Andiamo Ristorante

Andiamo's location certainly isn't the typical place you'd think you'd be able to get a high quality Italian meal. Not with it located in a strip mall where it's neighbors are a fast food chain, a cash loan agency, job locator, and shoe repair store. Their richly colored walls and decor gives a classy atmosphere that is strikingly different from their modest store front. Now any Italian restaurant should come down to their food, and Andiamo passes with flying colors. They offer soup, salad, seafood, grill, and obviously pasta options. Andiamo also provides customers with vegetarian, vegan, and perhaps more importantly - gluten-free options. Many of their pasta dishes are deceivingly small. You may think you'll be able to finish off your plate, but like I learned with my Spaghetti Carbonara, that heavy creamy sauce that coats those thick golden strands of pasta is just has heavy as it is tasty. Andiamo should be on every Austinites' short list of best Italian spots. Personally, I think it would be the perfect spot for a first date. It may put your date off at first, but after passing through their doors into a different world and tasting their perfectly seasoned and perfectly cooked Italian meal, they might learn that you have more to offer than originally shown; just like Andiamo.