We dropped in recently for a light dinner and were pleasantly surprised. The food (though not fancy) was very well prepared with fresh ingredients and artful seasoning. Try the rasberry lemonade with your meal, and, if there is room, the bread pudding for desert is wonderful. Homecooking like you wished your mother had given you. The ambience is comfortable enough though a little on the cafeteria side. (One orders at a counter and the food is then brought out to you ala Sizzler.) But if reasonably priced, well prepared homestyle food is what you are after you won't go wrong at Country Gourmet.

Actually, my husband HAS had barbeque at Kreutz Market and at the Iron Works and at the County Line (for all you unfortunate souls who have not had the pleasure these are well regarded barbeque restaurants in central Texas). He says that if you are not going to be in Texas any time soon, then head on down to Armadillo Willy's which is the next best thing, You won't be disappointed. They cook the brisket right, they cook the ribs right, they even get the beans almost right. Peanuts in the coleslaw takes a bit of getting used to but I guess they have to make some concessions to the locality. What they don't have are beef ribs, so I guess we will have to wait til our next trip home to get some of those. By the way, if your friends from Texas drop in you won't embarrass yourself by taking them here. But understand that they are not likely to admit that they like the food, even if they do. (Texans would never admit that anyone outside of Texas could do a half decent job of barbeque...)

My husband and I have lived in Geneva for a few years and we are looking for an Italian thin thin pizza in Bay area. This place has great thin pizza. Forget lots of toppings. Try simple" Margherita Pizza"! Gnocchi is delicious ,too. I like one slice of pizza for appetizer and pasta dish for main .

I don't understand why this restaurant is " Italian restaurant". Tasty and juicy lamb and beef but very bad spaghetti and tomato sauce. Spaghetti is soooo soft and the sauce seems from a can.However, waiters are very friendly and I like the atmosphere. I may go again and try veal dish.

Authentic Italian gelato. We were happy to find this place, having developed a taste for real gelato while living in Geneva. The owner is very friendly and personable. I understand they will be moving to Castro Street in Mountain View soon. They will be right next to Ristorante Don Giovanni, one of our favorite Italian restaurants, but that is another story...

My husband and I went to this restaurant twice for lunch. On one occasion the chef seemed to have been very sparing with the lemon for the lemon chicken. The sauce was certainly sweet and certainly yellow. The main difference between the lemon sauce and the sweet and sour sauce was the color. On the other hand, the whole sweet and sour fish was great. (A lot to eat for only two people.) If you are macho about your capability for handling hot food, try the spicy conch salad. Flavorful but painful (even for my husband who grew up eating jalapeneos in Texas).

We have been to this relatively new Mountain View Italian restaurant three or four times and have yet to be disappointed with anything. Quite the contrary we have found this to be an oasis of authentic Italian food (can you say al dente?). Pastas (especially the Penne dishes) have been superb. The fried calamari was great too. Waiters have been friendly and attentive. All in all a pleasant dining experience. Enjoy!

My husband and I went to this restaurant on New Year's eve last year. The place is obviously popular. As it was packed with happy, boisterous diners. While the atmosphere was fine, the food was only average. We asked our waitress if the pasta was Al Dente. She said that for al dente pasta we would have to pay extra. Dishes were oversauced. We live near this place but won't go back..

I went to this restaurant 3 times. Nice atmosphere. Good service. Once I had lunch buffet. It was good. The last time I went was in August for dinner. My husband and I ordered chinese chicken salad, sweet and sour fish fillet and duck and taro(potato) dish. The salad is ok but we didn't like sweet and sour fish at all. Very thick crust and very thin fish ! Couldn't find fish!!! The duck was very fatty and oily. We couldn't taste any duck.