Reviews for Rustico in Arlington, VA
Place was nice, food was delicious. Only problem was toilets were not that clean. Other than that place was nice.
I was at this restaurant for a meetup. It was nice and quiet inside although the outdoor eating areas looked busier. I had the... spinach artichoke dip. It was delicious! The portion size was kind of small but the quality and tastiness made up for that. Theother members of my party all seemed to enjoy their food as well. The staff were polite. Parking was horrible. Only streetparking right around the restaurant. The closest parking garage is a couple of blocks away. We parked in this garage. It is ahuge parking garage and we had trouble finding our car when we returned. It's a garage where you definitely should take a noteof the level and section you parked in. Read more
This place is all looks nothing to show for it. Upon first impressions it’s got lots of reviews (I didn’t see if they were... great reviews), located in a great area in Arlington, beautiful ambiance outside and inside. We called ahead for reservationssame day for a table of 9 on a Monday. When we arrived 30mins early our table was already set up and ready. The place was prettyempty on a Monday night. They had a lot of staff working though. The waiter was young and very nice. Our waiter handled a tableof 9 people very well. I wish I remembered his name. Our waters were constantly refilled. However, ordering and getting our foodout was a bit slow. Drinks weren’t great. I personally was a little difficult about my drink order. I ordered a margaritawith casamigo tequila because on the menu it said margarita, pick tequila. However what I failed to realize and the waiterfailed to mention is that the list of tequila available was all the way to the right. Their top shelf was patron. So I asked fora Mojito and they gave me a mojito with dark rum, no lime and basically it tasted like just dark rum. Then I asked for thatmargarita with patron that I originally was going to order. Ok I was being nice but indecisive with my drinks, I apologized alot for that. Bartender walks over with an attitude. He was a much older gentleman. He questioned me on what was wrong with mydrink, what did I order, how do I like my drinks. Then he reaches over me trying to take my mojito away when I told him it’sfine I’ll share it with someone who may like it but it’s just not for me. He tried to educate me or talk down to me howeveryou look at it, on a mojito which sure I’m no bartender but out the years I’ve been drinking mojitos I have never tasted onelike that. This was a work dinner so my coworker took a sip and said that disgusting and NOT a mojito. No one ended up takingthe mojito. My whole table seen he had an attitude with me. As I mentioned I realized I was being indecisive an Read more
This is a more appetizers/shareables and drinks place, not a pizza place. The feta cheese dip was sooo freaking good — alone... and with the bread. The pizza, unfortunately, was pretty average. The ingredients just didn’t bring much flavor and alsojustify the price. Kudos to the cooking method though because the crust was solid (slightly burned, not floppy and notcrunchy). The service was lacking. They didn’t bring us utensils and took a while to come get our orders/the bill. This wouldbe justified if they were busy but the restaurant was only half full. Go here for drinks and the shareables (get the feta cheesedip!), not for actual dinner. Read more
Good food, quick service, friend staff, but smaller servings. Also the food we picked up was packed sideways which caused it to... leak all over everything else. An unpleasant surprise when we got home. The beets in the beet salad had no taste whatsoeverwhich was odd. I love beets so that was a disappointment. Slightly overpriced for what you're getting. Perhaps it's better inperson than take out. Read more
Good/Bad Experience. I thought the food was nasty and so did my boyfriend. I got the mushroom bruschetta was pretty much the... whole reason we went here. We are visiting from out of town and I saw it on an ad and it looked so good. I got it and the breadwas drowning in cheese - don’t get me wrong I love cheese but it overpowered everything else which honestly might have been agood thing because the mushrooms tasted like they were out of a can. Then I ordered the meatballs and my boyfriend ordered therustico burger. The meatballs tasted just like frozen meatballs that had been reheated in like a canned Ragu sauce. The burgerhe ordered well done and it was medium when he got it very very pink. The manager offered to have it recooked which was nice butthen it took forever for it to come so my meal was stone cold by the time he got the remade burger . And the remade burger wasdrowning and I mean drowning in mayo . Also the fries on the remade burger plate were stone cold as well. The service was goodthe wait staff was attentive but food was not at all worth what we paid for it. I was so disappointed and won’t be back. Read more
Great grilled chicken salad. Chicken sandwich was good. Liked the cauliflower appetizer. Ordered and paid through phone for... dining in. Very convenient. Read more
We went here for a big work lunch, and all of the food was excellent! The tater tot’s, wings, and the salads were all very... good. Our waiter, Landon, was super fast and kept every thing refilled, and the kitchen was also super fast and pumped out foodwithin minutes! I would absolutely recommend this place to anyone, any time. There was also lots of street parking nearby itwas. The Private events coordinator was also very easy to work with as we were getting a private room! Read more