Osteria Il Centro

This is a restaurant my parents have visited regularly for years. Ernest is basically a family member at this point. I love coming in and hearing about his marathon training and seeing his insanely amazing art! Seriously, his paintings look like photographs. I think the community, food, wine collection, and ambiance are the best in Kansas City, and it makes me miss living in this city.

Went for a special dinner. The service provided was exemplary! Definitely 5 star worthy! The food was fantastic, delicious, and reasonably priced. I would highly recommend Osteria ll Centro is a great dinner or date place.

Phenomenal!!! No exaggeration! This restaurant is darling. The ambiance is cozy. Before I forget let me mention E R N E S T; our delightful server. He was awesome ... Again not an exaggeration. He gave excellent recommendations and friendly service the entire night. What I loved most was he observed instead of intruded. More than a few time I noticed Ernest stop by our table to see how things were and where most servers would interrupt a conversation to ask "how is everything?" he let my husband and me enjoy our food and company. Now the food was SO delicious. Exactly what we were looking for and arguably the best Italian food I've had. Everything was fresh, piping hot, and flavorful. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. On a Saturday night at 8:30 we waited about 30 minutes to be seated which was no problem to us, the host kept us updated with time approximations and he gave us seating options. CAN NOT WAIT to get back to this restaurant. I've already told my husband I want to eat here for our anniversary. Try it you won't be disappointed!

Absolutely delicious and totally worth the 96 mile drive for us! My husband and I went there for our anniversary dinner yesterday on 2/10. If you want to be seated immediately- get there soon after they open! We arrived at about 4:15 PM, were seated immediately, and by 5:00 PM, they were PACKED! The ambiance of the restaurant is phenomenal. It is a smaller restaurant- max occupancy is 76 I believe- but this actually improves the atmosphere, in my opinion. My husband had the chicken walnut pasta and I had the lamb chops. Both were absolutely amazing. The vegetables that came with my lamb were perfectly cooked and the mashed potatoes were equally as good. For an appetizer we got the calamari, and just like everything else, it was amazing. The Parmesan bowl that comes with the calamari is a wonderful and tasty addition. Ernest was the most warm and pleasant waiter, very friendly and knowledgeable of the menu, and we had a great time with him. He went over the wine list with us and then the restaurant gifted us with a bottle of wine for our anniversary!!! He is a great person and a valuable asset to the restaurant. Truly a dinner to remember. Thank you so much for a magical dinner. We will be telling all of our friends and family about this wonderful restaurant!!!

The place was small quaint and very crowded... the service was excellent... the food... Veil was delicious.. the Cosmopolitan was good I liked it... the shrimp on the artichokes as an appetizer was delightful... our dessert which was some type of chocolate cake they have was very decadent... I thoroughly enjoyed the service the food the atmosphere and I would like to go back to this place