Botticelli - Rapid City

I really have 2 reviews: The first one would be a 5 star when my husband and I dined on a quiet Friday night about 2 months ago. Food was amazing, service great, two thumbs up. The second review was 2 weeks ago for my daughter's 29th birthday on a very busy Saturday night. This one I would give 2 stars. First of all, they didn't have enough chairs for our party of 14 even though I called the day before to confirm our reservation that I had made a week prior. Our server tried, but it was obvious she had too many tables. Last and least, the food was worse than mediocre.. my pasta was cold, one guy in our group got what must have been a child's portion, it was really disappointing. BEWARE: if you are a large party, you are tricked into over-tipping. When the bill came, it looked like any other restaurant bill, an itemized list of food and drink, the total, then a blank line for TIP and another blank line for the TOTAL. I'm really glad I scanned the itemization, because they had already added a 20% gratuity!! That was $70. If I had added a tip, that would have cost me another $50! (No, I'm not cheap, but I'm not paying 20% for 15% service... In summary, this can be a great restaurant, just beware of busy nights, especially during tourist season, and do not come in a large group.

I greatly enjoyed the bruschetta and entree. Wine was excellent. Can't wait to go back!

Two of us dined. One of us really liked their meal, the other thought it was just OK. It took nearly 90 minutes for our entrees to show up however. Waaay too long, so we won't be back. Sorry.

I took my girlfriend here for Valentine's Day. We had to wait about 25 minutes (even though we had reservations) but there was space at the bar to sit and have a glass of wine while we waited. The food was excellent and the portions were generous. Dessert was very nice also one of the only places in Rapid City where you can have a canolli.

MY wife and I had a date night here on a Saturday night. We were very pleased with Botticelli's. The wine list had a good selection of wine from the US and Italy, and I liked how they were broken down by region. Having not been to Italy I won't comment on the food's authenticity, but it was very good. I had a spicy chicken sauce dish and it was perfect. A nice spice presence without being eye watering I like habanero for your own judgement). We had a great waiter so I hope you get him. The restaurant is dim and they have a sign requesting that you leave your cell phones put away which we violated just enough to make sure nothing was happening back at the ranch, and no one said anything). All in all a good experience.