Avanti Restaurant

Lovely restaurant , pleasant and comfortable, wonderful healthy menu, amazing delicious dinner! Focaccia and olives were perfect, puttanesca the best I’ve ever had. Delicious lightly roasted side vegetables were great . Cesear salad and beet salad were both very fresh. Enjoyed this restaurant and we will be back !!

We hosted our bachelorette dinner here and the food was delicious, the cocktails were tasty and the staff was so kind and attentive! Shout out to Missy who made our bride feel extra special with gorgeous fresh flowers on the table and a bottle of bubbly!

Lovely dinner out, great fish and appetizers, dessert, and really dug this wine. The server, Robin, was so wonderful it felt like hanging out with a knowledgeable dear friend when she visited our table.

My friend and I ate here to celebrate. Robin and Mia were incredible and tolerated all of our stories. I had the ricotta ravioli, which was lovely. We tried 4 of the desserts. The mousse and lemon tart were my favorite. The atmosphere is beautiful, the staff was incredible. We’ll have to visit again when we’re in town.

My partner and I have been to Avanti many times. We started with the creamed broccoli soup (dairy-free) and was delicious. The duck dinner I had was the best meal I have had there. Not only was the duck delicious, but the cooked vegetables (broccoli, zucchini, and salad) were excellent. And on the side were very good potato latkes, possibly as an homage that this week is Chanukah. Though my partner's chicken fusilli wasn't as good as her usual lasagna that she orders, it was still pretty good.

Traveled last week to Santa Cruz from Texas, this place was truly amazing. The hostess was also our waitress and the staff made our experience wonderful. Stop by and you will be blown away. Thank u guys!!!👏👏

Avanti is a smaller restaurant with a nice vibe. The service was good, but the food was just ok. We ordered a Caesar salad to split. The dressing could have used some more lemon juice to balance out the flavor. It was much too rich tasting. My wife had the lasagna and again it was somewhat mediocre. I had the GRASS-FED BEEF TENDERLOIN | with garlic and rosemary, potatoes Au gratin, and grilled asparagus. It was done as requested, but I really could not taste the beef. The rosemary sauce was very overpowering. So much so, that I could not even taste the garlic. The overpowering of the rosemary was still evident even after I removed as much of the sauce as I could. It was a disappointing entree, especially for $44. The potatoes looked good, but not to much flavor. The asparagus was phenomenal however. Overall, this was a disappointing experience for us. I do not think we will be making the drive over to the west side again to go there. Too bad "Your Place Farm to Table" restaurant is now closed on the west side, that was one of our favorites.