Old-fashioned Italian fine dining from a family-run restaurant off Rittenhouse Square. Based on 302 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $$$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
256 S 20th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 546-3935
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Hours
| Wednesday | 4–10 PM |
| Thursday | 4–10 PM |
| Friday | 4–10 PM |
| Saturday | 4–10 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 4–10 PM |
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Reservations: opentable.com
Reviews
Torin McFarland
The staff are excellent, friendly, and attentive; we also saw the owner wandering the dining rooms. The interior is lovely and interesting. The food is rather good, though the portions are somewhat small, at least in terms of pasta / vegetables. Appetizers were excellent, and the house bread was good. I enjoyed the experience, but I prefer several other Italian restaurants in the city.
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Giovani Briguente
If you are looking for a real Italian place, that’s it!
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Frank ie
They were able to handle a party of 25 like expert craftsmans.
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S Rosen
Great place to have an authentic Italian meal.The service was fantastic and the food is amazing .I love to come for dinnerwhen I’m in Philadelphia. These brothers do a fantastic job running the restaurant. Everything was truly amazing. 7 Stars!
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Henry Farkas
Very nice Italian restaurant in an urban setting. I went there to attend a family reunion dinner. We had a reservation for 38 people. We were seated promptly, and enough servers were assigned to our party. Our service was prompt, friendly and efficient. The servers were attentive enough so that we never felt neglected, but they were not overly obtrusive.
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Matthew Lee
Not bad, but not amazing. It is incredibly popular and incredibly busy. The spaghetti and meatballs, which won a best of Philly award, was good, but again not as good as the award might suggest. Because the restaurant was so busy, the service was okay. I think that there are a lot of people who love this place because it was packed. Maybe a case of different strokes for different folks.
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Lance Hamilton
Chef Ramsey help!!!!
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Jaimie Susson
This is a great space for a small event! My company recently provided a photo booth for a company holiday party hosted at this restaurant. It is a great atmosphere with wonderful food! Twinkle Photo Booth hopes to return soon!
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Kelly Larson
Good food, and dance night saturdays! Recommend
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Janet Cohen
Good Italian cooking. Menu offers a decent selection of pastas. We started with the bean soup which was thick and well seasoned. The bruschetta had 5 slices with melted mozzarella cheese and tomatoes. Good for sharing. The Caesar salad was good but a little too creamy. For the entrees, the fusilli Puttanesca had chunks of tomatoes and was not spicy. The spaghetti and meatballs was a hit. The meatballs were soft and tasty. The ziti with asparagus was Al dente with a blush sauce. For dessert, the ricotta cheesecake had a subtle lemon taste with zest of lemon. The meal was exactly what we wanted and it was reasonably priced by city standards. Service was attentive. We were able to have a conversation at the table. As the evening progressed the noise level increased. The owner visited each table and serenaded everyone with his singing and guitar playing. A pleasant evening in Philly.
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