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Antonio’s Ristorante Italiano (Deerfield Beach)

Posted on July 4th, 2008 · Deerfield Beach Italian

     Antonio’s Ristoranti Italiano, 1636 SE 3rd Court (Cove Shopping Mall), Deerfield Beach, Florida (954) 427-4871

If Antonio’s is anything, it’s consistent…lousy food…lousy service…dirty with a mildew odor.  Sounds like the perfect place to eat…Throw in owners who don’t know how to treat customers…and you got a joint that you will want to stay away from.

To be perfectly honest with you, I found the owners’ behavior to be so “over the top” that I did a Google Search to see if any other customers had witnessed the same behavior. Suffice it to say, that various “comments” had mixed opinions on the food/service and a number of customers singled out the nasty-erratic behavior by the owners. Rather than going into detail, let’s just say that there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for you to spend your hard earned money in a joint like this.

59 Comments to “Antonio’s Ristorante Italiano (Deerfield Beach)”

  1. r.k. w. boca says...

    You hit this one right on the head. Thanks for calling it as exactly as it is.

  2. Stay away from ths restaurant. Crap food.

  3. Mike B. says...

    Food C
    Service F

  4. Sean L. says...

    On July 4th I was in the Cove Shopping Center as I and some friends had just watched the fireworks up on the beach. We decided to get a quick pizza as the traffic getting out of the center was backed up. We looked into Antonio’s window and couldn’t believe the obvious dust on the plants that hang from the ceilings. Not very appetizing. Suffice it to say we didn’t stop for a quick pizza.

  5. RFG says...

    is this rat hole still in business?
    ate there a couple of years ago and couldnt believe how dirty the restaurant was.
    the place is also run by a real nut case.

    • HG says...

      Not sure if it is still opened. I was in that center eating at Charm City which by the way has great burgers and recalled how dirty Antonio’s was the one and only time I ate there about 2 years ago. What a mess.

      • zipper says...

        DIRTY is being kind. Try FILTHY DIRTY.
        I wouldn’t put my foot in this dump.

  6. fred k says...

    the guys who own it are jerks

  7. fred k says...

    dont waste your time………………………………………………..

  8. Melvin says...

    Average food.
    Very dirty.
    Not going to go back.

  9. junior says...

    how does this one even stay in business. crap food, crap owners.

  10. zaza says...

    antonio’s owners are a bunch of anti-semites. i know this first hand because one of them made a terible comment to me a few years ago. being jewish i was very offended and have never set foot in the restaurant again. if you are jewish or just a person with good common sense be smart and stay away.

    • cheryl k says...

      based on this alone i will never eat there. disgusting.

    • PizzaGuy says...

      Zaza
      Your comment about anti Jewish remarks helped me long ago to stay away from this restaurant. Don’t know you but a friend told me of a similar remark.

  11. zaza says...

    http://www.yelp.com/biz/antonios-ristorante-italiano-deerfield-beach
    Jeff: I hope you publish this:

    Read the YELP comments. proof that the owners are crackpots. i am telling you to stay away from this PLACE. one of the owners told me that “Hitler should have killed all of the Jews.”

    I am telling you to stay away.

    • rabbit says...

      thanks for the heads up. the guy who owns this restaurant must be a moron.

    • jay jay says...

      if this is true, these guys should be boycotted out of business

    • Jack Helman says...

      4 out of 4 negative reviews about the owner’s behavior.
      the owner must be a nut or something.

  12. ed kurpin says...

    a few years ago, i and three others were going to the deerfield july 4th celebration. when we tried to park in the cove parking lot, there were two oragnge cones reserving spots in front of antonio’s. you can’t do that, so i moved one of the cones. out of nowhere one of the owners came running out of the store cursing at me and telling me that those two parking spots were for his customers. when i explained that you can’t use cones in a public lot, he became super beligerent and was screaming as if he was going to kill me. lucky for HIM there were five police officers in the lot because of the event who came over and explained to him that his cones had to go and that i had every right to park there. i didn’t park there because i figured that this jerk would later damage my car after i had left to go to the fair. i found a spot in another area of the cove.
    the owner of his restaurant is a very sick person.
    dont go in there.
    dont give them any business.

    • dody4545 says...

      there are 2 partners. the older guy is calm but the young guy is a loud mouth hot tempered jerk. someone is gonna beat the sheet out of the younger guy one day.
      i wouldnt go in their restaurant even if i was starving to death.
      that young fu@k is an SOB who is also a little anitsemite.

  13. RED says...

    Jeff:
    I have known about the owners for a very long time.
    Ate there once years ago and haven’t been back since.
    How this restaurant has stayed in business is the 10th wonder of the world.
    For those who have never eaten there, beware. Be smart, don’t go there!

  14. zaza says...

    count me out.
    that jew comment, lost me.

  15. SKIPPY says...

    Stay away from this restaurant.
    The owners are nasty bastards.
    The food is crap.
    Bad new all around!!!!

  16. chewy says...

    are these jerks still open?
    i heard from friends that the owners are very sick puppies.

  17. chewy says...

    8/22/2010 Awful

    My friends and I went in on a Friday night. Walked to the counter. They don’t even greet us. Have to ask for a menu, wait…
    Not a smile, not a we’ll be right with you nothing. We all wanted different toppings on our pizza so asked if we could get sliced instead, with an annoyed look and tone the guy behind the counter asks “are you eating in or takeout”. We say eating in, he looks at us, motions us to move and tells us we have to wait.
    Since we were never shown a table or good service, or manners, we left vowing to never come in again.

    jeff, found this one on yelp!

  18. Mr. Wilson says...

    To ALL:
    I ate there years ago.
    The food was passable but the owner at the front was nasty.
    He behaved like he was doing me and my wife a big favor letting us eat in the restaurant.
    Never went back.

  19. master mike says...

    time for this one to close. food is lousy.

  20. Aaron Stevenson says...

    Why anyone would ever eat here is beyond me. The owner is a rude SOB and the food is lousy.
    You have been warned!!!!

    • lolo says...

      well you warned them.
      i ate there once years ago and that was 1 time tooooo many.

  21. BOBO says...

    Didnt like the veal parm or eggplant parm.
    Wont be back.

  22. Bobby L. says...

    Decent pizza. The owner was a rude jerk. Most of the other reviews about this place hit the nail on the head.

  23. Laney says...

    Ate there once a few years back. Nasty rude inconsiderate schmucks own this joint. In a million years I would never go back ther.

  24. PizzaGuy says...

    How this rathole stays in business is beyond me. Food is crap and the place needs a huge cleaning. Just read TripAdvisor and you’ll see that the owners are real scumbags. They insult customers and staff a like. Stay away from this restaurant.

  25. Ed S. says...

    Filthy dirty restaurant with screwy nasty insulting owners. Food sucks big time.
    I got a serous hardon for the owners who treated me and my wife like we were garbage.
    Don’t believe me? You’ve been warned.

  26. AZZA says...

    Food not good. Restaurant stinks from mildew.

  27. The Edelmans says...

    By far and away one of the worst Italian restaurants my husband and I ever ate in.
    The restaurant has hanging plants that are filled with dust and there is a musty odor in the store.
    The pizza we had was soggy and bland.

  28. GBV says...

    THE GUYS WHO OWN THIS RAT HOLE ARE ARROGANT NASTY BASTARDS.
    MY WIFE AND I ATE THERE A FEW YEARS AGO AND THEY WERE RUDE TO US.
    THE FOOD WAS FAIR BUT THE OWNERS ATTITUDES STINK.
    EVERYTIME WE ARE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER WE HOPE TO SEE THAT THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.
    JUST THINK WE HATE THESE GUYS SO MUCH THAT WE ARE HOPING FOR THEIR FAILURE.
    DONT GO THERE.
    STAY AWAY.

  29. Michael K says...

    Ate there a few years ago.
    Never went back.
    Food wasnt the best.
    The place is dirty.

  30. MGA says...

    Take it from personal knowledge at least one of the partners is an antisemite piece of garbage.
    If this was the last place on the face of this earth to eat, I wouldn’t walk in there.
    Rat bastard.

  31. klyde says...

    should have listened to jeff instead of my dumb friend artie. we ate there on saturday and the food wasnt good.

  32. TG says...

    This place is filthy. The Board of Health should be called.

  33. sharon t says...

    dusty, mildew, dirty.
    hasnt been cleaned in years.

  34. grinojoe says...

    pizza is pretty good.

  35. badnewslouie says...

    very dirty.
    board of health needs to get someone in there to check the facility.

  36. Anyone who really thinks that this is a good restaurant is a freaking moron.
    Just walk in and look at the dust on the hanging plants and you know the place hasn’t been cleaned in years.
    The bathrooms are disgusting.
    Just imagine how filthy the kitchen must be.

  37. Johnny L says...

    Please call the Board Of Health.
    They would have an absolute field day writing up this joint.

  38. Fran D says...

    I know for a fact that antisemites own this restaurant.

  39. Zelko says...

    Awful food.

  40. HOP says...

    Disgusting restaurant. The Board of Health should investigate this joint. It is filthy and should be closed or a least fined.

  41. TURNER says...

    Jeff, the bums are trying to sell the joint.

    Successfully Established restaurant for 30 years, this 80 seat capacity Italian/Pizzeria Restaurant is ready to go for the smart buyer looking for a business with an established large & loyal clientele. With 2,700 square feet, beer & wine license. With a great atmosphere and a split dining room great for private functions and full food service kitchen including: large back working area, pizza oven, slicer, ice machine, dishwasher, freezer, walk-in cooler, 20 burners, 2 salad prep areas, dough mixer, draft machine, 2 handicapped bathrooms, 3 new 4 ton air conditioners, and to add to all this a parking lot with 580 spaces!
    Cove Shopping Center off Hillsboro Blvd and just west of Intracoastal waterway.

    Please call Century 21 Commercial
    954-421-3040 O
    954-218-4067 C

  42. Alan S says...

    The owners are losers. They are also anti semetic. F@ck them.

    • Nate says...

      Whoever wrote all this about the owners to be antisemetic are liars… I am jewish and I know the owners personally… They are FAR from antisemetic… This sounds more like a vendetta then anything else… the food is very good and pizza is much better then Jeff gives credit for…

      • Savales says...

        hitler also had the jews fooled in the beginning.
        no ifs and buts the younger partner is anti semetic.

  43. Neddy says...

    They should rename this joint as FILTHY ITALIAN JOINT.
    Recently walked in and just as quickly out when I saw the dust that has accumulated all over this restaurant.

  44. JoyceEatsBagels says...

    What a sh@t hole!

  45. Dandy James says...

    Just stumbled onto this site.
    I know this one.
    Bad news!
    Owners are nuts and as nasty as can be.

  46. Nicky Ferrara says...

    Have heard only bad things about this restaurant. Waked in there about 7 years ago and it was so dusty that I walked straight out.

  47. Anonymous says...

    I work here and all I can say is tony is disrespectful…if u think he treats customers bad imagine how he treats employees like me…the foods good but not worth the disrespect. If you choose to eat this food get it delivered

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