Othello's Italian Restaurant

Elizabeth took us on a journey. Literally ordered everything for us. This was the greatest date night. We didn't have to think about anything, she took such good care of us. I literally don't even remember what the dishes were called. I'll let the pics speak. We will be back. 🥰

I had the best lasagna I've ever had. Hands down. It had large slices of Italian sausage in it and was loaded with the best creamy mozzarella cheese. We also ordered the bread slices with cheese and marinara for an appetizer, and they were heavenly. There was really no need for the marinara sauce, they were good enough on their own! What a beautiful and romantic atmosphere. Candles, painted walls... just gorgeous.

My husband took me here for our anniversary, and it was a great experience! The atmosphere was very private and intimate. There was a lady playing the violin and a man dressed in OU gear selling newspapers - such a fun touch! The food, dessert, and drinks did not disappoint! We would definitely go back!

Othello's Italian restaurant in Norman is a wonderful Italian restaurant. Small but cozy this restaurant surprised me in its atmosphere and great food. They are very customer aware. We have been here twice and both times it's been amazing. On Valentine's Day we made a reservation and when we walked in the door and they gave my wife a rose. And of course they have candles lit at every occupied table. The ambiance is perfect. Highly recommended for date night.

Our meal here was terrible. A man came up and asked us if we wanted to buy a newspaper. He passed out next to our table right in front of our child. Apparently this happens a lot, but my kid has never seen that happen to anyone before and she was scared. After this happened, we were completely ignored throughout our meal. The waitress didn’t bother to check back on us to even see how the food was. Our drinks sat empty the whole time, despite the restaurant being slow. It took forever to get the ticket and to find the waitress to get it paid. This was a very disappointing way to spend $65.

I can't emphasize enough how wonderful our experience was at Othello's today. My large group of 38 seniors came together for lunch, enjoying cheese lasagna, salad, and cannolis, and everything went incredibly smoothly. Jennifer and her amazing staff opened the restaurant specifically for us, and everything was impeccable. Our group praised the food, the service, and Jennifer's passionate speech about the history of Othello's. Although many had visited before, they had only come to enjoy the food without learning about its background. Bravo to Jennifer and her team! We will definitely be back again! Thanks from the OLLI team!

We absolutely love Othello's. From live music to great home cooked Italian food, you simply can't go wrong spending time eating with friends and family here. The service is top notch!

We have had a large party late on Sunday night service was excellent and because of the room we are in is shut off from the rest of the restaurant we didn't even realize it was past their closing time and we were the only patrons left. I had the Murcers pizza which was half price and these fried pepperoni are great and available to add to other dishes. Highly recommend.

Brought my wife here for Valentine's Day before the dinner rush and we had a great time. They handed my wife a rose which was warmly received and the service was top-notch (thank you Chloe). Chicken Alfredo is my favorite to order - creamy sauce and flavorful, and the bread was crispy and warm. The ambiance is perfectly set with Sinatra and Louis Prima softly playing combined with their colorful candles. Love coming here.

Pretty good food! On Tuesdays they have a 2 for 1 parmigiana deal. Restaurant is fairly dark inside and service is great!

I love this place and while parking is always an issue we get it handled. The wine pricing is a little high, but food portions are oversized as easily splittable. Management is always on top of everything in the service is always good.

SOOOO good! First timer here and I loved it! Got Nancy's reccomended by the waiter and yumm!

Visiting our son at OU. Othello's was a delicious treat for an Italian dinner. Seated promptly for an early Sunday dinner. Server was helpful and provided recommendations when asked. Enjoyed Fried Calamari for an appetizer. It was excellent. Very tender and lightly breaded. We then turned to the Customer Creations part of the menu for our dinners. The dishes named Karen's pasta, Pat's special and Angel's chicken and spinach were very flavorful.

Honestly very solid food across the board. I was super delighted by the Lasagna. It brought back good memories about home. We enjoyed the garlic rolls and pepperoni chips. Service was amazing. However gotta dock you one star for not having the Gnocchi. That's pretty important for us. It's one of our favorites. I will however revise this review if you have gnocchi the next time we come. We will be back :)

Food was mediocre. Place was slowwwwwww and that should of been our 1st clue. Only older people were eating there. We had the youngest table. They had to be constantly told we had a birthday at our table. ( we hand an out of state birthday person at our table . which we told 4 different employees and finally got it ). Probably not the place to go if you want to show off OK to of state guests .

The food here was mediocre, I do not think I've ever had a pasta this bland & on top of that the service is extremely slow. I'd only come here again for their drinks and tiramisu!

The best history and Italian fare in Norman The veal parm. The noodles. The mushrooms. The bread! Full bar. A must go before Sooner royalty shows up

At Othello's the Italian food is very good. You pick your pasta. You can get it with the sauce that you like! Very accommodating. The service is very good and the ambiance is okay. Fun to be there during a sporting event. Sometimes sports guru AL Eschbach is even there too. Very friendly and very funny. More of an everyday place than only on special occasions. Parking can be tough but it's worth it!

Service is one of the worst! The only thing they gave me that was right was the pasta! They only had two small packets of Parmesan cheese to give to me. I asked for herb oil and they gave me balsamic. Seriously would not recommend to anyone because this has happened on multiple occasions several times. I am fed up with this establishment and the terrible service. They do not learn for their mistakes and never give their customers respect. I am a male and this is mainly towards all the male workers who work there.

Asa party of 4, all having ordered different entrees, none of us were wowed. Some of our sauces were flavorless and too watery. Too many better Italian restaurants around to go back to Othellos.

Didn't care for the red sauce- was quite bland. However, a friend got fettuccine that I tried that tasted much better. Didn't care for the atmosphere of the restaurant- decor is outdated and the restaurant set up felt cheap with the outdated tables and red coke cups for drinks that u get at Pizza Hut. I did love the candles in the Chianti bottles on each table and the mural painting. The visit was mediocre - not bad but certainly not what I expected for a weekend Italian dinner dining experience.

We just celebrated my wife's birthday there last night and our server Jay was awesome. Food was good and prices reasonable. We later moved into the bar area where we were treated kindly.

The food at Othello's is always good. No matter what you get, it's always going to be really good. Really awesome atmosphere as well. However, the service at Othello's is consistently awful. Our server Trey, nice guy, should not be working in a serving position. He messed up our order, did not check on us for 20+ minutes, and took over 25 minutes to get us 2 beers when the restaurant was dead. I had a similar experience before but this was really bad. Lukeueluke

Gravy was delicious. Veal was real pounded out veal. Calamari is thick but fresh tasting; comes with cocktail sauce so ask for MARINARA. Herb crusted salmon was deep fried; wouldn't recommend.

I would give ZERO stars if I could. Been sitting at the table for an hour, it took 30 minuets before we were even greeted, and only have water after ordering drinks and food 30 minuets ago. Music is great outside and is the only positive thing in our dinner right now, also we are here celebrating a birthday tonight. I had a lot of high hopes for this place but without them even apologizing for the poor service they have been giving us is beyond disappointing.

This was my first time here. Came for a girls dinner. There was a sweet man playing the piano and singing, which made the atmosphere a bit more fun. There's lots to choose from on the menu. The pasta was good! The flavor of the dishes themselves weren't incredibly special, but one plus is their HUGE portions. You won't be dissatisfied. We finished off our meal with an espresso martini, which was delicious! Very strong coffee flavor, and I loved the touch of a brown sugar rim. Lastly, our waitress was very sweet, so A+ for service.

Good food, good people. Service is great at the bar! Garlic rolls and lasagna please.

Othello's is the best!!! Great service, great food and great people! I love Othello's!!! A Norman icon and a wonderful gathering place A fantastic supporter of Meals on Wheels Be sure to check them out

This was by far the worst dining experience I've EVER had. First of all, we made a reservation a week in advance for 8 people and were sat at 6 person table by the very rude hostess. When asked for a larger table she said, "no, you can pull up chairs." We then sat and watched as the 8 person table next to us remained empty the whole time. Then the owner came over and was also rude to us. It was so bad we almost left, and we should have. Our reservation was at 5:30 and we did not leave until 9:15 because the service was that slow. It was ridiculous. And to top it all off, the food was disgusting (pizza was spit out). They messed up two orders (of 6), added extra charges on the bill, and pocketed the tip (was a $12 dollar check, was given a $20 bill and assumed she would get an $8 tip). As a very influential OKC based food blogger, I was looking forward to writing a great post, but after that experience, I will be turning people away.

Food was delicious as always. I got the Angel's balsamic chicken with penne and we split the taster and two desserts (cannoli and spumoni gelato cake). Everything was delicious. Their patio is a great place to listen to live music.

Absolutely great food! We got the garlic rolls with cheese, mushrooms stuffed with crabmeat, calamari, and ravioli. It was so good we cleaned our plates in record time. The service was also amazing! Our server was Josie and she was just delightful. She answered all of our questions and got our food delivered quickly. She was just the sweetest person I have ever met.

I visit every Monday night with my girlfriend! I love the chicken piccata and the cheesecake! Lexi and James are awesome staff members that make the experience memorable. Thanks, Othellos!

The service and quality just keeps getting worse and worse. Sunday pizzas used to be some of the best in town and a great deal. Now you are better off paying full price for something worth eating. The service is that of a place just hoping people will stop coming as it seems an inconvenience for them to have to work.

Fantastic! Great people and service. Gives back to the community as well. If you want great Italian food look nowhere else!

Extremely unimpressed. It took over an hour and 8 minutes for 2 of us to eat which would be understandable but the restaurant did not appear to be that busy. Our waitress did not refill our drinks the entire time. The food was "OK" but nothing to brag about. The blue haired woman who proclaimed to be the "owner" used profanity several times when talking loudly to a neighboring table. We had been to Othella's in the past when it was at the original location and liked it but this is the last time we will be visiting this restaurant.

We decided to go to Othello's for a small college reunion get together. The only thing this place had going for it on a Monday evening was $5 Manhattans and Martinis. We only had one waitress for a party of 16 and it took almost 20 minutes for our drinks to come out (the place was empty other than us). Then we ordered our food and this is when things got good. I ordered a dish with Italian sausage that sounded amazing and a few friends ordered dishes with portobello mushrooms and eggplant. Italian right? 10 minutes later the waitress comes back and tells us they are out of all of those!! What Italian restaurant runs out of ITALIAN sausage?? 30 minutes goes by and our dishes start slowly trickling to the table. By the time I was finished eating, my wife had to ask where her dish was and told the waitress just to forget about it because everybody at the table was almost finished eating. Not to mention, it was a balsamic dish that others had at the table and it smelled like straight vinegar. The waitress insisted on bringing it and you can tell that it had been sitting under a heat lamp for 30 minutes; the noodles were already drying up and getting crispy. My wife didn't touch it and asked the waitress to just remove it from our bill. Others had manicotti dishes with half backed noodles that still tasted like dough. Again, the place was completely empty. This was by far the worse meal/service I have ever had in the state of Oklahoma at a restaurant that is run by a bunch of OU college kids. I would rather drive to Edmond and eat at that Othello's rather than eating here again. I can't believe this place is still in business. Oh, the appetizers were great!

Had a great experience here for date night. Food was great, especially the homemade coconut crème pie....

Pizza was good! The vibe is very calm and neat. Good and fast service! I recommend Othello's! I wish they gave you bread at the beginning instead of the chips things though.

Absolutely terrible customer service. The food that I finally got 30 min late after the server "forgot" to put it in, was bland and flavorless. I really wanted to like this place. The worst Italian restaurant in the metro. Make the drive to Napolis in Chickasha for the best minestrone you've ever had. This place served my spaghetti-Os.

The service here was terrible. We waited over an hour and a half for our food and they forgot multiple drinks. Some of our food was cold as well.

Although I've eaten here before and enjoyed it, Othello's isn't a place I frequent. However, we booked them for a large party/reunion and they were so easy to work with! The staff was very kind, accommodating, and so friendly to our table of over 20. Everything about the experience was lovely and I definitely will bring large groups back here in the future! Also, the vodka rigatoni is *chef's kiss* delicious!! I got it to go just the other day and it was just as good as I remembered!!!

Very good service and great food! Went for a family dinner on a Saturday night and it was fairly full but still had immediate sitting! You will not leave hungry!

Great ambiance, super lasagna! The house Chianti was very good, too. Took a bit to figure out those parking meters, tho.

We used to here ALOT 10-20 years ago and loved it!!! Then it burned down and we didn't think it would come back and then.... we were in the area and noticed it was back open and I'm here to tell you WOW!! It's BACK and it's just as good now (if not BETTER) than it was a long time ago!! Congrats for rebuilding and love love LOVE the decor (although the old Othello's decor was cool too), and the service was GREAT! We had Helen's Ravioli and the oven-baked goodness was a mouth-watering delight! We WILL be back and YOU should too! :)

I am in search of GOOD chicken piccata in Norman, Oklahoma. I did not find it here. Disappointing to not have pasta served with it. Usually it comes with spaghetti or angel hair pasta. Only one and a half chicken breasts in a very heavy cream sauce. Not sure if they forgot to deliver pasta or changed the recipe, but pasta or veggies served with it would help balance the heavy sauce. I could not taste the chicken at all. Antipasto salad was tasty and large, though. Crab stuffed mushrooms were okay. Very salty, like they want to cover the flavor of the food with lots of sauce, salt and cheese.

Awesome local Italian. Great bar and live local music nightly. A game day tradition. North side of campus corner in Norman. The patio is so cool. They have a great chef and the specials are top notch. If you can't decide, try the pizza. 1/2 price on Sunday nights. Don't leave without a slice of coconut cream pie.

Othello's is an awesome Italian restaurant. I really liked it. The owner, Jennifer is so sweet. They had a Malbec that was the wine of the month and she let us sample it. My friend ordered the antipasto salad and it was huge. It had lettuce, a ton of cheese, mushrooms, black olives, etc. So good. They brought it out with a wonderful small loaf of bread. My friend ordered the steak and potato special. Normally it comes with a side salad, but since we had the antipasto salad they brought him a side of noodles abs red sauce. I ordered the salmon special, which had a lovely lemon sauce with dill and cherry tomatoes over a bed of angel hair. It was excellent and the fish was cooked to perfection. Five nights a week they have a piano player but tonight they also had music students from OU singing. As if that wasn't enough, they make their own tiramisu and it was one of the best I'd ever had.

Great food and service. Salmon and veggies and pizza were yummy. Garlic bread was amazing.

I will give this Norman staple a 5 star every time. The food is always excellent, the Italian Margaritas are my fave and I simply love the place.

I usually love, love Othello's Pizza! The toppings and the crust compliment each other deliciously. But tonight (8/29/21) the crust tasted like cardboard. It as just not eatable. I know it's a busy Sunday evening for them when Edgar Cruce is playing but they are not new in this business. I was looking so much forward to it. Sooo disappointed and now apprehensive about ordering again Otherwise, they whole staff there is always very friendly and the girl on the phone was super nice.

Our son made dinner reservations for us during Parents Weekend which I know is always a crazy busy time for restaurants. We arrived a little early which gave us an opportunity to check out the bar. Got off to a rocky start with an overworked bartender with some attitude, but we rolled with it and enjoyed a drink while waiting for our table. A healthy dose of humor and grace will right most wrongs. Once we sat down, everything from start to finish was outstanding and we thoroughly enjoyed the surroundings, decor, food, and our precious server, Elizabeth. We started with calamari and garlic bread with cheese (yummy) and shared orders of chicken parmigiana, Don's Rigatoni, and shrimp linguine for dinner. We were too stuffed for dessert and still had some leftovers to send home with our son. Everything was delicious and I can't say enough good things about the service. Elizabeth is a gem and handled several large parties at the same time with grace and poise. Thank you for such an enjoyable evening!

If I could leave less than one star I would. Two beer choices. Miller lite and Coors lite. Oil and vinegar bottle on the table were disgustingly filthy. Salt and Pepe shakers were crusty. Veal was so tough and the linguine and clams were about clam free and so bland Food was AWFUL. No bread. No cheese. Service was good but for 100$ ???? Yuck. give this place a huge miss!!!

My second time in here I love pizza and spaghetti awesome Nice design and decoration

I finally ate at the Othello's in Edmond with a friend who raved about it. I was so disappointed and so was she. Our waiter was very personable and cute but he had no retention- he'd offer something and then forget. The bread was bland. I got angel hair pasta with meat sauce and Italian sausage - bland. A ton of pasta with very little sauce and the sausage was dry. The Caesar salad was bland! And I don't think it was Romaine. I don't like leaving bad reviews but I wish I hadn't wasted my money. I took the pasta home and doctored it up and made a good meal out of it the next night, though.

Celebrated my sister's birthday last night at Othello's. The server was great (and super patient with my crazy family lol!) and the food was better than I had remembered. I hadn't been in years and I was pleasantly surprised! The veal parm was good but the eggplant parm was my favorite! I also strongly suggest the St Germain cocktail with prosecco, it was delicious. The antipasto salad was a great start to our meal. The pianist was a nice touch and he sang happy birthday to my sister which was super sweet! I'll definitely be back.

We used to LOVE Othello's; key phrase there is USED to. My husband especially loved the mussels, and I enjoyed a variety of foods. In the past few months, we've tried Othello's (take-out) several times and have been disappointed each time. We've tried the mussels, the stuffed shrimp, the artichoke parmagiana, the beef and sausage cannelloni, the chicken scallopine, and the salmon. The mussels had a different sauce that wasn't nearly as nice as the sauce prior to the fire. Worse, the texture of the mussels was mushy, as if they were old or had sat out far too long. The stuffed shrimp with crab meat were small and dry. The stuffing was okay but nothing special; unfortunately, with dried-out (and even tough) shrimp, I was less than impressed. My husband, who loves artichokes (these were his second choice after being severely disappointed by the mussels a previous time), said the artichoke parmagiana (made with canned artichokes) was "okay, but nothing special." (Okay is NOT a compliment coming from him!) He said the beef and sausage cannelloni (a third try) was okay, but again, I could tell he wasn't impressed. The salmon was tender--thank goodness! Yet even that was not something we'd request again. The chicken scallopine, sadly, tasted like it had a canned mushroom and marsala sauce on it. It was okay, but not what we'd hoped for. The pasta was blah but filling. The bread is awful. My husband said this morning that he believes the change in management is a large part of the problem: all the old, beloved recipes have been lost, or "doctored up" to the point of ruining them. Our meal last night--which was intended as a Father's Day celebration--was our last try. We'll take a break from Italian for awhile, then try some of the other restaurants offering Italian food in our area.

They had a great ambiance. Floor to ceiling mural of an Italian scene. Good soft music, as well as a small bar separated from the main dining area. We had a wonderful server named Cassie who was funny and very helpful. The sauces were amazing! This is a must try place If you are in the mood for Italian.

Got spaghetti with meatballs, it was one of the most bland food I've ever had. Tasted like school cafeteria spaghetti, with a touch of water soup at the bottom. Appetizers were good tho