Nellos Restaurant - St. Albert, Alberta

Update - April 2024 We are long-time customers but we have been going here less and less over the past 12 months. Previously rated this a 5 but after the last 4 visits, not anymore. Food is still okay, but not near as good as it used to be, still lots of ... it, but prices are up a lot. The veal used to be a favourite but it is now often tough and over cooked. The biggest issue, however, is service. We were there for 6 last night. This place is still using Skip the dishes, etc for deliveries, so guess which orders get priority in the kitchen, certainly not the inhouse diners, despite the fact the restaurant doesn’t have to pay Skip 35 percent of our bill. It took 2.5 hours to have supper, and on top of the food delays, they had one waitress trying to deal with the whole restaurant. Service was very poor. We left a tip because I felt sorry for the waitress, but one wasn't really earned based on the lack of service. The service the last few times has been mediocre, but this was by far the worst yet. They really need to get back in the game, and they need to shut off the delivery orders when they are busy. Have no idea how they make any money on them anyhow, with the huge fee they pay the delivery services. Update Aug 28, 2022 Have been back a couple of times recently. Very good to see they are now back to full pretty much every evening. Reservation is definitely needed if you want seating before 8 p.m. Had the Putenesca and Veal Scallopeny. Both were excellent, as usual. This place continues to have a wide selection of gluetin free options, including pasta. Prices are up over pre Covid, or at least seem to be. Supper for two, with appetizer and one drink each $140. Not cheap but not outrageous by St. Albert standards. Portion sizes are still very large. We both brought home about half the dish of pasta, and the quality is excellent. Review from 2019 Good food, great service, and a nice atmosphere. The place was packed as it usually is Fridays and Sat, and the other days, reservations are still recommended. It is a small room with a lot of people so it was quite loud and overly warm. We were having so much fun we were probably part of the noise makers. It's not the perfect spot for a quiet romantic dinner for two but great for those days when a livelier atmosphere fits better. Four of us for supper oct 2017. Calamari, a couple of salads for appys, çhicken parm, veal marsala with penne and spicy tomatoe sauce, one gnochii, and one order of gluetin free pasta. The food was very good. Pasta cooked perfectly, and the various meats were spot on. One creme brule for dessert. All the portions were very large, and most had leftovers. Total bill for 4, $200 with no alcohol. It's not cheap but about on par for St Albert, where most restaurant prices are pretty high due to the outrageous taxes and other costs to operate there. Service was attentive and always there when needed but never intrusive. Great job of serving while being almost invisible. Would definitely go back. Read more

Such a sweet little italian place . Serving sizes are huge I suggest sharing . It was more than dinner out it was an event. House wine was rather delightful, server was more than informative and the place was not so large that it was too loud.

After being highly recommended by family members, my husband and I decided to check it out here for our first wedding anniversary. We had a reservation and first it took a while to be acknowledged by someone that we were waiting at the front door. Then when we were, our ... waitress said she’d be right back as she wanted to set a table for us which wasn’t a big deal but I watched her do a bunch of other things while we were still waiting, standing at the front, which annoyed me a little bit. The food was very good and people aren’t lying about the portions! Prices were pricey but the portion size makes up for it. While I really, really enjoyed the food, both my husband and I got incredibly ill basically at the exact same time after eating here. I don’t think I could ever come back now after getting so ill. Definitely made for a memorable first wedding anniversary, unfortunately in the wrong way. 😅 Read more

This was the first time that we ate here. It was our anniversary and had heard good things about this restaurant.. We had an amazing meal. Our waitress Audrey was awesome .. service was so great. Atmosphere was perfect. The food was beyond good..We had such a wonderful evening. Of ... course had enough left over food to bring home for another meal.. The tiramasui was the best we had even had. Totally a memorable time.. We will defiantly go back. Read more

Appetizers and salads are $14 - $26. Pasta and entrees are $22 - $43. Arrived at 7:12 for a 7:15 reservation. Seated at 7:20 to a very wet table. Request for table to be dried was denied. We dried the bottoms of our menus and cutlery with our napkins. Strong scent ... of disinfectant. Water ran down edge of table onto my pants. Server took drink orders at 7:32. Drinks arrived 7:38. Server took food order at 7:40. Bread arrived at 7:52 (complimentary). Entrees arrived at 8:05. Front of house is one large room, no room seperation. Poor atmosphere - inexpensive furniture/finishings/art, bright, cheesy music, definitely not a date spot. Food portions are gigantic on platter sized plates/bowls. Food quality is poor for the price relative to other restaurants. Table was still wet in spots when we left. Wouldn't revisit. Wouldn't recommend. Read more