Scampi Grill Vero Beach - Buy Reservations

Delicioso!! Three of us enjoyed a very pleasant and favorable dining experience. The restaurant opens at 4:30 p.m., and you can enjoy happy hour drinks from 4:30-5:30. Martinis and select cocktails are $5 and wines are 1/2 price per glass. We each enjoyed a different appetizer, and every one of them was really good (calamari, bruschetta, and softshell crab). Appetizers are priced around $10-$12. Our dinners were also scrumptious. We ordered the shrimp scampi, eggplant rollatini, and angel hair pasta w/swordfish. Entrees are priced from around $20-$26. Desserts were out of this world and priced around $8.50-$10. I read other reviews where the service was not up to par, but we had excellent service (waiter Mikey) who took time to explain the specials, answer any questions we had about the menu items, and was extremely personable. It was a weeknight, and the restaurant was full, but even with a full dining room it was still a very comfortable, quiet, and relaxing atmosphere for dining. Strongly suggest you make reservations.

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Among the best meals I have ever eaten anywhere. Service was extraordinary and atmosphere was cosy. Truly a memorable evening.

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Atmosphere, menu, drinks, wines, food, staff were all excellent.
My husband and I were able to book an early reservation at the last minute. Pleasantly surprised to find that there is a happy hour with $5 martinis and other offerings as well. Scampi only has a service bar so reservations are a must.
Delicious bread pre dinner. Food portions are generous. We shared a delightful fresh Caesar salad with perfect house made dressing. Hubby enjoyed the bolognese pasta, yum and I the eggplant rollatini. Unfortunately we skipped dessert and had leftovers to take home. Next time we will order just appetizers to enjoy the variety of offerings. Many options on the menu plus specials make it hard to decide.
Thank you, Deidre, for outstanding service.

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Went with family
Everything was delicious although my eggplant had alot of garlic
Portions were large enough to share or eat the next day
Service was excellent

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I had the swordfish and highly recommend it.

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We were a group of 10 good friends from up north. that dines out frequently and appreciate good food and good service ( which lately seems to be rare). Thankfully Scampi still has high standards.Thanks to Mimmo for putting together the tables to accommodate us. (As a side note - someone tried to get reservations for 10 at another restaurant in Vero and was told the first available date was MARCH 3?). our server, Lorraine was one of the best around and dealt with us with good humor and had everything under control - all suggestions and changes spot on. Chef Alex - our food was, as it always is - absolutely delicious. my husband and I have been dining here for a number of years, the rest of the group- first timers. We will all be back.

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It was dry and overcooked; the sauce was good and this made it acceptable. Sending food back when in a large dinner party tends to hold everyone back. (We had a meeting to attend right after dinner.) I brought this to the attention of the waitress that the chicken was overcooked. She simply stated that she was "sorry"; there was no mention of speaking to a manager or...? It was that she was simply "sorry"! The amount of pasta accompanying the chicken was less than sorry. One of my friends had the same thought; he had ordered the Mahi special ($34.95) and was delighted with the fish but he also felt that the amount of pasta was underwhelming. It's great to eat outside under the new roof but, as the evening progressed, the noise became intense. The new roof is a metal roof with no insulation on the underside causing the sounds of the evening to bounce back down and in the end, it was very disturbing to each of us.The real annoyance was with the bill...I know that prices for restaurateurs are up! They are for everyone and so we have to accept that food prices will escalate. But, when the menu says $24.95 and the bill comes in at $26.95, somethings wrong. When presented with my bill, I noticed the change and asked the waitress for a menu. She went away and returned not with the menu but, with a revised (correct price) bill. She knew without me having to point it out. That is wrong! The staff are aware of this as evidenced by the changed bill. Incidentally, this is our second visit within the past 6 weeks. Sorry Scampi but, we won't be back. We are a group of 6 guys that have been eating out every Wednesday night for the past 22 years! We have our favorites but, look for new places every week.

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It's not worth the price. I came to have dinner with some friends and the waiter act like we were An inconvenience for him. He pretty much kept walking away and not being attentive as a waiter. He would not even try to get us some additional bread when we asked for it. He acted like anything that we asked for was not possible. He then proceeded to leave dirty plates on our table. He then left our table while we were supposed to be giving him plates to go open the door for other people. I've been to many Italian restaurants and the food was just OK. Overall I was not impressed and expected better service.

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Went for our 31 anniversary and was very happy with everything. Great outside seating if you want.

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We arrived at our reservation time to find 10-20 people waiting at the hostess area or outside. Eventually we made our way to where the hostess should be. We asked other patrons if they had given the host their name. They said he was not taking names. Really? Then we heard him asking diners if they wanted inside or outside. He said it was a wait for outside. So several people went up to him and said they would take a table inside. He took them to a table. He never asked anyone if they even had a reservation, he did not ask names, he did not once look at the computer. So it was chaos. Whoever got to him first got a table. That's a ridiculous way to run a nice restaurant. Why make a reservation if they are not even going to bother asking your name and just seating people willy nilly. We finally got a table for 2 inside about a half hour after our reservation time. Our reservation was for the patio but it would have been longer if we waited for the patio. When we got our food it was very good and our server was very good - and very overworked. I had shrimp capri - large grilled shrimp on risotto - large portion, and my husband had chicken francese which also was very good. We moved here recently and have been here twice with the same chaos trying to get your table. It's sad because it is a very nice place with very good food. I believe the host is the owner. So my message to the owner is please get someone to help you as host between 6 and 8pm on weekends and verify names and reservations before seating people randomly.

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We have been longtime fans of Scampi Grill back to their original location in downtown Vero. Been going there more than 15 years. That will end as of last evening when we were so unbelievably rudely treated. We had a reservation; they sat our party of four at our table only to get no service for at least 10 minutes. A group was seated next to us 5 minutes after our arrival and were served water and cocktails. When we asked the male host he told us they're busy and they will get to us. After we finally got water and drinks, the waiter asked what we wanted to order. We had to ask him to tell us about the specials. He told us and immediately wanted our order w/no time to consider after just hearing the specials. When our meals arrived, three of us were served. We waited another 10 minutes before the 4th person was served.When we left the restaurant we told the host that we were loyal customers but disappointed in how we were treated by both him and the waiter. His response was that they're busy, short of help and have plenty of customers without us. We understand help being short but not the unacceptable rudeness of the host in particular. We will make sure to steer our friends clear of Scampi Grill. No matter how good the food is, it does not matter w/that level of rudeness. A good host would have at least apologized.

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Ordered online, picked up the order and the place was packed. Trusting my 2 bags of food were correct, I get home to find 1 full entree missing. Called to inform them and they put me on hold. The owner gets in the phone and was completely rude telling me they put it in the bag. Rude. When I tell you rude, he should not be dealing with the public rude. I am completely let down by his actions and will not recommend this place because of the owner. After telling me he was going to credit me, he hung up on me. If you can't handle the work, you shouldn't be in business.

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This is a nice Italian restaurant in downtown Vero Beach.

I had the veal and shrimp combo, which was excellent. As I was debating which pasta to get, the server suggested the risotto instead, which turned out to be excellent, but she should have told me there would be an $8.00 up-charge. Then she offered anchovies with the Caesar salad. Good, but another up-charge, $2.50 this time. The Italian Fritter for dessert was excellent, though a little pricey at $10. To be fair, the atmosphere, food, and service were all excellent.

My final bill came to $74 with tax and tip, and no alcohol. A similar meal would be $45 - $50, at most, anyplace else.

I would give this restaurant 5 stars if not for the price-gouging.

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We have enjoyed meals here for about 10 years as a special night out, usually for our anniversary. I will say the service is excellent and meals normally quite good. This past visit however was below standard. Duck sausage appetizer was so salty I could not eat it. The angel hair pasta with the entre was a glutinous mass. And to cap it off, we were charged for refills on our coffees! That was a bit much. At the prices and given their experience, it all should have been much better.

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