Food was great, bathrooms, tables, chairs, lighting, was atrocious. Please, please, you have a great product, time to focus on ambiance, a level patio, straight tables and chairs, great lighting. Lite the trees, it would be beautiful. If you want great food, this is a good restaurant. But they could be much better with a bit of design help.
Fantastic really enjoyed the salads and the lasagna the service was prompt and receptive. Got in quickly and the food was hot and delicious and moderately priced.
Stumbled across Nicola's while at the Old Market and looking for somewhere different to eat and I am so glad I did. I have since been back many times and taken friends. Great food, great drinks, great desserts and excellent service.
Delicious appetizers, pasta, and wine. Definitely need to call ahead for a reservation, especially in the winter when they lose their patio seating. Also enjoyed the chocolate canoli, but surely there's a way to prepare it without it looking like fluffy poo piped into a canoli shell!
Went to Nicola's on Thursday night before the opera. It was our first time there. Excellent food and service. We will be back. Highly recommend.
Karrie Nixon was right. Kevin was our waiter tonight. He was was very polite and full of information about the wines, foods and desserts. We were not rushed on anything. It was better than my wife and I expected. I had the penne al pollo and my wife had the meat lasagna. This was one of the best meals we have had in our 39yrs of marriage. Kevin was a great person to work with us. Oh yes. don't forget the lemon cream cake.
Two of us went on a Saturday night in December . Made a reservation (you will need a reservation). We still had to wait about 10 minutes but that was no problem. It's very small but not cramped. Intimate. Not pretentious. Absolutely delicious. We ordered the bruschetta as an appetizer. Our waitress was great. She let us know that our dishes would come with 2 pieces of bruschetta in case we didn't want too much as an appetizer. We got it anyway and glad if it. The appetizer bruschetta is different than included with meal.
We ordered the portobello ravioli with meatballs and the fettuccine Alfredo with chicken. We nearly licked our plates, this food was so damned good. Can't wait to go back in warm weather to enjoy the patio.
Small, quaint restaurant. Excellent service. The food was delicious. I recommend the lasagna. My wife had the creamy pesto fettuccine with chicken. She loved it. We will definitely eat here again
Marty and Karen. Enjoyed an excellent meal at Nicola's this evening. Food is made to order, delicious and fairly priced. Our waiter was Adam who was knowledgable about all the dishes, attentive and his suggestions were perfect for us. If you want very good food served in a quaint setting by a staff who seems to want you to be totally satisfied, go to Nicola's. I am already looking forward to our next visit!
This is a small quiet little restaurant that has that Italian feel the moment you walk through the front door. The salad was excellent and was followed by the lemon cream salmon fettuccine. The salmon was lightly done, perfectly seasoned. The pasta carried the lemon flavor.
I would define tilt recommend this restaurant.
Such a nice place. Love the patio. The service is great and everyone working here is so friendly. The food….oh so so good. Raviolis are so well made and delicious. The pasta amazing. And the sauces, I’m obsessed with, I wanted to lick my plate😂. Good selection of wine and drinks. The cocktail menu is very fun and authentic. Worth a stop, great for a date night. Bruschetta is very delicious, great addition to any meal.
I have gone to Nicola’s every week for the past two years. The food is consistently amazing! I have never had anything on the menu that I didn’t love. Best Italian in Omaha!
We enjoyed our quite Tuesday evening dinner. Despite it being Tuesday Nicolas was still pleasantly busy. This is a small family owned business, so there was a smaller staff. The food was delicious and freshly made with delicious ingredients. It was a little more pricy that I had originally thought, but the freshness of the ingredients and dish was worth the little extra cost. The tiramisu, like everything else, is homemade with a lovely spong cake instead of lady fingers.
Went to dinner with a friend, this is one of her favorite places to dine. The establishment offers inside and patio dining. We opted to eat outside as it was a beautiful day. We had wine and brushetta to start. I ate Chicken Marsala, which was delicious. The sauce was amazing. My friend had a dish with olives, dried tomatoes, and lightly seasoned spaghetti noodles. Overall a great experience.
A wonderful "scratch kitchen" meal. A group loved the red and white sauces. But for me, the meatballs are the game changer! They are the best! Hopefully, you can save room for a dessert. We had the tiramisu and the Italian lemon cake. Both were delicious. We will be back to try the cheesecake and chocolate torte.
My first time here. The service and food were great. The outdoor patio looks awesome but it wasn't open when I visited. Great looking menu with yummy sounding dishes. I have a feeling they are all very good. I'll be back and soon!
Absolutely fantastic in all aspects! Service, food and wine. I can not emphasize enough how great this place is! Totally lucky gem that we walked by and turned around for!
Update: 2.12.19 - has the bolognese for the first time, absolutely blew my mind! Also I should mention that the house salad is just fabulous! Very well balanced.
Updated: 10.6.2022 - tried some new dishes, spaghetti aglio & olio & pink lasagna. Still fab, no crumb left behind.
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Pro tip: Make sure you get reservations for this place on the weekend because it gets packed very very quickly.
This restaurant makes everything from scratch, so be prepared for a wait. The food when you do get it is great quality.
Pro tip 2: sitting at the bar has its advantages, the owners work the restaurant and Nikola is exceptionally friendly. You get more of an experience if you get the chance to speak with her.
Lemon cream al salmon Fettuccini 4 stars
The Fettuccine was delicious, but the salmon was over cooked for me. My friend prefers the salmon overcooked like that though, so depending on your preference, this might be a five-star item.
Lasagne Mediterranean 4 stars
This was a very solid lasagna entree
Spaghetti aglio plus olio 5 stars
Nicola recommended we get it with the blue cheese and it absolutely enhanced the dish for me.
All the meals come with bruschetta and salad. The bruschetta can be a skip. The pieces we had were kind of plain tasting. It's supposed to be fresh but it did feel like it might have been sitting for a bit. The salad was a very nice simple salad which we really enjoyed.
Hear me. A “must try” spot if you are anywhere in the Omaha area….and even if you’re not! We could not wait for dinner the next day to visit again and try another item on the menu while we were still in town. The food is seasoned to perfection! The service was 5 star. The owner John by far is thee best—he was so kind to take us back to our hotel there in the Old Market area as our shuttle was running behind schedule. Our waitress Alishia was very attentive—her menu recommendations were spot on. I hope to experience their patio on our next visit when the weather is warmer. It bears repeating: A “must try” spot.
⭐️Lemon Cream al Salmon Fettuccine
⭐️Italian Vegetarian Salad-Shrimp
Yum. Yum. Yum. Three total Yums! Food: covered that already. The people: friendly and fast! The space: quaint, relaxed, nice and energetic but not overbearing or “loud”. Like a casual fancy friends dinner. Three meals, two appetizers and all cooked great and presentations were like a chefs fare! I look forward to going back!
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