Dalton's

"Great night and greater food. Salmon is the way to go. Let the tomato sauce do it's thing. Better than expected. Tara took care of us and was the perfect personality for our soft birthday celebration. Looking forward to a repeat of all next time. Bravo"

"This small Italian restaurant in a non-descript strip plaza is a hidden gem. The portions were appropriate - filling enough to take some home without being "too much" - and the flavors are delicious! Their Linguini Dalton was the best seafood linguine I've had, the Chicken Parm was excellent, and the Calamari was perfectly tender. We will definitely be back any time we want Italian! UPDATE: We came back and we were blown away! This time, we ordered appetizers of Grilled Octopus and Sausage & Kale, and an entree of Veal Limone. All of it was amazing, as were the martinis we enjoyed! We followed it all up with their pumpkin cheesecake dessert for a perfectly decadent finale. Dalton's delivers on excellent food once again for a mose delicious night out!"

"Should be a 3.5. Food was decent but they screwed a couple of things up and were really overpriced. Their menu is very similar to Gabriele’s in orange except Gabriele’s is better and cheaper. We’ll start with the appetizer: we got what was supposed to be mozzarella stuffed bacon wrapped scallops. The only thing stuffed into the scallops was a tiny piece of red pepper. $18 for 3 of them. Tasted good but not what was promised. They forgot the cheese in two of the three things we ordered. Next my gf got the linguini dalton, pretty good overall but they forgot the ricotta salata (which is basically just feta cheese) and then I ordered the black angus pepper crusted steak. Once again, it was decent but for the price, it’s completely lacking. $41 for a New York strip with a brown gravy and “truffle” French fries. Asked for the fries well done, they were not and while the steak and gravy were good, something was missing. I get the exact same thing at Gabriele’s for like $10 cheaper and it comes with cheese on the steak and mushrooms and artichoke hearts in the gravy. Also, no free refills on soda. So overall not bad but for the price, there’s a bunch of other places you can go to that are better, cheaper, closer and have more parking."

"We dine at Daltons on a monthly basis; the staff is attentive and the ambience is always clean and cozy. The food is expertly prepared and always delicious. Their specials are creative and always delicious with portions large enough for leftovers. My favorite dish is their Pork Chop Siciliano which is a large juicy pork chop bathed in a spicy broth of wine, red/cherry peppers, marinara, onions and mushrooms with diced potatoes....It's nice and spicy! Reservations recommended!"

"I am giving Dalton’s 3 stars, a somewhat wobbly 3 stars. I eat out for the food and I only had two things that I would maybe make an effort to have again at Dalton’s and I tried a BUNCH of other items that were really not very good. The place itself is nice. Comfortable, warm atmosphere. COmfy booth seating and chairs. Nice bar, good sized space. Service was Meh. Look, I am restaurant owner/worker and I am ALWAYS rooting for my fellow service workers. That being said…we were sat by the hostess, who also gave us our menus. Our table was set and waiting for us with water glasses filled. And then we had not contact from a waiter for a long time. There are not very many choices if you don’t eat beef, pork or poultry (which I do not). There were zero vegetarian or vegan entrees. For our apps I ordered Buffalo Cauliflower, Chilled Seafood Salad, Panecotta, Eggplant Rollatini and Fried Calamari. I. Love. Buffalo Cauliflower. This was, honestly, terrible. They should not have served it: Burnt, Greasy, almost no Buffalo flavor. Eggplant Rollatini: Pretty good. Decent flavors. But! room temperature at best when it arrived. Borderline cold. Which is, shall we say, not cool. Chilled Seafood Salad: ODDLY ginormous “Calamari” rings. I was afraid to eat them. I did tried scallop, clams, mussels. All of which were completely devoid of any kind of seasoning. They were fresh and cooked properly. But lacked even salt. The Arugula salad they were on was very good though. Fried Calamari. Dalton’s serves their calamari with Sriracha Mayo AND Marinara OR Napolitan style. We ordered it with the Marinara and no Sriracha Mayo. We got it WITH Sriracha Mayo and no Marinara. So took a few minutes to fix that and get the Marinara. Again, GINORMOUS Calamari rings and, no tentacles. I’ve never seen that before. That made me very suspicious. I did eat a few pieces. They tasted good, like actual calamari. Cooked perfectly, nice and tender, well seasoned. HOWEVER. The Marinara. OMG. Terrible. Inedible. We all tried it. My mother (first generation Napolitan) said no one should eat it. Now here is The Actual Thing. If you are an “Italian Restaurant”?? And, most especially, you are claiming to be an Italian Restaurant in the Neapolitan style?? Your Marinara had better SLAP. Dalton’s Marinara is, bluntly, terrible. The only actually good appetizer was the Pannecotta: nice and hot and full of beans and escarole and tasty. Very nice. Good for dipping the very good bread we got at the table into. But we pressed on!! And ordered our entrees. We then waited about an hour to actually get our entrees... Everyone got a salad as part of our entree course. I don’t think anyone finished it. Dressing was okay. Overall: Meh. Entrees were WAY BETTER than anything we had for appetizers. Which is how Dalton’s redeemed itself to the “3” rating you see here. I ordered the Shrimp Florentine, which is served with spinach and mashed potatoes. However! They also had Gnocchi with a truffle Vodka Sauce and Sausage on the menu. I wanted to try the Gnocchi. I asked if I could get the Shrimp Florentine, no mashed potatoes and a side of the Gnocchi instead, no sausage. 2 SNAPS to Dalton’s that our waiter said that was no problem and they could do that. Taking 1 snap away because when my entree arrived (an hour later) I did, in fact, have a side of gnocchi instead of mashed potatoes, but that gnocchi was completely naked. No sauce of any kind. But! I was easily able to get a side of the Truffle Vodka Sauce. Entrees were hot and well seasoned. The Shrimp Florentine were LOVELY. Gnocchi were light and fluffy and the truffle vodka sauce was very tasty. I can heartily recommend these two things. The spinach lacked any kind of seasoning, including salt. I gave it to my father. I ordered the Chocolate Mousse for dessert. Weak chocolate flavor, not great texture. I would not choose to come back, but at least I know there are a few things I can order and enjoy at Dalton’s if we do wind up back here. Not sure I would try anymore of their appetizers though…"