Spezia - Steaks, Italian & Seafood

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   Mamastorm01

   South Dakota

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on March 8, 2020

   overall3food3service1ambience4

   Very poor service, overcharged for glass of wine, slow to take order get salads and entree came out before we were finished with salad

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2. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   South Dakota

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on March 7, 2020

   overall5food5service5ambience4

   Server was great

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   CarrieB

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on March 7, 2020

   overall2food2service1ambience3

   Our waitress was a nightmare! We waited for over an hour for food, late in the evening. We arrived at 6:55 and it was 8:25 when we got our food. The people in the next booth were seated 10 mins after us and got their food 30 minutes before us. Then the food was subpar for the price. There was barely any sauce on my pasta and the pasta was mushy. And again, the waitress was snotty and rude! Down right snippy. She seemed mad that we didn’t order alcoholic drinks? It was not a good experience at all!! I will not be back!!

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   TerranceC

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on March 2, 2020

   overall4food4service5ambience4

   I booked a 7:00 PM Sunday reservation through OpenTable. When I arrived with my wife at 6:55 PM the hostess informed me that my table had been given to the local Monsignor. Since we were in no hurry, I was fine with that. The restaurant staff accommodated us with another table within a few minutes. I had the grilled salmon entree salad and my wife had bowtie pasta. Both were very tasty!

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   Randy

   Omaha

   29 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   29 reviews

   Dined on February 29, 2020

   overall5food4service5ambience3

   Nice quiet dinner.

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6. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   Charleston

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on February 23, 2020

   overall1food1service3ambience5

   Took two hours to complete our meal, service was not the waiters fault. Had sirloin and shrimp, the sirloin was maybe 3 oz with 5 shrimp. The salad barely had any dressing and the baked potatoe wasn't done. They charged $38 for that with our bill over $100.

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   BradN

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on February 17, 2020

   overall5food4service3ambience4

   Love that Spezia takes reservations! Our table was set and ready for us when we arrived!

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   TarynS

   Chicago

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on February 16, 2020

   overall4food5service4ambience4

   Great food! We were there on a very busy evening, so service was quite slow, but waitress was working very hard. Food is always fantastic here!

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   SDNorseman

   South Dakota

   9 reviews

   5.0

   9 reviews

   Dined on February 15, 2020

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Valentine’s Day dinner. Server Kansas was the epitome of superior service. Drinks always full and food served hot and quickly. Spezia has a great selection of Italian dishes, but we both went with filets on this night. The steak was cooked perfectly. We ended with the lemon cake - a favorite.

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    OpenTable Diner

    South Dakota

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on February 14, 2020

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great place to have excellent service and the best food.

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    OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 14, 2020

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Our server Mandy did an excellent job. The food was delicious and we had a great time.

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    ako57

    South Dakota

    39 reviews

    4.0

    39 reviews

    Dined on February 11, 2020

    overall4food5service4ambience5

    This was my first time trying GF pasta at Spezia and I will order it again and was pleased to learn they have GF flatbread/pizza crust too. Everyone enjoyed their meals. Server was helpful checking GF options and offering substitutes. Delicious food and comfortable atmosphere for a nice evening out. I like the booths which make it easier to talk to people at your table and help control the noise.

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    JeffL

    South Dakota

    8 reviews

    3.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on February 8, 2020

    overall3food4service2ambience3

    We love this restaurant, but certain things seem to be slipping.... Our $8.99 salads were pretty "wimpy" and not very fresh. Our sausage and pepper pizza had lots of peppers and very little sausage. And our server made lots of excuses for the "slow kitchen", but was, herself, rather distant and unattentive.

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    Edward

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 3, 2020

    overall3food2service4ambience4

    The Tuscan Burger was marginal at best. The mushroom sauce was cold and congealed and the burger was quite small. The chicken was dry and tough.

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    AmyC

    Chicago

    14 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on January 26, 2020

    overall3food4service3ambience3

    Returned to Spezia after many years. I was underwhelmed with the organization of seating when we arrived. The hostess did not make effort to make eye contact, meet and great patrons and would often disappear from her station despite many people waiting to place their name on a list for a table. We were seated 20 minutes after our reservation time with no explanation nor apology for the delay. Once seated, our server was attentive (although did forget to bring us the appetizer we ordered). Dinner was delicious but I would have liked to see more meatless options.

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    OpenTable Diner

    South Dakota

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 25, 2020

    overall4food3service5ambience5

    Not as good as it was back in2013

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    Autumn

    South Dakota

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on January 5, 2020

    overall3food3service4ambience5

    Cooks had a hard time keeping the buffet stocked. Otherwise, always love the brunch at spezias

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    PatP

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on January 1, 2020

    overall1food1service2ambience2

    Probably the worst food I have had for quite a while. Very disappointed.

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    SallyH

    South Dakota

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 27, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Food is always wonderful..I don't care for pasta so I appreciate and love their fish dishes and beet salad. My husband loves Italian food and this is his favorite restaurant. Wait staff are efficient and fun.

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    Dec14

    South Dakota

    2 reviews

    1.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 15, 2019

    overall1food1service1ambience3

    Was told that Spezia does not honor reservations made through Open Table but would try to get us a table. Left after waiting 20 minutes. Very disappointing.

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    Cheryl

    San Francisco

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 7, 2019

    overall2food2service2ambience2

    Disappointing....was placed next to large group (table of 12+ and there were many open options at time of reservation) so noisy and only 1 server for section. Will stick to lunch at this restaurant as I’ve always had good experience.

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    Nordica

    South Dakota

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on December 4, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    A friend treated me to birthday lunch here. We've been here before and it's always very good. Had reserved a booth and it was ready when we arrived with a candle on the table already lit! Comfy, cozy spot and the service is great! My friend had a grilled salmon salad and I had a gourmet burger, both were delicious! Also really enjoyed the complimentary slice of chocolate birthday cake and scoop of vanilla ice cream!

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    BrianB

    South Dakota

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on December 1, 2019

    overall4food4service5ambience4

    We had a lovely time. Good food. Very good service. Spezia is a wonderful place to dine when you want to sit and talk to the people at your table.

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    EveS

    Fargo

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 23, 2019

    overall3food4service3ambience3

    We had early reservations that I made through open table, the hostess was irritated that we had children and they were not designated on the reservation. Service was slow and it took along time to get our food and one of the children's order had been forgotten so he had to wait longer for his food. The food was good but not outstanding.

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    BrendaG

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 17, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    This was the first time that my husband Service was prompt which I've since learned was an epic fail ~ apparently they are all delicious. We'll definitely return when we're in Sioux Falls next time.

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26. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Tampa

    4 reviews

    3.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on November 16, 2019

    overall3food5service2ambience5

    Our server wasn’t familiar with the menu and was unable to describe dishes we asked about. Not attentive. Food was great though

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    OpenTable Diner

    Minneapolis

    10 reviews

    3.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on November 11, 2019

    overall3food3service2ambience4

    The food was tasty, but we felt like it had been left under warming lamps for a while. Our waiter just really wasn’t around very much. It took quite a while to get our drinks and then we had to catch him to order our appetizers, and then we had to catch him to order our meal, and then we had to catch him for a second glass of wine. He didn’t make the effort to check on us I guess.After being in the restaurant for two hours, we were ready to pay our bill and we couldn’t find him. We finally asked one of the other waitresses to take our payment. Overall our experience was OK – next time we are in Sioux Falls we will probably look for a different interesting place to eat.

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    Calliet

    Minneapolis

    7 reviews

    vip
    1.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on November 10, 2019

    overall1food4service1ambience4

    I have never had a poor experience at Spezia and I do not live in Sioux Falls anymore so whenever I come back into town my family always does Sunday brunch there. Unfortunately we will never do this again. I had zero issue with the food, but our waitress is what made our experience just really uncomfortable. It started when I went to the bathroom while our table was being set up and I walked past her getting the table ready and heard her complaining that her next table had two little kids and how annoying that was going to be. I can totally understand how kids can be difficult, but maybe wait until you know what the kids at the table are going to be like before you complain and also maybe consider doing it some other place then out on the restaurant floor where anyone can hear you. After we were seated for about 10 min she came to our table and let us know we could go and get our food and took our drink orders and after she dropped off our waters and coffees she never came back to check on us. After about 45 min of waiting for her to come check on us my sister ended having to walk around to restaurant to find her to ask if we could have more water and coffee. When she came to our table she very openly rolled her eyes multiple times and made loud noises that shows her annoyance with us. while pouring more coffee into my sister’s cup she overpowered and spilled hot coffee all over my sisters hand which burned her and her only response was “oops” and walked away. Again she never came back at all until she brought the bills about 30 min later and we ended up just walking over and finding a pitcher of water and filling our own glasses. It makes me really sad to have had this experience here because we have never had a poor experience here and I have always loved coming here but after this I don’t think we will come back again for a Sunday brunch and I just wanted to let the management at Spezia know what happened as it casts a poor light on the restaurant.

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    bogeyman

    Minneapolis

    23 reviews

    3.0

    23 reviews

    Dined on November 10, 2019

    overall3food2service4ambience3

    Buffet not as good as prior visits. Variety was limited, a lot of options were empty and quality seemed lower. Hope it was just an off day.

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    LisaH

    South Dakota

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on November 9, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We met with our daughter-in-law and her family, we have a wonderful family together and will be grandparents soon!

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31. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 3, 2019

    overall2food2service1ambience2

    Slow service in general, forgot to put in our appetizer, lam sirloin ordered medium rare came out raw, sirloin medium well came out medium rare. Forgot to put in our bud light. Never asked if we wanted refills. Requested a wine candle for birthday and had to ask if they still do them. Poor service, forgotten and poorly cooked food.

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    Barb

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 2, 2019

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Amazing. They were great to our kids as well. We didn’t feel rushed.

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    LynnS

    South Dakota

    3 reviews

    2.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on October 30, 2019

    overall2food2service2ambience2

    Unimpressed. Our daughter requested Spezia for her 16th birthday celebration, so we made a reservation. We arrived and were seated within five minutes of our arrival, our server arrived promptly and took drink and appetizer orders - he returned shortly after to take our meal orders. He made a suggestion to one member of our party to switch out the bun on his burger, but when the burger arrived it was on the gluten free bun that he told us was not good - not to mention that the burger was smaller than the average burger you would get at McDonalds. Another member of our party ordered their pasta dish without tomatoes and onions - after waiting over an hour for our main dish he brought it out with tomatoes and onions in it - while he did offer to take it back, we were in no mood to wait for another dish to be prepared - needless to say it went mostly uneaten, yet we were still charged full price for it. Our meals were mediocre at best - $150 later, we will not be back to Spezia...

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    MarkS

    Minneapolis

    12 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on October 29, 2019

    overall4food4service5ambience5

    Very consistent with food and service, which they had a full bar. Who really needs all the wine selection, cut in half and add other spirits. There are times I go elsewhere because of that.

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    CaseyM

    Minneapolis

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 20, 2019

    overall4food4service4ambience5

    My experience was just OK. Even though we had a reservation, we still had to wait about 10 minutes to be seated. It then took another 10 minutes to get water. 15 minutes after that we were finally able to order. Food quality was good, although the prices were a bit high in my opinion.

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    RaelynnO

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 20, 2019

    overall3food3service2ambience1

    We waited at our table for a good 10-15 minutes without being helped. When we finally met our server and ordered our drinks (just water) it took her another 10 minutes to get them to us. Granted she was busy with a larger table. When we finally got our food, the steak in my steak salad was cold. Very loud environment and the food was not worth the price.

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37. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    South Dakota

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on October 20, 2019

    overall4food5service4ambience5

    Very good! Was very busy and unstaffed. Servers and waitresses were very busy. Meal was great. Waitress was great. I forgot my leftovers. Bummer!

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    marv

    South Dakota

    6 reviews

    4.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on October 19, 2019

    overall4food4service4ambience4

    Great food & great service, always an enjoyable dining experience.

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    EmilyS

    South Dakota

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on October 19, 2019

    overall4food5service5ambience5

    We went here for my fiancé’s birthday. The food was DELICIOUS!

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    LaryE

    South Dakota

    8 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on October 13, 2019

    overall4food4service4ambience4

    Spezia is the best! Food and service is top notch.

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