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Campagnolo Italian Restaurant (Boca Raton)

Posted on May 20th, 2008 · Boca Raton Italian

       Campagnolo Italian Restaurant, 3013 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434, (561) 989-1990.

Campagnolo has been open for about 3 months. This Southern Italian joint serves both individual/family style…for example, a half order of spaghetti & meatballs runs $11.95 and a full order costs $19.95…a half order of chicken scarpariello runs $18.95 and a full order is $31.95…a half order of chicken piccata runs $13.95 and a full order is $24.95…

I ate dinner twice at this joint and took-out a pizza another time. Just so you know, in addition to that pizza, I “sampled” a fried zucchini appetizer, a baked clams appetizer, a chicken scarpariello entree, a chicken parmigiana entree, a veal pizzaiola entree, a calamari marinara entree and an order of rigatoni a la vodka.

Over-all I would rate the food as  borderline FAIR… Let me give you the actual scorecard… The zucchini was good…The baked clams were fair…The chicken scarpariello was fair…The chicken parmigiana tasted like the chicken parmigiana that Saga Food served me at Ithaca College, circa 1970, horrendous…The veal pizzaiola was fair…The calamari marinara was fair…The rigatoni a la vodka was good…The pizza was lousy.

The service was good. You do get plenty of food for the money whether you order half/full portions…then again, if the stuff is no good, you don’t need a ton of it.

Let’s put it this way…Your favorite neighborhood joint is better than this latest South Florida Italian restaurant entry.

Campagnolo is open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner

***AT THE REQUEST OF CAMPAGNOLA’S OWNER (July 15, 2011)…PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS RESTAURANT HAS CLOSED.

40 Comments to “Campagnolo Italian Restaurant (Boca Raton)”

  1. larry says...

    jeff I been at both campagnolo restaurants ,I dont know were you come from and what makes you a food expert.the food in both places at all times were great,there food is alway fresh and has a great homemade taste. I live in newyork and the food and pizza in campagnolo restaurant is as great as any top restaurant in longIsland were in live .people like you should not have a website

  2. Lapp says...

    Jeff I see we have the same tastes in food! Great site man, keep up the good work!

  3. JeffEats says...

    Lapp: Thanks for the kind comments. I really enjoy your site http://www.worstpizza.com and plan on checking out some of the joints that you reviewed for future jeffeats’ writeups.

  4. JeffEats says...

    Larry: Just had a chance to read your comments about Campagnolo. Everyone is entitled to his or her’s opinions about food and restaurants. That’s what makes horse races.

    Thanks for reading jeffeats.com

  5. Carmine says...

    Wish I’d have read your review before I went there. The Chichen Parm had the flavor of cardboard, tender but bland. Huge portions but left it there. Wasn’t worth taking home

  6. mark says...

    I too am surprised the review i have always enjoyed my meals at the Wellington location but then i am not a fan of the Red sauce places I prefer the lighter side of Italian fare and they seem to hit the mark there. IMHO

  7. JeffEats says...

    Romano: Just had a chance to read your post.
    First…since you have worked at Campagnolo for 3 years you obviously must be talking about the one that is not located in Boca Raton, because the one that I reviewed hasn’t even been open 1 year. Second…what you may consider good maybe lousy to me, that’s what horse races are all about. Third…since you work for this joint, isn’t it possible that you may just be a little bias, after-all you do get paid by the owners, don’t you? On he other hand, I just call it like I see it it. Fourth…I ate there twice and took out pizza a third time. Just maybe I was trying to give this joint the benefit of the doubt. Like I said, the food is FAIR, nothing more and nothing less. Fifth…I eat in restaurants, I don’t build them and I don’t run them.

    Anyway thanks for reading….

  8. Romano says...

    I dont know where you come form but i have worked at campagnolo for 3 years and i have heard and tasted nothing but excellent things. Everyone i refer to the restaurant gives me compliments and raves about it. So why dont you go back to eating garbage at olive garden and keep your mouth shut. if you think its so bad why did you go back 3 or 4 times. and open your own damn place if you think you can do better!!

  9. DR. Mike says...

    Gave Campognola’s a go last night. The pizza is okay nothing great but not terrible. Nice looking place. By the way it was pretty busy in there around 7 pm.

  10. I.R. Boca says...

    Took a plain large pizza out from Boca location last night. The pizza was absolutely horrible. This place won’t see me again.

  11. mm says...

    anyone who eats here is wasting his or her money. much better restaurants in boca to eat in.

  12. tf says...

    garbage.
    the food is just plain lousy.
    the pizza tastes like something publix sells in the frozen food department.

  13. RON SPARKS says...

    WITH A NAME LIKE JEFF YOU ARE I GUESS NOT EVEN ITALIAN SO WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT REAL ITALIAN FOOD HERES THE THING FOOD IS LIKE MUSIC AND IT I A MATTER OF TASTE SO DONT GO TRASHIN FOOD YOU DONT HAVE AN AQUIRED TASTE TO REVIEW ALMOST EVERYONE I KNOW WHO IS ITALIAN AND FROM NY SAY THE FOOD I S AS GREAT AS LITTLE ITALY IN NY OR BETTER SO BEFORE YOU RELY ON YOUR OWN TASTE BUDS WHY NOT TAKE A POL OF REAL NYERS

  14. JeffEats says...

    Ron Sparks: Just had a chance to read your post.
    Sooo…if I follow your logic, because someone isn’t Chinese, he/she wouldn’t know good from bad Chinese food…because someone isn’t French he/she wouldn’t know good from bad French food.

    You’re too funny…

    Trust me, this joint’s food is FAIR at best.

    Thanks for reading…stammi bene!!

  15. Joe Gotz says...

    I went to Campagnolo (Boca) for the first time yesterday. The food was excellent. I’ve been to a ton of Italian joints in FL and NY and I must say it’s def one of my favs.

  16. Mike B. says...

    Food B-
    Service B

  17. Mr. Smythe says...

    My wife and I live in the WCC which is right next door to Campagnolo’s Boca restaurant. Vito’s use to be in that spot.
    Because it is so close, we have tried it eaten there twice and taken food out once.
    The food is okay. It is passable. Nothing terrific. Anyone who thinks that this is top notch food deoesn’t know anything about Italian food.
    That’s the truth.

  18. jimmy g. says...

    out of business
    the food was horrendous.

  19. Joey says...

    Not quite out of business; they switched locations. The new location is beautiful and the service is absolutely outstanding. Great atmosphere.

  20. steven says...

    I JUST WENT WITH A GROUP OF 18 PEOPLE, I KNEW THE FOOD NOT GREAT TO SAY THE LEAST BUT I WENT WITH THE GROUP AND COULD NOT SAY NO. WHAT A HORROR. WE WERE PUT NEAR THE BAR.THE NOISE IS DEAFING. THE FOOD WAS HORRIBLE EVERYONE IN THE PARTY AGREED.THEY SCREWED UP THE ORDERS, SOME NEVER GOT THEIRS.THE MANAGER GAVES US FREE WINE AND DESSERT TO COMPENSATE US FOR THE MESS.THE WAIT STAFF WAS UNORGANIZED . JUST A BAD EXPERIENCE BUT THE COMPANY WAS GOOD.ONLY THING GOOD WAS THE MINISTRONE SOUP.

  21. ed s says...

    we tried the new location on boca rio rd. be smart, not good.

  22. ggold says...

    When Campagnolo opened in Regency my wife and I were very excited,because A restaurant by the same name in NYC is one of our favorites. We met friend at the boca location 2 or 3 times for cocktails and appetizers and enjoyed it. One night my wife and I went alone and ordered a full course meal, that was our last time at Campagnolo’s.

  23. RK says...

    Last week my wife and I were in the Wellington Mall. The entrance that we came in on was on the second floor and when we entered we were immediately next to Too Jay’s and a Campagnolo restaurant. There was a guy standing outside of Campagnolo handing out pizza samples from a tray. He handed me one piece and it tasted like something that came out of a frozen pizza box that you buy at Publix. What a piece of crap. Now if this the best they can do and is an example of what their food tastes like they are in really big trouble. That one little bite convinced me never to set foot in this restaurant.

  24. mark p. says...

    the boca store has a $20 meal deal. for the money not bad at all.

  25. JI says...

    quality prices for inferior food.

  26. jenna says...

    Interesting read. Meeting friends there tomorrow on the Glades Rd. site. These two who invited us rave about this place… will let ya’all know.

  27. jenna says...

    The service was the worst. The bartender brought our drinks and couldn’t get anything right. The salad was tasteless no matter how much salt it took. The eggplant parm was just bland and it must have been frozen. It was two tiny thin slices of eggplant with plenty of breading. The cheese on top was probably not mozzarella but provalone and it was flat and hard. The pasta … left it in the dish, couldn’t eat it. The chicken wasn’t bad thats all I could say for that. Our waiter was from another planet. His mind was somewhere on mars because he was very slow and we kept reminding him and he would just go in the back and not come out. Saw the owner there but he was not bothering to see if the customers were being attended to properly. A joke. Waste of money.

    • a says...

      get a life jenna!

  28. jenna says...

    Oh and one more thing…I am full blooded Italian and from New York… to the staff who wrote to you and said you couldn’t know the food because you weren’t Italian. I am also a great cook. This area is so full of restaurants your site is valuable and you save us time and money so thanks…. ( BTW, I love knishes, and pastrami sandwiches and matzo ball soup.) So ?

  29. KL says...

    This one closed on Yamato and reopened on Glades Road in Boca Raton.
    The other night I used a Groupon coupon and had dinner.
    Food is fair at best.
    There are many better Italian restaurants in Boca.

  30. rich says...

    From: rich
    Subject: 3013 yamato rd

    Message Body:
    jeff I own campagnolo please close down this site on the pizza , yamato rd is close, and we dont do pizza in our other boca location thank you rich

  31. JeffEats says...

    rich:

    Just had a chance to read your post.

    On “erasing” the Yamato review…sorry, no can do.

    If you look, in COMMENTS there are a number of posts about your new location. Jeff Eats’ readers need the whole story.

    Thanks for reading…

  32. rich says...

    From: rich
    Subject: remove

    Message Body:
    jeff we both come from brooklyn and this is the three time asking you to remove this site we dont do pizza in our 8228 glades rd and my customers are going to 3013 yamato rd because of your site ,also what is the need to keep your site up when yamto rd is closed .

    • JeffEats says...

      rich:

      Just had a chance to read your post.

      Please note, that the original review dated May 8, 2008 now has a “note” that the Yamato location is now closed.

      Thanks for reading…

  33. debbie g says...

    Yamato store closed.
    The Wellington Mall store closed.
    Should be telling you something!

  34. Linda says...

    Wow, everyone is a critic. I go to this restaurant all the time. It has the best Italain food around. I have brought all my friends & family over the last few years & they have all raved about it!

  35. ELBER says...

    the one on yamato closed.
    the one in wellington mall closed.
    should tell you how well they do and how good the food is?

  36. tony says...

    elber i love there mall location it was there for two years mall got slow , when they left , another well name pizzaier lasted for six months , people should get there facts straight also the yamato location moved as jerry said in his website to glades rd great food love it

  37. Ms says...

    Jeff, try the glades locits very good.

  38. GS says...

    Very inconcistent. Ate there three times. One time was good other two it was lousy.

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