Nonna's Italian Bistro

11877 E Arapahoe Rd, Centennial - 80111
833 reviews
Italian Wine Bar Cocktail Bar
(303) 790-9999

We enjoyed our dinner and the service was quick and polite.

This place use to be great! Unfortunately, like others the pandemic has altered its existence. Went here the other night and waited almost 20 minutes for a server to greet the table with waters. The menu has been reduced and the quality of food has as well. This isn’t the first bad experience we’ve had here recently. We tried to give them the benefit of doubt but they’re service has progressively gotten worse. As has their uplift of food. Unfortunately I have to cross this place off our list of neighborhood go to spots.

Let me start by saying that our server was very nice. Struggled a bit with remembering things, but admitted that they were short staffed so we were sympathetic to that. We started off with the bruschetta, which was served with stale crostinis. They tasted like they were made in a large batch in the morning, and then sat around all day getting stale. Not only that, but they tasted like they’d absorbed the kitchen air, so not a great start. Then came the mains (pictured below). The short rib was dry, and bland with a watery sauce. Not sure how you dry out a braised short rib, but that’s what happened. The mash had clumpy, grainy consistency. This is likely due to it sitting around, having the condensation dribble off the lid into the mash. I ate it as I didn’t want to complain about every dish, so I just sucked it up.My wife’s chicken parm was cold, and the sauce I can only describe as chef Boyardee canned tomato soup. It was watery and disgusting. That we sent back as it was quite literally inedible. We told the server and they responded with “I’m so sorry, the food here is horrible, I know!”They offered us a free cannoli, but based on what we had just eaten, we declined the offer and chose to simply enjoy our wine as it was the only thing the untouched by the cook in the back. I’m not saying that the whole restaurant is horrible, but they should really consider replacing their kitchen staff.

We had the best server Micheal who catered to our two young grandchildren. He was awesome!

Piano music was so relaxing, food was delicious! Service superb! Delightful evening!

We have visited Nonna's several times recently. Each time, we enjoy the experience more. Excellent food. Wonderful variety on the menu, that is updated often. Service is top notch...particularly Michael and Mikela (sp?) Both are GREAT! Price for value is excellent.

We enjoyed our experience. The only thing was my husbands sea bass portion was very small for the price. My Crusted Chicken was delicious.

Very good. Enjoyed our dinner very much. Service was excellent! Try the Carbonara ala Nonna, it was great.

This place was absolutely fantabulous! Food was spectacular! Been a while since I have been this satisfied by the amount of food per portion and flavor was off the charts! You must go!!

The food was pretty good and the service was friendly. I felt the prices were high for the food that we were served.