22 Best Italian Restaurants in Waterbury

“Great food, excellent service and attentive wait staff. Highly recommended“

“Great food that never disappoints. everything is homemade to the best and the baked goods are always excellent. Wish I could go there more often. If you haven't you must🥰“

“Amazing food I've never tried pizza in the mall but I saw all that they have and I couldn't resist. Everything was delicious and the managers are super friendly Great experience“

“This is the best restaurant in the state of CT! Maria is a wonderful person and welcoming. The bartender Amy is also wonderful she knows you by name and the drink you always order. Great staff and food! If you haven’t been you need to try Ria’s!“

“We went out for a quiet dinner with our daughter and had a very nice dinner at Diorio's in Waterbury, ct. the restaurant has been around for many years and truly is a landmark in the center of the city. In our experience we always look forward to dinner at Diorio's. The atmosphere with old fashioned dining booths and impressive bar. The restaurant experience was very good as always and undoubtably return with our family.“

“This place is right inside the same building as the courtyard we stayed at. Really quality Italian, my chicken parm was fantastic. No tap beer, but the double ipa bottle beer was really tasty. Brenda was our server - awesome energy and personality. We really enjoyed her attentiveness.“

“We went early for a holiday get together with the girls! Our bartender was amazing! It was three girls getting together! No rush at all!! I wish I caught her name! We didnt even move to a table she that good! Thank you“

“Best Italian restaurant in the area hands down“

“Food was delicious , service always excellent. Owner Nick and his family do an outstanding job , make sure you try it!“

“My husband and I had the very best chicken franchise and seafood cippiono . Shout out to the chef! Well done.“

“Great grinders & can’t beat the prices. High recommend to try them.“

“Stumbled in randomly and it’s our new favorite! Excellent food, service and vibe!! 🥂“

“Good food and service, Claudia is the best!“

“Writing this review as much for the restaurant/cafe as for sibling business next store, the commercial espresso repair business also operating under the name Cafe Italia.

I found these guys looking for a specialist to rehab a commercial Nuova Simonelli single-head machine we use in our retail showroom. And I came to the right place!

Incredible workshop and know-how. These guys have full lathe and CNC capabilities to make their own parts as needed.They've also got a direct lines to Italy to order parts direct and I wouldn't bring my machine to any other place for service.

Good honest old world excellence -- highly recommend the repair and service aspect!

But I also got to experience the restaurant/cafe when picking up my machine after it was serviced. Feels like walking through a portal directly to Southern Italy. This place had incredible coffee and more authentic atmosphere than most other cafes this side of the Atlantic.

Stand at the counter and order an espresso -- worth it!

Stand-up family business. They're super busy so we were lucky they were able to take our repair. They even came back for a housecall after we experienced a later issue with the machine that was totally unrelated to their work -- small bit of sediment from the city waterline clogged a valve. These guys came in like a NASCAR pit crew and tore the machine down, diagnosed and fixed the issue, and left w/out accepting a dime.

Recommend their repair service 10/10.

And the cafe might be an 11.“

“We 4 ladies came from Michigan to attend a celebration, honoring our pastor: Apostle Fred Harris. This was his hometown. Attendance in Connecuit, church Rock of Ages, Bishop James Holly. From there, this beautiful Sunday (9/14) we ate at Pizza Castle Resturaunt. No complaints! The staff was nice. Our server was excellent, in spite of the customers shw servied! 17 of us alone at our table. Food: Excellent!“

“The work for this place is great great food great staff from the chef to the the waitress they are all such great people family rock never ate nothing I didn't like never had to wait on nothing very fast very polite ways taking food home it like if I order something I could eat off it all day sometimes the next day summer coming nicecday they have the patio and ask the chef will make it your way out of 5 stars if I could I give 10 it a,must try and take my word you will be back.“

“Always our go to when we want a delicious meal and generous portions. The best Lobster Bisque hands down and we’ve tried many. The staff is always super friendly and attentive. Chef Gould is on point with his presentation and his meals are the best in the area.“

“Giovanni's has the best food. I recommend the chicken parm and steak and pizza but all of their food is good. You won't be disappointed no matter what you get. Highly recommended!!!!“

“delisous food large Portion Server was excellent“

“I've been driving past this place for years, and finally had the the time to stop in. I didn't know what to order, so I asked for the sandwich that everyone is crazy about. It was a large grinder packed with everything. Took me 3 days to eat it. But what a sandwich!!!
Don't miss this place. Easy to get off and back on the highway, and there's a gas station nearby.“

“I called during the day to get info on pizza and delivery. I spoke with Pam. She gave me the details and said if I wanted I could call her back when I was ready. I did call her back and ordered my pizza for delivery at 6pm. It came right on time. Our pizza was hot and delicious 😋“

“Great food service and extremely reasonable prices. I got corned beef dinner and my husband got a pizza. Left overs for days. our bill was less than 50.00. it's cheaper than making it at home.“