Five Eighteen West Italian
In Business Since 1996
(919) 829-2518
Products and Services
Features: Take Out
Reservations: Takes Reservations.
Reviews
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North Carolina Italian
Posted bySAS1278on 5/7/2010
The building is fantastic. We sat upstairs and had a great view of the whole place, and I was very excited for the meal to come...but, um...not so good. I would say if you enjoy Carraba's, or Johnny Carrinos or the like, you might eat here and think it was fabulous because the food is essentially comparable but in a far more fabulous setting. But if you grew up in the Tri-state area, or in an Italian family or just consider yourself a true fan of real Italian cooking, skip it. It will be a huge disappointment. The sauce was bad, the pizza not much better. My pasta was overcooked, everything tasted like it was seasoned with the kind of "Italian seasoning" mix you get from Mrs. Dash. Sadly, every time a native recommends a "great" Italian place to me...I end up with pretty much the same experience. The waitstaff was nice though :)
MMMM :)
Posted by2bmarriedon 4/9/2010
I've liked just about everything I've ordered from the restaurant! The bread, pasta, salad, pizza, and dessert are all GOOD! The only downfall is that they often change their menu, and the removed items are always things I love!
Seriously?
Posted bycheers2all9on 11/21/2009
518 has this "reputation" in NC that's completely overrated. this is basic Italian food that you could get at the olive garden....maybe my particular experience was just a bad night for the place, but after waiting to be seated, I expected a little more flavor in the food. I would go again, but not by choice.
Unfortunate dinning experience
Posted byanighton 8/29/2008
My wife and I were celebrating a special occasion and decided to try a restaurant we had not been to before. The location is great and it?s a nice building. The wine was very good but those are about the only pros to this restaurant. I had the chicken marsala and was very disappointed. My wife ordered the beef tenderloin. She ordered it but could not eat it. She ordered it to be cooked medium and when she cut into it the waitress offered to take it back because it was obviously under cooked. I finished my meal before they brought the meal back out. When it came back it was cooked properly but the meat was such poor quality she could not eat it. It was like trying to cut and chew a piece of shoe leather. I don?t know where they get there meat from but I have never had a piece of meat of such poor quality. They did do the right thing and take the meal off of our bill but I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone.
Meh
Posted byprojecteon 6/30/2008
I've been here a couple times and every time I've been underwhelmed with their pastas or desserts. And the times I took dates there it indeed lacks a romantic setting. It actually gets pretty loud and it hard sometimes to talk to the person across from you.
