The best restaurants serving Italian food in Washington

Great food and great service. What more can you ask?

I really wanted to like this place, I feel like it had all the ingredients of a place I'd enjoy, but nothing clicked here. The $65 deal for a salad, pasta, pizza and 2 aperol spritz was great, and the

Come here for very good Italian food (specifically only pizzas, antipasti and pastas) / energetic vibe if you are party of 2-4 people. Food is 5/5 every time!! The menu changes so it’s exciting and

It was my second time going to cafe Juanita and let me say first time it was amazing that's why I decided to bring my parents in for their anniversary but it was def not what I expected to see. The qu

We started out with hope— had a friendly and enthusiastic server. 90 minutes later all hope was gone. We had been served salads, but entrees didn’t come. The server and then the manager apologized and

We went to Tappi's for our first time this week to celebrate a special occasion. Wow! We really loved this place. We started with sharing the pillow bread with Chevre and tomatoes. I think I could ma

Excellent food and friendly, none fussy helpful service. Spinase concentrates on the Piedmont region of Italy so their food is different than the typical tomato based sauce most people associate with

I guess I expected more with how much people give great reviews. Went for brunch and had their spaghetti and meatballs. It tasted pretty good, but was really heavy. It seemed like a lot of olive oil o

My wife and I sat outside by the fountain. It was very nice. We ordered the bruschetta as an appetizer. It came with four pieces. We ate two before we remembered to take a pic of it. She ordered the s

We had reservations for a Saturday at 5pm. We were running late 15-20 minutes, we called them to let them know and they were very accommodating. We picked seats at the bar to watch the chefs at work i

One word: greasy. After hearing good reviews of this place I was looking forward to it. We got the porchetta and eggplant parmesan sandwiches, with a coke and water. Came out to $40, which isn't unrea

We are invisible to the servers. We went there for my husband birthday today around 7:40pm and not so busy. We were seated in a corner table in the back waiting a server to come. A few hostesses were

Diner not a restaurant as hard as they may try, ruined date night. Hard undercooked tortellini slow service great bottled beer

This pizza and craft beer place is fantastic. The service, food and atmosphere are all exceptional. I love the crust on the pizza. The lunch special is absolutely a great deal, a salad and a 6" pizz

This restaurant was such a great experience. The staff was really nice and attentive, the service was excellent and the food was delicious. Portions are big but the menu does say it is "family style".