6 Best Italian Restaurants near Avon Park

“Hands-down, the best pizza place ever in Highlands County. I will not go anywhere else. Every time I go in there it’s the best experience ever owners are the greatest and always attentive and very good. Yummy food every Friday or Saturday the hubby and I go to eat there, and we will not change our favorite pizza spot“

“I don't believe they can and I don't believe that they want to. Address on my bag was wrong and I received cold pizza like it set out all night it was horrible I spent $25 on one large hamburger mushroom and extra cheese with four wings that came to $25 now I'm 67 years old I live on Social Security and I just threw the pizza out because that's how bad it was. I called them up and told them and then they said they have to rely on doordash well I would think if other people complain which I believe they do you wouldn't use doordash you would hire drivers. I know I'm not the first person to say how bad they are is horrible it's a shame it's downright cruel. no I will not be calling them back no I'm done with hungry Howie's I'll make my own pizza thank you, that was the very first time I called... goodbye hungry Howie's“

“We stopped in today for a quick lunch…however, the atmosphere was so nice we lingered for an hour and half!! We were welcomed with Beautiful, Friendly smiles…so much of a rare quality these days! Mia, our server, was absolutely amazing! Her energy was infectious! As vegetarians we wanted to be sure our food did not contain meat products….Mia was very happy to assist us with meatless menu items…. No eye rolling, sighs, etc. Wow!! Just smiles and pleasantries! We wanted to order a dessert, and explained the situation that usually confronts vegetarians about the use of gelatin in a lot of recipes…. As she was not sure, she discussed it with her manager, Michael O’Rourke. The manager came to our table with a list of the ingredients…. My gosh this was so amazing! He assured us that gelatin was not used, but he went above and beyond by allowing us to view the ingredients to make sure we were completely satisfied!!! To our surprise, Mr. O’Rourke struck up a conversation with us about being vegetarians as he wanted to make sure that vegetarians were served properly! Totally unexpected once again! The Olive Garden is going to be a weekly event for us!!! The food is excellent! The atmosphere is aesthetically pleasing! The servers, hostesses, and staff are great! Mr. Michael O’Rourke ….Kudos for taking the time to make sure that we were totally satisfied! We will see you soon!“

“To go order, so didn't realize there was a problem until too late. The bun was burned so badly on both sides that it was uneatable and so hard it would chip a tooth if trying to eat it. I moved the inside ingredients to two slices of plain white bread, and it was quite good. Would recommend - sort of.“

“I’m picky as hell about food especially pizza , and I must say 10/10 !!!! DELISHHHHHH . Ohhh and the meatballs 🤤 amazing…“

“I love their oven baked subs and salads, too. The subs are baked like calzones and bread is seasoned just like they season their pizza crust, layers of flavor.

Vegetarian options: Their salads are not skimpy and you can tweak them a bit, take something off or add something more. The pizzas are flavorful and can be vegetarian unless you don't eat cheese. They have onion, pepper choices, mushroom, olives, pineapple, etc.

Parking: This is in a strip mall, there are 3 or 4 rows of parking beyond the curb spaces.“