La Cucina Cafe Halifax

We were happy we made reservations. The restaurant is not fancy, but serves excellent food. The service was gracious and the food was delivered quickly. It was very busy due to Valentine's Day, but if you enjoy good food without the fancy atmosphere, this is the place to go. The prices are reasonable and we had a lovely evening.

To kick off the evening, our Open Table reservation was not received. However, the staff quickly accommodated our group of 7 and found us a table. Unfortunately, our drink order included a glass of sour milk with no replacement available. Our waiter appeared inexperienced and a bit disorganized, but ultimately provided good service. In the future, I would avoid using Open Table to reserve a spot at this restaurant.

To start, the restaurant had no record of my reservation, despite me having confirmation. The staff seemed unaware and unprepared for my party of 7 celebrating a birthday, as well as my special requests. After arriving at 4:30pm, we had to wait for a table to be set up and then waited 15 minutes just to order water. We were not offered bread as usual, and had to ask for it ourselves. The appetizers took an hour to arrive and were cold and unappetizing. Our meals didn't come until 6pm, 1.5 hours after we arrived, and were also cold and disappointing. The service was slow and the food not worth the high price we paid. Overall, a terrible experience costing $243.00. We will not be returning and do not recommend this restaurant to others.

Our reservation was made ahead of time. Which is a good thing and so easy to do online. The waitress was lovely. However The food was just OK! The risotto ball were cold and bland. There was absolutely no taste of squash. I had the stuff chicken with spinach. It was very good but small and pricey. There was only two small pieces of chicken. It was mostly gnocchi. Which was good but the value was not there. The best part was the staff. Ambiance was good for casual dining. Probably would not go again. There are other Italian restaurants in the same price range with better food. Sorry.

We were very graciously received even though, although we had a booking through 'Open Table ', La Cucina had not been informed of our booking. However, the service, as always, was very good and the food excellent. They go out of their way to accommodate your special requests even to bringing your own 'Special Occasion ' celebration cake.