Palma Italian Kitchen

Visited this place while in Florida for a conference and I must say it was a yummy surprise! The pasta’s and dessert and service was good and I’d definitely return! The calamari was fried perfectly and has the yummiest sauce to go with it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Calamari

Terrible pizza , was like eating cardboard

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

Poor food long wait the guy didn’t even bring cutlery until we asked meatballs hard as a rock I highly recommend olive garden is better

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 2

Nice menu and very friendly service. Food needs a little work to live up to the menu. Very popular place!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5

The food was great!! We ordered our meals to go. The restaurant was very simple. The staff was very friendly and welcoming. I had the chicken chimicurro with veggies and risotto. My partner has the salmon with fries and veggies. We ate it all .. yummmmm!! I highly recommend this casual dining restaurant. It is totally worth the visit!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

They have ruined a nice place. We were the only ones there for lunch yesterday. I always have chicken panino. Foccacia is too thick to be the "bread" on a sandwich. They no longer use real basil pesto but a thin smear of jarred pesto and one crumb of a pistachio nut. No sliced tomatoes, just 3 tiny halves of gold cherry tomato,. The cost is high and when the food was good we did not mind but it is not that great anymore. The chicken in the sandwich was various thicknesses from 1/8" to 1/2" making it hard to eat as a sandwich so I took it apart and ate the components. It tasted ok but I think the rubbery chicken breast was reheated, as I got violently sick when we got home. My husband had rigatony and did not feel well later. Loud TVs behind the bar permeate the place with unwelcome sound. They are trying to be upscale but not succeeding. We will leave it for the tourists.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Very nice, but honestly, I found it very expensive, and it wasn’t what I expected. There are better and more affordable restaurants!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

Got the ribeye risotto, the risotto was crunchy raw. But the meat was good. Price for food is way higher than it needs or should be. Espresso martinis are just vodka and espresso. No liqueur. Portions were good sized. The focaccia with dip was nothing like the picture, the bread was thick like a sponge but dip was good. Service was really nice. Full menu.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

The dishes were flavorful and the menu was both creative and impressive. However, the service was disorganized—multiple servers seemed to be handling the same table, which led to confusion. My order was mixed up, and I noticed similar issues happening at other tables as well. It’s a shame because the food deserves better coordination.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 2

Dietary restrictions: Not a good fit for people with salt sensitivity such as high blood pressure.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

We were passing by the interstate and decided to stop by for a quick pick up as we were craving a chicken fettuccine Alfredo. Wasn’t overly priced, about $21.50 plus tax per plate. As I waited for them to figure out where my order is and how to charge it, they seemed clueless for some reason, a manager came by rushing from behind me saying repeatedly “excuse me” in an aggressive manner, as she got very close and personal behind me as I’m trying to turn around to see how my existence is bothering her. I brushed it off and moved and looked the other way trying to locate the waitress to see where my food is, finally she brings it in to go bag and I pay and she points to the tip section of the receipt to try to direct me to leave a tip which I also found borderline rude . Anyway, got the food bag which seemed light, but we were hungry and in a rush to get home because the baby was starting to make noises. We get home and open our food to see the very tiny portions we were given, barely a 4-6 oz of chicken breast which isn’t very much (for those who don’t know, you’d get a larger portion of chicken at a fast food chicken sandwich). The pasta was so little, it compared to a children’s meal. I could have eaten both alone and still been hungry. As we took the first bite we realised there was barely any Alfredo sauce in the pasta. Definitely a waste of time and money. Had to unfreeze some meat and cook a real meal instead after all this hassle. Definitely a waste of $50.

Food: 1

Service: 1

Such a disappointment. This place used to be called Osteria, and now they're supposedly under new management with a new owner and new name with a couple of new items added to the menu. Unfortunately the food is still not tasty. We ordered takeout on Christmas as we didn't gather for our usual family dinner due to recent tragedy, but were disappointed by the quality of the food. Uncooked pasta, oily pizza, bland ricotta dip, and sour foccacia bread. Add insult to injury, upon calling the manager to share feedback, he kept telling me how people were ungrateful that they were the only restaurant open on Christmas day, and that next year they won't open so that people can just go to McDonald's! How is this relevant to my situation? I have no idea. I asked him why did he feel the need to tell me this as my feedback was in relation to their terrible tasting food, he reiterated the same thing. I suppose he felt that he was doing people a favor by being open. He also said his staff was working all day on Christmas day and people came in and were angry that they were the only place open. When I again told him this was unrelated to my feedback, he then tells me his wife cooked the foccacia and it's her grandmother's recipe from Sicily, he took things rather personally and rushed me off the phone. Again repeating that next year they won't open for Christmas and Thanksgiving. This was our first time there and we will not be back. We will also let our extended family and friends not to bother. I never leave reviews, but the experience and his response were so infuriating that I had to leave a review.

In Florida for vacation and we ordered from here because there wasn't alot open on Christmas. We ordered chicken parm, 3 fettucine alfredo with chicken, and 2 kid sized spaghetti with marinara. 3 lemon cellos desserts. The fettucine noodles were under cooked in 2 and over cooked in the other. The chicken was dry but seasoned well. There was no Alfredo sauce to be found. Looked like it was put on the dishes with a tablespoon. Same for the spaghetti with marinara sauce. A little poured down the middle of a whole container of spaghetti noodles. I took sauce from the meatballs I ordered as an appetizer to add to the spaghetti for our daughter. I also ordered fried mozzarella which was a simple thinly cut square slice of mozzarella fried and set up on top of some old French fries. Where the fries came from, IDK... The only thing that didn't disappoint was the cake and meatballs. We wasted $150.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 3

So good! The sausage rogatoni...my DIL ordered and when I tell you the sauce.. It's all about the sauce that sets it apart. A white cream sauce similar to Alfredo, something more special though.
My Son had the chick parm he devoured it. I had the papardell and it was really good, but the pasta was more than al dente... so it was still at the gummy stage... I was full already from eating my DILs pasta, so I took it home and baked it, it was delicious. This was my only complaint. I know it's all made and cooked fresh, so they were probably rushing to get it on the table.
The service was remarkable. Get their italian mojito...using basil not mint...omg yumola!
Will visit again 1.5 hrs away from Tampa and worth every mile!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmesan

We always love supporting local, but unfortunately, this experience fell short. The carbonara we ordered had to be returned, and the tuna appetizer was disappointingly dry. The kitchen seemed chaotic, which might explain the inconsistencies in the food. While we appreciate the effort, this meal was not worth it. Hoping they can improve in the future!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2