Reviews for Negri's Original Occidental in Occidental, CA
Food is very good. I had the minestrone soup, salad, and roasted brussel sprouts. It was a delicious and vegan dinner. The... roasted mushrooms are not to miss. Read more
This was our favorite family restaurant for decades. Covid hit hard so they had to close the restaurant side. The bar is still... open with a striped down menu. All of our favorite dishes were gone but the food was good. No more "family style" service. Itbroke our hearts after a 300 mile drive, but again, what they do have left isn't bad. Read more
UPDATE: The main restaurant area is closed. Only the adjacent Joe's Bar is open. Still, great food, casual atmosphere. Old... school Italian. Fun, casual, excellent food, plenty of parking. I love their ravioli with a side of meatballs. Read more
I have throughout my life based my idea of a good minestrone soup off of the minestrone that this lovely family has made for... decades. I stop in for minestrone, fresh made bread and a flashback of memories every time I can when in the area. Nothing wasbetter after working 8-10 hours with my family cutting, splitting, loading and stacking firewood as a young boy. Read more
Still amazing after 60+ years. Yes, as a result of Covid - the main dining room is closed - and all dining takes place in what... was once the Bar. The six of us had a great time. Spoke to the lovely owner - who we have met several times in the pastdecades... Gone are the family styled meals - and now - great menu - good selection - we had v good service by the attractiveBartender-ess /waitress. The Calamari Fritto, Lasagne, Shrimp and polenta, salads and wine - great. Good time had by all. Wearrived early - 6 pm was a flood of diners. Cannot wait to return. Read more
Pretty good place we had the calamari, pasta with prawns and the pepperoni pizza. Calamari I wouldn?t recommend. Tasted as if... they bought frozen pre-breaded calimari and fried it. Was rubbery and not fresh. The pasta was great! Subtle garlic flavor,perfectly cooked and saucy. The pizza in my opinion was 4 stars. Pretty good. But not excellent. I actually preferred the crustvs the part with the sauce, cheese and pepperoni. Other than that service was great! Read more
Negri?s Original is the best Italian restaurant on Earth, you will blown away. I had their homemade minestrone soup and angel... hair pasta with marinara, I was shocked. The very nice team members and Owner made the experience amazing. Long liveNegri?s!!!!! Daniel Read IV Read more
This was a pretty big disappointment after hearing about the great Italian family style dinners of Occidental. We are new... residents of Forestville and have been continually impressed with pretty much every meal we've had out here until this one,which absolutely does not live up to the hype. First off, it isn't family style and although this page said Negris was opened,that whole side of the building was closed and the only service was in Joe's bar, which is just a sterile concrete floored roomwith a couple TVs on the wall. Super loud and not particularly inviting. It's just super greasy bar food with some Italianthemed items. The food, service and staff all totally lacked any real quality or complexity. Putting a stick of butter into abunch of frozen ingredients does not make it good or Italian. Pizza, shrimp and polenta app, prawn pasta, salads, were all superplain yet insanely greasy. Nothing to write home about. There is significantly better eating to be done in just about every townin Sonoma co. Seems like we missed the glory days here based on our experience and the other recent reviews. Read more