Enza's Italian Restaurant, Jacksonville, Florida Restaurant Details

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Wonderful atmosphere & classic Italian food

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In reading some of the other reviews, (the not so good ones), I would really like to know where they were dining. My wife and I go here as often as we can and have never been disappointed. Their Porcini risotto is phenomenal. We get it and the mozzarella balls as an appetizer every time we go here. Our other mainstay is the pasta fagioli. We never have a meal without it. We have never had an entrée that would convince us to not return and the portions are large enough to satisfy any appetite. Staff have always been friendly and on the spot with drink refills even when extremely busy. Keep up the great job Enza's and you will continue to have us as returning patrons!
Beth and Ryan Landry

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Food is definitely NOT worth the wait! We made a reservation for a party of 2 at 8pm on a Saturday for Enza's. We arrived at 745 and were told that they were running "about 10 minutes behind on reservations" by the hostess. She must have been terrible at math because it was more like an hour before we got seated. Anyways, we sat down and the waitress we had was super nice which made us feel like maybe it was worth the wait. We got our salads about 9pm which were below average, and then it was 9:45 before our entrees were delivered. My boyfriend got the chicken parm which we heard was "amazing", and I got the chicken alla rosa. Both of the pastas were way overcooked and mushy, and the sauce was highly lacking in flavor. I have had better sauce out of a jar from the grocery store. Obviously the people who think this place is so great cannot cook Italian food properly themselves and/or have never had authentic Italian food. I have been to Italy and had this so called authentic Italian food which is WAY better than anything we had at Enza's. And I'm not Italian, but I can cook sauces and chicken parm that is WAY better than what we had there. Definitely NOT worth the wait nor the prices.

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My wife and I LOVE Enza's!!! We've been there three times, and we've been delighted with the food and service every time. This is the kind of place you go when you want to impress someone without looking like you're trying to impress them; it's not a franchise, so it has its own flavor. The ONLY drawback is a limited waiting area (it's always busy), but you can either sit outside or wait in the bar area and you're fine 'til dinner. LOVE IT!!!! You will NOT be sorry you tried it...

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I had high hopes for this place and it was only sub-par for me. Called in to ask the hostess if we could get reservations she said we weren't allowed to make reservations, even though we had a party of 4. I went online to open table and was able to make reservations. FYI you better make reservations they are always booked an hour out from fr-sun. Received our menus which were all loose and out of place. The paper and paper protecting the covers for the menus had all fallen out of the leather bound books they reside in. Granted it was an easy fix, but come on ... for the price per plate this place charges they should have better menus! The menus are incredibly heavy and feel like a thick novel. The chairs are incredibly uncomfortable (low backs and hard wood seats), and the tables made me feel as if I was 5 years old again. They have paper sheets covering the tables as if they have no confidence in their patrons to control their food. I ordered the Chicken Parmesan, which was somewhere near 20 bucks I think maybe 16-17 was what the menu said. It certainly didn't taste like a 17 dollar dish to me. The worst part was our waiter. He didn't seem to pay much attention to our table. Took him forever to get us our check and refill our drinks when needed. We waited about an hour for our food and in my opinion wasn't that impressed for an hour worth of wait and a 120 dollar bill for 4 people.