Sabatinos Italian Restaurant

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For two star Italian, try Sabatino's in Baltimore. This mildly expensive restaurant is located in the Little Italy neighborhood. The menu is full of old favorites— ravioli and full of old favorites- ravioli. When you step inside the restaurant, you'll notice a family atmosphere. This restaurant features private rooms, a full bar, and valet parking. This restaurant is open late and good for groups. People who have eaten here found the food solid and amazing.

User Reviews of Sabatinos Italian Restaurant

Gross! by Nat C. at InsiderPages

This is possibly the worst Italian food I have ever had. I had the Eggplant Parmesan.. how could an Italian restaurant mess that up.I literally could not eat the food and left it. The service was equally...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/10/2008
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Still a Nice Night Out...

I have been going to Sabatino's off and on for over 30 years and with 2...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 10/30/2008
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Our Favorite Little Italy Pick!

It seems that everyone has a favorite Little Italy pick- this is ours. We've...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 10/10/2008
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Awful. The worst meal of my adult life.

The Bookmaker salad is gross. The dressing is gritty. Plenty of other reviews have stated the same thing. There is sand in this dressing........period. The entree's are typical low class Jersey garbage. This...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/26/2008
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Find another place to eat

Only reason it gets a star is for the friendly service. And even then, our server disappeared for about 20 minutes while we waited to exchange our salad, which was drenched in a house dressing that had an...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/22/2008
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Health Hazard! DIRTIEST PLACE EVER!!!

I'm not sure many people know about the inner working of this place. Being a former employee, well, I can tell you some stories. MInd you, I am not disgruntled and therefore am not writing this in anger but I...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/20/2008
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Family Tradition

My daughter currently lives in NYC, but, whenever she comes to town, we make a bee-line from Penn Station to Sabatino's. It is everything that everyone says (even in an occasional bad review), but, that is part of its charm. Unpretentious, but, still fun and delicious. We always have a good time.
openlist - user review - 07/03/2008

Worst Food Ever... Friendly Service, Though

From the grease ladened calamari to the bland ravioli, this meal was forgettable. The dressing, which they rave over, was gritty and almost made me gag. I would not recommend this place. In fairness, I must...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/21/2008
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Used to be good by J W. at InsiderPages

I ate at this restaurant 3 years ago on a business trip and loved the veal Parmesan. I couldn't wait to go back again. I live in Vermont and we are short on places that make a good veal parm. Anyway, I decided...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/08/2008
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Overrated by Richard T. at InsiderPages

After a huge build up, my guest and I were unimpressed. I thought for the rude service, bad seating, poor cooking, and noisy dining room you'd have to have quite a few cocktails first. That seemed to be what...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/03/2008
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A Star Has Fallen

I went to Sab's a couple of nights ago. It had been about 23 years since I had eaten there. I remembered how wonderful the Bookmaker salad was and how I had to scrape up just enough money to afford that and a...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/06/2007
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Great Experience overall. Really nice people, Delicious food!

My husband and I were out downtown with another couple and we had an GREAT experience at Sabatino's last night. It was a busy Friday night, but we were seated within minutes, even without a reservation. We...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/27/2007
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Huge disappointment

Didn't think I could go wrong with a 9 rating but this was possibly the worst meal I've had in a long time. I had the fruti de mare with white sauce. I live in central (land locked) Texas and we have better...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/29/2006
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The best homemade pasta by Katherine M. at InsiderPages

Sabatino's has the best homemade pasta dishes in Baltimore. If you've never had fresh pasta, it's like homemade bread as compared to store bought (store bought bread being on par with dried pasta). Sabatino's...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/25/2006
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Sabatino's was great, I'm going back soon

"This might be the best Fettuccine Alfredo I've ever had," said one of the ten people in my party last night. We were seated promptly and every dish came out at the perfect time, quick and great! I signed up...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/05/2006
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Great place for Italian

Sabatino's is a very nice restaurant located in Little Italy--like many other Little Italy restauran...
judysbook.com - user review - 02/28/2006
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BOOKMAKER & DRESSING ALONE WON'T KEEP U OPEN

What a disappointment!!! I have gone to Sabs since childhood. I have never been so dissappointed. I read the comments on this site before going & didnt believe the bad press. Upon arriveing Louis sat us, just...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/18/2006
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An Excellent Italian Restaurant

Located in Little Italy, Baltimore, Sabatino's is one of Baltimore's best Italian restaurants. One o...
judysbook.com - user review - 12/10/2005
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my favorite in Little Italy by Chris P. at InsiderPages

Sabatino's is always great!! I can go everyday just to order fresh bread and their world famous bookmaker salad topped with shrimp, pepperoni and lots of cheese...it is amazing. Their house dressing is...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/20/2005
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always good

Sabatino's is always good!! I can go everyday just to order fresh bread and their world famous book...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/14/2005
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fantastic italian food! by mary c. at InsiderPages

never wil go anywhere else for italian food. Puts olive garden to shame, he he. Very friendly, great service and the best thing of all great food. Thanks
citysearch.com - user review - 08/22/2005
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MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE!

Sab's is one of my all time favorite places to eat. I'm comfortable here with my family, with friends, or just with a date. The Bookmaker Salad is something everyone should experience - it's Great!!!...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/21/2004
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Definitely not recommended

I was highly disappointed. The wait staff is slow, even though the restaurant was empty. The chairs are dusty. The salad was okay, after being recommended highly by others. I could make it in my own kitchen....
citysearch.com - user review - 06/15/2004
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Miami's ABC

Baltimore best inexpensive Italian food! Miami's best tastebuds rates it EXCELLENT! Not only are they open late! but the food & ambience makes you feel right at home. If it weren't for Sabatino's, I'd be stuck...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/21/2004
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hunterhoff

Sabatinos is truly a great restaurant that is what has put it on the map and won it some many awards the food is excellent and the service is very good as well I go out ot eat quite often and the service...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/29/2004
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Canoli ? forget about it.

Sabatino's The value here is in quantity not quality. the portions are large and the atmosphere is loud and casual. If you just want to eat a lot of mediocre italian food, drink wine and converse loudly with...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/21/2004
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best gnocchi's i have ever tasted

Sabatino's is the best place to eat in Little Italy. They have the best marinara sauce i've ever tasted. I suggest the gnocchi's with marinara sauce it is like heaven. When you go there see Peachy, she is the...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/08/2003
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UNBELIEVABLE...In the best possible way.

I've reviewed this restaurant before. I had dinner here for the first time about a year ago. It is now one of my "favorite places". I had dinner here last night with a large group (about 95) of Hopkins...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/23/2003
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What a disapointment

Everyone raves about Sab's...but I can't figure out why? The place is dark and dusty, the tables are cramped in, the service is slow and the waitresses are not friendly. And as for the food...it's run of the...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/04/2003
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ehhh...

This is for tourists or the after-bar crowd who just wants to go anywhere but home. Too noisy and crowded. One time we were seated in a small room - everyone else in the room was celebrating someone's...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/15/2003
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Best Valentine's Dinner Ever

Yes, they were busy. Really, really busy. But I expected that on Valentine's Day. We had an 8:00 reservation & though that hallway looked incredibly crowded, we were seated within 10 minutes. We had a lovely...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/01/2003
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Italian fast food...

This restaurant has good hours and a well-known name but the food is definitely not the best--by far. If you are in Baltimore looking for good Italian food, I think you will be very disappointed. This is more...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/10/2003
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Mama Mia

Great Food,Sevice, and the price is right. Love the location nice quiet Italian hood.
citysearch.com - user review - 02/08/2003
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I love shrimp scampi

Sabatino's has some of the best Italian dishes that you'll ever tast...but under no circumstances try the shrimp scampi during lunch hours. My co-workers and I went for lunch over the Christmas holidays and 3...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/14/2003
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One of my all time favorites...

My wife & I eat at "Sabby's" at least once a month and have been doing so for at least 5 years. The people are nice, the portions are huge and the food is excellent. My personal favorties are Shrimp Renato,...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/13/2003
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Who's doing the rating?

Their house salad dressing, garlic bread and the bookmaker salad, are the only items I would eat at this restaurant. The rest doesn't even compare to "good" italian food!
citysearch.com - user review - 01/03/2003
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Yesterdays News

All that Sabatino's now has, is it's legendary name and decent salad dressing. The resteraunt has obviously lost what it once had and what once made it one of the top resteraunts in Baltimore. I recently went...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/04/2002
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Past its prime

Sabitinos's has past its prime. What was an excellent resturaunt, while its still good, has fallen to cliche. It's a great place to eat late at night but if out on the town in little italy......i would...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/04/2002
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Excellent

My wife's Braciole was fabulous and my Shrimp Scampi was wonderfully subtle. Scampi often reeks of garlic and drips with too much butter. This sauce was delicate and not the least bit oily. The cannoli was...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/29/2002
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Awful

I ate at Sabatino's last night and it was quite possibly the worst Italian food I have ever had. The veal tasted like chicken fried steak and the pasta could have come out of the frozen section in the super...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/22/2002
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What a let down...

I was really disappointed in the meal served at Sabatino's last night. The atmosphere was wonderful, and everyone is very nice, and even the mozzarella and tomoato appetizer teases you into thinking the main...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/22/2002
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Delicious!!

Everyone in my party was very impressed with their food. This is "drop your fork" good Italian food. And everyone was so stuffed that they had to take a doggie bag home. Oh, did I mention that we got the 1/2...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/24/2002
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the pasta facory of little Italy

As soon as you walk in, you just think to your self, why me? The staff is not only dum, but rude aswell. The Italian food you buy at your local market is five times better then the slop they call your entre'....
citysearch.com - user review - 10/24/2002
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Excellence for Years

I have been going to this resturant since I was a child. It is by far my favourite resturant and will always be. the food and service is excellent. The prices are well worth it!
citysearch.com - user review - 10/10/2002
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pasta & Peaches

Several years ago, dear friends Josie & Reds, who have been going to Sabs for over 40 years, took me along and introduced me to Vince, Phil, Baron, Peaches (or Peachy to some) and the rest of the gang that...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/26/2002
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MAGNIFICO

Very romantic, quaint, and delicious food and atmosphere. A true Italian setting of food and ambience.
citysearch.com - user review - 09/26/2002
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where did this guy eat?!?!

Couldn't believe what I was reading. I NEVER write reviews, but felt I had to comment. Sabatino's is, without a doubt, a WONDERFUL place for Italian food "like grandma used to make"! I am no food critic, but I...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/21/2002
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Finally what I was looking for...

I was downtown with my family today for one last fling before school starts. We walked over from Port Discover (on their recommendation) for lunch. We were seated promptly, treated like family, and had a...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/21/2002
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Worst Italian food in Baltimore

Sabatino's is by far the worst italian restaurant that I have dined at in Baltimore. The food tasted more like a microwave dinner than an authentic italian meal. Was the marinara sauce out of a jar? Please...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/21/2002
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great dinner

From the minute I walked in the door until the valet brought my car back, I was impressed beyond words. The people were really nice, the server was great and the food was outstanding. Can't wait to go back...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/13/2002
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Great every time

Had another great dinner this past Saturday. Have eaten here many, many times and I am always satisfied. Love the people, love the garlic bread, love the Bookmaker.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/12/2002
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excellente

The food and atmosphere are awesome. I won't go any where else in little Italy! I have never ever had a bad meal there!
citysearch.com - user review - 08/11/2002
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About as Italian as Pizza Hut

Piles of gummy pasta laden with canned tomato puree ain't Italian food, folks. Do yourself a favor and try someplace like Sotto Sopra sometime. Places like Sabs can be fun and filling when you're trashed at...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/11/2002
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sirboss

Outstanding variety and service. Will individualize preparation and/or portions. Always enjoyable
citysearch.com - user review - 08/08/2002
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Great

I took my whole family eat there. Everyone had a great time. The food was great.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/01/2002
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Disappointed!!!

I would not recommend this place to anyone. The rest was very dissappointing. It came with high praises from others but the food was extremely disappointing. I have gotten better Italian food and less...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/30/2002
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SIMPLY THE BEST

THIS PLACE HAS IT ALL.... AND THEIR PERMAMENT SPECIAL OF LOBSTER AND SHRIMP (OCCASSIONALLY WITH CRAB) AND BROCCOLLI IN A LIGHT ALFREDO OVER LINGUINE.... TO DIE FOR.... THIS PLACE IS WONDERFUL!!
citysearch.com - user review - 07/26/2002
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Really nice people....

Had dinner here a few weeks ago. Met some of the nicest people ever. Our waitress (Peachy was her name, if you can believe it) was incredible. She was very efficient & kept us laughing all night. The food was...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/23/2002
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Always the Best

My family and I have been visiting Sabatino's for years. The food is ALWAYS delicious! Sometimes I visit because I get a craving for the House Salad and incredible salad-dressing! I recently arranged a...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/22/2002
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Good food, friendly atmosphere. The best

I have eaten often at Sabatino's when visiting relatives in baltimore. I love the place and their food, but my favorite dish is: Veal alla francese and I keep ordering it. Try it, you will like it, I am sure!...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/21/2002
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Outstanding........

I was in town with a group of firefighters for a convention. A large group of us (about 40) had dinner at "Sabby's" Friday night. We were seated in our own room, had our choice of the full dinner menu (which...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/21/2002
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Don't forget the Bookmaker Salad...

I've eaten at Sabatino's many times over the last 20 years...I've always been greeted kindly by the same gentleman at the front door, I've been seated promptly, I've had excellent, friendly service, and...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/19/2002
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You have to try this place!!!

Everytime, and I mean EVERYTIME I go here, it is a special treat. The food and service is fantastic. I really don't know how some of these other reviewers could have had a less than great time. I have been...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/31/2002
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Frommer's

For 50 years, Sabatino's has been known for its exceptional Italian cuisine. Everyone will tell you to get the house salad with the house dressing, which is thick and garlicky. Simple pasta dishes come in very...
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AOL CityGuide

where everyone gets the star treatment...
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RestaurantRow.com

my personal favorite - the veal parm with baked gnocchi - cant go wrong - start w/the clams casino and maybe the sausage...
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10Best

a traditional favorite for years, this little italy restaurant's enjoys the patronage of dedicated locals. start off with one of their terrific, if addictive, salads, generously topped with the special house...
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wGuides.com

the pleasantly straightforward, starched-linen and fresh-flower atmosphere at this little italy landmark lets you know that you're in an old-school restaurant. the menu is full of old favorites ravioli, fried...
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Wcities

the pleasantly straightforward, starched-linen and fresh-flower atmosphere at this little italy landmark lets you know that you're in an old-school restaurant. the menu is full of old favorites- ravioli, fried...
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TripAdvisor

people love "sab's" the staff is excellent and the management even better. the food is solid, decent......
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