Altobeli's Restaurant and Piano Bar

OMG❤️❤️I am so pleased my cousin introduced me to this spot! She stumbled across it a few years ago and she hadn’t stopped!!! The owner is just EVERYTHING!! She is so interactive and involved with every aspect of the experience. From the personalized visits to your table, the perfect drinks from the bar(there is no drink they will not make!) We enjoyed the benefit of the new bartender’s newly created drink and it was AWESOME! The live music and singers and the guests will also sing! And not karaoke!! Did I mention the owner tok the time to sing a few songs and a birthday serenade!❤️Now to the food!!!!! EVERYTHING WAS SOOO GOOD! All I can say is, you can feel the love in every single aspect of this restaurant! You will not be disappointed!!!

Chicken from the other day, and most likely warmed up in the microwave, at least this is how it tasted to me. I don't even want to describe the salad check the picture lol. The snapper felt like it was dead for a while and then cooked. Inside smelled like old furniture. The waitress dropped the cheese appetizer on the table and then took my wife's fork and put it back on the plate with the words "our tables are clean".

What a charming quaint spot, celebrated my birthday here and Casey the owner made us feel like family. The Atmosphere was warm and inviting, the food was tasty and the service great!

We were extremely excited to walk in the door and observe the lovely ambience of this restaurant. The Staff was friendly, however starting with our cocktail the liquor was skimpy and unfinished. The house salad was very basic. Our appetizer was brought out at the same time as our main course, resulting in having the main course taken back to the kitchen. Our white wine was brought out at the same time as the cocktail. For our entree's we had veal and pasta, however the veal was skimpy and appeared to be blackened. The pasta sauce was runny and watery. Though the staff was friendly and accommodating when we asked for specific needs they didn't inquire at any point how things were nor did they offer or ask us if we would like tea or coffee with our dessert. The entertainment was very good by both the singer and the piano player.

Absolutely some of the best old fashioned Italian food since I left New York. Fantastic relaxing atmosphere, great live Sinatra style entertainment. The staff was very friendly and attended to our every need. The staff even sang to my new fiance and I.

A fantastic place to bring family and friend's. The food is amazing The chicken piccata, with capers on a bed of spinach linguine was fantastic, and I recommend the spinach salad, with bacon mushrooms and the raspberry vinaigrette.

A Perfect Night at Altobeli’s! Altobeli’s Restaurant and Piano Bar is an absolute delight. The atmosphere is warm and elegant, with live piano music that adds a beautiful touch to the evening. The Italian dishes are full of flavor and clearly made with love — everything from the pasta to the seafood is top quality. The staff is kind, professional, and truly makes you feel at home. And the live music? Just amazing. It’s the perfect place for a date night or a relaxing evening with friends. Highly recommended — Altobeli’s is a special experience you won’t forget!

This restaurant is top notch. The food was outstanding! I am super picky with my marinara and they delivered. My family ordered apps, and entrees, like chicken and veal parm, and scampi and they were all delicious. There were no leftovers. We were celebrating a birthday and the owner made it so special. She came out to our table and introduced herself. She gave us alittle background about herself. We exchanged on our end. We had lovely desserts. She then sang to me and had the entire restaurant join in. She has a wonderful sense of humor. Even her hug was genuine at the end of the night. I can’t stop thinking about this birthday celebration. Casey, we will be back! You knocked it out of the park! Thank you so much!

Good food and generous portions. The Piano Bar is one of my favorites in all of the USA. Randy Barnes is an exceptionally fine pianist and accompanist for singers. I believe Randy plays 4 nights every week: Thursday through Sunday. Experienced customer singers are welcome to sing some songs to Randy's accompaniment.

Been regulars at Altobellis since 2012. Always loved it. You can see my review over 10 years ago. 5 stars. I stopped doing Yelp reviews over 6 years ago because I don't want to negatively affect a business. If I don't like it, I just stop going. Let everyone else make up their mind. We haven't been for over 2 years when Al sold it. So this is the first time back since the sale. We've been apprehensive. But wife made reservations tonight because my mom is in town and wanted to eat Italian. We got served our drinks on time and the entertainment was great as always. But we didn't get our salads for over 30 minutes and we finally flagged down the manager. He blamed the ordering system. But it still took another 15 minutes for salads and they said they were out of bread. But then it took another hour to get our entrees and the food was not good. Mind you, we've eaten here many times before and the food was always great. If we are unhappy, I just choose to not go back which we won't. I no longer write reviews. But after reading the reviews with similar recent experiences, I felt compelled. I'd be surprised if this restaurant survives on their own merit.

My food was fine my husband didn't like his. Big problem was the bartender was also the singer (great voice) and when she paused to sing for 15 minutes, there was no bar service. We would have liked wine with dinner but we couldn't get any. Again, the singing was beautiful but it would be good to know that it is the priority.

Altobelli's has survived for 37 years which is no small feat for a restaurant. The live music and atmosphere are the real deal. They have a phenomenal pianist who's been playing there for over 30 years and the open mic piano bar vibe is truly special. Is it the best italian food you've ever had? No, but the food is very good. Cheesecake we had was exceptional. Bottom line, go to experience the music and atmosphere. Enjoy good food and good wine and you'll be smiling the whole time. Great date spot as well.

We just had the most amazing evening here. Our 52nd Anniversary was perfect with amazing food and service(Luna is awesome!) We were serenaded by owner Casey Black and Bruce on the piano. What a talented pair they are. Casey is the consummate owner host. It was like an evening in an old friend's home. Can't wait for our next visit!

We walked in for a late dinner and were greeted like family by Casey. We spent the evening enjoying good wine, great food and even better company! Felt very at ease here. We are from Ohio but will make sure to make this a regular stop when we come to GA.

My previous review is no longer accurate, and Yelp won't let me simply remove it. Under the current ownership, prices are up and quality is down.

We visited Altobeli's in mid-December with a relatively large group. The service was incredibly slow and it took them an hour to take our orders, another half hour to just get us some very basic salads, and a total of three hours to get our entrees to us. The entrees were pretty bland and unremarkable. We were told by the owner/manager that four kitchen employees had called out and that was the cause of the issues. If that was the case, why didn't they tell us before we wasted hours there? This was probably a one-time occurrence because of the employees who called out but we are not risking it again and returning. This was our first time there and our last time.

I was trying to find a way to send a private message to the restaurant but I don't see how. We were very disappointed in service last night for our sister's birthday dinner. Late drinks, no salad or bread ever arrived, no manager to talk with, no birthday dessert, the singer forgot to sing happy birthday to our sister, too. Food ok. This has been a great atmosphere in the past, and I hope and pray they can figure things out on the service and food. We like to be encouraging! Our family is fun and we had a great time regardless of the issues!

Had lemon drop martini and the eggplant Parmesan which was all great. The live music really makes for a special night in a lovely atmosphere.

We had a wonderful evening at Altobeli's. Met the owner who was gracious and very friendly. Music on Thursday night was fantastic. I will definitely be back. Thank you for a great time.

I hope they work out their issues because the people who work and sing there are so nice. But it took 2 1/2 hours to get our food, which came out cold. I think it might have been done an hour earlier but just wasn't brought out because we had a big party, and maybe everyone's meal wasn't done at once. Because it was a big party, the tip was automatically added on, so I guess they didn't need to apologize or keep us informed. I had started wondering whether they actually had anyone working in the kitchen by the time the food arrived. If they work out their problems, it would be a nice, fun place. But it's not cheap - almost $50 for a soft drink and cold plate of food, including tip, so I expected better.

My husband and I had a wonderful evening at Altobeli's enjoying wine, supporting a local restaurant, and relishing live music (did you know it's live music month)? We received a heartfelt welcome and were swiftly seated at the bar. With limited time, we savored our drinks, shared an appetizer, and cherished a private moment celebrating a midweek date night. My drink turned out surprisingly delightful! Originally planning for wine, I opted for a dirty martini instead! Here's to backing local businesses, exceptional service, an inviting ambience, and live music. Here's to supporting small businesses all week long, not just on Saturdays. Altobeli's, you've truly won me over... I eagerly look forward to returning!

This restaurant is unique as it feels like a step back in time, when a family restaurant was really run by a family and was/is special. Casey, the owner is an amazing singer, owner, cook/hostess/busser, when needed(!) She is such an AMAZING person. SO LOVELY! The food is great, the bartender is like one of your relatives that's there to fulfill your drink requests, the pianist (sorry I can't remember his name) is VERY talented. The live music is so enjoyable! They have a genuine way of making you feel special.

Can't believe this restaurant has gone down hill. The previous owner, according to the streets, sold the restaurant and the new owners must have fired the cooks. This high priced $30 / plate food had no seasoning. The food at Golden Corral taste better. The service was slow even though the restaurant was practically empty. So sad. Definitely going to miss that food.

Thank god I had good company because that is about all I can say about this place . My chicken was like rubber . Chocolate cake , was so- so. They did have live music and she was wonderful ! The place was packed , No social distancing here, way too many people in way too small of a space. Well I go back? Take a pass

Food and ambiance make up for service issues since management changed. Still. A great place and they will work out the service issues sine the new owner is a service oriented person a heart.

FABULOUS entertainment. Randy the 'piano player' is phenomenal. The food is great and reasonable. They always have holiday live music shows - so venture out...you will not be disappointed!!!!

Wow. Made a reservation for 6:15 and arrived at 6pm. Restaurant was practically empty except for a large birthday group in the side room and the hostess headed there to seat us. I asked if we could be in the main dining section so it wouldn't be as loud with the large group and she said, "no we are fully booked tonight and that is where we have you and you cannot move." She then proceeds to sit us at a small table next to the large group. All other tables were empty. Only one other table was occupied in main dining room. My husband and I could not even hear each other talk. So we got up and told her that we were going to leave because we could not even hear each other and she said "okay". Won't be back!

My fiancé and I visited this restaurant a couple of weeks ago in anticipation of it becoming our wedding rehearsal dinner venue this Fall, given its immediate proximity to the church we will be getting married at. Our server and entree experience went well enough--but the bread appetizer, salad, and 'fresh parmesan' experiences could have been beaten by Olive Garden 7 days a week. The food generally felt overpriced for what it was worth, but the attentive musician entertainment and family restaurant atmosphere (hence the 2 stars) were unique enough to warrant giving it a shot as our venue. I made multiple attempts to contact someone at the restaurant via phone and email over the course of two weeks without a response. This was surprising given that this reservation would amount to a great amount of business for them.... It may be a blessing in disguise for our party of 30+ though, we are choosing to search for another rehearsal dinner venue.

This restaurant changed ownership app the beginning of this year. It has been a landmark of Johns Creek for almost 40 years Unfortunately, the new owners are newbies to the restaurant business. I took our family at seven tonight for dinner. The total meal took approximately two hours. It wasn't a complicated dinner. The service was unbelievably slow. Our waiter was great, but they must lack cooks. The food quality was below what I consider poor. This used to be our favorite restaurant unfortunately will never return. On top of that the owner didn't seem to care why it took an hour to get our appetizers.

This is probably the worst Italian restaurant on planet earth! I question if the owners and/chef have actually met an Italian. The sad baked clams, sitting in a puddle of olive oil were the size of a teaspoon, weren't fresh and looked like someone may have taken one from the plate before serving it to us. The pasta fagiole soup was cold and tasted like they served the grease that surfaces to the top and then it had an aftertaste of feet. And then, the sad little pillows of bread that you couldn't even see from the small bowl they were placed in until it was right under your nose was a sad excuse for flour. Check please! Do not go here if you like Italian food.

Showed up on a night when the Rat Pack & Liberace were playing ( paid actors and singers) fabulous time. They sang and entertained while we ate. So much fun!!!! We had cocktails and appetizers to start, but the fun part was singing along with the singers. The memories that they bring up are just so wonderful. There was even an Aretha/ Whitney Houston singer( if your lucky enough to see her perform). So much fun!! We hug ad veal Davies and Lasagna with plenty of garlic bread. The food is very authentic and tasty, you can't go wrong with anything you order. Out stomachs were full and the show continued after our meal the best time ever. Bring back the dinner theater I miss the Rat Pack and their silly antics. They were the best interacting with the audience. I felt like I was in Vegas. Best meal with cocktails by far the servers are 200% on their game. Very attentive and friendly. I highly recommend this dinner adventure for anyone wanting a superb meal, great cocktails and an fun group of singers. Come out eat, drink, and sing along. Remember to tip the wait staff and the singers.

Fine Italian dining? Really! I mean it, it was wonderful! This was our first fine dining since they were allowed to reopen after the covid/corona scare and it was worth it. I was worried at first because I thought we would be, well maybe not ignored, put on the back burner because we wanted to be seated out front. Totally groundless fear. Our server and I forget her name was completely attentive and kept the water, wine and bread rolls coming. Personally, I thought the marinara was a bit light on the side of pasta they served with my chicken but otherwise everything was great. The ladies raved about the dressing on their garden salad and my caesar salad was good. Not our first visit and will not be our last.

Horribly slow service, waited more than an hour for our food. Decided to leave rather than wait any longer. Spoke with the manager and he never apologized just placed blame on the kitchen staff. Music was nice, but this will be our first and last visit

Altobelli's has a new chef who has been providing consistently delicious and visually exceptional food. Looking forward to working my way thru the entire menu! Highly recommend the Ziti, Eggplant parm, Tagliatelle Bolognese, Lingiune Pamcetta with Shrimp and a delicious Chicken dish with artichoke hearts and mushrooms Beautiful ambience and great entertainment weekly.

I took my family here to celebrate Mother's Day. To say it was grossly disappointing would be a huge understatement. It took an hour from the timer were seated until receiving bread. It took another 15 minutes to get the water we asked for and were then told that our server had to help out in the kitchen. The restaurant was virtually empty at 8:15 pm. The hostess had to help out serving. The bread was cold and tasteless and the salads seemed to come out of a grocery store prepared package. I ordered the snapper and would compare it favorably to a fish-filet sandwich from McDonald's. My wife's salmon was fine, but my daughter's veal was inedible being tough and chewy. My daughter's fiancé enjoyed his pasta. Obviously, the word has gotten out about this place, as on previous occasions the food and service were spot on here.

Came in with my husband a few weeks ago for dinner. I have to say it was horrible. Overpriced food, very loud atmosphere and we couldn't even hear our waiter. The food is awful and an insult to every mouth that touches it. It came out cold, unflavored, and simply inedible. We were denied when asked to take it off the bill. The owner did however proceed the threaten to take the meal out of the waiters' paychecks. The owner also said after I gave my waiter a cash tip that the waiter then owed that to the owner. I found this appalling. Don't bother contributing your money to this establishment. Definitely not what it used to be.

Food is good-nice size servings, service is good and ambiance is excellent. Nice table linens and great music! 4 stars

Great food and drinks and service. We were not expecting incredible entertainment. Piano and vocals were awesome, but it was also a very interactive show, inviting patrons to come sing "open mic" style.

Was gifted a $50 dinner gift certificate from St. Brigid Catholic Church March of 2022 and the restaurant would not honor it. Service was fine, food was okay, but nickle and diming was disgusting. Would never come back here. Looks like a drug den inside. Avoid at all costs. Try Rena's instead for better service, better food and a smaller bill.

Ordered take out from here. We ordered the chicken parm and tortellini champagne. It came with the most delicious garlic bread. It was warm and very tasty, soft and not too hard. I devoured 5 pieces before I ate the entrees. Portion sizes are very large here which is a plus. Price points are well met. The tortellini was very cheesy, a little too sweet for my taste but it was good. The chicken Parmesan was very very good. The cheese is perfectly melted on top and the chicken is thin. I prefer my chicken parm thin bc sometimes it can be very fatty. There was little to no fat on this dish. It comes with a side of pasta and tomato sauce. The tomato sauce is very well spiced, very rich and flavorful. I would definitely return and get this dish in the restaurant.

DO NOT GO! The worst meal I've had since moving to Alpharetta. The new owner has no clue what they are doing. It's a travesty this place is even called Altobeli's still. I spent 275 dollars for a group of 6 people, the food combined could not have cost 10 dollars that they sent out. The "homemade" pasta they serve is that disgusting "fresh" pasta from the grocery store. I'm telling you this place will not be here by this time next year. PS ive been going here for 30 years, I'm sad

Used Altobeli's for delivery and ordered the lasagna, penne and fett alfredo - as always, the food was excellent however we were incredibly disappointed with the portion size. It was incredibly small. They literally took a "3 pocket" plastic carrier and put the main in one of them. For $20, that is a ridiculously small portion of food. We're happy to support them, but they are Cleary keeping their price the same and rescuing the quantity. One saving Grace is the quality remains.

Hands down the worst restaurant I have ever been to. Horrible food. Horrible and unprofessional service.

Just so so italien. Place was crowded but I feel there's many more better Italian in alpharetta It was Valentine's Day and the service was slow and had an attitude. Food was meh. Bread was good.

We have been eating here for 25 years. Under the old ownership it was consistently good. This was our first visit under the new ownership. The food was very poor. We specifically ordered an entree because it came with potatoes. The meal arrived without potatoes. The server said nothing about it until we asked, then the server explained that they were out of potatoes. No substitution was offered. All of our entrees were poor. The dishes were prepared quite differently from before, which is strange because Altobelli's was never a "creative" restaurant. It was standard by-the-book traditional Italian - very difficult to mess this up, but they did. Even the rolls were oddly lacking flavor.

Valentine's Day dinner a very special place for us. We have been coming here for 12 years to celebrate special occasions. Service and quality are always at the same level from our first visit. All the servers and staff work as a team can see the owner bringing food items out to make sure nothing is served Luke warm but always hot and up together for all people at the table. Congratulations on 32 years wishing you many more. Will be back that is for sure. Can not believe that this the first time I have reviewed this restaurant on YELP. Have reviewed this many times on Open Table. Many items on the menu all are great this should be on your "A"list of places to check out.

We had a very disappointing Christmas Eve dinner. The menu was limited to only tomato-based pastas,picattas and parmigiana. They offered no seafood or non tomato based pasta. They served a salad with 'creamy Italian' dressing which was actually a honey vinaigrette and not Italian or creamy at all. Our drinks, simple glasses of wine, took forever. The waiter forgot our second round of drinks and finally served them when we were finished with our dinners. Never going back.

I honestly don't understand some of the bad reviews I've seen. We have frequented Altobeli's since moving here a year ago and it's always our place of choice to take our visiting guests. Very much a local establishment with a loyal clientele and we always feel at home here. We've never had anything it excellent service and the food is good and reasonably priced. We've never had to wait for our reserved table, and they go out of their way to seat us in our preferred locations (in the piano bar). The music is great and the signer always interacts with the patrons. We are never rushed and take our time and enjoy the music. They don't rush you to turn tables.

Food was outstanding and the piano bar is amazing! Love the new owner! She is also a great singer!

Our first time here...the ambiance Is very good...but if you like to be in the"In crowd "be sure to ask to be on the entertainment side of the restaurant - the er side is nice but kinda out of it. On the night we visited we were told the chef had broken his hip so things were kinda disjointed. We waited an extremely long time for our meals to arrive, but we were not in a hurry so it did not bother us. The garlic bread was delicious and everyone was very pleased with their meals

The entertainment was great, the food was awful and the service was even worse. We had a table of six and each couple paid their own tab. The check came and an automatic gratuity of 20% was added. Given the food and service, I would not have given much of a tip and to make matters worse, the 20% on my bill was added after the tax. Why in the world would I want to tip on tax? I won't be going back.

NYE probably not the best time to visit, but they made so many mistakes I can't imagine they do a lot better on the regular. Service was very slow with drinks and dinners taking forever. The champagne in the French 75 was flat, yet it was one of the evening specials. Dinner took 45 minutes to arrive. Waiter said there was a mix up in the kitchen. Turned out to be a mix up on the bill, too, when they charged us twice for each meal. My salad had just enough lettuce to cover the plate, gave us all a good laugh. I had the salmon, it was overcooked & tasted fishy. The bread (?) was flat squares of bread (?) in a bowl of butter. Never seen anything like it. My husband had the lasagna and said it was good, hence the 2 stars.

Unfriendly service and an uncaring manager who really didn't do much to address anything. Made us feel quite unwelcome on what was meant to be a special day. We have been going here since 2018 but last week was not a fun experience. I did share the my experience on Nextdoor and my experience doesn't seem to be an isolated one. Clearly something seems to have changed there.

The service was so so, the food was honestly some of the worst Italian food I've ever had. Everything was covered in this butter oil sauce. And like half the ingredients that we're supposed to be in the dishes weren't in there? It was very odd. We sat at the bar which was fine until the bartender kept asking everyone else to do everything for her. She would barely get out of the chair and actually do anything, very strange.

I went with my father last night and we had a great time. The live music is wonderful. It's not a piano bar per se, where someone is playing a piano while you're eating. This was old-time, classy entertainment on an intimately sized stage where the hostess / singer and her piano player and percussionist is a real highlight and tables are placed around. The menu is standard, old-time Italian Restaurant fare, not necessarily creative or contemporary, but reliable. My meal, grilled salmon was delicious and beautiful on the plate. My Dad's, chicken cacciatore, could have used a bit more color just for the eyes, but was equally delicious. Try this intimate restaurant with jazzy entertainment, you'll have a great evening.

Absolutely as fabulous as it used to be. Our first reservation since the ownership change. We'll be coming back in November for a party of 40!

I have eaten at Altobeli's many times before and have always been pleased and liked the food. This Saturday night when I took my daughter out for what I thought was going to be a nice evening, it turned out to be a very unpleasant experience. We made a reservation to be there at 7:30. We were seated and sat for at least 15 minutes without anyone addressing us. The hostess finally addressed us and we practically had to beg for a glass of wine and bread. We sat for another 45 minutes without any prospect of getting our dinner. We finally threw money on the table for the wine and left. It was a huge disappointment from a place I previously liked. It ruined my Saturday night out with my daughter.