aboslutely delicious. we dined here on a friday evening and they were busy. they quoted us a 25 minute wait, but only waited about 15. this place is very small....tiny, tiny!! there are two sides for diners to sit at, and the tables seat 4. the service here was excellent. everything arrived promptly and our waters were kept full and the wine was plentiful as well. i had never tried vodka sauce and neither had the hubs so we ordered a side to try with our garlic bread, it was uttlery amazing. i wonder if it's that good elsewhere? their garlic bread was delish and soft and warm.
for an appetizer we had the antipasto plate, and it had a good variety of yummy italian meats. the mortadella was my favorite. we didn't care much for the salads that came along with out entrees though. hubs had the italian with house dressing and i had the caesar. mine had too much dressing on it and not enough romaine hearts, which in turn left the leaf lettuce wilty and it was doused in parmesan cheese, although it was freshly grated parmesan, so that was a plus. hubs salad was just bag lettuce with a little tomato slice and a little red onion slice, also doused in mozzarella cheese, but alas, was also freshly shredded and was a plus. the house dressing which is creamy italian, was flavorful and awesome.
for our entrees hubs had the linguini with clam sauce and he added shrimp. it wasn't clear on the menu if the clam sauce actually had clams in it, so he wanted some seafood meat just in case. but the dish did come with clams in it. he really enjoyed it. any avid seafood lover would. but if you're like me, and only like seafood on occasion, you wouldn't want to order it because it is a powerful seafood dish. i had the ravioli and requested halfalfredoand half tomato sauce, as they do with their totellini. after trying a bunch of their sauces, they obviously make them homemade, fresh in house. none of the sauces disappointed. they were all full of flavor and absolutely mouthwatering. their raviolis appeared to be homemade as well. they were round pasta pockets, some filled with a cheese mixture and then separate ones filled with a meat mixture. the meat mixture was really ground up well and a nice texture and flavor. it definitely wasn't the square ravioli pillows with jagged edges i was expecting. and they don't skimp on the sauce at all. why had we waited so long to try this restaurant? it exceeding our expectations on service, food, flavor, everything. we have been loyal fans of augustino's for years, and there are some aspects of augustino's that we like better, but vito's just might become our go-to italian spot from now on.