Sofia
516 Julia St, New Orleans
(504) 322-3216
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The pasta dishes are outstanding !! Service was amazing - Christy was especially kind in finding us options for one of our party with dietary needs.
We had an amazing dinner at Sofia Restaurant! The atmosphere was warm and inviting, and the customer service was great from start to finish. We started with the kale salad and the housemade ricotta—the ricotta was phenomenal and absolutely not to be skipped. For our mains, we had the chicken and the pesto pasta, both of which were incredibly delicious and full of flavor.
We loved everything. Service was awesome and food was delicious. Only complaint is when we got the bill there was a “kitchen gratuity” added to the bill prior to tax. So we paid for the food and the 4% gratuity and then were taxed and then were expected to leave a tip on the total for the waiter (which he deserved!). We didn't complain but will think twice before returning. I don't mind tipping the waiter but the restaurant should pay their kitchen staff.
We love Sofia pasta is amazing pizza is great love the portions never left this restaurant feeling totally full just right Like in Italy
The restaurant was do loud we sat outside otherwise we would have had to scream at each other.
The R&B music was overwhelmingly loud. Otherwise the food was very good and the service was excellent. We ate the best meatballs I've ever had! Pizza with cauliflower crust was very good too!
The food was delicious and Christy, our server gave us excellent suggestions. We had the ricotta with focaccia as an appetizer and the Primavera pizza. Both were special.
The food was great, the waiter was awesome and sitting in the outside enclosed table was a cool experience. Really enjoyed it!
The staff was INCREDIBLE!!!! And the food was so amazing. We really had an amazing time at Sofia for my friends 30th birthday. I'm so glad we decided to go there. Can't stop thinking about their pasta
The food was delicious as always! My wife and I went there for our six year wedding anniversary, it is definitely one of our favorite places to go. We will always recommend Sofia! 
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This experience was all over the place! We had a party of 7 celebrating a high school graduation and most of us hadn't been to Sophia before. I'll start with positives: the place is very nice aesthetically - the decor was really well done and we were seated at a nice hightop table. Most of our food was delicious - I highly suggest the ricotta and any of the pasta dishes (the pesto one was our favorite). The only "miss" was the charcuterie board, which was extremely weak for $36. And absolutely no explanation as to what was on it - they just put it down in front of us and walked away. Although our server was extremely pleasant, she would disappear for long periods of time. Initial drink order was taken when we sat down and they came out in batches with really long periods of time between (to the point where we thought they had forgotten about one of the spitzers we ordered). And we were only asked if we wanted a second round of drinks well over an hour and a half into our meal. The food service was also really choppy - there was almost an hour between course 1 and course 2 with no server in sight. We watched wait staff try to deliver food to the wrong tables 3 different times - it just felt really chaotic overall. There was also a mix-up with dessert and they accidentally ordered 6 limoncellos instead of 1 orangecello (which didn't even come until after we finished dessert and closed the bill out). We watched the bartender and server have a slight awkward altercation just a few feet away from us and then the bartender dumped the extra drinks down the drain in disgust. It was vey uncomfortable as a guest. I think we probably had an out of the ordinary experience there, because I've heard nothing but rave reviews.
They accommodated our large group, but as the person who was being celebrated the appetizer I ordered for the table took a long time to come that the waitress said it was going to be taken off the bill and 10 mins later it came out. Then when our mains came out, my meal never came finally got a hold off our waitress to tell her and she acted shocked. My pasta finally came out when everyone else was finished eating. The bill came and to my surprise the appetizer was still on there even though the waitress said she was taking it off. I brought it to her attention and she took care of it along with my meal since I waited so long and couldn't finish it as it was so late. She was great and very helpful, but the restaurant needs to work on making sure everyone gets their meals at a large table and hire more staff. My waitress had like 3 large groups and that seemed hard to manage.
Service was very disappointing. Waited 2 hours for our pasta. Tables that arrived after us, were done eating before we were served.
Great dinner tonight everything was fantastic we definitely will go back. And the category of better if. It would be great to have a few spoons come with the courses to be able to share easily
The restaurant was closed when I arrived, but I was not notified of the closure at all prior to my reservation, which was confirmed the day before.
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