Fabio on Fire

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  Cassi Sullivan 2 months ago

  5.0

  Probably one of the best meals I have eaten at a restaurant. My husband and I were supposed to share our entrees but it was so good I didn't want to give him any! Our server was honest and gave great recommendations to us. The atmosphere is quaint. Was really a great experience and will absolutely be back!

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  Alvin Harbour 5 months ago

  5.0

  The food is absolutely fantastic. Fabio sources the flour and other ingredients directly from Italy and the yeast for the dough has been passed on generation to generation to make the fabulous breads and pizzas. The genuine ingredients make for a filling meal that doesnt leave you in a coma. The diplomatico and the oven baked lamb are great, the bolognese the best Ive had and the polpette are delicous! Coming from Sicily, this feels like home. Our office is close by this restaurant and it happens to be the best genuine Italian in Peoria. We come all the time. We love you Fabio 🤩

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  Jon David 6 months ago

  2.0

  I am sad to see the quality slipping here. We moved into the area last year and started going to Fabio's in February of '25. We were blown away by the food and the staff, excited to have this true neighborhood gem so close. We would occasionally dine in but more and more, ordered take-out to have a weekly no-cook treat. About a month ago, my wife was out of town and I ordered a pizza on a Sunday afternoon. They quoted me a half hour which seemed odd but I went in at 25 minutes and found the pizza box sitting on the bar, confirmed it was my order and took it home (a 3 minute drive). I opened the box and the pizza was cold and dead, still delicious but was probably sitting on that bar for a good 15 minutes or more. This past Friday, I ordered a pizza, lasagna, meatballs and a Diplomatico for dessert. I was quoted 40 minutes so I went in at 30 to be safe. I was told that it would be about 10 more minutes so I waited outside. 10 minutes later I went back in to see them boxing the lasagna and they told me my order was ready. Great, I thought, better I wait for fresh food than the food waiting for me. After the quick drive home we were ready to dig in to all the foods we normally order. I opened the pizza box first a found a doughy blob of a pizza that hadn't been stretched enough and was literally raw around the edges, there was no way to properly cook a pie that had not been fully stretched without burning parts of it. The lasagna was basically 6-7 layers of undercooked noodles with almost no filling between layers. The meatballs, normally to die for, were tiny and TOUGH. The final insult was the dessert which was about 1/2 the size we normally see, broken into two parts and with only 1 slice of strawberry. Yes, it was a Friday night, but this was before 6:00 and the place was less than half full. There is simply no excuse for the poor quality all the way around. We will probably try again to see if this was a one-off but things seem to be heading in the wrong direction here, which is very sad to see.

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  Brad Knapp 6 months ago

  3.0

  The staff was friendly and inviting, and the place was nice and presentable, cozy atmosphere, but the food was extremely generic-- the definition of "mid". We ordered bruschetta, the bread was good but the crust was super hard and the bruschetta part was just store-bought cherry tomatoes and store-bought balsamic glaze. My wife ordered the Bolognese, which was decent but bland. I ordered margherita pizza. Typically, margherita has sliced tomato, basil, and fresh mozzarella on it. I asked for "a lot of basil". What came out (and I'm not even exaggerating) was a cheese pizza with exactly 4 pieces of basil on it. The pizza was thin, which is fine, Sicilian style is usually a small pizza with thin crust, but the cheese just fell off the pizza, was a bit stiff, not melt, and the crust was soggy and floppy. We also ordered a gelato to go as we were on our way to go walk around a neighborhood and look at decorations. When we got the bill, we paid for the gelato but were ALSO charged an extra THREE DOLLARS for the gelato being to-go. Overall, we won't be returning. Again, the service was fine and the staff was friendly, nothing against them, but there are a ton of great restaurants out there with unique flavors and dishes, and if we're going to go spend 60 dollars on dinner, there's absolutely nothing Fabio On Fire offers that we couldn't find elsewhere. I'm always incredibly disappointed when we go to an Italian restaurant that appears to be mom-and-pop authentic, and we end up getting Olive Garden quality.

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  Marsh T. 7 months ago

  3.0

  The servers weren’t very friendly or nice in general. I didn’t see a single smile the whole time I was there. The food, however, was really good! Bread was excellent. Person who was running the place was pleasant.

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