7 Best Italian Restaurants near Altoona

“Great food, excellent service and wonderful atmosphere. Very enjoyable meal. The Veal Parm special truly was special. Our server was attentive and engaging without being intrusive, a skill not usually found in someone so young. Simply put, a delightful night in all aspects“

“I had a really busy week this past week, so I resorted to drive thru dinner. I personally love fazollis spaghetti, so much that I got it 3 different times this past week. The lady, tanya, who served me at the drive thru window each time, was a great example of how customer service should be! She was polite and patient each time I ordered. When I pulled up to the window, she greeted me with a smile and prompt service! It's a nice change of pace from how some restaurants are in the area!! Excellent customer service! We will be back!!“

“Tonight, we brought our young children (ages 4 & 6) to Eau Claire, WI’s Olive Garden. This was their first time dining at the chain restaurant, so we prepped them by saying that this was a fancy place and that we all needed to be on our best behavior.

While inside, we were greeted by a charming hostess and immediately seated by our waiter, Liam. We explained our “fancy meal” scenario and he immediately started played along by treating us like royalty. (My daughter — the princess—curtsied and he bowed in return.)

The restaurant was very clean and modern. I appreciated the gluten free menu for my sensitivity. (Thankfully my favorite soup and salad combo was GF!) Our kids devoured the bread sticks and we packaged up their meals for tomorrow’s lunch.

Overall, we had a great experience and we like to give much of that credit to our server, Liam. Thanks for helping us enjoy a fun meal out as a family—the experience reminded us of our past Disney Cruise waiters.“

“Mom and daughter date. My mom wanted to have a dress up and go out experience. This could not have been more perfect. The best Italian. The best service. Thank you!

Vegetarian options: The mushroom and asparagus with a garlic sauce was Amazing (Spring Rigatoni?)
Eggplant Parmesan wasn't disappointing either.
Just sayin.“

“Went to Johnny’s tonight for my birthday. Kat was our server and she was amazing! This was my first time there, and the food did not disappoint! We had popovers to start! So delicious! Then we ordered the Bruchetta appetizer and that balsamic glaze was just so good! I ordered the Heart of Italy, because I wanted to try all few things and the Chicken Parmigiano, Fettuccine Minelli, and the Parmesan crusted sirloin were all equally (chef’s kiss)💋 Thank you to Kat for the best experience and I promise next time we will try a cocktail!! I now want to try the breakfast and lunch menus! I think I found my new favorite restaurant!“

“Hey just letting you guys know you have the best sandwiches in the world! But my last 2 visits you've gotten parts of sandwiches mixed up, and they can't be the best if they're wrong.....

Our take-out order from 2 months ago had 2 sandwiches labeled as eachother's instead of theirselves, no way to fix that when we found out each getting home 1.5 hours away from each other..... And this weekend we watched our take-out get made and it seemed like the person pulling them out of the oven was mixing them up, sure enough half of our 2 sanwiches had half of the toppings the other was supposed to have - big problem for those allergic to mayo or lettuce when you put those on half of their sandwich and leave the other sandwich order without those.....

Still love your food and will continue to visit because it's too dang good but your cooking staff NEEDS to pay better attention building sandwiches“

“Our waitress was fantastic & recommended the spicy ranch with the pickle cheese curds which was so good & the Philly calzone was delish & no joke was GIANT! My husband & I could've definitely split one, but we both had half a calzone left for lunch the next day. Great experience & we will definitely be back for another huge calzone!“