Location: Pensacola
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Where to eat Italian food in Pensacola: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Best Italian restaurants nearby. Discover the best Italian food in Pensacola. View Menus, Photos and Reviews for Italian restaurants near you.. If you're looking for some great Florida beaches but aren't necessarily interested in a mega-resort or theme park atmosphere, Pensacola might just be the place for your perfect weekend. Home to Gulf Islands National Seashore, the city offers some of the best fishing and boating in the area. Inland, canoeing enthusiasts won't want to miss the beauty of the Blackwater River. Closer to town, the city has a proud military heritage, which can be seen at attractions like the National Museum of Naval Aviation and the Pensacola Naval Air Station.
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10. Olive Garden
Overall Ratings
4 based on 137 reviews
Reviewed By pamelagay2015
Food was wonderful, as expected. OG is one of my two favorite restaurants! I love the old favorites and many of the new creations. Today soup (Chicken Gnochi) & salad for me; Lunch duo with grilled chicken Piadina and Soup for my spouse. Of course we both munched on the hot bread sticks.Unfortunately the only hot tea bags available were black and green tea...very disappointing and not up to OG standards!!! I guess I need to bring my own to this OG!Our server, Ashley H, was delightful! She went over the top in treating us as if we were royalty! Her cheery personality made our day!
9. Carrabba's Italian Grill
Overall Ratings
4 based on 202 reviews
Reviewed By FrankandLola2
The Lunar Effects was one of our favorite wine dinners. The staff at Carrabbaâs in Pensacola, Flordia are the best! They go overboard to make customers feel welcome and appreciated! We loved the Werwolf, Conner. Sam is always so kind and friendly and Erin makes a great drink. The food was great and we got to try several great wines. We celebrated with a Blue Moon and got to keep the souvenir glass! Carrabbaâs also does drawing after dinner, for their customers, to win prizes! Our favorite employee is Wes, because he always reminds us about the dinners. We highly recommend the monthly wine dinners!
8. Petrella's Italian Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 137 reviews
Reviewed By cheryl h
This place was very clean and the tables were spaced out just right so you didn't feel like you were being crowded. Our server, Kayla, was excellent. She was friendly and very attentive.I ordered the cheese calzone and it was awesome. It wasn't greasy at all which is something I don't usually see when a meal made with that much cheese and brushed with a garlic butter. My husband kept grabbing fork fulls of the cheese (I had to threaten to stick my fork in his hand to make him stop).My husband ordered the chicken parm and we decided to share since both were so good. The chicken was so tender you could easily cut it with just your fork.
7. V Paul's Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 187 reviews
Reviewed By cdhcch
Did a reservation for a larger group and it was perfect. The food was good. It was a finer dinning place were casual is dress is welcome. The steak was good as was the sausage dish
6. Skyâs Pizza Pie
Overall Ratings
4 based on 145 reviews
Reviewed By MagsboyS
Best pie in the panhandle. We like this place so much we are willing to drive forty minutes just to bring it back to our house. Highly recommend. Will definitely go back.
5. Ozone Pizza Pub
Overall Ratings
4 based on 179 reviews
O'zone is family owned and operated, family-oriented, in the neighborhood, the first non-smoking bar in pensacola (before the ban), opened in 98', subterranean, in the first hospital built in pensacola-1915, looks like a castle(late gothic revival), local
Reviewed By sberry2018
If you want some great pizza, stop by Ozone Pizza Pub in Pensacola. The service was wonderful, the foot worthy of finishing all the way to the crumbs. But what makes this a very interesting place is the setting. It is set on the ground floor of a beautiful old building, one of the first hospitals in Pensacola. In fact, Ozone's is housed in what was once the morgue! After dinner, you can cruise the hallways of the first and second floors where they have pictures and relics from the days of the hospital. Kind of creepy at times, but certainly worth a walk through the hallways after filling up on pizza, beer, etc.
4. Bonelli's Cafe Italia
Overall Ratings
4 based on 121 reviews
Reviewed By Jaywing18
This restaurant looks, smells and feels like you are in Italy. The fresh food quality was amazing. There were plenty of vegetarian options but I was sorely disappointed when the waitress said I could bring my own gluten-free pasta and they would cook it. My son had spicy sauce on his ravioli that was incredible. We had âDadâs mushroomsâ which was the only vegetarian hot dish on menu that could be made gluten-free. Nico Greek salad was very good.
3. Lillian's Pan Pizza
Overall Ratings
4 based on 625 reviews
Actually is located in Perdido Key Florida
Reviewed By Swamp_Zombie
I am a LOCAL and have driven by this numerous times thinking,"Man, I hear good things- gotta try this!" Don't. Just don't. Save your money and either go to Pizza Hut OR get a frozen pizza, (or make your own French Bread Pizzas at home). We ordered a Margherita Pizza and a bowl of Ravioli. Margherita Pizza came WITHOUT fresh mozzarella, fresh basil (DRIED BASIL sprinkled on top!) and the (thin) crust was clearly PRE-FROZEN and then reheated! (think FROZEN PIZZA QUALITY CRUST!) Ravioli was clearly FROZEN and re-heated AND the sauce tasted like it was directly out of a CAN! (And, not even a good San Marzano tomato can!) Even the salad that was served with the Ravioli was sub-par- 2 cherry tomatoes, large sliced romaine, and a few minced carrots- NO CHEESE, NO onion, nothing.......pitiful.....If your looking for quality pizza, this is NOT the place! This is (now) a tourist trap restaurant for condo renters. Bypass!
2. The Tuscan Oven Pizzeria
Overall Ratings
4 based on 393 reviews
Reviewed By sailor11101
Visited for lunch with the family, and it was great. Been to Naples and this place is a legit Italian style pizzeria. The wood fired oven makes the crust amazing. We ordered 3 pizzas and they were all fantastic. My wife thought her pizza had too much cheese and I would agree that the pizzas are pretty cheezy, so if you dont like alot of cheese, just order light cheese. The crust was great, the toppings were fresh and it was NOT greasy. The parmesan dressing was homemade and fantastic and so was the pesto. Best pizza in a long time and we will be going back!
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1. New Yorker Deli & Pizzeria
Overall Ratings
4 based on 212 reviews
Reviewed By kghudson
Was here for dinner and the food was very good and priced very reasonably. Smallish inside, but enough space for a Thursday night. Took a little long for food to arrive and we sat in the back room and it was a little noisy. Definitely would come back for the food. Our group had pizza, calzones, club sandwich, Italian sausage sandwich and one off-menu dish of Italian sausage without the bread served in a bowl with marina sauce and onions and peppers - this was the best dish of the evening!!! Portions were nice size and pizza was very good too!!
