Nonna Luisa Ristorante - Anacortes (WA)

5 /5 Tab Jewell: Wow. Just wow. The service, the FOOD, the atmosphere. It was so amazing. I came out in a better mood. We will be coming here as much as possible. The food is worth it!! I got the seafood ravioli special, my husband got lamb, my son got Mac n cheese, and we all got cannolis. The scallops melted in my mouth!!!! I got a surprise mocktail that was so fantastic. Wow. The flavors were so good. The food was fresh.

5 /5 Terri DeLoach: After flying in from Florida we were starving so we arrived at the restaurant at 4:30 pm without a reservation. After reviewing the list of specials with our server we decided on the eggplant appetizer, the ravioli with butternut squash (Ravioli Zucca) & a mushroom pasta both from the special menu. The food was amazing. !! Fresh & delicious. The complimentary bread was hot & delicious! Service was spot on too. Highly recommend this restaurant if you are in Anacortes.

5 /5 Sarah Haeck: We have been here several times. Sometimes we are with family, sometimes we bring friends, and a few times we have had tiny wild toddlers along. Every single time has been nothing short of wonderful. The service is great. It seems they have one set of staff for taking orders and attending to any special requests, and another set of staff that are completely dedicated to filling waters and bringing out more of their delicious warm bread. Yes, they have a large specialty menu on a regular basis, and when they say specials they mean special! Those items are always winners. It does take a while for the servers to explain each special, but when we know we want something from the regular menu, we just let them know they can skip that part and they are always happy to do it. The owners are family people and actually Italian. When we brought my 1 year old niece, there wasn’t much we would order her, so one of the owners made the cutest place of crushed tomatoes and stuff for her to pick at. He asked permission of course and it was a really sweet touch. Another time, an owner came over and offered us a taste of some cheese he had just brought from Italy. Anything we have ever asked for has been accommodated. The food is delicious. I actually fell in love with the salmon pasta on the regular menu, as well as the tiramisu dessert, so I almost didn’t try the special menu. I’m so glad I did, though, because every item I have tried off the specialty menu has had me dreaming of the next visit! This place is so special and an absolute must try for anyone we have come visit. Pro tip: We love doing an early dinner to avoid any crowd. It’s fine with the hustle and bustle too, but nothing beats having such a wonderful meal and then time to relax at home afterward or drive by the water.

3 /5 Tif Tiff: Weve come here a second time now. I struggled with giving them three versus four stars and erred on the side of three. I really like that all of their recipes are house made. They have a lot of different options that go well together, however I feel that due to them having such an extensive specials menu, they lack putting in enough to each dish individually. Weve been to countless Itslian restaurants, from California to Mew York, across the state, and when we spent 2 weeks touring small towns in Italy. The food here is decent, and will be better than the next Italian restaurant 20 mins away. But the dishes weve gotten have always been a little underwhelming. Tonight I got the risotto special with the braised pork ragu. The risotto had great texture, and the ragu was honestly great - tender and flavorful. But the risotto and red sauce that the ragu was braised in lacked flavor. The only word I can use is "bland." My husband got the Braciola, which is something I make at home during holidays, and have had at a neighboring restaurant in Bellinham. Here it was very dry, and the ingredients werent incorporated properly, resulting in it to be dry meat with random chunks of ingredients falling out of it, instead of a conducive dish. I think this restaurant has great potential. I think with a little more attention to detail and care with the dishes, even if that means a longer wait or shorter menu, will really make this place stand out. In the meantime I would not recommend someone to go out of their way to try them, unfortunately.

5 /5 James: Good evening everyone, Todays review will be on an Italian restaurant in Anacortes WA called Nina Luisa Ristorante. We showed up to the restaurant around 8pm. Upon entering the restaurant we were quickly greeted and did not have to wait more than 5 minutes for a table. We had a nice little both near the front of the restaurant. The only thing is its not a huge restaurant so the booths are a little small so when you get appetizers and bread etc the table gets filled up very quickly with plates. We had a couple appetizers like; mussels, clams and bruschetta all of which were very delicious. They dont have a huge menu but what they do have when you order the plate size is very considerable. Let me put it this way, its a medium too expensive restaurant. For me, I ordered (pollo) cacciatore but when the food arrived it was a generous portion- so that was a relief. All of our meals were cooked well, tasted good and no one had any problems with any of the food we ordered. where the restaurant is located is very quaint and I would definitely recommend eating here or at least giving it a try. Like I mentioned earlier, its a medium too expensive restaurant so with four people it was near $200. I Hope this helps everyone and enjoy your eating experiences everyone! James...