Comments on: Vinto restaurant review

By: Benedetta200

Benedetta200 — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:36:25 +0000

I’ve been to Vinto and the food is great! Zak and Kerrie: It’s not supposed to have a big flavor to it,
it’s Italian food. It’s not like American food that is a mix of crap. Vinto has real Italian food and I know that because I’m Italian. If you want a bad italian restaurant, go to your dumb Olive Garden! Now that is some bad food right there.

By: John

John — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:33:15 +0000

Fifty bucks and we all left hungry. The pasta was bland. Pizza was good enough but not great. The portions were so small. Cramped next other diners and last… our tabled wobbled.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:39:25 +0000

I really wish people in Utah could appreciate amazing food. Vinto is by far the best “fast food” in the state. Prices are reasonable, the food is prepared fresh and when I say fresh you can hear them chopping the ingredients for your salad or pizza. I can’t believe how many people like over salted, peppered, or dried spice food in Utah. Kerrie and Zak you need to retrain your taste buds for what real food should taste like, rather than the reheated chain food its sounds like you enjoy.

By: Alec Burlakoff

Alec Burlakoff — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:24:18 +0000

It’s about time they opened up a restaurant that offers quality food and “real” Pizza. Now I dont have to wait once or twice a year to eat pizza in NY. My only wish is that this place was a bit closer to me, they need to open more quickly!

By: bill

bill — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:09:38 +0000

This is where wings and things used to be, man I miss wings and things, the best wings salt Lake ever had, please come back wings and things and bring your sauce too.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:24:32 +0000

Only just becoming familiar with Vinto and after reading Zak and Kerrie comments I am excited to try the food as I for one love to taste the flavor of the food over the salt and pepper

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:00:35 +0000

Contrary to Kerrie and Zak, I am one that prefers to taste the food not salt or pepper. I found that the servers at Vinto offered fresh crack pepper and provided a plate with red pepper flakes, dried oregano and parm cheese with my pizza, it was perfect. From what I was told and read on the menu, Vinto is all about fast service; I think it is called “fast casual” service, much like Cafe Niche or Noodles and Company. The prices are competitive to these type places and yet it provides such a better experience. I love this place for what it is, quality food, fast service, cool space, and GREAT prices!

By: Zak

Zak — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:37:31 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly with Kerrie – Vinto should have been good, but it was probably the most severely under seasoned restaurant food I have ever had! If you’re going to not put salt and pepper on the table, it’s pretty unforgivable to season so poorly.

Also, I have to complain about the pacing of the service. With no one waiting, we were rushed through from start to finish. 10 seconds after sitting down they wanted our drink order, the pizza arrived about 30 seconds after the salad, overwhelming the small table. Then, the server actually stood behind me and waited while I took the last bites of the dessert so she could leave the bill (while we still had half full drinks).

By: Kerrie

Kerrie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:54:57 +0000

I have tried Vinto recently and I found the pizza to be completely flavorless, including the sausage. It lacked one essential ingredient…SALT!!! The entire thing needed salt (and a little evoo wouldn’t hurt) to bring out the flavor of the tomato, sausage and the crust. The crust had great texture but lacking in flavor. I had a friend who tried Vinto on a different occasion and said the same thing. We both were there for lunch on a Saturday (maybe the chef those days??). The meatballs were great as was the salad. But if you are going to have a pizza place, the pizza should be awesome. Its too bad because I really wanted Vinto to rock. Oh well.

By: Muncher

Muncher — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:45:26 +0000

Thanks for the note Corrinne. I have tried some of papa Mario’s pancetta and I agree, it’s incredible. It’s nice to see more and more small artisanal food producers popping up in the states. I also love the locally produced sausage Caputo’s has started carrying. I haven’t been able to sample their wild boar sausage yet, they were out last time, but I hear it’s darn good. My companion has a business partner who’s parents are Italian and he claims the sausages take him back to locally produced meats in his parent’s hometown. I’m not an Italian sausage expert, but they do remind me of something found at an Italian meat shop too. You know, the type that you try to smuggle into the states only to have taken by customs officials? Kudos to Vinto for taking the time and effort to produce their own sausage, and good sausage from the sound of it. Now if we could only fix the biscuit problem here in Salt Lake. I’m a southern gal, and southern buttermilk biscuits are not sweet!!!!! Right now, we head Cracker Barrel for our biscuit and sausage gravy fix. We can do better SLC! Until then, can’t wait to hit-up Vinto for some homemade meatballs and sausage! Also thanks Chef Ellsworth for the heads-up on the wine glass issue. We’ll bring our own just in case, but hope by our visit, Vinto has more suitable red glasses.