Barone's

Old School in the best way.
Classic Italian food the way it was meant to be.
The house Italian salad dressing is amazing, and the pizza is even better.
Excellent cocktails as well.
Perfect Dirty Martinis! Prices are good for the quality of food and classy atmosphere.
Other than the hostess with the weird attitude, everyone working there was wonderfully warm and friendly.
Can't wait to go back!

OK, I must say, many, many, many moons ago my spouse and I took a few friends there who were visiting from Europe.
And the experience we had wasn't the very best.
Regarding food and service.
And we haven't been there ever since.
For the last few months, I pested my spouse to give it another try after all those years.
And am I glad I did! This place changed so much.
What I/we remembered.
We were welcomed by a young friendly lady and led to our table.
Shortly after this the waiter, Marco came over ( who turned out to be the bartender also).
A very nice and attentive man.
It was Friday.
Fairly busy but not too much at 9:00 pm.
After ordering our drinks, my spouse had a Low Carb Pasta Salad, that was incredibly delicious.
Perfect for him as a vegan.
He also ordered some Sauteed Artichoke Hearts ( ok, he cheated a little with the butter, and we shared that dish it was seriously OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!! For myself, I ordered Veal Parmigiana.
( Now I must say, I LOVE veal).
I have learned nice cuts of veal are hard to come by in general.
But when Marco brought my plate of Veal Parmigiana I almost fainted due to a culinary ecstasy attack.
Seriously.
I love food, I appreciate good food.
I appreciate Chefs and cooks who know what they are doing.
This particular dish literately almost brought tears into my eyes of deliciousness ( LOL- I just had to make up this word) A huge piece of veal, I had never seen in all those years since I came to this country.
Next to it is a nice variety of nicely cooked vegetables.
Not overcooked like at most places.
An extra bowl of pasta of my choice.
Then he brought me a nice side salad I had ordered with the most amazing Italian dressing I have had for a long time.
In addition to all this, we also asked for some garlic bread beforehand.
This I must say.
Was okay-ish and totally overpriced.
Sorry. Once, again.
The food was incredibly amazing.
The service was superb.
Thank you, Marco.
See, again soon.

This gem of a restaurant in Sherman Oaks is the best Italian food I've eaten (after my mother, of course).
Everything from the appetizer pizza, ravioli, lasagna, minestrone soup and the house salad was incredible.
Desserts were scrumptious and the full bar with black sambucca and killer martinis.
Everything was perfect and our server was fast, friendly and topped off an outstanding meal with dear friends.
If you are anywhere in the LA area, make your way to this wonderful restaurant.
You won't be disappointed.