Good food, good friendly service and reasonably priced. As an Italian I am quite picky about Italian cuisine, especially my pasta. If you like pasta, you'll love Babbo's. Plenty of choices. I've tried 3 different dishes and they are all good. From meatless to chicken, shrimp or steak. For those who are watching their carbs, they also have a variety of salads and non-carb dishes. read more

One of my favorite places. I have had many, many of the items and have never been disappointed. My favorite thing is the salads. So many wonderful ingredients. Such as goat cheese, beets, asparagus, roasted brussel sprouts, kale , red quinoa. Oh my. seriously this is only a few. a small $8.50 is usually enough for me to have lunch the next day. One of the few places that even when it is busy and full it is not too loud to enjoy. Thank you Mr. Pollack for creating a wonderful restaurant. read more

I love this place! Good food and friendly waitress. I love everything I've tried on the menus and the bread is so good. Just wish they took reservations for parties under 6. read more

Their food is fabulous! I highly recommend the "Chicken Artichoke Calzone! Also, they have great Lunch Combo Daily Specials:)

Never been a fan! From bad service, bad hostess, telling people 30 mins for takeout and taking over an hour, to getting food poising from their pizza. Food is not bad and that's why I went back a few times. They just suck at the small stuff! read more

We recently arrived as winter visitors, so didn't know that on Monday & Tuesday, this restaurant serves a special on spagetti & meatballs on those nights. We were treating our 86 year old friend and his significant other on his birthday. We were told the wait time would be over half an hour. It was 35 minutes - not bad considering the place was jammed both indoors and out. When we were seated, our server was immediately there to take our drink orders. When she brought them, we were ready to placed our order. The service was faster than we thought possible and the food was outstanding. The two who split a salad said it was enough for four people. As others have said, the soft bread and olive oil dip was a wonderful starter. The four of us ordered three different items off the menu and were surprised at the quality considering the quantity of each. Our server, Danielle, was pleasant, efficient, and gave us just the amount of attention needed. I am so glad that we didn't change our minds about eating there when we saw the huge crowd waiting to get seated. The establishment is close to our home, so easy to get to and I can see where we'll be going often in the future. Thanks for making our gift to our friend a pleasant experience. Carol S. read more

I really love having this place nearby. It's yummy, with nice decor and the prices are not bad at all.

Visited this location for lunch today and boy was it wonderful. My Partner and I had Spaghetti and Meatballs and was very good. The bread and olive oil mix was very good as well. Our service was wonderful and staff was very friendly. This is going to be on my must eat places. read more

Went here because it was new, looked good, heard good things. Also was curious as to how to pronounce the name. (It's Bab-Oh) Anyways, food was good. Service was good. Atmosphere was good. Only giving it 3 stars because for what it was, it was pretty dang overpriced. Good food though. read more

Cute place. Our first time here. They start out by giving you fresh bread and olive oil w/balsamic vinegar for dipping. Yum! Rob had a bacon and pepperoni pizza, had a meatball calzone. Very good, light and fresh. The place had a consistent flow of customers, which to me says something. We defiantly will go back. read more

This place is wonderful. Came in for first time today based upon recommendation of a friend. The service was friendly and attentive without being overbearing. Their fresh bread served with olive oil & balsamic vinegar is delightful. We shared an app of grilled asparagus and mushroom. The taste was incredible! For our luncheon had the pasta and salad combo, just enough and the price was so right. We will return! read more

The food we ordered was very tasty! We got the artichoke crab dip, side salads and pepperoni/sausage/mushroom pizza. My pet peeve is when the sausage has too much star anise in it, but this was perfect; a lot of bite to it, super flavorful. The service was fast and nice, all good! read more

I really like this place. They have great Italian food and the quality is the same regardless if you eat there or get it to go. Their Brussel sprout salad is AMAZING and their fresh bread is phenomenal. read more

Consistently delicious. Consistent great service. No complaints about ANYTHING. I hate recommending it so highly because we'll have to wait for a table. 8-) read more

We tried Babbo for the first time on Monday and had their spaghetti and meatballs for 6.99. The bartender Addy is a true gem!!

Great food, every time we eat here we're never disappointed! The pizza has a thin delicious crust and the pasta tastes homemade and very fresh. Love the olive oil and balsamic they serve with the bread. Nine bucks for the lunch combo for either pasta and salad or pizza and salad. Would definitely recommend it! read more

We really enjoy this place for a quick and easy dinner out. The bread is super good. Sometimes the entrees are hit and miss... I really enjoy the pizzas and the sandwiches. My husband loves the spaghetti and meatballs. read more

Service was way too slow and it wasn't that busy yesterday when we were there. The bread was stale and the food was just ok. Been there many times before but may have to skip this place and take off my list. Would have given 4 stars the first time I went there a few years ago; however, it is getting progressively worse with each visit and yesterday's visit may have been the deal breaker of ever going back. read more

Stumbled on this establishment running errands and glad we did. Friendly staff and very good food. Had chipolte chicken pasta and it was very good. Next time I must try the pizza. Great ambience, value and location. read more

This is the worst Italian food I truly think I've ever been served. I am insulted that I left them with the $50.00 I paid, for the meal that was placed in front of me. This place is right around the corner from our house so we thought we'd give it a try. They were really busy when we got there, which I took as a good sign. We sat at the bar and had a drink while ordering our meals. I ordered the Parmesan Chicken and my husband ordered the Garlic Mushroom chicken. 1 hour later, our food was finally brought out. It was hot, and looked appealing. It all went downhill when we tasted our food. My husbands chicken was SO BLAND, you can tell they used frozen chicken, defrosted it, and boiled it..( there were absolutely no grill marks or browning anywhere on the chicken), very disappointing. My chicken was not much better, you can just taste the difference in fresh chicken and the flash frozen chicken that comes in 10lb bags... Yuck. The most shocking thing was the flavor of the marinara sauce on my pasta... I'm telling you, it was the WORST I have EVER tasted!! A bottle of Ragu would have tasted better.. And it had this layer of grease floating on the top of it... Lots of grease.. Seeing how my chicken was so dry I would have welcomed a bit of grease just to moisten it up a bit.... I'm still puzzled as to where that amount of grease came from?? There was no meat in the marinara sauce... Hmmmm. I am happy to wait 1hr for a great meal, with fresh ingredients. But NOT for food of this quality! I will NEVER give my money or time to this place again! I would have received a faster and higher quality meal at the Wendy's next door. I'm not sure where all these 4 and 5 star reviews are coming from... Don't be fooled, and DONT order the Parmesan chicken or Garlic Mushroom Chicken if you do take the risk and spend your time and money here! Yuck! read more

I want to like this place but I've been half a dozen times since they opened this location and the food is never up to par. The salads are never fresh and the sauces are bland. The redemption is the bread with the olive oil/balsamic dip. How can you mess that up? read more

Best meal my wife and I have had since we moved from Boston, the spicy toasted ravioli with sausage was great! Wife had the classic chicken Cesar, lunch size portion she couldn't finish, meatball panini was made on two fresh rolls, meatballs were tender and light. Cannot wait to go back for dinner! read more

The first time we ate here, we were impressed with the food and the service. But recently, we took an out of towner guest in here and to our disappointment , the CREAMY chicken fettuccine's sauce was watery that one would need a bib to avoid splatter to your clothes. We brought this to the attention of the waiter who said that he will request cook to make sauce creamy before we ordered but that did not happen. The chicken with artichoke came up lukewarm. And last but not least, the cosmopolitan my lady friend ordered was very diluted and you can't even taste alcohol on it. Needless to say, we returned that drink. The only good food we enjoyed is the hot delicious bread we were served. Too bad! We thought we found a new place to enjoy a meal but this place is way off. read more

If something isn't broken, why fix it? That's the case. Over the top attempt to make a traditional dish something it isn't. I got the chicken fettuccine and three cheese Mac and cheese. The Mac n cheese hardly had any cheese! More chipotle and sausage than any cheese. The salad and bread was the only good thing. The chicken fettuccine was okay but to many vegetables over power the traditional chicken Alfredo read more

This is my first time posting on yelp and its not good. I ordered the chicken limone for a 11.95 , added asparagus for 2.50 . ( you think for 2.50 I would mayb get 3 stalks of asparagus, literally I got 1 cut in half ) and for 3.95 a very very small salad. let me just say their is nothing more disappointing than when u have worked a long hard day, and u just want to grab TO GO food ,go home eat and relax. first lets start with tak ing the food out of the bag , lemon butter sauce is everywhere but in my main dish as im unpackin my dinner which cost me $20 , i find my salad but no bread . now im mad really how can u forget the most important thing, being in the business i should of known to check my food before leavin but since they were not busy i just figured it would be all there. i proceed to call them and was informed to just ask for x bread on my next visit . I have been in the restaurant busy for many years and believed they handle the situation poorly. I wont ever go back there and if anyone asks my oppinion of the place i will tell them to get an Italian Banquet T.V. dinner it will be cheaper and the quality of the product is the same read more

This place is hit or miss. The first time we went on New Year's Eve when it was extremely busy. They had run out of bread, and were making some other type of bread sticks, which were still fairly tasty. We also ordered the Bruschetta Romano and they brought out toasted baguettes with a side of marinara sauce. Then when asked about it, the waiter tried to act like he didn't know, but then came back and apologized that it wasn't correct. I had the Supremo Alfredo which was good, my husband didn't care for his entree too much. They did have a nice bar selection of beer, wine and well drinks. We have since been back several times both for take-out and dine-in. I think it is over-priced for what you get. I would expect nicer napkins and tables for the price range. It is more like a cafe type setting, with nicer resaurant prices. Their pizza isn't bad. We often times will get take-out for pizza. The last time my husband went to place an order for take-out, there were a lot of people in the front area waiting for seats. One customer had a child laying on the take-out counter which totally is unacceptable. This is where food is being placed for pick-up? My husband waited for a few minutes and when no one acknowledged his presence or asked the man and his child to move off of the counter, my husband decided we would do Fire House Subs instead. Will we try it again? Probably... it may be awhile though. Maybe I will chalk it up to them being a new business and needing to get the kinks worked out. read more

Could not get past happy hour and appetizers. Happy hour special is a bottle of a fantastic house wine with the Bruschetta trio. Then I added the stuffed portabella appetizer. The meal was too much for two. Great flavors.well worth it. Stop early. You'll end up coming back. read more

The service here was friendly and prompt making my family's visit pleasant. We all had the same spaghetti and meatballs dish for dinner. As for my thoughts on the dish: The sauce was wonderful and seasoned very well as for the pasta it was cooked perfectly. Now for why it didn't get a five star rating, (the meatballs) the meatballs had too much filler instead of meat & the half a meatball I was able to eat actually sat in my stomach like a rock. Would I bring my friends here when they come to Arizona, probably not. But I am a cook and make this kind of thing at home from scratch so take any criticism I give with a grain of salt. read more

We enjoyed eating dinner here last night. It was busy because they have a spaghetti special Tuesday nights. The wait wasn't too long at the time. My husband enjoyed the spaghetti and (huge) meatballs! I had a delicious chicken chopped salad. It had lots of good items like peppers, cheese, chicken and salami - and the dressing was really tasty, not over vinegary! We will go back, as it is in a good location and the hostess and our server were very friendly. They were nice to the elderly people who were there. I like the atmosphere. It is a small place but they do have a nice patio and also can accommodate larger groups in one corner of the restaurant. Our bill was reasonable thanks to the special. It's not too often we can go out to a sit-down place for a little over $20. I say give it a try if you haven't been there yet. read more

I really like this place, because of the service and the small space. It's an intimate setting but also has a bar and the wait staff are friendly. We take our 2 kids here and they love it because it's not too stuffy. The wine list was ok, but their pizza was really good. They also have new items added often. read more

I absolutely love this restaurant. The creamy garlic chicken pasta is the best! So is the bread! A little pricy, but definitely a place I'd return to! read more

Deserves ZERO stars. Over priced, bad tasting, over cooked food, even worse service and rude management! Do not waste your money here! I live in the area, have eaten here approx 5 times and at the north Phoenix location. All experiences were good until tonight, worst experience ever. Saturday night approx 730 pm, it was not very busy, most tables were done and in process of leaving. We had an inexperienced young sever, poor service from all except one server who kept coming by that wasn't assigned to our table, management was non existent and entrees poor tasting. The appetizer was good and drinks were good however. Ordered appetizer, drinks, salad and entree. Server didn't place appetizer order right away because she forgot what we ordered. Entrees came while we were eating the appetizer and they forgot the salads. Said they would remake entrees after we finally got our salads. Asked twice for a pepper mill for oil dip and the server just left the mill on the table as she was annoyed we asked for it twice. Asked for Parmesan cheese and was told it was in a shaker on the table and "this is not like Olive Garden". I have not eaten at Olive Garden in 20 years. Guess what? I sure will now. "New" entrees were obviously not new. One entree was so hot it was steaming for 15 minutes, most likely too hot on purpose, it's pasta and sauce, it should not be "that" hot, meat was extremely over cooked, tough and tasted bad, other entree looked like it was re stirred and microwaved, 5-6 small fishy tasting shrimp, literally 4 leaves of spinach in a "spinach" dish and a teaspoon of "new" cheese. We didn't complain until the second entrees which were obviously not remade. I tried to eat the dish but just couldn't. The server seemed annoyed and not sorry in the slightest, she did offer another meal. Said they would remove the first meal from the bill. Got replacement entree to go, opened it and it was worse looking than the first one in a tiny container and they are charging almost $14 for this? Where is the manager during all this? Absolutely no where. We had to ask for the manager. What's his name? Who knows he wouldn't give it to us after I asked. I asked him why he didn't know about this issue and where had he been. He stated he had an errand to run or something ridiculous along those lines. What Manager leaves a restaurant with no one in charge on a Saturday night at 730-8 pm? This manager was disheveled, rude, had no clue what was going on, didn't know what happened or what we ordered, when we stated our complaints he was even more rude and would not offer to make anything right. Not once did he apologize. Finally he stated he would remove the to go entree that I did not want and take off $5 from the original bill. Really? $5. Wow! We waited forever for him to return which of course was more frustrating. I walked behind our booth where the manager was standing with about 6 people doing nothing, I asked for the bill back and I almost slipped and fell due to water all over the floor. I took out our credit cards from the check holder where we also had originally left a Babbo gift card and walked out of the restaurant. This "manager" proceeds to follow us (2 females) out to our car and starts taking photos of us, our car, license plate, etc., we asked why he was doing that and he said because we left without paying and was he was calling the police. We were shocked! We said no we did not do that and that we had left a gift card in the check holder. This "manager" said oh I didn't see it. Of course he didn't, if he was actually doing his job he would have. WE called police, we gave our name, car info, phone info, an account of what happened and asked them to call us if there was an issue. They said they would not come down to the restaurant as it's a civil issue. I emailed the GM asking for her to call me to make her aware of the terrible service and food coming out of this so called restaurant. We will not be back, will not recommend this place and will make sure everyone knows how this place treats people. read more

The food is fantastic & the service is real good!We try to go once a week or get take out .

This place is a good alternative to the usual dine in or take out places we go to. I like that their menu has sooo many options. The servers are very friendly too when you do dine in. I have to say the prices are a little high for what you're getting so it's not a place we can go to all the time. read more

Great place. Just get a video of them saying half price happy hour drinks because they didn't give me half price. I'm not deaf. Chicken salad is great. read more

Had a 20 minute wait to get in at 5:30, but glad we waited. The service with Addi was excellent and the lasagna was some of the best I have had! Took a little extra time to get it, but the taste was unbelievable! Would highly recommend this restaurant. Portions were a good size, and the bread and dip were perfect prior to our meal. read more

I did carry out for my first try of this restaurant. Was not impressed at all, mostly noodles and no flavor. Just my opinion. I will try going and eating in to see if it is better. read more

Third visit to this location. We just had cocktails and appetizers. Love the bread and dipping oil/balsamic. The pistachio mozzarella was very good, and the stuffed portobello was delicious. Service was okay. Our server brought bread plates. Mine was dirty ( oily) and it took a while to get somebody's attention to bring a clean plate. The restaurant was not busy at the time (4:30 on a Thursday). read more

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Had a decent happy hour, $5 drinks and $6 happy hour, which is a couple dollars off. I had the chipotle chicken pasta and it was amazing. All our meals has a large portion to them. They also have complimentary bread and oil, which is fresh and truly delicious. read more

We went to this location due to having a gift card and a 3 star rating sounds about right as the food was ok, best part was probably the bread in the beginning and the pasta dishes we had weren't as creamy as other Italian dishes I've had, but it was flavorful. It was busy, but not to where it took more than 5 minutes to get seated. Waitress was nice and did her job. This is a good alternative to a mid-range restaurant such as TGIF or Chili's with an Italian focus read more