Had delivered. Advise not to as once you receive the food, you have absolutely no recourse. Ordered 2 spaghetti n meatballs. Extra sauce. The orders had little sauce and did not receive extra sauce as ordered. Ergo, spaghetti was not edible as it was already luke warm at best. Salad was romaine lettuce only, which we were not told. Please note, I have been ordering there for years with little issues. I called, was royally ticked off as ot was already 9pm and I had not eaten yet. Offered to take pictures to prove my statements and was refused. Food was inedible and offered to return all of it upon the morrow. Refused again. Was offered $5 discount for a $51 meal that was inedible. Told to buy a jar of sauce. Redners is less than 5 minutes away. Had I wanted, I could have saved a lot of $$$ by just buying jar sauce and noodles to begin with. Being angry, I let slip "You fuc*ed it up." after such feeble and ineffective attempts to rectify out of pure rage. Seems i offended her delicate sensibilities by using said term once by mistake and was then most rudely spoken to. Most people hear said word daily, admit it. And I was not in the wrong, had I had the chance, would have apologized. Was most rude person I have ever spoken to there. Typically, for decades, never had a problem that was not rectified immediately, politely and to my satisfaction. Must have been a bad day for her. My brother and I ended up with a can of beeferoni and out of a $51 inedible meal. Should have gone to Redners. Typically, never had such a bad and expensive dealing with them. Terribly let down and frustrated especially with lack of caring by establishment. Frankly, amazed at the way I was treated after repeating that I knew it was not her fault but she was the only one I could convey my frustration to with no recourse save a whole $5 off a $51 meal we could not eat. Despite offering to both take pictures and forward immediately plus send entire meal back upon the morrow. Neither was acceptable. I ordered a plain pan of lasagna for tomorrow for $85 a pan which i am now torn about receipt in fear of something of the like happening again. Totally advise eat in and check food promptly upon receipt. Still returning full meal come the morrow and already took images of "food" which are both timed and dated. Will repost if establishment takes responsibility. Was told I would receive a call tomorrow and waiting to see if and how it goes. Consider myself out of $51, treated most rudely from somebody who should be used to dealing with people instead of dismissed by hanging up on me instead of at least acting as if one cared instead of passing blame and giving the customer attitude before being spoken to once again rudely before being told they are closed then hung up on. Typically a restaurant would be more customer oriented. It is your job. Again, for prices, one would think you are paying for a correct meal and positive customer service. I would attach declined photos here had I known I could. Again, will revise review depending upon if I am even contacted. Now am going to ever so enjoy my can of beefaroni. Thank you for such a pleasant experience La Dolce Casa. Will be sure to social media around this review everywhere possible depending upon how my most displeasing and expensive inedible meal is rectified. I am all for second chances and to the ever so pleasant phone answered, sorry your shift was over, my issues were in no way your problem and by slipping once and offending your obviously most delicate sensibilities by slipping once and using the oh so most vile terminology, the word "fu*k", once out of pure frustration at your lack of caring and inability to interact with an unhappy "customer". I ordered correctly and it was summarily screwed up with no responsibility save a whole $5 off. Review subject to revision as I stated as in all the years never had an issue with an order being so summarily blown off in a customer oriented industry. I apologize in advance to those who have always been polite, kind and treated
Robbin Borrell-Gray
I love LA Dolce bakery & D'maggio's restaurant. We go often eat in & take out weekly. The food & service are excellent! Staff are always very friendly & accommodating. We are always treated like family @ Dimaggio's. You must go & enjoy the lovely environment. You will be very happy you did! ???
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Patti Z.
The food was delicious and what a magical place. We went after the new year so it wasn't busy ir crowded. The place is great for an intimate evening or even for a large party.
Kristin S.
Ate in the restaurant for the first time. Very festive around the holidays! Good service, great complimentary garlic knots served with pizza sauce. Reasonably priced wine and good portion. I ordered the Tuscany Lasagna. Very tasty and unusual. I'll be back.
Paul K
We did a little research and discovered this place on TripAdvisor. It had really good reviews so we took the 35 minute drive to check it out. We went at 130 pm on a Wednesday. There was a 35 min wait. The place was packed. We ordered an antipasto which was basically lettuce and some luncheon meats on top. Very bland. We also ordered two different pizzas. One flat white Sicilian and one flat Sicilian with tomatoes, basil and balsamic vinegar. They looked amazing. They were both the most bland pizza that I have ever eaten. Totally disappointed for real. Not sure what the issue was but zero flavor. On a positive note the server was extremely pleasant and she was really taking care of her tables.
Ron Val
Ordered a cake a week before and when I went to pick it up at the scheduled date they had closed the bakery due to baking orders for the weekend. No notification or anything was given to me and I have no cake for the planned party.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
CJ B.
Worth an hours drive. The single best place to eat in Schuylkill County. Food is amazing and always consistent. Service is top notch!
First L.
Food is amazing, service is second to none, and the ambiance is amazing! The owner and staff take pride in everything that they do. The chefs in the kitchen pay attention to all details. A place even though it is far from home will visit again and again.
Brenda M
Absolutely amazing. I never write reviews, but I can not say enough about this excellent restaurant. The decorations were unbelievable. The staff amazing. The gentlemen who took my name was so pleasant. We had a 25 minute wait which did not seem that long as we waited in a heated waiting room with a fire pit. Ok, the food was incredible, and I was amazed at the portions. I wished I lived closer, I would certainly be a regular. I will return next Christmas and will be bringing my family along with my friends. A definite highlight of my holiday. Thank you.
Zaftig11
We arrived around 3:30p on a Wednesday afternoon. We waited about 30 minutes to be seated. Service was excellent, the place was very clean, and the holiday decor was magnificent. The prices are incredibly reasonable and the portions are huge. I ordered the fresh chicken parm...it was a little tough, but the sauce was sweet and delightful. My daughter got pizza and it was terrific. I would definitely return.
Ambiance is off 5he charts for Christmas season. Service extremely attentive even the owner came twice to check on us. The calamari tender and at the perfect fry point. The vodka sauce is an OMG..... so wonderful I am still salivating the next day. Chianti super smooth and the desserts are homemade....go for the Tiramisú. Definitely will be back
J C.
Ok , so the Christmas decorations are 2nd to none. It's just beautiful and cozy. The service is very good, the owner couldn't be more welcoming....no complaints at all. The food is a B to B-. The key to a good Italian restaurant is the red sauce. They must nail that no question. Sauce should be savory and NOT too sweet OR too thick. It's also to be used sparingly on any pasta or entree dish (i.e., chicken parm, etc..). At any Italian restaurant I go to for the first time, I put it thru my "chicky parm" test. If it passes....I'll explore the menu on future visits. Needless to say, I put it up against my own unscientific test. Outcome - not so good....the spaghetti looked like it was dunked in a pot of sauce, the chicken parm was not thin and lean (big pet peeve for me) and the sauce was way too thick and way too SWEET. I hate to be critical and understand these are my preferences, but I've gone to countless Italian restaurants all over the country and feel I have a good handle (on top of Italian blood in my veins) on how it should turn out. Some may get exactly what I had and think it's great. To each his own....still might be worth the ride up during the Christmas season....the decorations are crazy good!!
Eileen H.
We visited on a Monday evening during their Christmas season while they were decorated and WOW! So pretty!! We ordered a chicken, bacon, ranch pizza and it was delicious -- one of the best I've had. Our server was amazing and very attentive (AND he made awesome holiday drinks!!). The couple sitting at the table next to us ordered chicken and/or veal parm and the meat was the size of my head!!! Everything I saw them bring out looked amazing. I highly recommend a visit here. Only downfall is that they are about 45 minutes from where I live!
Jouxjoux
Ugh…where to start?! I made reservations for a fun family holiday night out that happened to be at…wait for it…a pizza joint, it was over an hour away, but I thought awww decorated like crazy for the holidays…why not?! Well, here is why not!…The night before our reservation, I found out that the business owner stole over $310,000. (and was convicted) from an elderly couple that were disabled, who frequented their establishment. Yes, you heard it right…look it up! I wanted to cancel, but had the plans and it would be difficult to change them last minute, so we went. Well, we got ripped off as well…we waited 45 minutes to get seated (AFTER our reservation time)…once seated, we were informed that the main menu entrees would take 2 HOURS …yep, 2 HOURS to get…but IF we ordered off of the special gold colored menu instead… with 1/3 of the items…the wait for food wouldn’t be as long….(took over an hour!)…in addition, even off the short gold menu, NO SUBSTITUTIONS…not even pasta type! …Even a calzone and stromboli ….were an HOUR wait! The breaded cauliflower and mushrooms…bland at best, gnocchi was floating in sauce…yet, the shrimp penne vodka hardly had any! We did opt for the hour wait stromboli and calzone, and it did take 50 minutes and there was waaay too much cheese on both! The chicken parmigiana was average. Everything was WAY over priced. There were 8 of us, and the chairs were creaky and NOT meant for adults of ANY size to sit on. My husband and daughter were literally afraid they would break and yes, they are light in size. My husband walked around the place to find an empty chair that wouldn’t break!. I heard they have a bakery so I thought, at least the dessert would be worth the drive…wrong! It was boxed cake at best! Please know I have eaten at the best Michelin star restaurants around the world, as well as the best “dives” and all in between. This place is a dump! Tik tok brings this place fools like us…because of the over abundance if Christmas holiday decorations…but trust me…it is NOT worth seeing darn ornaments!. Please save your time and money! In addition, I don’t know how a fire pit INSIDE a tented area is safe?!?? Fire hazard!?!? I wish I could have saved time and money and stayed home. More so, I truly wish I didn’t lower myself to eat in a place owned by someone who stole money from a disabled elderly couple. Please stay away from here. I wish we did! It ALL left us with horrible tastes in our mouths in many, many ways…figuratively and literally!
elainek604
We wanted to see what all the hype was about, and boy are we glad we did! The atmosphere was breathtaking! I don't think I've ever seen a more decorated restaurant for Christmas! Knowing that the crowds would be large we planned our arrival for a late lunch. There was just one couple ahead of the 3 of us. They were seated within 5 min and we got our table shortly after. Immediately a waitress arrived to take our drink orders and bring a plate of garlic knots with marinara sauce which was delicious. There was a slight delay in taking our food order but that was fine so we could study the menu. Placed our food order and waited about 20-25 min for the food to be served. Daughter had the pasta with bodka sauce which was remarkable. I had chicken parmesan which was good but not special, although it was a very large portion. Husband had Gigi's special which was seafood pasta with a sherry cream sauce, again very good. Desserts sounded and looked amazing but we were too full to indulge. Very hard working crew at this restaurant. Such a pleasant experience.
Had delivered. Advise not to as once you receive the food, you have absolutely no recourse. Ordered 2 spaghetti n meatballs. Extra sauce. The orders had little sauce and did not receive extra sauce as ordered. Ergo, spaghetti was not edible as it was already luke warm at best. Salad was romaine lettuce only, which we were not told. Please note, I have been ordering there for years with little issues. I called, was royally ticked off as ot was already 9pm and I had not eaten yet. Offered to take pictures to prove my statements and was refused. Food was inedible and offered to return all of it upon the morrow. Refused again. Was offered $5 discount for a $51 meal that was inedible. Told to buy a jar of sauce. Redners is less than 5 minutes away. Had I wanted, I could have saved a lot of $$$ by just buying jar sauce and noodles to begin with. Being angry, I let slip "You fuc*ed it up." after such feeble and ineffective attempts to rectify out of pure rage. Seems i offended her delicate sensibilities by using said term once by mistake and was then most rudely spoken to. Most people hear said word daily, admit it. And I was not in the wrong, had I had the chance, would have apologized. Was most rude person I have ever spoken to there. Typically, for decades, never had a problem that was not rectified immediately, politely and to my satisfaction. Must have been a bad day for her. My brother and I ended up with a can of beeferoni and out of a $51 inedible meal. Should have gone to Redners. Typically, never had such a bad and expensive dealing with them. Terribly let down and frustrated especially with lack of caring by establishment. Frankly, amazed at the way I was treated after repeating that I knew it was not her fault but she was the only one I could convey my frustration to with no recourse save a whole $5 off a $51 meal we could not eat. Despite offering to both take pictures and forward immediately plus send entire meal back upon the morrow. Neither was acceptable. I ordered a plain pan of lasagna for tomorrow for $85 a pan which i am now torn about receipt in fear of something of the like happening again. Totally advise eat in and check food promptly upon receipt. Still returning full meal come the morrow and already took images of "food" which are both timed and dated. Will repost if establishment takes responsibility. Was told I would receive a call tomorrow and waiting to see if and how it goes. Consider myself out of $51, treated most rudely from somebody who should be used to dealing with people instead of dismissed by hanging up on me instead of at least acting as if one cared instead of passing blame and giving the customer attitude before being spoken to once again rudely before being told they are closed then hung up on. Typically a restaurant would be more customer oriented. It is your job. Again, for prices, one would think you are paying for a correct meal and positive customer service. I would attach declined photos here had I known I could. Again, will revise review depending upon if I am even contacted. Now am going to ever so enjoy my can of beefaroni. Thank you for such a pleasant experience La Dolce Casa. Will be sure to social media around this review everywhere possible depending upon how my most displeasing and expensive inedible meal is rectified. I am all for second chances and to the ever so pleasant phone answered, sorry your shift was over, my issues were in no way your problem and by slipping once and offending your obviously most delicate sensibilities by slipping once and using the oh so most vile terminology, the word "fu*k", once out of pure frustration at your lack of caring and inability to interact with an unhappy "customer". I ordered correctly and it was summarily screwed up with no responsibility save a whole $5 off. Review subject to revision as I stated as in all the years never had an issue with an order being so summarily blown off in a customer oriented industry. I apologize in advance to those who have always been polite, kind and treated
I love LA Dolce bakery & D'maggio's restaurant. We go often eat in & take out weekly. The food & service are excellent! Staff are always very friendly & accommodating. We are always treated like family @ Dimaggio's. You must go & enjoy the lovely environment. You will be very happy you did! ???
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was delicious and what a magical place. We went after the new year so it wasn't busy ir crowded. The place is great for an intimate evening or even for a large party.
Ate in the restaurant for the first time. Very festive around the holidays! Good service, great complimentary garlic knots served with pizza sauce. Reasonably priced wine and good portion. I ordered the Tuscany Lasagna. Very tasty and unusual. I'll be back.
We did a little research and discovered this place on TripAdvisor. It had really good reviews so we took the 35 minute drive to check it out. We went at 130 pm on a Wednesday. There was a 35 min wait. The place was packed. We ordered an antipasto which was basically lettuce and some luncheon meats on top. Very bland. We also ordered two different pizzas. One flat white Sicilian and one flat Sicilian with tomatoes, basil and balsamic vinegar. They looked amazing. They were both the most bland pizza that I have ever eaten. Totally disappointed for real. Not sure what the issue was but zero flavor. On a positive note the server was extremely pleasant and she was really taking care of her tables.
Ordered a cake a week before and when I went to pick it up at the scheduled date they had closed the bakery due to baking orders for the weekend. No notification or anything was given to me and I have no cake for the planned party.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Worth an hours drive. The single best place to eat in Schuylkill County. Food is amazing and always consistent. Service is top notch!
Food is amazing, service is second to none, and the ambiance is amazing! The owner and staff take pride in everything that they do. The chefs in the kitchen pay attention to all details. A place even though it is far from home will visit again and again.
Absolutely amazing. I never write reviews, but I can not say enough about this excellent restaurant. The decorations were unbelievable. The staff amazing. The gentlemen who took my name was so pleasant. We had a 25 minute wait which did not seem that long as we waited in a heated waiting room with a fire pit. Ok, the food was incredible, and I was amazed at the portions. I wished I lived closer, I would certainly be a regular. I will return next Christmas and will be bringing my family along with my friends. A definite highlight of my holiday. Thank you.
We arrived around 3:30p on a Wednesday afternoon. We waited about 30 minutes to be seated. Service was excellent, the place was very clean, and the holiday decor was magnificent. The prices are incredibly reasonable and the portions are huge. I ordered the fresh chicken parm...it was a little tough, but the sauce was sweet and delightful. My daughter got pizza and it was terrific. I would definitely return.
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Ambiance is off 5he charts for Christmas season. Service extremely attentive even the owner came twice to check on us. The calamari tender and at the perfect fry point. The vodka sauce is an OMG..... so wonderful I am still salivating the next day. Chianti super smooth and the desserts are homemade....go for the Tiramisú. Definitely will be back
Ok , so the Christmas decorations are 2nd to none. It's just beautiful and cozy. The service is very good, the owner couldn't be more welcoming....no complaints at all. The food is a B to B-. The key to a good Italian restaurant is the red sauce. They must nail that no question. Sauce should be savory and NOT too sweet OR too thick. It's also to be used sparingly on any pasta or entree dish (i.e., chicken parm, etc..). At any Italian restaurant I go to for the first time, I put it thru my "chicky parm" test. If it passes....I'll explore the menu on future visits. Needless to say, I put it up against my own unscientific test. Outcome - not so good....the spaghetti looked like it was dunked in a pot of sauce, the chicken parm was not thin and lean (big pet peeve for me) and the sauce was way too thick and way too SWEET. I hate to be critical and understand these are my preferences, but I've gone to countless Italian restaurants all over the country and feel I have a good handle (on top of Italian blood in my veins) on how it should turn out. Some may get exactly what I had and think it's great. To each his own....still might be worth the ride up during the Christmas season....the decorations are crazy good!!
We visited on a Monday evening during their Christmas season while they were decorated and WOW! So pretty!! We ordered a chicken, bacon, ranch pizza and it was delicious -- one of the best I've had. Our server was amazing and very attentive (AND he made awesome holiday drinks!!). The couple sitting at the table next to us ordered chicken and/or veal parm and the meat was the size of my head!!! Everything I saw them bring out looked amazing. I highly recommend a visit here. Only downfall is that they are about 45 minutes from where I live!
Ugh…where to start?! I made reservations for a fun family holiday night out that happened to be at…wait for it…a pizza joint, it was over an hour away, but I thought awww decorated like crazy for the holidays…why not?! Well, here is why not!…The night before our reservation, I found out that the business owner stole over $310,000. (and was convicted) from an elderly couple that were disabled, who frequented their establishment. Yes, you heard it right…look it up! I wanted to cancel, but had the plans and it would be difficult to change them last minute, so we went. Well, we got ripped off as well…we waited 45 minutes to get seated (AFTER our reservation time)…once seated, we were informed that the main menu entrees would take 2 HOURS …yep, 2 HOURS to get…but IF we ordered off of the special gold colored menu instead… with 1/3 of the items…the wait for food wouldn’t be as long….(took over an hour!)…in addition, even off the short gold menu, NO SUBSTITUTIONS…not even pasta type! …Even a calzone and stromboli ….were an HOUR wait! The breaded cauliflower and mushrooms…bland at best, gnocchi was floating in sauce…yet, the shrimp penne vodka hardly had any! We did opt for the hour wait stromboli and calzone, and it did take 50 minutes and there was waaay too much cheese on both! The chicken parmigiana was average. Everything was WAY over priced. There were 8 of us, and the chairs were creaky and NOT meant for adults of ANY size to sit on. My husband and daughter were literally afraid they would break and yes, they are light in size. My husband walked around the place to find an empty chair that wouldn’t break!. I heard they have a bakery so I thought, at least the dessert would be worth the drive…wrong! It was boxed cake at best! Please know I have eaten at the best Michelin star restaurants around the world, as well as the best “dives” and all in between. This place is a dump! Tik tok brings this place fools like us…because of the over abundance if Christmas holiday decorations…but trust me…it is NOT worth seeing darn ornaments!. Please save your time and money! In addition, I don’t know how a fire pit INSIDE a tented area is safe?!?? Fire hazard!?!? I wish I could have saved time and money and stayed home. More so, I truly wish I didn’t lower myself to eat in a place owned by someone who stole money from a disabled elderly couple. Please stay away from here. I wish we did! It ALL left us with horrible tastes in our mouths in many, many ways…figuratively and literally!
We wanted to see what all the hype was about, and boy are we glad we did! The atmosphere was breathtaking! I don't think I've ever seen a more decorated restaurant for Christmas! Knowing that the crowds would be large we planned our arrival for a late lunch. There was just one couple ahead of the 3 of us. They were seated within 5 min and we got our table shortly after. Immediately a waitress arrived to take our drink orders and bring a plate of garlic knots with marinara sauce which was delicious. There was a slight delay in taking our food order but that was fine so we could study the menu. Placed our food order and waited about 20-25 min for the food to be served. Daughter had the pasta with bodka sauce which was remarkable. I had chicken parmesan which was good but not special, although it was a very large portion. Husband had Gigi's special which was seafood pasta with a sherry cream sauce, again very good. Desserts sounded and looked amazing but we were too full to indulge. Very hard working crew at this restaurant. Such a pleasant experience.