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- Jun 16, 2011
Believe me, it was a surprise to us too... Maybe we had too high of expectations, but we just weren't overly impressed with Via Napoli. It was good, but not great.
We've been to roughly 16 different TS locations at WDW over the last 5 years, with many of our fav's repeated year after year, but we wanted to try something new this year so we decided to try Via Napoli.
The entrees that we ordered:
Me: Prosciutto e Melone Pizza - white pizza, fontina, mozzarella, prosciutto, canteloupe, arugula
Wife: Lasagne Verde - white lasagna, spinach, parmesan, ricotta, besciamella
DD13: Spaghetti e Polpettine - hand-crafted veal meatballs & tomato sauce
DD11: Funghi Pizza - tomato sauce, mozzarella, portobello, cremini mushrooms
DS8: Spaghetti with Meatballs
Desserts:
Me: Zeppole di Caterina - Ricotta cheese fritters, served with whipped cream and chocolate sauce
Wife: Coppa Brutti Ma Buoni - “Ugly But Good” Amarena cherry & vanilla gelato sundae
DD13: Coppa Brutti Ma Buoni
DD11: Coppa Brutti Ma Buoni
DS8: Coppetta di Gelato - chocolate or vanilla Italian Sundae
Now, I love thin crust brick oven pizza, but there just wasn't anything special about it at Via Napoli. Crust was a bit chewy to be honest, and there just wasn't that pop of flavor I expected based on so many reviews... I did like the unique combination of toppings on my pizza, as it was a fun alternative to the standards.
My wife's Lasagna Verde was o.k., but was pretty bland. Plus, it comes served VERY "bare bones" Just a hunk of lasagna on a small dish.
My daughters spaghetti with meatballs was good, but nothing special either. She said it was o.k., pretty good. Granted, it is spaghetti with meatballs. Only so much you can do with that, but it was surprisingly mediocre.
The mushroom pizza for my other daughter was tasty, again good, not great.
The desserts were fantastic though. The cheese fritters of mine were awesome, dipped in the warm chocolate. And the "Ugly but Good" desserts were great too.
The environment/theming wasn't anything special either. Other than the cool looking brick ovens, there wasn't much to set Via Napoli apart from any other Italian restaurant in other locations around the US. Maybe I'm being overly harsh, or was expecting too much, but it just fell a little flat for us.
Dan
We've been to roughly 16 different TS locations at WDW over the last 5 years, with many of our fav's repeated year after year, but we wanted to try something new this year so we decided to try Via Napoli.
The entrees that we ordered:
Me: Prosciutto e Melone Pizza - white pizza, fontina, mozzarella, prosciutto, canteloupe, arugula
Wife: Lasagne Verde - white lasagna, spinach, parmesan, ricotta, besciamella
DD13: Spaghetti e Polpettine - hand-crafted veal meatballs & tomato sauce
DD11: Funghi Pizza - tomato sauce, mozzarella, portobello, cremini mushrooms
DS8: Spaghetti with Meatballs
Desserts:
Me: Zeppole di Caterina - Ricotta cheese fritters, served with whipped cream and chocolate sauce
Wife: Coppa Brutti Ma Buoni - “Ugly But Good” Amarena cherry & vanilla gelato sundae
DD13: Coppa Brutti Ma Buoni
DD11: Coppa Brutti Ma Buoni
DS8: Coppetta di Gelato - chocolate or vanilla Italian Sundae
Now, I love thin crust brick oven pizza, but there just wasn't anything special about it at Via Napoli. Crust was a bit chewy to be honest, and there just wasn't that pop of flavor I expected based on so many reviews... I did like the unique combination of toppings on my pizza, as it was a fun alternative to the standards.
My wife's Lasagna Verde was o.k., but was pretty bland. Plus, it comes served VERY "bare bones" Just a hunk of lasagna on a small dish.
My daughters spaghetti with meatballs was good, but nothing special either. She said it was o.k., pretty good. Granted, it is spaghetti with meatballs. Only so much you can do with that, but it was surprisingly mediocre.
The mushroom pizza for my other daughter was tasty, again good, not great.
The desserts were fantastic though. The cheese fritters of mine were awesome, dipped in the warm chocolate. And the "Ugly but Good" desserts were great too.
The environment/theming wasn't anything special either. Other than the cool looking brick ovens, there wasn't much to set Via Napoli apart from any other Italian restaurant in other locations around the US. Maybe I'm being overly harsh, or was expecting too much, but it just fell a little flat for us.
Dan