La Stanza Cucina Italiana

651 Oak Grove Ave Ste H, Menlo Park
(650) 326-1314

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Zachary Woodson

Delicious homemade pasta.

Ron Matsui

The chicken a la carte is quite literally one of the best I’ve ever had. It pains me to say that I’ll likely never be able to cook chicken as perfectly as they did. It is only $11.99 as of Mar-2026, but was insanely moist and tender, perfect temp, perfect flaky white strands. Just unbelievably made chicken.

Of course their pasta is amazing, especially their angel hair pomodoro. But wow, that chicken is second to none. I’m only bothered by this because I know I will never be able to duplicate this quality at home.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kari Mikojin

Great experience! Servers were kind, food was very tasty, and they have a separate gluten free menu with many options.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sunny Side up

Beet salad and all the pastas were delicious - Pear pasta (fioccheti Aurora), Mezzelune di ricotta, ravioli carbonara. Kids loved the pollo milanese. Tiramisu heavenly and must get.

Food: 5

Jeffrey

Food and service was excellent. Caesar salad was crispy,. I had a pizza Rome style. Which was really good. Definitely recommend to anybody who's looking for good Italian food.

joe

Always happy with La Stanza, this was our best meal yet! Branzino was superb m generous portions and cooked perfectly... can't wait to return...

jamie

Wait staff didn't seem well-trained in that it took 15 minutes for them to come over once we were seated and they never came while we were eating. Not once. Eventually, a more seasoned waiter came over. The food is excellent. It's a lovely, small, local, affordable place we like to support. Lovely owner. 

Lisa

La Stanza is our favorite place to go for Italian food!! Daniel is the best and treats the customers like family! Everyone who works there is so nice too!!

Debbie

Don't really enjoy going out on New Years Eve - but this was exceptional. Staff are wonderful. Homemade pastas are the real deal. Enjoyed the smoked salmon with avocado crustini, roasted beet salad, pear & cheese pasta pockets. Ravioli carbonara was perfection. Love all the "Christmas Cork Art" near our table. Thanks for a special night.

Paula Chau

The Italian food here is incredible! I had the arancini to start and the rigatoni, everything was so good. Highly recommend and the staff was so friendly!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amy Terrill

A treasure! Delicious food, excellent wines, spicy wait staff, and lovely dessert menu. By spicy, I mean jocular with snappy comebacks and contagious giggles

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Paula Larsen

We were totally amazed by the food here! Everything we ordered was absolutely delicious. Don’t miss the Fiocchetti Aurora- pocket pasta filled with pear Gorgonzola.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Keilani T

Oh my goodness. The way I TORE UP that Fioccheti Aurora… it is incredible. I don’t think I’ve ever had a pasta filled with pear/cheese like that? Wonderful combo. I look forward to my next visit and, trying other dishes!

Food: 5

Chaitanya

A pleasant surprise - the best Italian food I had tasted in a long time. Everything from their appetizers, entrees, to the desserts were perfect. The service was really great as we really got good advice about food choices and got great attention overall. We'll definitely go there again.

erin

Disappointed Heard such amazing reviews about this restaurant made reservations and had to wait 35 minutes for our table  Overall, the food was good. The service was OK cute quaint restaurant. 

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