Testa Rossa Italian Ristorante

1017 Wealthy St SE, Grand Rapids
(616) 278-3174

Recent Reviews

Elba NV

We got the $3.50 slice of pepperoni pizza to go. The pizza was tasty. The gal that took our order was nice and friendly. The older woman with short dark hair was a bit rude to us when we were given the wrong pizza slices.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Pepperoni Pizza

Brianna Leep

Everything about this restaurant is perfect. I've been here plenty of times for date night with my boyfriend. The food is amazing as well as the service. All of the servers I've had are so amazing Sarah was great as well as the GM who was hanging out with us for a bit! Bless their hearts they made our day so great and filled with love.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Scott Fannon

Would recommend the bar area. Warm and cozy… Spaghetti and meatballs were so good! Awesome place to dine. Will be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jackie M.

Idk who's stellar google review of this place that I read that convinced me to try this place but dude.. you have a future career in politics. You have deceived me beyond the level that any republican or democrat could. Kudos. I know this review is quite salty, and I hope you understand that I was very hungry and found this experience deeply disappointing at a restaurant I had high hopes for. Food: Here are some key points before visiting this restaurant. Ask for salt, pepper, and lemon juice with your meal. The bread and oil can definitely be skipped over. Bread would have benefitted from a crisp crust although the sesame seeds were nice. The dipping oil had a somewhat aggressive taste/sensation that I wouldn't call pleasant. Caesar salad is unremarkable and the crouton that came with it was very charred (past a desirable level) on the bottom (but still served). Tasted the shrimp scampi and was very underwhelmed - lacking flavor. Eggplant Parmesan was also scorched. Service: meh. Server was kind overall, although inexperienced. Several missed things including a drink. The two drinks we tried were not good anyway, unfortunately. Ambiance: Lovely space - one redeeming thing. I'm really surprised this is owned by the same people who do electric cheetah - based on their track record I was not expecting this experience.

Jocelyn Flint

Best Italian food in GR! Try the chicken Marsala and the chicken Parmesan. Great wine list, lovely appetizers. So happy to have tried this place out!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Michael Mers

Fantastic Italian food. Great service and live music on the weekends. Pizza is wood fires and absolutely fantastic!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pepperoni Pizza

Dave Tiesma

Very cool place.This used to be a brick oven pizza place, which was also good. Our server, Owen, was a delightful fellow.Yeah, I know, that's an odd way to put it, but you'll see if you have him as a server.The entire staff looks happy to be there, which is a good sign.There was a dude playing the accordion while we were there. That was very fun. My wife asked him to play a song and he wasn't sure if he remembered to play it, but he nailed it.Oh? You also want to know how the food is? We really enjoyed it.I had the chicken parm, which was really good.The garlic knots were awesome.My wife had gluten free crust pizza. She said this was pretty good she was sad they didn't have gluten free pasta. Maybe they will add that. My son had the chicken piccatta and his wife also had a pizza.Fun environment, great music, really good food. We will be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmesan, Side of Ranch

Kat Borden

Great food and drinks, and Drew was awesome. We’ll be back. :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bethany Buchanan

The food is delicious and reasonably priced, the atmosphere is fun with the live music though a bit loud sometimes, but the service has been incredibly slow from the kitchen the two times I’ve been. Wait staff was very kind and accommodating and handled it well but I just hope they can staff their kitchen better and stay in business.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Testa Rossa

Madeline S.

I got the margarita pizza and there was way too much sauce on it, so the pizza ended up being soggy. My partner ordered the shrimp scampi and it only came with 4 pieces of shrimp in it. If it were not for the live music, I would have given this place a 2/5 stars.

John May

Wow! Stopped in for lunch and it was very chill for a Friday.Ordered the Chicken Gorgonzola Pizza and it was AMAZING. Holy smokes, so good. They offered fresh cracked pepper and grated Parmigiano right on top. The pie itself has a delicious, thinner, crispy crust. The bechamel sauce on the one I ordered was fantastic, and they have a hot chili oil available for people interested in a little spice.The manager (Jolena) was super nice! She chatted with me a bit and showed me the back bar area before I left. The entire restaurant looks beautiful, and they have live music on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.This is not a spot to miss for lunch or dinner!Parking: They have parking behind the restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Gorgonzola

Sean D.

We started off with the whipped ricotta appetizer-I am obsessed! Read other reviews of this dish and found it to have just the right ratio of cheese and toppings. Pizza is very similar to what we found in Italy-great crust! Vegan friendly options. Try the Italian hard soda-wow! I saw that they DO have live music at times--would like visibility to this schedule for our return visit. Service great!

Nikolai P (Pharmakos)

Dietary restrictions: Very good with gluten allergies (I have one)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Pesto, Testa Rossa

Debra Holton

Don't order the Panzanella salad. It's basically a bowl of bread with a few cherry tomatoes and a few pieces of fresh mozzarella, but the bread is so far out of proportion. Decor was kind of strange. But the service was great!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5

Jeff Stark

Stopped in for an early dinner, had the place to ourselves. Great food and drink!

Food: 5

Service: 5

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