Villa Capri Italian Cuisine

"The Villa Capri is my #1 favorite restaurant not only in the UP but anywhere in the country. My family and I average 1-2 meals there per week. Sometimes dine-in, sometimes take out. Either way it’s fanfrickentastic! The dine-in experience starts with a greeting at the door by one of the owners. I love that because you know they’re there to ensure things go well. Mike and Joyce know their guests by name and they treat you like a member of their Italian family. The interior decor is old school Italian. Red walls. Red checkered table cloths. Super cool statues and a rad water fountain in the back dining room that I’ve been tossing coins into my entire life and now my kids do the same! 8oz. Sizzler/salad/meatballs is my go-to order and my son gets the same. We always add pepperoni to the salad. Cannot beat their homemade garlic bread and meat sauce!! Service in the dining room is excellent and if you’re really lucky you’ll be served by Patty or Tessa. I love Villa pizza too but I can’t eat cornmeal which is on the bottom of the crust. When I’m craving it, Mike will go into the kitchen and roll me out a special crust using flour instead and that’s what I call service! No restaurant is ever perfect in everything they do. They’re run by human beings and we all occasionally make a mistake here and there but the few times there’s been a mistake they quickly correct it and are sure to make it right. This restaurant is locally owned and family operated since the 1960’s and the pride in their food and service shows on every visit!"

"Service was slow despite being adequately staffed and not being terribly busy, room was too dark to read menu, which was built into the table glass, had to use my phone flashlight to read the menu. Food was AMAZING though. Will definitely come back again if in the area."

"I first visited the Villa in about 1973, then had my high school graduation party there in 1981. It hasn't changed a bit. The tables are laid out the same. The decorations are the same even the wall color paint was the same. Fortunately, the food was the same also which is excellent. I would suggest the steak and lasagna. At one time it was their signature offering now its kinda hidden on the menu."

"The music was too quiet, the lights were too dim. The people behind us used phone flashlights to view the menus, although it didn't bother my party. The food was overpriced. My husband and I split an entree, had one dinner salad, and couldn't make it out under $30. There was also a credit card surcharge, which wasn't notated anywhere on the menu but was included on our bill (4-5% of total bill). The food portions were also small for what we'd expected. The $7.5 antipasto salad (see photo) was underwhelming. As a positive note, they made their own tomato sauce for the Ravioli, and that was the stand out point of our experience. However, the $4.5 meatballs were not anything to brag out either as they were smaller than your average cookie dough scooper. Our service was quick, as they had a big party coming in soon after us. When it came time to pay our bill, we kept getting overlooked, which made our exit about 10 minutes too long. The breadchunk (as opposed to breadsticks) could use some tweaking, but when they were dipped in a sauce, they excelled. Overall, it was a cute place to stop while in town, but I wouldn't go out of my way to return."

"We ordered cheese bread and lasagna on a cloud, one with meat balls and one with sausage. Both were really good I'd recommend sausage."