attending a popular annual event here in April 2022, cocktails and mingling traditionally began the first hour. Family style antipasto platters, salad, rolls and penne in red sauce were brought to tables by servers for the first course. A buffet dinner with multiple chafing dishes on two long banquet tables were on each side of the room. Prepared meals consisted of sausage, green pepper and roasted potatoes, a white fish topped with crabmeat stuffing and veal roulade with asparagus and cheese in brown gravy. Cannolis were brought to tables for the dessert course. Self-serve coffee was available to patrons on a rear table.
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Cara MacDonald
WOW! The food at Cantina is absolutely amazing. This is the best meal I’ve had in a very long time. My husband had the veal parmigiana and I had the gnocchi salimbocca. The portions are huge and everything tasted so fresh. We can’t wait to go back!
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Hunter Panier
This little hole in the wall Italian restaurant makes you feel like you’re in an old Italian couples home, so quaint and comfortable. This is also maintained by the service. It feels more like an interaction with an old friend. The portion sizes are giant, so be prepared to share or take home leftovers, but the food is to die for. Just from the look of the food you can tell that the pasta is handmade, and that first bite just proves it. Even before the main course the simple salad and bread that they have just set you up for high expectations of the main course, and they deliver above and beyond. This is absolutely some of the best Italian food I’ve ever eaten and I will be going back. Also, if you can muster up the room, they’re homemade cannoli is just a new level, and it will make all other cannoli seem subpar. I’d give this place 10 stars if I could.
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Amanda T
After hearing about this place for years, I finally made it there. Amazing food, authentic atmosphere and fantastic service. If getting a pasta dish, consider getting one family style.
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Glenn monroe
The food was very salty. Broth that our dishes were in was not very good. Everything went downhill since we were there last year. Wouldn’t reccomend. Fish dishes were way overpriced.
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