Ava

Robert Negron

Tampa Bay Restaurant Week. Ava I had the prix fixe meal for $35. It was a bad experience, this place has to be better than what I encountered. The service was bad and some of the food was terrible. My bread was burnt, old and cold, I tried to eat it but couldn't. I was talked into the Cavatelli and it just made my mouth unhappy, the fennel sausage was awful. The Meatballs were good, very tender and tasty. The Tiramisu was just average. Again, I must re-iterate how bad the service was. I felt unwanted and like I was a bother. My meatballs were actually tossed on to my table. Funny, she got really sweet when she handed me the check.

B.

We left before ordering.. normally never do that, we are not picky, but the place has to be clean and this restaurant was not. I gave them a chance to respond to the email form I sent in via the website about 2 weeks ago, but no reaction. Don’t like posting negative photo’s, I like to rate businesses positively, but in this case I can’t. 2 stars for the way the place looks and for the kind waitress, but we did not trust the hygiene, check the photos. Non polished silverware I would be okay with, due to staff shortages, but again: it has to be clean. Menu was dirty, water bottle was dirty. Heard a negative story before, but wanted to give it a chance. To bad it failed.

Rachel S

Highly recommend coming in for Happy Hour! The 8" happy hour pizzas are perfect for a single person and at a great price. I got the basil pesto pizza, which was awesome, and the Ava dip which was ok but I found to have a bit of a strange taste (but to each their own). The bartender was friendly and served drinks quickly. I sat inside, but they also have an extensive outside covered seating area, which would be nice when the weather is good.

nishant narula

I was looking for a good Italian restaurant in Tampa and on google came through Ava. So we booked a reservation for Friday. It is a nice restaurant with a nice decor and parking garage nearby. We were seated by the receptionist and greeted by the server Hunter with the water and menu. After browsing through the menu we decided to order 1919 Mule, Ravioli, Funghi Pizza, Italian Mango and Chicken Parmesan. The service is pretty bad and we had to wait a lot to get our food. The service is the drawback of the restaurant. First we got our drinks. The drinks were good. Nice mango drink. Then we got our Ravioli. Ravioli was delicious. Loved the ravioli. Then we got our pizza and chicken parmesan. Loved the pizza as well as the parmesan. Nice food with good taste.