Vigneto Cafe

Not good at all, food seemed to be frozen, service was subpar and the food was very overpriced during dinner, the lunch menu looked more reasonable as far as prices go.

What a lovely evening we spent at Vigneto! The food was very good, but the atmosphere was what made it: friendly and attentive waitstaff, a clearly local and fond clientele, and most of all, a FABULOUS crooner. Maybe this singer is well-​known and beloved by locals, but we stumbled in unsuspecting (from out of town) and were delighted with his smooth voice, extensive repertoire of standards, and his genial rapport with children and adults alike. What a treat on a chilly December evening! Hooray for Highland and Vigneto!

Just stopped in for lunch (pizza and salad with 2 whiny kids and my wife) and everything was delicious and fresh and the service was pleasant and quick. Looking forward to having something more elaborate from their dinner menu next time.

Always a great meal. The owner truly cares about his restaurant as well as his customers. I had the chicken Marsala, wonderful as always. Debra is an amazing cocktail maker, I always enjoy her recommendations.

Great local restaurant! Always a treat to eat here. Nice hometown style & flavor. Always pleasant and helpful staff. Dino is a great chef and always tries to please. I have never been disappointed with a meal here.

Terrible service, waitstaff never even approached me after serving my pizza– which BTW, was eggplant with ricotta, but I tasted nothing but garlic… and I like garlic, but they way over did it. So only one beer, i would have enjoyed another. I had to get up and, get his attention to tell him to get me a box to take pizza to go, but will prob dump it. I was in a bit of a rush, but had 40 minutes, so not terribly so, just disappointing and very thirsty right now…

For some weeks now, I’ve been compelled to return to the center of this small town, where I’d spied this lovely little spot with a magnetic charm. Tonight, we ventured from the oft traveled 9W, and into this little place with the charismatic façade.
Being a Monday night and on the later side, I was sensitive to inquire whether they were to close sometime soon. Having been a waitress, I’ve personally been subject to the deflation of delight thinking one might escape on time from work and into the night.
My concern was unnecessary; despite being their only table at this time, we were treated like kings. A well rounded menu and lengthy by the glass wine list delighted us. Our waiter, Jay, was a pleasure, and never missed a beat. Excellent service.
As for the food, we consider it pretty good. It was filling and pleasing, a bonus being the cleverly paired ingredients. My husband ordered the eggplant alla Nonna, which incorporated avocado into the recipe, something we’ve never seen in Italian food, but melded so perfectly we wonder why it isn’t more commonly added. Lovely flavor.
After dinner we were a little bit disappointed that they didn’t have port as mentioned on the menu. Amaretto chased those blues away. 2 glasses of wine, risotto appetizer, 2 meals, 2 desserts, and 2 after dinner drinks only came to $ 93 though, which was an excellent value in our estimation.
All in all, this is a friendly little spot with good service, a nice atmosphere, excellent menu, and phenomenal prices. While there are other Italian offerings in the Valley one would consider haute cuisine in comparison, this one has its appeal and is well-​rounded otherwise in its positive aspects. We will be back when we are seeking a comfortable, easygoing spot. And when we do, we’ll be asking for Jay’s section. Bön apetit!

Service and food are indifferent. We ordered a pizza and pretty much felt like we had to take care of ourselves as far as getting it to our table. Same with just getting the check, perhaps we should have rung ourselves up and got our change, too. The pizza’s flavor was ok, but the crust was like those super-​chewy Italian hoagie breads. You really had to gnaw at it like a piece of rawhide to get a bite. I don’t know if we’ll be back, it really hasn’t inspired us to return.

The best restaurant In town is the one where they know you. Dino is great and buys special cheeses for us knowing that one of us is cow milk intolerant. Great pizzas and the wine pours are generous. Service is always great and the portions are plenty. Debra tells it like it is and you should always ask her what she had for dinner. Music on the weekends and Dino makes everything fresh. It’s also cool to see the butcher Mark Elia who also teaches at the CIA here all the time. YUMM. Tell them Mikki and Howie sent you.

The food and crafted cocktails are just wonderful! Freshly made pasta on premises with lots of yummy surprises for specials. Just adore the bar/​wait staff. The ‘jazz’ on Saturdays leaves much to be desired and tends to get a bit loud, but overall, a great dining experience and you will not have room for dessert! Go!!!

Pleasant looking little bistro witha nice young waitress and that’s where it stops. Food came out in a strange order: salad, appetizer then entrée. The salad looked and tasted old and no choice of salad dressing. The fried calamari was tasteless and the sauces even less flavorful. The veal Sicilian and chicken Parmesan looked and tasted like frozen patties that were overcooked and dried out. One spaghetti order was overcooked and the other undercooked and the sauce had absolutely no flavor. I don’t think they own a box of salt or pepper. The risotto tasted like white rice from a Chinese restaurant in a bowl of oil. When it was sent back the waitress said it was a new cook and it wasn’t done right. Why would you send it out? The owner then sent out his version and asked that it be tried. But it would have been impossible to try with the oily greasy flavor still in your mouth. There are three things to like about this place: nothing, nothing and more nothing.

Went for lunch after a friend recommended we try it. A warm day in March allowed us to sit outside inside a clear windbreak. Not that many patrons, but our waitor was focused, helpful, and pleasant. Very nice Italian fried Squid appetizer. A fresh house salad, with toasted bread and sundried tomato tapenade oil. We Shared a Pasta Primavera, which was well done, with plenty of garlic. no room for dessert. Ah well, highly recommend you give it a try. Tell them where you heard about them, it matters to them.

I dined at Vigneto on an early Friday evening, just before the dinner rush began. Dining solo meant I probably spent more time eavesdropping than I should have but in hindsight I should do that more often to get a better feel of a new place.
The seating was self service but no signage to indicate that and the waitress was in the kitchen when I entered. It took long enough for me to be greeted or noticed by the bartender that I had plenty of time for an internal debate as to «should I stay or should I go».
The deuce in front of me was a couple who were also dining here for the first time, they asked the server a TON of questions (which was helpful to me). I had been pondering the salmon and felt good about ordering it after the young woman also ordered the grilled salmon with artichokes and white wine. The menu offers a choice of vegetables or pasta, trying to stay low carb I go with the veggies. The bread is offered with a sundried tomato dipping oil served in a silver dressing carafe… it was confusing at first if this was supposed to be for dipping or dressing my dinner salad. I opted for both because I liked it and didn’t have to ask what other dressing options were available from the sporadically appearing waitress.
My salad arrived looking a little flat. Literally. About halfway through I realized that it is likely that several salads may have been made in advance and stacked before service. While I ate my salad, the entrée was delivered to the table in front of me. Immediately the couple had some issues, the most troublesome was the salmon, it was undercooked. The gentleman had a concern with his dish too but decided they wouldn’t send it back but the salmon had to be returned to be cooked more.
Shortly after that my salmon arrived. Raw and cold in the center. I was dissapointed in the sauce as well, a slight pink hue that looked too heavy to be a white wine sauce and the canned artichokes threw me but the black olive garnish really bothered me. They didn’t belong in the dish, perhaps a better olive, piccoline maybe a better choice or a Briney Greek Green but the standard pitted black olive was out of place. I returned the salmon because it was too undercooked. The California medley of frozen vegetables was ok, it’s March in the Hudson Valley so fresh seasonal produce pickings are slim. Some forgiveness in the veggies. But…
The salmon that was then later delivered to my table was barely edible and rightly should have been returned again. My original plate was microwaved and brought back, the contents now over cooked and rubbery. And because it had been microwaved sauce, olives and all the entire plate tasted like nuked canned black olives. Honestly, the proper thing to do would have been to start over from scratch, apologize for the error and create a dish worthy of waiting for.
I was never asked if the final dish was to my liking, the server never apologized, the chef never made an appearance and no effort was made to make sure I was pleased with my dinner.
The staff we quite friendly as a general observation, maybe it was as a solo guest I had that table for one disease.
I will likely give the place another shot because several of my friends have spoken so highly about it, maybe it was an off day but I’ll be going alone because just in case this IS status quo I don’t want to subject my friends to inferior food.