Villa Borghese

Excellent authentic Italian food ( I’m Italian and at Villa Borghese you can enjoy the same food as in good restaurants in Italy) with a wide choice for vegetarians. The venue is spacious and relaxing and the service is very friendly and fast.
If you are looking for a real Italian experience in Amsterdam… Villa Borghese is THE place!

Nice Italian with a great outdoor patio for warmer and sunnier days. The food is good, but nothing to write home about. In my experience the staff are very friendly and helpful, which is always important.

Took such a long time before we even got seated, then did not receive a menu for about 10 minutes. The servers do not look at you, nor do they let you order anything for around 15 minutes. After our dinner was done, we wanted to get dessert. We waited for around half an hour, and still no one came to give us any kind of service. The empty plates remained on our table the entire time. Eventually after a long wait, we decided to just pay and go get dessert somewhere else. I do not recommend.

Lovely food, great staff. Nothing more to say just TOP restaurant!

Food is good, however, it was way tooooo slow, we arrived at 18:30 yesterday and finally had the starter at 19:40 and main dish at 20:30!
The tables next to us could be served much earlier than us. No idea why.

I am writing this review while I am still sitting in Villa Borghese in complete shock.
Horrible service! Just horrible! First, nobody wanted to sit me (by ignoring me completely), then they said they don’t have my reservation (it was confirmed earlier), then I had to shout to the waitress after sitting for 15 minutes to get me a menu at least. The food arrived quite fast, BUT they forgot to put any type of sauce to the salad I ordered (it doesn’t actually look like the one I ordered at all but I am so hungry, I would eat it if there was at least olive oil present). And I also needed to grab cutlery after food arrived.
Never ever again at this place! Complete epic fail.

Authentic Italian food, beautiful scenery and great atmosphere! During summer time or good weather “rarely” sitting outdoor is mesmerising!
Food was great, service was super friendly but the restaurant was packed and so our order took forever to arrive!

Friendly personnel and a variety of dishes to choose from. The l food was tasty but not special or particularly memorable. The restaurant itself looks clean and ordered, however its large space makes it noisy, so it could use a little more intimacy.

Nice environment but when its crowded since the place is small, it is so loud.
The food was nice but i would say average, not great. Service was super, the staff was really friendly.

I made a reservation, but I still had to wait and I was left unattended for 20 minutes. The service was pathetic to say the least. Everything we ordered except the dessert took almost half an hour to be on the table. We had to make several requests to get the menu when we wanted to order the dessert. Out of desperation we just picked it ourselves from another table. The only nice thing was the food. It was good and fresh. Tiramisu was tooo good. Still not worth the poor service of the staff. I really hope that they had a bad day, and this is not their usual service.

Went here on a Wednesday evening and booked a table, although that wasn't necessary (but might be on weekends). Even though it wasn't very busy the waiters didn't always pay a lot attention even though they were with enough people so service is not the fastest, but we had the time. The staff was friendly. The food was good! The thing I noticed was the prices on the website aren't updated (in other words, the real menu turned out to be a few euros more expensive). But the menu has a great variety and they have a weekly specials menu too.
I had a hard time choosing but the Triangoli di Pesce Spada I ordered was delicious! A great choice if you're into seafood pasta. For dessert I tried the Tiramisu Originale and Tartufo Nero, which is like an ice cream cake covered with chocolate and had chocolate and I think hazelnut ice cream flavours inside, with a dark chocolate fluid core. It was delicious! And with the chocolate hazelnut flavour it reminded me of Nutella.

The interior is beautiful and fitting and is a lovely addition to the atmosphere.

Will definitely return to try more dishes on the menu!