Melissa G.
Yelp
We made a reservation in advance for our anniversary at Boccaccio's because we wanted to try a new Italian restaurant in the area. When arriving, the restaurant is situated in a little center by a Yacht Club on the Westlake Lake. This restaurant is definitely more of an "upscale" kind of restaurant, which we guessed based on the area it was in. There is plenty of parking in the lot, and the restaurant is only a short walk through the center of the businesses around it.
There is a lot of seating, some with views of the lake. We checked in and we were seated within 5 minutes of arriving, and we arrived 20 minutes earlier than our reservation time. The host was very friendly, as well as all of the servers and restaurant staff.
Our server greeted us and took our drink order and brought it out very quickly. We were ready to order and he took our order and let us know they would be by to bring some bread and butter out. A couple of minutes passed and the bread was brought out, as we conversated and put the butter on our rolls, our food came out! I would say it was less then 5 minutes from placing our order!
We ordered the Chicken Parmigiana which consisted of: Breaded chicken, mozzarella cheese & marinara sauce served with spaghetti and meat sauce. The dish looked perfect and they offered us some freshly grated parmesan cheese to top the dish, we both obliged!
We started with tasting the rolls with butter and my goodness, these rolls were DELICIOUS! We knew we were going to enjoy our meal! We then cut into the chicken, and it was breaded perfectly with a nice crisp and still juicy. The flavors of the sauce, mozzarella cheese and chicken were phenomenal. The side of spaghetti was tossed in a meat sauce, and the sauce had chunks of tomatoes which burst in your mouth with flavor! The spaghetti was cooked al dente and was a perfect accompaniment to the chicken which was the star of the show.
For dessert we ordered the Baked Alaska which is: Almond cookie crust with chocolate, vanilla, strawberry & pistachio ice cream topped with flaming meringue and the Crème Brûlée Served warm with fresh berries and homemade biscotti. The Baked Alaska was something like we've never had before! They set the meringue on fire and it melts down the ice cream. The flavors were so delicious of the ice creams as well as the almond cookie crust. The Crème Brûlée had the PERFECT caramelization on top and once you broke through it led you to a custard. The only thing I would say that it could have had more of a creamy vanilla bean flavor for me, but other than that it was perfect.
The service was excellent there, everyone was so professional. You were surrounded by so many people enjoying their company and most importantly, eating great food! We loved that we never had to ask for a refill, our server was very attentive! We would definitely come back and try something new!