Mangia!: Readers' Choice for Best Italian Restaurant
Where do you like to go for Italian cuisine in the Lansdale, Montgomeryville or surrounding area?
Mangia! Mangia!
Where do you think is the best place to get Italian cuisine?
What Italian place in our area's food hits your eye like a pizza pie?
Ariana's Ristorante Italiano is BYOB/BYOW, located in Montgomery Township. Is that where you go to relax and eat with some vino?
Giuseppe's Pizza in Hatfield is known for its Wednesday night wings special. Is it's Italian cuisine just as special?
Perhaps you prefer to cruise to North Wales and big up a pie - cash only - at Tony's Pizza Palace.
Fiore's at Ralph's Corner is tucked away near Ross. Is it a hidden Italian gem in the area?
Up the street from there is Via Marconi Pizza Pub at Towamencin Shopping Village, another restaurant known for its cuisine.
Main Street in Lansdale has Main Street Pizzeria and Grille, which is another local favorite for Italian. Do you agree?
Head further down to Broad Street to sample a bit of Italia right in your backyard with Ristorante Toscano or La Campagnola.
Strip malls in our area are great spots for Italian cuisine. Take Italian Delite at North Penn Marketplace in Upper Gwynedd or Palermo's Pizza on Welsh Road in Montgomery Township.
Mariano's Tavern has always been an Italian staple in Lansdale, and Montella's Pub on Broad Street is an up-and-coming favorite.
If bigger is better, then head to Bacco in Montgomery Township. Do you like its Italian menu?
Vinny's Pizzarama is a favorite for the Hatfield bretheren, as is Spatola's, which has a history of Italian cuisine.
If you don't mind the drive, how about Fasageo's in Sellersville? Never been there? Ask around and see how many like it for Italian food.
Voting is open until Friday at 9 a.m. Vote as often as you like, as much as you like.
If we missed a restaurant, let us know in the comments or email and we'll add it to the poll.
The most votes by Friday at 9 a.m. wins the title of Readers' Choice for Best Italian Restaurant.
And the only way to break a tie is by the number of comments for a specific restaurant - so share and promote below!
Ciao!
Cindy Louden
7:55 am on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Our family enjoys Spatola's Italian menu at least twice a week! Mohammed & his staff are the best! Salads & sandwiches are also great!
Cindy & Family
Mary Jones
11:27 am on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
You really need to add Taormina's.
Resident0129
4:42 pm on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Where is this place?
Tony Di Domizio
11:39 am on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Thank you Mary - It's been added!
Raymond A Hopkins
11:45 am on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
La Campagnola may be good food, but the family who owns it makes the expierence HORRIBLE!
We went for my 30th birthday. My wife planned ahead, paid for a set menu, got advanced orders to help them out and not only did they rush us out, but they were rude to the guests, rude to me and most of all destroyed years of me bragging about the place.
It was loyal customers like my parents and others that helped keep them open the first few years, and as they grew more popular, the service and quality was exchanged for volume of business.
The owners berate employees in front of the guests. The family talks poorly about staff that work for them, and the screaming matches from the kitchen made my decision easy. ANYONE BUT La Campagnola.
Resident0129
4:40 pm on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Agreed regarding LaCampagnola.. the mother of that family makesit a horrible dining experiece for all.
Bill Henning
5:36 pm on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Also, agreed. Some friends gave me a coupke gift certificates and praised the place. They sat us down next to the kitchen door. All we heard was foul mouth arguing with unpleasent service. Never did go back and use the other gift certificate.
Bill Henning
5:43 pm on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Other than that a lot of great choices. Had some great meals at Fiore's and Ristorante Toscano's and the kids & I enjoy Main Street Pizza.
Steve Nelson
1:35 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
I also have to agree about La Campagnola. Great food but terrible experience every time I went there. Never going back. Taormina's is amazing. fantastic food at a great price.
cristine
4:28 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Really disappointed with Toscanos, From waiter who was wearing a dirty T-shirt to 3 plates of pasta and 1 chicken dish being 70$. chicken piccata over cooked, Gnocchi with meat sauce mushy and topped w/half lb of unseasoned ground meat, linguine w/ clams too aldente with a can of Giant brand clams dumped on them, linguine w/ butter and garlic just swimming in a lake of butter. may be the worst Italian restaurant I have ever been to...just awful. Will never return
sophia
6:00 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
La Campagnola hands down!!
sophia
6:08 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
I have been going to la Campagnola since the beginning. The food is the best. The family is amazing as well. The mother doesn't speak English well and is so misunderstood. Running a business is very hard. If you haven't been there in a while. Give it another chance you will be surprised. La Campagnola is my vote
ken grabert
8:37 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
Fasageo's in Sellersville is wonderful! They have a stuffed veal with jumbo lump crabmeat on top that is delicious. It is quaint old inn run by family, not a chain restaurant. Lots of variety from pastas to filet mignon. They also have alot of craft beers and DT on tap.
Jonelle Buckley
9:29 am on Friday, March 30, 2012
La Campagnola would have 100 votes from me! Running a business especially with family members is no easy feat. The food is delicious and we have closed the place down many times and the family has never rushed us. You can't tell me that in your day to day work environment you haven't raised your voice or gotten upset with a co-worker. In a restaurant it just so happens there is an audience. Definitely give them another chance.
Bette
11:57 am on Friday, April 20, 2012
Have not been back to LaCapanola for 2 years because of the rude mother. there are no excuses for her behavior. she is in the wrong business. definitely does not have to deal with nor appreciate her customers. I for 1 have more respect for myself then to suffer abuse for the sake of a good meal.
ml
1:19 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
I understand exactly what you are saying because my husband and I had a similar experience here, and it was no misunderstanding. I work with the public every day, and acting out or losing your temper in front of customers is unprofessional and unacceptable. There is no excuse for it. If this place were in an area where they had more competition, and the expectations were higher, they'd never get away with such bad service. I'd never go back to this place again because there are lots of other places that I can go where the food is better, and they appreciate my business.
ml
1:16 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
I love Ariana's! They are friendly, and the food is always consistently good.