Gardino Fresco

Can only give four stars for this time around... we didn't order dinner, just drinks and apps. We were sat quickly by the kind waitress. She was delightful, attentive and quick with service. We ordered the Sicilian Slush lemon flavored, which was really tasty, and the Tommy's bread dip. The dip was really good but the bread was only okay, and came out cold. Would stop in again for drinks and to try the entrees next time. Super cute, lively place.

Gardinos in Los Gatos,Ca. by highway 101,17,280. This is cozy club/restaurant. Food range was $14-$20 and soul food Italian with not much sugar. The band played eighties music which lots of twenty year olds on up danced and audience interaction to sing was open. Staff was always busy but service was great. This is close to Apple store and other posh shops. There was adequate street lighting and the strip was safe to walk through late at night.

I can only speak towards the one dish I ordered. It was a shrimp and pasta dish. The dish was mostly pasta (cooked well, great texture) but there were only 6 shrimp in the sea of pasta...all were rubbery, tough and dry. The sauce was exactly as described, a light cream sauce. I knew I preferred a heavier, more rich, cream sauce so I ordered extra sauce and a side of parmesan cheese. Sadly, that was not included in our takeout order. I checked down the shrimp, thew the rest in the trash and had to find an alternate dinner/snack option while traveling for business in an unfamiliar neighborhood, not ideal. I am giving 2 stars because it wasn't good quality shrimp and I didn't get the requested items. I hope my honesty and directness is helpful to the owners and or future patrons. Los Gatos appears to be a very cute town. I wish this restaurant many years of success moving forward.