Al Forno

Almost empty restaurant and they claimed they had reservations for all those tables. You can tell they don’t care about customers.

Usual great Al Forno food space. Not much to review here. Incompetent service ruined the meal. Unfilled water glasses throughout, no bussing at table, drinks left at bar 15-20 minutes and delivered wrong, plates brought without utensils were the highlights among this meal. Basically a crash course on how not to service a table and really put a damper on everyone’s time. No matter how good certain items can be it becomes a pass for me when you consider your customer’s to be an inconvenience.

Hands down the best meal of our trip to Rhode Island. The atmosphere, the food, the service…impeccable.

Food was average. This place is not worth all the hype nor months of waiting for a reservation. Service was nothing out of the ordinary. Highly recommend checking your bill and menu prices as they overcharged us over $100 due to duplicates of items ordered when in reality we did not order more than one of those items. They also sat us upstairs with a disabled person in our party who had a clear trouble with them. Honestly disappointed overall. I don’t plan to go back. Also according to them leaving a pitcher of water at the table is against policy? Make it make sense!!!! I’ve never seen a restaurant with such odd ‘rules’ We had to order essentially everything at once too because of how the kitchen works? Our server was also very slow to get our drinks. I waited a half hour for my glass of wine. Yeah I certainly will not be going back.

Oh my goodness I cannot even give al Forno enough stars. A friend recommended this as we were going to be just one night in Providence. He suggested the corn pizza which sounded so an appetizing. However walking up to the restaurant we happen to meet one of the chefs, Phil. My boyfriend is a foodie and had some engaging conversation about what we should get. We totally took his recommendation of the corn pizza as well as the duck home feet. We did not have a reservation but the hostess suggested we grab a drink at one of the three bars and she would find us. I thought that was pretty special that she would just come find us and she did. We got a lovely table by a window. But while waiting for our table and having a drink I set my martini on the bench next to me a gentleman walked by brought a paper napkin and politely put it under my drink for me. It was actually Matt the manager who introduced himself and I was grateful. That was the beginning of the most amazing service and attention to detail. We felt like we were celebrities. We ordered the corn pizza and oh my goodness it was ridiculously good. The crispy thin crust with the most amazing sauce and fresh corn was an incredible marriage of flavors. We also had the duck cold feet which was served with a deck reduction and cherries. It was accompanied by a bit of mashed potatoes. Again mind-blowing! Matt checked on us the chef came out as he obviously recognized the order. And with some conversation you could see how much everyone including our server I apologize I don't remember his name maybe Ivan all loved what they did. I'm sorry I forgot to take pictures before I was halfway through everything but it is memorable in my mind and in my mouth.