Volare

Excellent Italian food and the prices are reasonable tho! I’m definitely coming back! Ordered pasta with shrimps and it was delicious! Totally recommend it.

Closed at this location. I think they closed last week since we decided to stop in for dinner and the place was all dark.

Great service. Best food in the world. You will not go wrong in eating at Volare.

Went here for dinner last night for dinner… I had the chicken parm and my date had the lobster ravioli… Omg both were incredible! Our Server was incredible and the managers there were wonderfully inviting and concerned about our experience. We expressed to them how much we enjoyed it and they seemed grateful.
Perfect experience. Elegant atmosphere, great food, service was impeccable and not just by our server, the bus boys were awesome too. 4 BIG STARS!

It’s all about the experience… and this experience was not so good. We arrived at the restaurant at 7:25 for our 7:30 reservation on a Saturday night. The host (and I use that term lightly) looks up and says I don’t have any tables. So they know how to TAKE the reservation, they just don’t know how to KEEP the reservation. Although he saw our reservation, they said it would be about a half hour and then left us standing in the cold lobby while he sang and snapped his fingers to the bad lounge band.
We decided, on our own, after seeing some folks leave toe lounge to get a cocktail while we waited. We sat down at the bar and then waited for about 10 minutes while the bar tenders ran around like chickens doing nothing. Finally someone takes our drink order. Another 10 minutes to get our drinks and then outcomes the danging host to tell us our table is ready. No offer to take our drinks, nothing… just leaves.
I tell the bar keep that we would like to close our tab and then, once again, it was wait time. I sent our party to the table and told then I would catch up with them. 10 minutes later, the bar keep, who forgot to close out my tab finally looks my way and then remembered. DUH.
I then go to the dining room and had to look for my party. I get to the table and the waiter was finishing telling my guests the specials, even though they told him I was paying our drink tab!!! WTH.
By then I am so aggravated I was ready to leave, but didn’t want to spoil our night any more than it already was, so we stayed. I will say the food was very good as was the service from then on. BUT, why not get it right all along. I will never return because I know where there are restaurants with good food where I don’t have to get aggravated!
Train your staff people if you want to own a restaurant… it is all about the experience… a good one!

I ate here recently with a large group. The food was good, but nothing to rave over. While the sausage and peppers were delicious, the rest of the food was just okay.

I’ve driven past this restaurant on the way to Yorktown many times but have never eaten here until this evening. I had the Vitelli al limon which not only tasted funky there was also a piece of plastic in it. My mom returned her plate because there were food remnants on it and our clams had large pieces of shell baked in it. They were nice enough to remove my veal of the check and gave us a complimentary dessert, but needless to say, we are definitely not going back here to eat. They do have a nice bar with live music and band playing, so I might MIGHT just go back for that instead. Too bad the restaurant didn’t live up to our expectations, but I’m glad we finally tried it, to see what it’s all about.

We stopped in NYE, after dinner at another local place, to have a drink and listen to their live music. We heard from all the bartenders and wait staff that they are closing this month. Too bad, we always enjoyed it there.

If you want good Italian, come here instead of Harry Carey’s — all the items we ordered were excellent and the service was attentive
Update: sad to hear they closed — more proof that the western suburbs is where good food goes to die — these guys blew Harry’s out of the water for Italian

Not good. Sat right away however the server took forever to come and introduce himself and bring menus. Disappeared for a while and then came back for the wine order. The bread was stale and they bring a small cup of marinara. This is an Italian restaurant. Where is the olive oil and cheese? When the food came it was hot, however bland at best. The server then brought the check and proceeded to tell his life story to another table ignoring all of the rest of the tables. I was hoping that the food would recover for the terrible service and awkward atmosphere however it definitely did not. This was something we thought would be a nice night out and a first-​time experience at this restaurant however we will definitely will not be back.

Very disappointed in Volare. Had the Vitella al limon. I kept looking through the bag because the dish was so small.(this dish was pricier as well $ 24) The veal was a gray color, tasteless and plain disgusting. Whatever the «chefs potatoes» were equally tasteless with a nauseating texture. The vegetables were about the only tolerable thing, which is sad because I don’t like vegetables. I ordered this as takeout, they told me it would take about 20 minutes and I ended up waiting about 40 minutes. Will most definitely never return.

Volare has a nice atmosphere and a good selection of Italian food. The pasta with vodka sauce was better than usual and the bread basket was nice as well. This is a decent Italian restaurant with slightly above average prices. It is a nice weekday dinner place.

This location is in a strip mall but once you are inside, has the feel of a fancy restaurant. I had high hopes for my meal here… as my friends who arranged the dinner are huge foodies. I eat gluten free and after key questions I ordered the chicken risotto. Friends around the table ordered many delicious foods (lasagna, chicken parmesan, veal, clam sauce in red and white. All these dishes had Italian names which foster the illusion of Italy.
My dish was not gluten free. Not sure which element had gluten but I had the telltale symptoms quickly. Shame on Volare for telling me one thing and then giving me food that made me sick. If you don’t know where gluten is in food, do not proclaim your food is gluten free!
We dined on a Monday night with plenty of tables open but the service was rushed. I wasn’t finished eating my meal and they took it away! Really Dude? Are you in that big of a hurry that you take all the meals away? We definitely wanted a leisurely meal and ended up being rushed and bothered. Shame on you Volare for misreading the situation!
Lastly, there was a mix up with the checks. Dining with a group of women, they had requested separate checks. Thank you Volare for accommodating us! However, I paid in cash and never got my change. Our server felt certain that I had left a 40% tip. Awkward! And embarrassing for us both. I did get my change and left my usual 20% tip.
Not sure what happened with the service. A table full of older ladies might be challenging, but you need to read the situation better. What could have been a fabulous evening turned out to be rushed, awkward, (in my case) sickening.

I went here for a family dinner reunion. The service was great. The bread basket and olive oil were delicious, above average than the usual. I had the blank ink spaghetti with seafood (shrimps, crab meat, scallops). It was so delicious and seafood were cooked perfectly. I would definitely come back.

I was just in Italy. «Just» meaning: I ate here with a still unpacked vacation bag sitting next to my bed. So, it’s not with a poor memory that I say that the meal that I ate here was better than half of the meals I ate in Italy. Unfortunately, there are plenty of mediocre restaurants there. –they tend to be where tourists are. And unfortunately, even with Unilocal (or most especially with Unilocal), I was lead to a plethora of mediocre restaurants. I would like to meet all of these people who told me in their reviews that those restaurants were the best they’d ever had; I have a sneaky suspicion that these people judged them against Fazoli’s.
I had heard good things about the gnocchi with vodka sauce at Volare and wanted to order it, but when I heard my kids order it as well, I refused to be the table with three gnocchi orders. I settled on the salmon with fingerling potatoes. –it was more than satisfactory. The salmon was cooked perfectly and the garlic and white wine sauce was good. But, I stole bites of the neighboring plates of gnocchi and wished I’d ordered that instead. My salmon was good, but their gnocchi was exactly what I was in the mood for. Soft, light pillows of potato goodness. As for the comments that the portions were too small, nobody at my table finished their plates. I suppose, if you’re comparing it to a buffet or a trough of food, it was considerably smaller, but the plates were by no means «small».
Along with our meals, we ordered my son’s choice of bruschetta and calamari. Bruschetta is a fairly standard item that is difficult to mess up. –Red tomatoes with a thin slice of parmesan on top and a drizzle of balsamic. Calamari was very light and thank heavens, not even a hint of chewiness.
Bread was okay, but they have room for improvement there. Service was very attentive with enough humor to be enjoyable. The restaurant was dim and quiet. Would have been a good place for a date. I am sure I will be back to get my own plate of gnocchi so a date here someday will be inevitable.
While I would never judge a restaurant to be authentic just because the staff was Italian, (After all, you can go to McDonald’s and be served by plenty of Americans), it did add to the ambiance and experience. Admittedly, I am a sucker for Italian accents though.

With all the area Italian places only a stones throw away, I kind of yawn after my visit at Volare. Tasty, their ravioli is, and their gnocchi, even better. Calamari was good, not chewy. Salad was fresh, colorful and tasty. Portions are substantial and prices, generally fair. But coupled with sparse service and an old world charm that leaves me feeling like an octogenarian, is just not the method I choose to dine in. Maybe it’s me, maybe it’s not. After dining at Volare twice, I don’t feel the need to go back. It wasn’t anything in particular they did, but their competition which they simply can’t beat.

The restaurant was empty but service was a bit slow. I found it strange that we had to find someone and ask for a kids menu when we had three toddlers.
The food was very blah. The pasta was cold when it came out and the portions are lacking. The pizza was very boring. The margherita was basically a cheese pizza (shredded cheese, not fresh mozzarella) with small strips of basil. The best thing there was the fried calamari, which was delicious.
According to my sisters, this location doesn’t even compare to the downtown location.

After not getting in without a 2 hour wait anywhere else on a Saturday, we called ahead here and got in within 15 minutes. I knew it was a good sign when the place was filled with actual Italians having dinner. They started us with bread with the typical oil and cheese but also accompanied it with a cup of warm marinara that you could tell was authentic and homemade.
We got the white wine muscles appetizer. The muscles were very big! All appetizers can be made into a half order.
For an entrée I got the fettuccine (noodles made of spinach) with bolognese. The noodles were tender and fresh. The sauce wasn’t the best I’ve EVER had but it was drill very good.
Our waiter was borderline impatient but wasn’t impolite. He took our leftovers and boxed them nicely at the end. VERY affordable, the two of us ate dinner with drinks for $ 60!
My only criticism is that their «by the glass» wine selection is pretty limited. Overall though, 5 stars! Ill certainly be back!

My in-​laws took us here for Christmas eve dinner. The food is really lovely. We shared several seafood appetizers (a cold fish salad, a grilled fish salad, and baked clams), all of which were awesome. I had the homemade ricotta gnocchi in a vodka sauce. The gnocchi were delicious, but I had entrée envy for my husband’s raviolis in the (better, in my opinion) marinara sauce. Our server was sweet and did a good job taking care of our large group.
Only downside is that it’s very large and, on the night we were there, very crowded. I don’t really get the ambiance (like, why are there big TVs showing sports over the bar in a place with marble counters and dark wood?)

The atmosphere was very upscale with white tablecloths and moderate lighting. The service was impeccable. Our server met our needs, offered thoughts on the menu and the days specials. The fried calamari was excellent served with a marinara sauce a wrapped lemon and Tabasco. The house salad was crisp very fresh with a very light olive oil dressing. I ordered the linguini con Vongole and asked that red sauce be spicy. It can out perfect in a large portion with some in the shell clams in the sauce. I would definitely recommend Volare.