Zarletti - Mequon

4.3

1070 Reviews

$31 to $50

Italian

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Zarletti Mequon: A dining experience designed by restauranteur, Brian Zarletti. The restaurant reflects Brian’s lifelong passion for Italian wine, food, and culture bringing a genuinità to Zarletti Mequon that can be felt throughout.

We hope you enjoy the simple, thoughtful cuisine. Whether it’s our Neopolitan pizza, hand-crafted in the wood-burning oven imported from Italy, or one of our many housemade pastas, each dish is prepared and presented with both appetite and aesthetic in mind.

We are thrilled to welcome you to the world of Italian food, wine, and fun! Buon appetito!

Make a reservation

Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Dec 5, 2023

11:00 PM

Booked 14 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Dining areas

Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Italian, Pizzeria
Hours of operation
Dinner Tue–Thu 4:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 4:00 pm–10:00 pm Sun 4:00 pm–8:00 pm
Phone number
(262) 241-5990
Website
http://zarlettimequon.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Executive chef
Miguel Mayoral
Private party facilities
Whether you’re gathered with family, friends, co-workers, or colleagues, Zarletti Mequon’s Private Room will make all feel welcome. Please inquire by emailing, Allie, our special event coordinator at alexandriaarnas@gmail.com.
Private party contact
Our Special Events Manager, Allie Arnas: (888) 605-3064

Location
1515 W. Mequon Rd, Ste 1, Mequon, WI 53092
Neighborhood
Mequon
Cross street
Port Washington RD
Parking details
Private Lot
Additional
Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Indoor Fireplace, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

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What 1,070 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.3

4.3 based on recent ratings

4.4Food
4.4Service
4.4Ambience
4Value

Noise • Moderate

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Milwaukee
Italian

1,070 Reviews

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Famof5
Milwaukee
20 reviews
vip
4.0
20 reviews
Dined 3 days ago
overall4food4service5ambience4
I had two specials with the soup and fish. Both were great!! My husband’s dinner was good - no complaints or raves. Our waitress was wonderful! Personable and professional. The service was great. We had virtually no wait.
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FlorenceC
Milwaukee
18 reviews
vip
5.0
18 reviews
Dined 5 days ago
overall5food5service4ambience5
Lovely setting for dinner! Drinks were good and food was excellent along with killer desserts. Overall, a wonderful place to enjoy family!
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OpenTable Diner
Chicago
56 reviews
vip
5.0
56 reviews
Dined 6 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
McKenna was excellent as usual! I truly enjoy her friendliness and quick service throughout our dining experience!
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OpenTable Diner
Chicago
3 reviews
vip
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on November 26, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Consistently good always has a last minute table available!!!! Kid friendly
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JanetS
Las Vegas
3 reviews
4.0
3 reviews
Dined on November 23, 2023
overall4food5service3ambience4
Food was delicious, we all had different dishes. Service was not as great, but it was a very busy night. Drink order was delayed, then had to be remade. One dinner order did not come with the correct side. A few other server related issues, but overall experience was good and I would come back on a less crazy night.
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MattW
Milwaukee
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on November 20, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Fantastic service. Was truly special to have a hand written card from the GM handed to us himself at check-in for our 7th wedding anniversary, definitely above and beyond. Waitress was wonderful and was pleasant to have short conversation with. Definitely will recommend and dine-in again in the future due to a great vibe as well as many interesting dinner options I'd like to explore.
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MaHoWi
Milwaukee
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on November 5, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
We loved everything about this restaurant and will certainly be dining here again. While the noise level was moderate, it was not intrusive on our dining experience at all.
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MequonFoodie10844
Milwaukee
5 reviews
3.0
5 reviews
Dined on November 4, 2023
overall3food3service3ambience2
House wine, by the glass, just ok. Spaghetti and meatballs was ok with meatballs kind of bland. Ravioli some edges over cooked. Calamari was very good and aioli flavorful. Was not provided any bread.
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TristanD
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on October 28, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
food is great taste awesome. Bread was good. Service was great. Returning!
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OpenTable Diner
Milwaukee
6 reviews
4.0
6 reviews
Dined on October 28, 2023
overall4food4service4ambience4
Our steak appetizer was not warm but they took it off of our bill, brought us a hot one and the flavor was very good!
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Cheri
Milwaukee
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on October 28, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Absolutely love Zarlettis. Every meal is perfect and the ambience is relaxing - great for great conversations with friends over dinner. Our server was delightful - attentive but not hovering; funny, efficient, very knowledgeable. Will keep coming back.
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Drton
Milwaukee
7 reviews
vip
4.0
7 reviews
Dined on October 21, 2023
overall4food4service5ambience4
Our waiter, ALEXANDER, was excellent. Service was the best we've had in a long time - really made the night enjoyable.
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ShinjiK
Milwaukee
21 reviews
5.0
21 reviews
Dined on October 20, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
I’m so glad to find one of my favorite restaurants from downtown in Mequon area. Their food has full flavor from good ingredients and quality techniques. The atmosphere is very friendly and cordial. Interior is wide open space with high ceilings, warm lighting and tall windows, urban and rustic at the same time. My only disappointment from this visit was their affogato, my staple dessert. The ice cream or gelato they used felt like iced cardboard… prbly from being melt and refrozen or very last scoop left in the bottom. I hope they would pay more attention to this to bring more holistic joyous experience.
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ErnestB
Las Vegas
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on October 20, 2023
overall4food3service5ambience4
food. had shrimp linguini. pasta and shrimp could have been more tender.
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IleneEQ
Chicago
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on October 18, 2023
overall3food1service2ambience4
For a weeknight, the service was a bit slow. Our server did not bring all the items on our order in a timely manner. We ordered a large salad as our first course which didn't arrive. Later, we had to ask that it be removed from the total bill as our server promised us. We will not be back.
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JoanB
Milwaukee
8 reviews
5.0
8 reviews
Dined on October 18, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience4
The food is always great and the service is outstanding!
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OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on October 17, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great experience for a birthday. Food was spectacular, waitress was knowledgeable of the menu. The special touches really made this a meal to remember.
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WBCUSA
Milwaukee
4 reviews
2.0
4 reviews
Dined on October 8, 2023
overall2food2service1ambience4
The service was sub par as the server had way too many tables. Food had to be sent back as the order was wrong. Service was also slow as a result of having to many tables. The food was not great. It lacked flavor. The Caesar salad had almost no dressing. It tasted like plain romaine with some cheese and croutons on it.
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AlleneF
Chicago
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on October 5, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
We went out for a farewell dinner with dear friends who are moving away. They had never visited Zarletti’s. It did not disappoint from the moment we entered the reception area until our moment of departure. Everyone was friendly snd welcoming. Our server, Joe, was outstanding. He was very attentive without hovering. Drinks were so good. Two of us had the butternut squash ravioli. Oh my. It was perfect and delicious beyond my expectations. The other pasta dishes were also delicious. The bread was served warm. It was perfect - crusty with a soft center. The flourless chocolate cake made one of our guests smile from beginning to end, snd he left not a crumb. Thank you, Zarletti’s, for a perfect farewell dinner and an evening to remember.
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Sid123456
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on October 3, 2023
overall2food2service5ambience5
Expensive for what you get. I had a salad that was priced at $18.00 with not much in it but lettuce! Second time this happened . If you charge that price you have to put enough ingredients in the salad to make it worthy to charge $18.00
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espo
Washington DC
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on October 1, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Excellent food - whenever we are in town this is a definite on our list. Our son attends college in Mequon and this was a great find. You can't go wrong eating here.
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KristiU
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on September 30, 2023
overall2food3service1ambience4
My husband and I were on a romantic weekend getaway and had been driving all day before arriving at our destination resort. We made reservations at Zarletti and were excited for dinner. We arrived at the restaurant at our reservation time and we were seated. We loved the decor and ambiance at Zarletti, but the fact that it took a half hour to get a glass of water after being seated at our table completely ruined our experience. Our server was very inexperienced and did not appear to have been trained. We heard other servers explaining the evening specials, etc., but ours offered us nothing. The overall service was a huge disappointment.
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KathyB
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on September 23, 2023
overall1food2service4ambience1
A quiet, expensive dinner, forget it! Noisy pizza bar! Food is over priced and the environment is bar like! Will never go there again. We have too many classy Italian restaurants in Cedarburg and Grafton! Very disappointed but we know what to do, tell family and friends to never go there!
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addw
Milwaukee
4 reviews
vip
2.0
4 reviews
Dined on September 12, 2023
overall2food3service1ambience3
Server was terrible. Ordered drinks and brought them when we were almost finished with dinner. Wanted to order my entree with shrimp and she said it would be too much shrimp. Very odd.
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OpenTable Diner
Milwaukee
5 reviews
vip
2.0
5 reviews
Dined on September 1, 2023
overall2food4service3ambience3
It is really hard to spend that much money on a meal and be out the door in 40 minutes. We hadn’t even finished our salad and the entree was served. Very disappointing
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OpenTable Diner
Milwaukee
7 reviews
2.0
7 reviews
Dined on August 31, 2023
overall2food1service3ambience3
The veal “special “ was horrible. So over cooked that it looked and tasted like charcoal briquettes.
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DonW
Milwaukee
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on August 25, 2023
overall3food4service3ambience2
Good Italian food. The large windows overlooking the parking lot, not so much. VERY noisy and service par for the course nowadays.
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MikeB
Milwaukee
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on August 13, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
To say that everything from the moment we walked thru the door was outstanding would be an understatement. It truly made a special occasion (birthday) even more memorable. Thank you Zarletti’s !!!
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Erika
Milwaukee
9 reviews
5.0
9 reviews
Dined on August 12, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
We had a great dinner there. Service and food were fantastic! Our waiter, Joe, was excellent.
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JenniferO
Chicago
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on August 10, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
The General Manager, waiter and other staff were fantastic. The food was outstanding. Cannot wait to be back
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normy
Milwaukee
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on August 10, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
We ate outside on a perfect night. Our waiter was very attentive with other staff bringing bread and keeping our water glasses full. The 4 of us shared 2 different large salads and 2 different types of vegetarian pizzas and everything was delicious., Zarletti's Mequon continues to be one of our favorite spots to eat.
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Kris
Chicago
10 reviews
4.0
10 reviews
Dined on August 6, 2023
overall4food4service5ambience4
All good. Know that they have instituted a 22% automatic gratuity on parties of 6 or more. Fine because our server was good but wouldn’t have been happy if it was marginal service.
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PaulG
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on August 5, 2023
overall4food4service4ambience4
We enjoyed the meal. The service was a little lackluster but nevertheless acceptable. We live in the area so it's nice to have a good restaurant nearby where we can have an enjoyable meal.
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OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on July 30, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
This was our first dining experience at Zarletti and we had a great time. We celebrated my partners 30th birthday and they gave him a hand written card and free dessert to end our meal. The food was amazing and our waitress Isabela was so friendly. We will definitely be back!
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TomG
Milwaukee
8 reviews
5.0
8 reviews
Dined on July 30, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Our server was the greatest. Polite, efficient, helpful and attentive.
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HappyPig
Milwaukee
38 reviews
4.0
38 reviews
Dined on July 28, 2023
overall4food5service3ambience4
Four of us enjoyed a nice meal, 2 pasta dishes, short ribs and salmon. Great desserts - tiramisu and cannoli. Was seated right away with reservations. Food came hot a fresh from the kitchen. Wait staff was pleasant, but forgot a couple requests and was missing for a bit during the meal when we needed drink refills. Place was busy and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Definitely will return.
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DavidH
Milwaukee
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on July 21, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience5
Enjoyed fantastic dinner on the patio. Simple appetizers, fresh pasta with steak tips and garlic cream sauce, wine from Sardinia, chocolate cheese cake. Excellent server. This is a go to favorite place.
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DavidH
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on July 16, 2023
overall5food5service5ambience4
Great food. Very good service. Noise level a little high for our liking.
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Jeff
Milwaukee
28 reviews
vip
4.0
28 reviews
Dined on July 14, 2023
overall4food4service5ambience5
Gluten free pizza was the worst I have ever had. Everything else was quite good.
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TomE
Milwaukee
4 reviews
2.0
4 reviews
Dined on July 13, 2023
overall2food2service2ambience3
Hers: Salmon was prepared differently from the last time we were here about four months ago. Not very good this time. Overcooked and dry. No sauce on the salmon. Lumpy mashed potatoes scooped with an ice cream scoop instead of creamy, whipped potatoes smeared across the plate. Presentation was poor. His: Only six ravioli on the plate and not enough sauce. Waitress had trouble keeping the two separate checks straight for our party of four.
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Safety precautions

Cleaning & sanitizing
- Surfaces sanitized between seatings
- Digital, disposable or sanitized menu provided
- Common areas deep-cleaned daily
Physical distancing
- Distancing maintained in common areas

Screening
- Sick staff prohibited in the workplace

FAQs

Zarletti - Mequon offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (262) 241-5990.

Zarletti - Mequon is rated 4.3 stars by 1070 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Dec 5, 2023

11:00 PM

Booked 14 times today

Order delivery or takeout

1515 W. Mequon Rd, Ste 1, Mequon, WI 53092

Dining areas

Additional information

Cross street
Port Washington RD
Neighborhood
Mequon
Hours of operation
Dinner Tue–Thu 4:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 4:00 pm–10:00 pm Sun 4:00 pm–8:00 pm
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Italian, Pizzeria
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
Private Lot
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Executive chef
Miguel Mayoral
Additional
Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Indoor Fireplace, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
http://zarlettimequon.com/
Phone number
(262) 241-5990
Private party facilities
Whether you’re gathered with family, friends, co-workers, or colleagues, Zarletti Mequon’s Private Room will make all feel welcome. Please inquire by emailing, Allie, our special event coordinator at alexandriaarnas@gmail.com.
Private party contact
Our Special Events Manager, Allie Arnas: (888) 605-3064

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Zarletti - Mequon

Make a reservation

Order delivery or takeout

Dining areas

Additional information

Featured in

100 Milwaukee Area Restaurants to Love This Valentine's Day

Menu

What 1,070 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Loved For

Safety precautions

Cleaning & sanitizing

Physical distancing

Screening

FAQs

Does Zarletti - Mequon offer delivery through OpenTable or takeout?

How is Zarletti - Mequon restaurant rated?

Is Zarletti - Mequon currently accepting reservations?

Make a reservation

Order delivery or takeout

Dining areas

Additional information

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100 Milwaukee Area Restaurants to Love This Valentine's Day