I've lived a lot of places and when I moved to Phoenix I was shocked by the lack of decent restaurants. I've eaten at Avanti a few times and am never disappointed. They really have the best Italian food outside of NYC or Chicago. The veal is fork tender, the fish has always been fresh and the pasta is perfectly cooked. The service is always outstanding too. Their staff is professional. They never rush the meal and the whole place seems to be run like a top notch restaurant should be. The pricing is reasonable. The piano in the bar is a really nice touch too. It's such a pleasure to have a grown up, rat pack cool restaurant in town. I hope they never change anything.