Villa Barolo features creative preparation of the finest seafoods and game meats, as well as regional Italian specialties– antipastos from the Abbruzzi, seafood risottos, homemade gnocchi, ravioli and fettuccine.

If you’ve dined at Villa Barolo before, you’ll agree that Chef Lo is a significant presence in the restaurant.  From greeting and seating guests to filleting fish tableside, as well as everything in between, Chef Lo makes certain every guest is enjoying their visit to Villa Barolo and receiving a “World-Class” dining experience.

With his trusted and highly-skilled culinary team of over 15 years, the food at Villa Barolo is masterfully prepared and always consistent.  Chef Lo has also carefully selected his waitstaff, and their experience and dedication are evident through the professional and attentive service they give every guest who comes to Villa Barolo.

With superb cuisine, an intimate setting and unrivaled service, Villa Barolo is the perfect choice for a dazzling dining experience that will surely impress.

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Lo arrived in America from Hong Kong more than a decade ago, training in his home land’s best cooking school and fine-tuning his skills under European style chefs in America. When he arrived in this area, he offered his services gratis for two days to the kitchen staff at the newly opened Hershey Hotel (now the Double Tree) in downtown Philadelphia. In no time he was hired as a line chef, quickly moving up to chef of the dining room.

Working with the restaurant’s German executive chef, Lo soon became hooked on Italian cuisine, initiating a passion he developed further at Portofino and then at La Veranda in Penn’s Landing, where he became executive chef for five years. Chef Lo then opened Caffe Marco Polo, his first restaurant. The restaurant garnered high praise and a loyal following for its array of specialties from all the regions of Italy – antipastos from the Abbruzzi, seafood risottos, and homemade gnocchi, ravioli and fettuccine, along with fresh seafood.

Part of the reason for this success was Chef Lo’s hands-on approach, meticulous training of his kitchen and serving staffs, and careful attention to his guests satisfaction. Chef Lo’s latest and greatest creation is now Villa Barolo, which offers an specialties from all the regions of Italy, as well as an emphasis on creative preparation of the finest seafoods and game meats form all parts of the world. Through Villa Barolo, Chef Lo continues to refines his vision to provide a dining experience unmatched anywhere in the region.

Some of the organic game meats include:

There are more than 20,000 species of fish in the seas of the world, so the possibilities of taste and flavor are endless. Chef Lo personally selects the fresh whole fish which are displayed in our lobby daily. The fish are all prepared whole & professionally filleted tableside by your server.