Be warned. Do not come to Casa Del Dolce if you are hungry and want your meal in any decent amount of time. Apparently, there are some new breakfast places in the area (one is a sports themed restaurant) and you will be much better served anywhere else. My husband and I came here for breakfast on a weekday. We ordered and waited. And waited. 45 minutes later, I looked around: no waitresses in site. I walked up to the woman at the counter and told her we were leaving because we had waited so long. She asked us to stay saying "You can't leave without telling your waitress!" This was clearly because she wanted our money. We sat back down. 10 minutes later, we got our cold frittatas. Mine was okay - I was starving so anything would have been suitable at that point. The "bagel" I asked for was a cold, barely toasted roll-with-a-hole. They supposedly comped our drinks, but I'll never know because our waitress disappeared again and we never received our bill. We paid what we thought was owed in cash on the table and left. They should have comped our meal after that horrible wait. I will not go back here EVER AGAIN. read more

My wife and I had a dreadful experience there today (7-6-11). I love Yelp for honoring great establishments but it is needed to warn people about places like this as well. Here is my rundown of our awful experience today: OJ was $3 but it wasn't fresh OJ. Overpriced. I looked for a fruit salad on the menu and they didn't have it. They can't have someone chop fruit? Seems like this could be because they don't use fresh ingredients/you can only charge so much for fruit salad. My wife and I waited 45 minutes for breakfast (we got there at 10:15AM on a Wednesday and the place was mostly empty!) and it only arrived when we threatened to leave. They comped our OJ and coffee for that but that long a wait for breakfast should have resulted in the whole thing being comped. In hindsight, my wife and I should have insisted on that but its vacation, its Ocean City, we have our guard down and are not mentally prepared for conflict. My meal was barely edible. Mine was supposed to be a healthy fritada: egg whites, low-fat Swiss cheese and a lot of vegetables. It had pools of oil and grease. The peppers in it clearly were from a jar. I should have sent it back but I just wanted to get out of there and be done with it. Then we couldn't get our check. We asked for it and ten minutes later it had not arrived with no waitress in sight who seemed to care about bringing it. My wife and I calculated what we probably owed including tax and tip and left. I have a theory that in Ocean City, because its seasonal and because so many people flock here, you can get away with having a really mediocre to bad restaurant. This place fits that bill. You watch Kitchen Nightmares and Restaurant Impossible and realize that there are some real bad restaurants out there. It really stinks when you unwittingly find yourself experiencing one. read more

Really surprised at the negative reviews. We went twice this summer and really enjoyed the food. My wife loved the veggie pizza. I had two different sandwiches there and they were huge and delicious. My son loved the pasta alfredo. Service was a bit slow, even with only a few people in the restaurant. But the servers were very attentive and very friendly. Even the owner came out to see how the food was. For the shore, the prices were inline with everyone else. Slightly more than back home but that's expected. Really, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this place to anyone for lunch or dinner if you're looking for pizza and sandwiches. Haven't tried the dinner meals. read more

I have been back to Casa Del Dolce several times and ordered take out once. I have been very surprised. My husband and daughter are gluten free and they are very accommodating and have gluten free crusts and pasta. My husband, who is typically not an Italian food eater, was impressed -- that is saying a lot for him. They were very nice with our small children, too. I'll be back. I saw a special for a tray of baked ziti for a family of 6 (I'd say 4). It came with bread and plates. I'd definitely do that again (not with my gluten free family members, though). It was a very good value for the money and yummy to boot! read more

Back open. I believe I heard the owner tell another patron he had closed temporarily due to health issues. The tuna sub was very good. No soppy gross mayonnaise here. Olive oil, nice bread and fresh-tasting tuna. I would forgo the slimy red peppers next time, but that's a matter of taste. More than enough to eat for lunch. Also included a small pasta salad. Ambience is much less depressing than the diner-esque sack o' subs or whatever it's called across the street. There are a couple of picnic tables outside; otherwise there are only a few almost child-size tables and a shelf with some stools inside. Appealing selection of baked items in the glass case. read more

Sorry that other reviewers have had some bad experiences, this is actually a great little place for lunch and is possibly open year round. I was in OC this weekend for some business and stopped here for lunch. My grilled chicken sandwich was outstanding, good roll and well seasoned toppings. I went with sharp prov and greens for mine. The prices are very reasonable for a shore location where most times prices are 30% higher then in the city. I think I will give another visit during the summer and adjust my rating as needed. I cannot go lower then 4 stars at this time because I really enjoyed my sandwich. read more

The island's best kept secret, excellent fresh grind coffee with a family homemade pastry, cake, cookie, or a full plate breakfast, unbelievable ! Lunch - takeout, delivery to the beach (Beach Bum special) or eat in - fresh salads, hot sandwiches, crabmeat platters and so much more, and then dinners, two wonderful chiefs, owner, Tony Buto , superior and Chef Arturo,from Costa Rica, in the kitchen creating awesome fresh seafood and pasta dishes.... clean, welcoming and enjoyable service - prices are island reasonable and worth every penny ! We go even at night around 9:00pm , sit outside, have a fresh brewed cup of coffee and enjoy good conservation with the staff and owner, who always enjoys a meet and greet evening under the stars of ocean city. Make your vacation complete and visit this great spot for excellent cuisine. read more

Stopped in on a rainy day to get lunch as a takeout order, I ordered the cheese lasagna and the casa salad, the casa salad was awesome! The cheese lasagna was absolutely awful it reminded me of a stouffers frozen dinner actually i think stouffers is better. The service was awesome and fast the girls in there are really nice. read more

We got takeout dinner from here on vacation and it was good food. The prices are in line for a vacation spot and out food came in 35 min which is very good around here. The roasted pork sandwich with broccoli rabe was excellent. The chicken alfredo pizza was not my cup of tea but I could recognize that it was well made. read more

I have been reading yelp reviews for months but never compelled to sign up until now!!! We go to Ocean city every year and usually come here. The food is very good, nothing spectacular. The reason I am giving it only 2 stars is the manager...we were there with another couple, and kids, and ordered an appetizer and 4 entrees, and kids meal (hot dog). Bread was EH, kinda stale, Italian tuna salad was decent, husband liked his lasagna. My daughter asked for noodles, and she had already eaten part of her hot dog, I knew she would eat like 3 noodles so when the manager came out to ask how everything was, I asked him if we could get just a few random noodles with nothing on it for my daughter. A reasonable request I'm sure, and one that would cost pennies to him, if that, and would be made up in a tip. He said, no, best I can do is a side of pasta. Well I'm not going to pay $5 for a side of pasta so she can eat 3 noodles! My friend ended up giving my daughter some noodles but I thought that was HORRIBLE customer service!! Some places just don't care because they know it's a tourist town, and clearly this is what we encountered!!! read more

Overpriced; mediocre food. Pasta overcooked. Better places in Ocean City, NJ; much better places in Somers Point and Margate

Having gluten free options, my girlfriend and I tried this place out. The restaurant was mostly full, but that still didn't warrant the ridiculous amount of time it took to get the food. When it finally came, the portions were tiny. The food was good but we were so hungry we couldn't even enjoy it. We wasted a whole evening of our vacation that we could have been on the boardwalk having fun, starving and waiting for food. Then the bill came. Most places charge $1-$2 more per dish for gluten free items. This place charged $4 extra for the tiny plate of pasta, $2.50 extra for the baked penne with meatballs, and $1 extra for the side of 3 small meatballs. $7.50 extra for gluten free food?! That's outrageous. After we were finished the tiny portions (which came to about $50), we were still so hungry that we had to go to the boardwalk to get more food. The waitress only ever said "your food will be out soon" about every 20 mins. To top it all off, the food bothered my stomach anyway. The reviews of this place are low for a reason. I wish I had checked before going. read more

I've been rockin out at this place all summer. I'm not gonna be a stickler for their small retail shelves which are loaded with dust covered cans of imported tomatoes and dust covered bags of pastas and such. I won't even base my review off the fact that the retail sanitizer on the same shelf they sell food off of; and that's beyond ridiculous as is. I have been here a boatload of times and get a egg and cheese bagel. It's advertised in the window. It's good unless they pull a very low move and give you a day old bagel which I've had done to me at least 10x this summer. Besides that the eggs are loaded with grease (How hard is it to make an egg?) They claim they have bagels in the back...Beware. That's lame honestly. The staff is nice however.. The girls are friendly. I'm not gonna complain about that. As a business you can clearly tell there are some holes from the professionalism status. They really should clean that retail area and above the freezer in the front it's extremely foul. read more

9/1/12 My wife and I stopped in for dinner and were appalled. The restaurant is priced around $20/entree, but the food is on par, if not worse than Olive Garden. The bread is store bought crap. The salad is mixed greens (a plus). The entrees were terrible. Spagheeti and meatballs tastes like Chef Boyardee. My wife's gnocci was over cooked and the sauce was overly flavored with garlic and oregano. I had a pork sandwich, which was actually pretty good, but after the disaster that preceeded, the meal could not be saved. read more

Great menu! Old world Italian food, all made to order. Sandwiches and dinner menus are amazing! Ordered a Chicken Parmesan sub, crab cake entree and a Vito's favorite sub (chicken cutlet, spinach, roasted red peppers, fresh whole milk mozz). Highly recommend it for people looking for a solid meal on the island. read more

If I could give this place 0 stars I would! Horrible food only matched by horrible service! My daughter and I went to this restaurant thinking that it was Italian food as stated on their sign. This food is definitely not Italian by any means. We ordered a tomato pie and we got a doughy, bread like crust with jarred pizza sauce on it. Absolutely disgusting! The waitress refused to take it off the bill when we finally got her attention! The service was terrible and we weren't the only people complaining. The couple next to us walked out too! STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!!! read more

I love Casa Del Dolce! I've always liked them, but since they re-opened in a smaller storefront the quality of the service and food has improved. I go to Ocean City every weekend during the summer and this has become my family's go-to Friday night take-out spot. The fresh breads and pastas are irresistible. read more

So I order mussels and they are the worst I have ever had. Over cooked no taste. I send back and they sent me another order. Same as the 1st time ! They were horrible. I ask to take this very small item of 8.00 off the bill. The owner refuses!! OK so to all friends, family and total strangers. DO NOT EAT AT THIS PLACE!! Joe Camp. read more

do yourself a favor and do not eat here. i would rather eat at mcdonalds at 100th the price. it is the worst, my kids got sick and were both vomiting, i am hiring a lawyer. do not even think about eating here!!!! read more