Barolo Italian Cafe

Needs to be gatekept but this is the best Italian food I’ve ever eaten. The seafood pasta is amazing, their red wine is amazing. Tiramisu was light and beautiful. Chef/owner is the real deal- he’s playing with fire in the kitchen. Sound level is perfect. Go with great company and you will have the best evening.

Barolo Italian Cafe is a low profile but authentic Italian restaurant here at Tustin area. Their cooking style is like a passionate artist, you feel the different layers of taste they're trying to deliver to me, even the side 🥗 Salad, simple but flavorful. For main course, ordered their seafood spaghetti, or should I say seafood soup with noodles; at my first bite, the tasty sauce (soup) amazed me, at my 2nd bite, was surprised to find out that except salmon, they put in cod, which is very rarely found; as I put in the house chili oil, this spaghetti immediately won my 5 star, as the chili oil brought out all the essentials of seafood. Strongly recommend this place!!!

Overall ⭐⭐⭐⭐½☆ (4.5/5) Environment ⭐⭐⭐⭐½☆ beautiful interior with an open kitchen. Food ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ • Mozzarella Caprese ⭐⭐⭐½☆ Pretty average—nothing bad • Bread ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ Fine • Seafood Linguini (Daily Special) ⭐⭐⭐⭐½☆ Generous amount of seafood, very fresh, and the tomato sauce was rich and full of flavor. Value ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very affordable for the quality and portion size. At this price point, it’s hard to complain. Will I come back? Yes

Lowkey Italian spot in Tustin. Same parking lot as Kean's Coffee and Gen KBBQ. It's a big parking lot, but it's almost always full. I was actually trying to eat at OkiDoki, but the wait was two hours on a Saturday. We walked across the parking lot to Barolo to get Italian instead. We were pleasantly surprised. I saw the olive oil/balsamic vinegar bottles on each table, and I was so amused. It's a great invention. Our server was chatty but mindful. The menu was extensive; it was hard to choose. I like that the pasta and main dishes are served with a salad, which tasted so good! They gave us a big basket of bread, which was super toasty and almost hard. It tasted so good, I was eating like 4-5 pieces before the main dishes came out. I got the veal sorrento. It was delicious. The pasta that came with it was also tasty. It was a big portion for $27.95. Indoor + outdoor seating available. Credit card/Apple Pay accepted. Bathroom is past the kitchen. No Wifi.

This place cooks proper Italian food. If you like Italian and are in the area stop by. The owner is fantastic. Understands his craft. You can see into kitchen from the 3 stools at the bar. I love this because they have nothing to hide. I personally love taking my family here for a bite. Best Italian food in this area hands down. Kindly J

I can’t say enough good. The people are so awesome the food is so amazing. If I lived around here I’d have a serious problem.

Had lunch today with husband and came due to good Yelp reviews. Despite the great service, it did not measure up to the 4.5*s on Yelp, not sure if we ordered the wrong things. We started with the bruschetta which was very good! Nice savory cherry tomatoes on toasted baguette. The complimentary focaccia bread was excellent. Salads were good. However the main dishes of Seafood Linguine Special and the Shrimp Pasta were terrible. Although generous portions, these dishes were severely lacking in flavor! It was worse than cafeteria food. We tried throwing in Parmesan cheese, no improvement. Added salt, but no impact on the flavor. It’s like everything on the plate was boiled without any seasonings and then tossed in a watery sauce. We were shocked, and disappointed. We wanted to like it based on the Yelp reviews but found it very overrated for what we ordered. Needless to say we are not likely to come again, despite the good beginnings of the meal.