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  • Del Dente

  • 4.0 stars
    (Based on 44 Reviews)
  • Cuisines: Italian
  • (519) 893-2911
  • 2980 King St E, Kitchener, ON N2A 1A9
  • Neighbourhoods: Centreville Chicopee
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89% of voters recommend
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Restaurant Details
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Accepts reservations
Yes
Formal/dressy
Yes
Price range
$$$ ($26-$60)
Hours
Lunch: December only: 11:30am - 4:30pm; Dinner: Sunday - Thursday: 4:30pm - 11:00pm, Friday & Saturday: 4:30pm - 12:00am
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5
Reviews
24 days ago
  • We really enjoy Del Dente. The menu has a nice...
  • Overall
    4.0 stars
    • Food
      4.0 stars
    • Services
      4.0 stars
    • Atmosphere
      4.0 stars
    • Price Range (per person): $26-$60
    • Visit Again?: Yes
    • Party Size: 2
  • We really enjoy Del Dente. The menu has a nice variety, and the food is always tasty, just enough, and consistent. Decent wine selection as well. Good choice for a dark, quiet and enjoyable pasta dinner.

  • Order: rigatoni agnello
19
Reviews
5 weeks ago
  • Nice to go to for a date or something but the...
  • Overall
    4.0 stars
    • Food
      3.0 stars
    • Services
      4.0 stars
    • Atmosphere
      4.0 stars
    • Price Range (per person): $26-$60
    • Visit Again?: Maybe
    • Party Size: 4
  • Nice to go to for a date or something but the food is weak. You go there because it is nice and they don't serve dirty food. I will never crave the place but I will not turn it down either.

  • Order: Chicken dish
9
Reviews
3 months ago
  • My fiance took me here for my birthday (again, we...
  • Overall
    4.0 stars
    • Food
      4.0 stars
    • Services
      4.0 stars
    • Atmosphere
      4.0 stars
    • Price Range (per person): $26-$60
    • Visit Again?: Yes
    • Party Size: 2
  • My fiance took me here for my birthday (again, we always go here).
    Food is good, but I was a bit disappointed as the menu hasn't changed hardly at all. I know this can be a good thing-but I have tried almost everything already!
    We had calamari to start, and then I had pasta with spicy lamb meatballs and mushrooms, and my fiance had the seafood pasta. All dishes were good.
    To drink I had a cosmo, margarita, and fiance had a wheat beer.
    He made the reservation online, and stated it was my birthday. Last year, he did the same thing and our watiress offered to bring us a special treat-we said we were too full. Instead, she brought us two glasses of champagne. I was so impressed and happy. This year however, nothing. I was disappointed in their attention to detail. And it was a slow night.

  • Order: calamari, pasta with lamb meatballs, seafood pasta
6
Reviews
4 months ago
  • It has a very nice, cozy but classy atmosphere...
  • Overall
    4.0 stars
    • Food
      4.0 stars
    • Services
      4.0 stars
    • Atmosphere
      4.0 stars
    • Price Range (per person): $11-$25
    • Visit Again?: Yes
    • Party Size: 4
  • It has a very nice, cozy but classy atmosphere. It is slightly too dim, though. When I went with my Dad he had a hard time reading the menu.

    The fresh baked bread they bring you is very good. They also have some really yummy frozen drinks.

    I always order the small pasta and it is plenty. I have ordered the tetrazzini, tortellini and limoncello shrimp and enjoyed them all. Once I had the seafood pasta, which was good, but I ended up being sick that night. I called to let them know and they said no one else had reported becoming sick, so it probably wasn't caused by the pasta but they gave me a $25 gift certificate anyways.

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Reviews 2
Helpful
10 months ago
  • Our first visit here was our anniversary. The...
  • Overall
    5.0 stars
    • Food
      5.0 stars
    • Services
      5.0 stars
    • Atmosphere
      4.0 stars
    • Price Range (per person): $26-$60
    • Visit Again?: Yes
    • Party Size: 2
  • Our first visit here was our anniversary. The restaurant wasn't too busy so we got a table fairly quickly, without any reservations.

    Our meal started off with some freshly-cooked bread in clay pots. The bread gets served with three different butters, my favorite being the herbs one. ( There is also apple&cinnamon and red pepper.)

    For meal selection there is ample pasta and non-pasta selections; however, it's a bit skimpy on vegetarian selection. Hesitantly, I ordered their Stuffed Eggplant (I am not a big fan of eggplants). My boyfriend ordered a chicken dish I believe.

    The Stuffed Eggplant was scrumptious. It was half an eggplant stuffed with barley, mushrooms, peppers, onions, cheese and what not. I loved it. My boyfriend was not fond of the chicken-- it wasn't fully cooked. We complained and the manager (or the owner; it was a lady who was going around asking folks how their meal was) quickly offered to replace his meal, despite the fact that he had finished everything else on the plate but the chicken.

    When our bills came the restaurant didn't charge my boyfriend for either of his meals-- not the chicken entree or the large plate of pasta that it was replaced with.

    I have been back twice or thrice since, and each time I am impressed with their flawless service. They truly never say no to any request you have and go out of their way to make sure you have a spectacular evening.

  • Order: Stuffed Eggplant, Chicken entree
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15
Reviews 5
Helpful
2008/11/10
  • I would highly recommend the restaurant for...
  • Overall
    5.0 stars
    • Food
      5.0 stars
    • Services
      5.0 stars
    • Atmosphere
      4.0 stars
    • Price Range (per person): $100+
    • Visit Again?: Yes
    • Party Size: 8
  • I would highly recommend the restaurant for anyone with allergies. They were very accommodating with my girlfriend who has very wide ranging allergies and very attentive to every detail.
    The wine selection was wonderful and the lamb truly was amazing!
    My only complaint was that where we were sitting was quite cool and the ladies were in their jackets/sweaters.

  • Order: Lamb, Sorbet, Malbec
  • 1 person thought this review was helpful
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del dente
2008/09/19
  • awesome for anniversaries
  • Overall
    4.0 stars
    • Food
      4.0 stars
    • Services
      4.0 stars
    • Atmosphere
      4.0 stars
    • Price Range (per person): $61-$100
    • Visit Again?: Yes
    • Party Size: 2
  • very cozy atmosphere we went here for our 24th wedding anniversary and are returning again to celebrate just two weeks prior to our daughters wedding with our entire family. it was very relaxing and you want to make reservations to be sure they can accomodate a larger group

  • Order: salad, pasta, bread, tiramisu
  • 1 person thought this review was helpful
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123123123
2008/06/30
  • Fave Restaurant!
  • Overall
    5.0 stars
    • Food
      4.0 stars
    • Services
      5.0 stars
    • Atmosphere
      5.0 stars
    • Price Range (per person): $26-$60
    • Visit Again?: Yes
    • Party Size: 4
  • This is a great restaurant! First of all the food was delicious, fast, and fresh! The portions were quite generous, I almost didn't want dessert (almost)! The Cheesecake was DELICIOUS!!
    Our server was nice and polite, she really seemed to care if we had a good meal or not.
    The restaurant was very cute and seemed very italian!
    I loved it!
    Overall this was a fabulous restaurant!
    P.s. I agree with AmandaWilke the parking was extremely tight, try to bring a smaller vehicle!

  • Order: Calamari, Lasagna, Cheesecake
  • 1 person thought this review was helpful
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68
Reviews 5
Helpful
2008/06/29
  • Nice place, good food
  • Overall
    4.0 stars
    • Food
      4.0 stars
    • Services
      4.0 stars
    • Atmosphere
      4.0 stars
    • Price Range (per person): $26-$60
    • Visit Again?: Yes
    • Party Size: 4
  • We liked this place, which was important since we were celebratting a family event.
    The server was very friendly and made us welcome; he was a little slow though, and missed a few minor things. He was good about us taking our time -- we're into the slow food thing and were there for 3 hours. The place was very busy when we arrived -- it's noisy when full! Emptied out quite quickly though. Nice Italian theme decor -- the audio Italian lessons in the bathroom are a funny touch.
    Food was quite good -- not excellent, but tasty and fresh. Salads were the exception -- all were excellent.
    My entree was very good, and the desserts were very good.
    We'll go back, maybe not on a Sat night again though...

  • Order: San pellegrino, grilled brie, del dente salad, Chicken Terazinni, Hazelnut Creme Brulee, espresso
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12
Reviews 1
Helpful
2008/06/29
  • Good wine list
  • Overall
    3.0 stars
    • Food
      3.0 stars
    • Services
      4.0 stars
    • Atmosphere
      3.0 stars
    • Price Range (per person): $26-$60
    • Visit Again?: Maybe
    • Party Size: 2
  • …but horrible beer list. Coors, Corona, Canadian, and Molson if I remember correctly. Room for improvement to be sure

    Overpriced fresh-from-frozen food.

    The unlimited fresh bread with dips is an interesting feature, but the bread is far from sublime. I've been to many restaurants that have far better bread.

    All the food was exceedingly salty. My dining companion and I both like our food salty, but still found this food to be very salty.

    The meat tasted like it was barely one Sysco grade better than East Side Mario's, frozen in a sauce at a factory and defrosted and heated minutes before serving.

    Vegetables on the side were the best part of the meal, but were cooked from frozen and very salty.

    Service was OK, but throwing a 5 page wine list on the table and then asking 2 minutes later what we'd like to drink is a bit much.

  • Order: Chicken cacciatore, Pork chop, bruschetta
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