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Hours
Sun
11:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Mon
11:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Tue
11:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Wed
11:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Thu
11:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Fri
11:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Sat
11:00 AM - 10:30 PM
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Ratings and reviews
4.5
RATINGS
Food
Service
Value
Atmosphere
Food and ambience
Italian, European, Mediterranean, Vegetarian friendly
Can a vegan person get a good meal at this restaurant?
Details
About
Lunch/dinner
CUISINES
Italian, Mediterranean, European
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Takeout, Reservations, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Wine and Beer, Mastercard, Visa, Cash Only, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
Contribute
4.5
151 reviews
Excellent
91
Very good
43
Average
9
Poor
5
Terrible
3
Anichat11
Taguig City280 contributions
Feb 2020 • family
Had planned visiting this restaurant during our Cebu trip. And must say wasnt disappointed.
The mushroom pizza (Ai Funghi Freschi) was great overall although the mushroom lacked a bit of flavor. The corn soup was nice. The Penne Arrabiatta was superb, full of true flavor and really one of the best we have had. Great place for vegeterians clearly. The Tiramisu was great too but unfortunately they didnt have coffee...reason quoted was that the coffee machine was busted. I am not sure if other arrangements couldve been made...afterall one would never miss having some nice coffee at an Italian restaurant.
The service was prompt however somehow seemed very serious. The place the restaurant is situated is nice and quiet. But I must say the interiors can be kept simple and bright...somehow it looked too over the top.
I liked the overall experience and its definitely worth the visit.
Written February 26, 2020
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Varsha Siri P
Singapore28 contributions
Apr 2023 • friends
My friend and I, both vegetarians, chanced upon this place while looking for restaurants to visit in Cebu. Credits to my friend for finding this restaurant. We totally loved the food. I am still dreaming of the light and tasty focaccia, the pickled eggplants and mushrooms and the pasta. Sadly we were in Cebu city for less than a day, else would have had multiple meals here. Highly recommend!
Written April 28, 2023
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Road729664
2 contributions
Oct 2024 • friends
We (four persons) were visiting Cebu after a ten days diving trip. Were wanted to have some Italian style food and found this restaurant near our hotel. Food was a little big more expensive than in other restaurants nearby but also far better. I had a traditional pasta puttanesca and others had pizza. We all were happy with our food and service. Both pizza and pasta was as it should be: Italian style - not ”American” -style.
Written November 3, 2024
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Chrisneoh69
Singapore724 contributions
Dec 2023 • family
We decided to try this restaurant after reading lots of +ve reviews on Google. Let me just say, unfortunately, we just had 2 superb meals at Felice's in Santander which made me feel like I was back in Italy so perhaps our expectations were raised. We started with the salciccia pizza which was excellent, crispy dough, delicious sausage though could have been more generous. Then we tried the Linguini Marinara, Linguini Carbonara, Quadrifogli and the grilled scallops for mains. The Marinara was decent, nice flavourful sauce, Al dente pasta. The carbonara was overcooked, the egg had split. I told my son to return it, but he didn't want to cause a fuss. The ravioli wasn't well made. The dough was not cooked thru although the sauce and filling was fine. We had 2 servings of tiramisu, quite good except could not taste any liquer at all, which we had expected to. Tried a glass of house red and a glass of house white, just ok. The prices here are higher than other restaurants but the surprise was they charge 10% service, something I rarely encounter in the Philippines Overall, its a decent meal but for the price we can do a lot better and have done a lot better. we ate a lot better at Felice at Santander for exactly half the price. Service was attentive so no issues with the service charge
Written December 30, 2023
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SelfMade1
Jacksonville157 contributions
Jul 2022 • none
It was expensive, with many appetizers around 600 pesos. I tried to save money with an insalata mista appetizer, which was supposedly a vegetable salad. It was just lettuce, tomato, onion, and carrot, for 250 pesos. I felt cheated. My main, about 550 pesos, was a nice gorgonzola pasta. To get enough to eat, I also tried a shrimp soup for 150 pesos. It didn’t taste fresh to me, so I asked them to take it away. At least they took it off the bill. We also got a calamansi juice. It came to 968 pesos. The server didn’t understand us at times. The setting was nice: uncrowded and quiet.
Overall, I felt like the restaurant was overpriced, with the salad bordering on a scam, and it was a mistake to go there.
Written December 29, 2022
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Mark Simpson
1 contribution
Aug 2022 • friends
Some pretty harsh reviews here. I was invited by friends and the place is good. The food is fresh and tastey. The prices are good and the owner Paulo is a friendly guy doing his best. I am european and many visits too Italy done. Mainly in Italy for food.... The food retained its Italian flavors. No mixing Pinoy flavors of sugar and cheap oils. ... Give it a try I say
Written August 25, 2022
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Fred
Cebu City35 contributions
May 2022 • none
Paolo has always been an amazing host and his Italian food is delicious, the service is always awesome. I've been coming for the last 10 years and will keep coming. Paolo and team, I love what you are doing :)
Written May 26, 2022
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Worldinourhands
Hong Kong16 contributions
Jan 2021 • none
Since my previous review was removed and it was so lengthy and detailed that I am quite upset with Tripadvisor who allowed establishments like these to do it, I'll go straight to the point.
They cheat at you: they say they have credit card machine temporary not working, but it's a strategy to just get cash. Why? They don't give you an official receipt, but just a waiter's order silp. Genius!!
Quality of food: indecent.
Service and Staff: ask them the definition of service and quality for them and you will just see blank faces. No need to say anything else.
The owner is often there, but he's like not being there. Just sitting, playing with the phone, not even greeting customers coming in or leaving; a great role model of a professional entrepreneur!
If also this review is removed, then Tripadvisor will prove and show to be not an impartial tool for objective reviews of actual experiences.
Written June 1, 2021
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xyza
5 contributions
Jan 2020 • none
i enjoy the service here for their are so friendly and seems they know well the their guest they have good conversations seems they know so long. .but i was a good food .. we stayed near the restaurant.
Written March 2, 2020
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Doc_S
Asia61 contributions
Dec 2019 • none
I gave myself two different opportunities to try this place out and I personally believe its lost itself catering to the local taste buds. The authenticity of it being true Italian is definitely not in the taste of the food anymore. In face, I was somewhat unwell both times the next day after a meal. Maybe I'm just unlucky, but I don't agree at all with the other reviews of this place being authentic Italian food. Its been modified to cater for local taste buds.
Written December 8, 2019
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Vilmer V
Province of Reggio Emilia69 contributions
Aug 2019 • business
I am proudly Italian and I like trying Italian food in the world most remote corners... to see how my Paesani are transforming the local ingredients into our charming and tasteful recipes... Not a simple exercise I admit, because Italian food is not only the sum of delightful ingredients, but they need a soul to become perfect spaghetti allo scoglio, lasagne, filetto al pepe, pizza Margherita, tiramisù, and hundreds more...
At "La Buona Forchetta" I have found the ingredients and the soul, further to the excellent company of Paolo, a True Proud Italian living in Cebu for over 30 years...
one word:CONGRATULATIONS PAOLO! I should write all this in Italian, but I choose English to spread my thoughts to the largest possible TripAdvisor community.
Try spaghetti ai frutti di mare, they are a dream and really Italian!!! Complimenti Paolo you deserve them!
Written August 14, 2019
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DrChrisBrisbane
63 contributions
Jul 2019 • couples
I read a lot of reviews of this restaurant and generally dismissed the reviews written by Filipino as they really don't know what Italian food should taste like. Even then, the restaurant had good reviews - so I decided to go there. It was a Monday night and my partner and I were the only customers.
We ordered the Fettuccini and the Scallopini with Truffle sauce and a side salad.
The Fettuccini wasn't too bad. Nice flavour, but drowned in a flavourless cream - just some all-purpose cream bought from the local Sari store no doubt. The Scallopine was some indistinguishable, tasteless meat, saturated in olive oil with some black paste smeared on top.
The salad comprised a leaf of Iceberg lettuce, three rings of onion and half a local tomato - completely pathetic - and to add insult to injury, the waitress presented me with a bottle of local vinegar - suka, claiming that it was Balsamic. I know Balsamic and that wasn't Balsamic.
While we were there the owner came into the restaurant, completely ignored us and sat behind the counter looking at his cell phone.
If you are looking for authentic Italian food - don't waste your time, money or effort going there. Definitely NOT recommended.
EDIT: After posting the above review the owner PMed me and sarcastically suggested that he should have cooked me Kangaroo or Cocodile instead. Sadly, he would not be capable of preparing either dish. So not only is he a poor 'chef' but has a bad attitude as well.
Written July 21, 2019
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diver_kurt
Makassar48 contributions
May 2019 • couples
was our 4th time now, and it was qlways beautiful. nice atmosphere, cery good authentic italian food, friendly staff. defenitly worth to go if you stay in cebu near by, and you are a lover of very good italian food
Written May 15, 2019
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Felixberto E
Coventry353 contributions
Mar 2019 • family
We had dinner in La Bouna restaurant last Friday! It is a little "way out" to find this place! The parking is a bit hectic as they share it w/ other (business shops, etc.) In the restaurant, decorated with lots of paintings, Italian style. The ambience is really Italian, airy and pleasant! My family and friends had typical spaghetti, calzone, and salads, the food was very good(al dente spaghetti to perfection!). The portions are large, we were so full, that only one of us had dessert- Tiramiso, and coffees. We enjoyed our meals, we would be back again! Price is a bit high, but it is well worth it! Highly recommended!
Written March 26, 2019
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scoobie007
Cebu City95 contributions
Feb 2019 • couples
Slightly out of the way but easy to find via google maps or other app.Nice relaxing ambience inside. Quite expensive in comparison to traditional Filipino eateries - but portions are large & pizzas with nice thin crust as it should be. One downside - no Frascati Italian wine available ! Will return in the future to try other dishes.
Written February 27, 2019
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