La Famiglia Room Catering Hall

Great food, great service..a MUST when in Philadelphia. Love places like this. Thank you so much from the Parker's from Okc

Overall, La Famiglia is a good place to visit for a good meal and we will be going back soon. Pros: The peach / cheese and tagliolini / seafood appetizers were both excellent; The bread served before the meal was warm with just the right amount of soft inside and crusty outside. The brushetta served before the meal was some of the best I've had. The penne / prosciutto and Filet entree's were just the right mix of al dente pasta and tasty, medium rare, meats; And the lemonciello dessert cake was to die for! And while one of the reviews I saw thought the 'bible' size wine list was a reason to give this place a bad review, we appreciate good wines and were very impressed with the sheer 'size' of the wine list. Cons: The room volume level was unexpectedly just a bit on the louder side; we kind of prefer one or two servers, and on this occasion, we couldn't keep track of who was actually responsible for our table; That probably contributed to service being just a tad bit on the slower side (i came here many years ago and the server literally wouldn't let my glass get half empty before refilling it, so the bar was set high from that previous experience; unfortunately, that didn't happen on this occasion); The Filet, while done to a wonderful medium rare and quite flavorful, came across with a slight hint that the meat might have been previously frozen and thawed and not actually full on fresh. It's worth noting, though, that NONE of the cons here are convincing enough, in our opinion, to prevent anyone from coming to La Famiglia. It was a wonderful meal and we'd certainly recommend it to others.

A very busy Saturday evening at the restaurant. The service was very slow, the waiter convinced my friend not to get the food he wanted, and the food was either delicious or inedible.

Beautiful old world Italian ambience. Excellent service. Every dish we had was delicious. Octopus with polenta cake - crispy on the outside and soft and moist inside, with porcini sauce, eggplant layered with mozzarella and mushroom truffle mouse, penne with caramelized onion and prosciutto. pappardelle with porcini tomato sauce and halibut on a bed of fennel. I can't recommend this place enough.

We had my 70th birthday party in the wine cellar. Tremendous atmosphere. Everything was great. The eggplant was light and super. Same for the pastas. The steak was perfectly cooked. Service was excellent and very professional. The wines are always good.

Unbelievable taste in every bite. Enjoyed a business dinner here with arugula salad, mozzarella and tomato, flight or homemade pastas with melt in your mouth gnocchi with pesto, bronzino, and flight of desserts. Cappuccino and espresso. The owner Giovanni checked on us to make sure we enjoyed (definitely, oh yes!) everything and offered us all homemade limoncellos on the house!! Extensive wine list and impressive cellar downstairs. WOW. Do not miss this experience. Will definitely be going back with my family!!

We heard about the 1976 pricing and decided to try it. Great "old school" restaurant. The wine list is the size of the Manhattan phone book. The mussels in red sauce were the best I have ever had, Entrees were super. Try the wheat pie for desert. Service could not have been better. Many diners appeared to be regulars. Get dressed a little better and enjoy this place.

We have been coming here for over 10 years and have not once had an experience that was not superb. The service, both intimate and professional, is only rivaled by both the high caliber dishes inspired from the owner’s hometown and family restaurant in Italy and the extensive wine list. Coupled with the lively ambiance and upscale decor, La Famiglia is truly Philadelphia’s best eateries.

I made reservations two weeks in advance and was very excited to try this spot. My wife and I dine out quite a lot. It was a 100 mile round trip drive to get here. When we arrived there was no one inside the front door to greet us. No maitre d. Then a man, who also turned out to be our waiter, asked if we had reservations and then we were seated in the worst table in the place, all the way in the back (not a big problem, it is what it is). Once we were seated I asked the waiter for a wine or drink list. His response was just "full bar". My wife ordered a Peroni and I ordered an Old Fashioned. A few minutes later another waiter arrived with the drinks. He put the Peroni down onto the table and while putting my drink down, he slipped and the drink went flying across the table towards me. They had to remove everything from our table and replace the tablecloth. Once the table was reset, we ordered our food and a new round of drinks were brought out. I should have ordered a beer or a glass of wine, because I could barely taste any bourbon in my Old Fashioned. A few minutes later the food was delivered to our table. The food was good, but I was not blown away. After we were finished eating I asked for the check. It would have been nice if they had comped us for the first round of drinks, just for the inconvenience, but they didn't. I paid the bill and still left a decent tip, but we won't be returning. From the time we arrived until we left, it was just a very disappointing experience. C'mon guys, you can do better.

We moved to Philly 3 years ago after living and dining in NYC for 10 years. We've also traveled and dined in Italy multiple times. Last night we finally enjoyed the type of Italian meal and service we've been looking for in Philadelphia. The service and setting are Old World, the servers are "gentile". There was no rushing us to finish. The food and wine list and the music were wonderful. Even the coffee was superb! Just a perfect dining experience from the second we entered until we left. Bellissimo!

Stopped in for dinner with friends last weekend. We were seated upstairs and were very comfortable. Our waiter, Wilson, was prompt, attentive and anticipated our every need. Food was prepared to perfection, drinks were wonderful and everyone we encountered was professional. We'd make the 4 hour drive to Phili just so we could experience this meal again. Thank you, it was the highlight of our weekend at Penns Landing.

We live in Boston where the North End neighborhood is justly renowned for its outstanding Italian fine dining. Our standards are therefore very high and La Famiglia surpassed them. We started with a wonderful soup of chicken broth with chopped spinach and tortellini. I had a veal chop that was delicious and very tender. My wife had large tortellini with a seafood filling (triangoli di granchio) which was spectacular. The cheesecake dessert was exquisite. Service was attentive, portions satisfying, cocktail and wine generous. atmosphere pleasant, prices appropriate to value.

What a delight to be able to dine again at La Famiglia, even if it is on Front Street. The food was excellent, the pricing better, and the service great.

Had not visited La Famiglia in years but wanted to go back because I remembered it fondly from the times I had gone. I went last night and found it has changed. I still had a good meal but the menu wasn’t very creative. There was only one special and I could have been reading a menu of any Italian restaurant. The items I ordered were good- burrata with arugula, penne with prosciutto and onions and a rib veal chop. Good food but nothing special a restaurant like the old La Famiglia menu used to be. I noticed the change immediately when they brought out complementary tomato bruschetta. Who’s serving fresh tomatoes in February? No other topping options that are seasonal? When I ordered my veal chop, I asked waiter if it was a rib chop or loin. He didn’t know and didn’t know the difference. He said it was veal. Not the same level of wait staff as they used to have. The wine list could use an update. Although I wanted a good bottle of higher priced wine, an easy find at La Famiglia, there didn’t seem to be many choices for good, more affordable options. One thing that hasn’t changed is the dessert cart. It is still filled with a great variety of options that are excellent. Glad to see that cart is still rolling around! Regrettably, there are now better options for Italian food in Philly than La Famiglia. I hope they can reclaim their status as top notch Italian by matching the inventive menus their competition offers and finding better wait staff that knows more about food. Nobody did it better than them and I think they can get back to how great they used to be.

Want to know if they.r doing a Thanksgiving dinner take out