Provo Restaurant Review: La Dolce Vita

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This week Chuckie and I decided to hit up Provo restaurant: La Colce Vita Ristorante Italiano. From the outside I thought it had a bit of a Mexican market vibe to it. However, after entering it felt exactly what I believe a restaurant in Italy would feel like (I've never been to Italy, so my only knowledge comes from Wikipedia and Hollywood). We were greeted by a lovely lady with an Italian accent (once again I've never been to Italy, it could have been a Russian accent and I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference . . . ok maybe if it was Russian) and was shown to our seats. We walked under arch ways held up by antiqued pillars.

Our server was friendly and helpful. I ended up ordering a meat calzone and Chuckie had the lunch gnocchi combo. Chuckie's came with a house minestrone soup and mine came with a salad. The soup was good and full of noodle (I'm assuming they used day old noodles in it, ingenious!) and the creamy Caesar dressing on my salad was great. I was not expecting the calzone to be swimming in a red pasta sauce, but it was a pleasant surprise. The gnocchi was good but found that the white sauce was boring . . . along with the red sauce, not bad, just boring.

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Another thing to note is that it is a little uncomfortable to be in the dinning area alone or with one other person as the floors are tile and your voice will carry across the dinning room. However, as more people sit down the drone of other voices makes you feel much more comfortable and adds a great ambiance.

Overall I like La Dolce Vita. It's a fun little restaurant right in the middle of Provo. We ended up spending about $14 on good meal. It's nothing mind blowing; the sauces are a bit boring but it's pretty good food. You could easily blow $20 on a fast food place with a much less impressive ambiance. If you are looking for a decent Provo restaurant for a great cheap date night, then La Dolce Vita is a great choice.