Il Fornaio Catering and Events

To add a 3% benefits surcharge without telling your customers is garbage business. If your that hard up, close down. That type of business practice gives a bad name to the industry. If your that hard up, shut it down. Never coming there again

I really like the atmosphere of this restaurant. It's very comforting when you walk in. A friend joined me for dinner. They had never been here before. After looking over the menu we ordered fish. I ordered salmon and ask if I could get risotto instead of the mashed potatoes. When the salmon came it had four shrimp laying on top of it. Not reading shrimp was in the dish, I asked our waitress why it had shrimp on it. I explained to her that I didn't eat shellfish. Her response was, "no the dish didn't call for it but I put it on. Are you OK if I just scrape it off" Say what!??. That's exactly what she did...she simply scraped it off the top of the salmon. I started to eat the risotto and realized it had pork in it. I don't eat pork! Who puts pork in risotto with salmon? Again when our waitress returned I explained to her that I don't eat pork and why did I have pork in my risotto. Oy!

Needless to say I didn't exactly enjoy my dinner. I stepped away to go to the restroom and when I came back our waitress had given my friend a card for a free drink for the faux pas on my meal. Say what!??

I've been to this restaurant before, and it's typically really good. They fell short tonight.

The last time I visited this restaurant I ordered the butter not squash pasta. It was really good. The pasta was al dente like I like it, and the sauce was full of flavor and really delicious. Would I eat here again? Absolutely.

Horrible experience! Scallops were undercooked, the whole dish was just flavorless and cold. Waiter never picked up our plates or checked on us even once. We finished eating and it took over 30 minutes for us to get our waiters attention and just give him our card.

Will not be coming back.

Nice looking venue with high ceilings and open space. Has a pretty upscale feel and some marginally upscale pricing but the food and service was just under par.
Perhaps its due to the recent revival of dining in options but everyone seemed flustered and rushed. We had to constantly wave people down for help. We were sat with no utensils. No bread basket either. We noticed everyone else had both, so waved down a runner to get us some. They did so but forgot the bread. Asked someone else for bread and they didnt bring out butter or oils. Asked for both from a 3rd person and he said something to our waiter and he runs off and grabs us more bread - in which at that time we said we have plenty of bread but hoping for butter and oils - he says right away! And brings back a handful of butter, no oils.
But thats all understandable... however if im paying more than $15 for some pasta i dont expect huge portions but i expected good pasta... the rigitoni bolognase is what i had and though it wasnt horrible... a box of bertollinis rigatoni with ragu tomato sauce and some ground beef could have tasted the same for me. The beef carpaccio was decent and the calamari was so so as, personal preference i would have liked it more breaded and crispy/crunch exterior.

Overall - subpar experience with subpar food. Id rather spend a little less for more portions at an olive garden or a little more for a better quality meal.

My sister made a reservation for our family of 20, to celebrate my nephews baptism.

I love the decor and the ambiance.

We had a prix fixe menu that was incredible.

House salad
Entree - choice of salmon, NY steak, pork medallion and primavera pasta
Dessert - choice of sorbet or chocolate cake

Everything was delicious.

Shout out to our assigned server Jason.
He was attentive, had a genuine smile and just accommodating to my million of questions about ingredients since my daughter has a ton of allergies.

I am from Chicago, however when I'm back in Roseville, this is the first place I will go to.

Cannelloni Forno- one word: DISAPPOINTED

It's beautiful inside and out which brought my boyfriend and I here. Seeing that we are new to the area we are checking out places. All I can say was the look did not match the taste. I should of known better then to set expectations so high because t mostly only leads to disappointments. I was very well impressed with Jason out server- if it weren't for him I would of probably left. He worked hard to make up for my lack of satisfaction with a dessert- but I didn't like that either. Wine was five star, service five star but considering my main dish was almost as good as something I could make out of an Amy's frozen dinner and they didn't even offer gluten free pasta for it this was right before dinner rush- I can only imagine what the dish would of been like if we had been there for the busiest time of the evening.......no star. And not coming back.

Absolutely the best way to end a morning of Christmas shopping. Hostess was very welcoming and cheerful. She gave us a choice of several seating locations which was nice. My husband and I were trying to decide on a bottle of wine so bartender came over to help us decide. Our waitress was very prompt and professional. We love the decor and design of this restaurant. You are nicely spaced from other customers so you have enough privacy but still open enough to look around. Food was delicious from appetizer to our daughters desert. One of our favorites in the area so will definitely be returning.

Came here for a dinner with a colleague while on the road. Il Fornaio has a great reputation in the Bay Area, but hadn't been to the one in Rocklin/Roseville. We started with a trip to the bar for a cocktail and met Marcus, who I call an "old fashioned bar-man". He had a scholarly knowledge of everything he had to offer and gave us tastes, opinions and options. Exceptional! Then off to dinner, excellent wine list, took the friendly and knowledgeable server's advice on a great house red wine. Our courses were delicious and we couldn't even finish all the food. We enjoyed ourselves in a great atmosphere and before we knew it, 3-1/2 had elapsed. What a great restaurant. I would definitely recommend Il Fornaio Roseville to friends and colleagues and can't wait to return!

If anyone is looking for a restaurant for a private party, IL Fornia will usually provide reasonable accommodations and a private room. And I have had fairly good experiences at private bashes held at both Burlingame and Palo Alto locations. However, this time we had to organize a family dinner in Sacramento area because most of our family lives up there. And it wasn't easy.

It took months of preparation. First I called several restaurants and picked the Sacramento/Capital IL Fornia location, but the banquet coordinator at that location was responding sporadically and ended up giving our room away to someone who works at IL Fornia. I was shocked and couldn't believe it.

So, my husband who is more patient, tried the Roseville location and we ended up with a much better experience. And it's all because of 'Meredith' the Banquet Coordinator who was a true 'professional'. She was upbeat and helpful with the menu. She accommodated our needs from the moment we started working with her and all through the evening. She had individual menus printed for each of our guests and a completely different one for the children so that they can play with the crayons. I would say she is the best Banquet manager I have worked with so far and I have organized quite a few personal and corporate parties.... Meredith was customer service oriented and sensitive to our needs. the two waitresses that were designated for our event, also provided us with excellent service.

Let's not forget the food was great and plenty for our guests.

My parent's went all out and invited about 35-40 people for our engagement party and thought Il Fornaio was the perfect place to host the party (they love Il Fornaio!) The space is made to accommodate different size your party due to movable walls, so this time our party was in a much larger space.

We did the "heavy appetizers" instead of a sit down dinner which made mingling much easier. The service was impeccable and they continued to walk around and refresh the wine, beer and food the entire three hours.

The food was very good especially the pizza and the stuffed mushroom tops. This is such a beautiful space to have a private event in and the waitress and waiter were really helpful and accommodating for our guests.