Chianti Ristorante

Enjoyed Saratoga Restaurant Week. Everything was amazing. Dessert can be a little better.

My partner and I sit at the bar and order the bar specials. They are relatively small but delicious. The restaurant itself is large and noisy but the bar always seems like a friendly place to eat. Great Northern Italian food excellent servers and a very cool atmosphere.

We decided to come here to celebrate my boyfriends birthday while on vacation from NJ because we really wanted to have a nice, fine dining experience and it was everything and more! We originally booked an 8:45pm reservation (because that's all they had left), but our table wasn't ready when we arrived 5 minutes early so we waited around a while and they decided to offer us seating at the bar around 9pm because they close at 10pm and they didn't want to rush us to eat. We were a little disappointed because we wanted to have a nice romantic table for 2 for this special night, but we settled for the bar. They were very apologetic and after the bartender said that he wouldn't mind coming in and out of the bar to serve us if we moved to a high top table nearby because they were short staffed, we did just that. Everyone was so accommodating, friendly/ sweet, helpful and made us feel very special. We were extremely thankful and gracious for everyone's hospitality. The food was absolutely delicious! We ordered a bottle of red chianti (they have a very large wine menu of all prices which was fantastic), a carpaccio appetizer that had gorgonzola and truffle oil and 2 duck entrees which were both amazing. The duck had a black cherry reduction that paired perfectly with both the duck and vegetables. Because it was my boyfriends birthday they brought out 2 huge Nutella cannoli's with a candle (that was to die for and needs to be on the menu permanently) and we also ordered chocolate covered profiterols filled with a light, not too sweet cream and some espressos. We had no complaints whatsoever. They were nice enough to give us all desserts and espressos free of charge as an apology for waiting, which we greatly appreciated. The ambiance of Chianti was very romantic, upscale and definitely on the fancier side, which we loved. Again, we had a great time and loved every part of our new dinner experience! The hostess was helpful and sweet and our bartender/ waiter was super great and conversational and outgoing. If you're looking to go out to eat at a delicious Italian restaurant with a fine dining feel, in a very cute and quaint town, Chianti is highly recommended! If we are ever in the area, we would come back.

Went in for a quick meal last night at the bar. Josh was awesome, the three appetizer specials were to die for! You should try the grilled octopus anytime it’s on the menu!! What a meal! Can’t go wrong when you visit.