Based on 230 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
45 E Center St, Manchester, CT 06040
Phone: (860) 643-2751
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Hours
| Saturday | 4–10 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–2 PM, 3–8 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed
Holiday hours
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| Tuesday | 4–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 4–9 PM |
| Thursday | 4–9 PM |
| Friday | 4–10 PM |
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Reservations: cafeaura.com
Reviews
Christian Petrarca
From the front door greeting to the “please drive safely” at the end of the dinner everything was top notch. The Minestrone soup was fantastic. You were left to add salt and pepper to your taste. The Arancini was fantastic, I would have liked a little bit more crisp on the outside. The lobster gnocchi was great, at first my wife wasn’t sure she had been served enough; however, the thick rolled gnocchi were more than satisfying. I opted for the Risotto of the day, today it was a Saffron Risotto with a Veal ossobuco. Flavorful and we’ll enough veal to make even the largest of appetites not go home hungry.
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The Hungry Road
(Last visited 9/23/2021.) A friend of ours highly recommended this place to us so we had to check it out! It’s owned by Geno Auriemma who is the basketball coach of the Women’s U-Conn basketball teams. How cool is that?! So of course it adds a coolness factor to this place. Let’s see how it went!
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Bradley Tatro
We’ve had dinner here a few times and have always had a good experience. It’s easy to get to. There’s parking on the side and back of the building There’s also street parking. They have dining room seating as well as bar seating. The table are spaced apart and doesn’t feel like you’re on top of the table next to you. Very nice atmosphere. There’s a nice amount of choices on the menu and our food was really good. The waitress was friendly and attentive. We made reservations as it can get busy. Definitely recommend
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Susie Powers
I wish I could give this outstanding restaurant 100 stars.
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Jacob Rooney
Food was incredibly mid. Nice staff. Nice ambiance.
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Tom Dubiskas
We went out for a very early dinner before the crowds got there (covid concerns in mind) and had a delicious dining experience. The octopus and 3 beet salad appetizers were delicious. We both opted for the off menu specials. I had the pink snapper with shelfish, and she had the pork chop special that she couldn’t finish. Both were amazing dishes .
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Etoryah Kami
Great environment and customer service! Next time will not order any side dishes due to double piggy-back (veggie) serving from the main course meal.
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Karen Thomas
We celebrated a birthday at Cafe Aura and were treated like royalty. Amazing food and service. I can’t wait to go back. Everything from appetizers to cannoli was delicious!
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Jennifer O’Sullivan
If I could give this place more than 5 stars I would. I got take out one evening and decided to have a dinner party with 6 adults and there was so much to go around and everyone was blown away by how delicious the food was. I ordered the seafood salad Ceviche, Watermelon Salad, Black Truffle Gnocchi, 1/2 Tray of Caesar Salad, 1/2 Tray of Rigatoni Vodka and their Tiramisu. As everything was spectacular, we were all SO impressed with the black truffle gnocchi and rigatoni vodka. I could honestly say it was the best I’ve ever had !
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Robyn Letourneau
Nice place for a night out! The food was very good, I had the surf and turf -lamb with crab cake, and my husband had the rack of lamb. Highly recommend the tuna tartar. The service was good, and the ambiance was very refreshing. There was a private event going on downstairs and we took a peek to see the arrangements, it seemed like a great place for an event.
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