Limoncello Ristorante

never had a bad meal here, in fact they were all extraordinary. some of the best italian food i've had and im an italian chef

We have eaten at Limoncello's a number of times and have always enjoyed it.
One attraction is that the menu carries non-Italian dishes for those - not us - who are not fans of Italian food.
The act of the bus boy who "accidentally" tries to serve you bottled water even if you specifically have asked for tap water is getting old!
If you insist on speaking the language "of the locals", try Spanish rather than Italian.
No big deal.
We will be back.
Ciao e c'vediamo!

I have lived in the North End for 5 years and decided to try Limoncello on Saturday night after hearing how great the food was. My husband and I had an 8pm reservation but after arriving on time, were ushered to the back of the restaurant to a cramped makeshift bar/coat room area and told to wait. We glanced around the room to see about 6 other couples who had obv. been waiting a lot longer then us, all with P'd off expressions on their faces. After about 20mins the manager tried to make nice with complimentary cheap glasses of chianti but the goodwill gestures died down around the 40min mark. I decided to check out where we would be potentially sitting and spotted the 2-tops squished among larger tables of 8 all on top of one another. How romantic! It became clear the greedy manager had overbooked and wanted to pack as many people in there as possible. The combination of being treated like cattle with the garish murals on the wall more suited to Olive Garden was the final push we needed to get up and leave!
Unfortunately I cannot comment on the food and I probably never will. It would take mammoth persuasion for me to set foot back in there!! Fortunately Carmen is right next door and once we shared our story with their hostess, she gave a chuckle as though she'd heard it all before. Even though their restaurant is a lot smaller but just as busy (there was a line out the door) we were treated to a great seat up front amongst a much classier clientele and ambience. I will be eating at Carmen again. Limoncello not so much.