Excellent food, service and price point. So grateful to have this restaurant near by!

I had high hopes for this place, but not so much anymore.. when people are mentioning flavorless, they mean it! We ordered two pizzas and a salad. The pizzas should've been cooked longer., we asked for extra sauce ..we did not get any . The salad was OK, but they only gave us a little cup for the dressing Definitely miss the Mark here. I won't be going back. read more

Dropped in 12/15/25 to a great little Italian spot. Good food, excellent service from Jeniza and a nice vibe! Very clean too! My wife and I split the chicken Marsala, which we would order again, 2 house salads, and a caprese. The chicken was tender, moist, and perfectly cooked. The Marsala wine sauce was very flavorful. Blue cheese and Italian dressings were exceptional on very fresh salads. The Caprese was also very good with one additional ingredient, Kalamata olives, YUM! The lady next to us was having a supreme pizza. She said it was great and it looked like it was. We will try that next time we go. Give it a shot, we think you're going to like it. Happy Hour 2 to 5 with some food and drinks discounted. read more

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It is a beautiful restaurant to walk into. The service was great and they just opened. They brought us huge dinner rolls right away, yet they should have been warmed before serving. We had the cheese sticks, fried zucchini, Caesar salad, pizza with pepperoni and hot honey and the Fettuccine with chicken. The ratio of cheese to breading is off but the sweet marinara sauce was great. The zucchini was breaded well and had good flavor. The pizza got mixed reviews 1 loved it 2 we're it was ok. The Fettuccine only comes with chicken so when you order no chicken they still charge you the one with the chicken. This was over sauced with a very thick Alfredo sauce. Could not finish because how thick, and I never not eat my fettuccini. While it was good it wasn't great. I will give it another try in a little time. read more

Was in a hurry and they served up some lentil soup and a salad that reminded me of my late grandmother's cooking. So delicious, great service, and beautiful decor. Highly recommend! read more

Not sure if cutting corners or a bad night, but flavor and quality seriously lacking. I let waitress know it was not good, left phone number. Nothing. Probably should give 1 star, but hate to see a small business struggle. This was a waste of 80 + dollars. Objective should be to serve a product that makes a diner want to come back. Missed opportunity. read more

Penne and meat sauce was excellent. Carbonara texture was good but needs a little more smoky flavor for my wife's taste. Restaurant and especially bathrooms are spotless. read more

Thought we'd give it a try on a Friday night. The place was busy. Our waitress was awesome. We ordered Chicken Parm & Eggplant Parm. Food came to use quickly and piping hot. Delicious!! Big portions, we enjoyed dinner and had left overs to enjoy at home. Def be our go to Italian! Can't wait to try the pizza next! read more

Dave's Italian Eatery - Italian Near Me - Gilbert, Arizona

My family and I wanted to try this place tonight and was very disappointed. We got to our table and no one helped us at after that, we didnt even get asked if we wanted something to drink and there was barely any other customers. We waited for about 20 minutes and never got help from anyone, we ended up leaving and going somewhere else. The service was very disappointing, we were really excited to try the food too. read more

Lady over the phone was insanely rude. Asked for a cup of ranch and she said she wouldn't help me because my order was closed. I would've paid for it but she was horribly rude. read more

Fun, easy atmosphere and great Italian food. Service was great too. Epic meatballs were epic and chicken Marsala was very tender and tasty. Add a nice cab wine and Peroni beer and it's a great night out. read more

We really wanted to support a new local business; although we don't usually go to Italian restaurants, because we are Italian. What a disappointment in so many ways. The chicken Florentine could not be served without the pasta. The chicken dishes are overdone pasta with bits of chicken mixed into the pasta and sauce. Done! That's it! The server was impatient. She was eager to leave instead of helping us with the menu choices. They left dirt dishes on the table next to us, then started to sweep the floor around our table as we were still eating. The owners are not Italian. The Mediterranean salad was very good. I'd stop there at their specialty. The Italian music was the best touch. read more

Rolls they served were not fresh, and when we asked them 3 different times, they brought out the same hard rolls saying they were fresh out of the oven. They were rock hard each time. There were 3 of us. We ordered a salad for the table instead of individual salads. They didn't bring any plates or bowls for the salads, we had to ask. When we asked for bowls and got our salads it was just enough for 3 bowls so we should have just gotten individual but they charged for a large table salad for our group. The salad had huge pieces of lettuce, it was awful. My parents ordered manicotti and they were charged extra for meat sauce so it would have come without any sauce at all. There was no meat in the meat sauce. I ordered classic lasagne and it came without any meat in the pasta and two slices of some kind of sliced cheese on the top. That was the only cheese in the lasagne. It was all bland, over priced and just plain awful. The waitress was irritating from the get go. The whole experience was truly awful. It was the one night i could eat meat because of a disorder and there wasn't any meat at all. We just went there because the Mexican restaurant next door was closed. BIG MISTAKE. We will never, ever go there again. My parents were married for over 40 years and they never have complained about food at a restaurant. We spoke to the manager and she offered nothing for the poor food, poor service and the bill. We just threw out our left overs which was pretty much the whole meal. read more

Dave's Italian Eatery - Over priced bill, they charged for meat sauce on the manicotti, no meat anywhere! - Italian Near Me - Gilbert, Arizona

We got takeout recently and it was unfortunately disappointing. The portion sizes were very small, specifically the manicotti. It was almost comical how small it was. The worst part was the garlic bread we ordered. It was very evident they gave us stale, old garlic bread that was just reheated. It was pretty much inedible. The only thing that I liked was their red sauce. However the sauce alone was not enough to make it a good meal. Wanted to like this place since it's so close to home, but unfortunately I will not be going back. read more

Aww man... we really wanted to like this place, it's so close to our house, and we love supporting local/family owned restaurants. Unfortunately the quality is just not there. The space was nice with modern touches, a local themed mural, comfortable booths, etc. very clean. We started with the Crispy Chicken Wings $13 ($10 on HH), the Bolognese Arancini $12 ($10 on HH), and the Fried Calamari $14. Crispy Chicken Wings in buffalo sauce still had feathers attached, sticking out from the breading. (My husband is a chef so he pointed this out when I asked) Bolognese Arancini - the rice component of these was complete mush and had no discernible rice texture. The bolognese was runny and lacking flavor. Fried Calamari - for $14 the portion was smaller than other places but the breading and texture were good. The menu stated it would be served with marinara and aioli... the aioli was just ranch dressing. We compared it to the ranch served with wings and they were identical. Ranch is not good compliment to Calamari but marinara was good. Husband had the Scottsdale Blonde beer on HH for $5 and I chose the Hugo Spritz $9. On the menu the Spritz says it's served with lime but it came out with mint leaves and was overly sweet, I asked for lime and that helped balance it out a lot. Since we weren't impressed by any of the appetizers, we decided against an entree but are would have tried the Vodka sauce or Fig pizza. Our teenage son tried the Alfredo with chicken ($17), he's a huge fan of my homemade Alfredo and said this one wasn't nearly as good. He took maybe 4 bites and we asked for a box. When the bill came out, we had to ask twice for them to have it updated to reflect the prices on the happy hour items before it came out correctly. Value for portions wasn't terrible, we had 3 apps (two on HH), one pasta, 2 alcoholic drinks and a lemonade, paid $65 plus tax and tip. We will give it another try but first impression wasn't great. read more

They've only been open for a few weeks and close by so I thought I'd give it a try. Very clean and new interior, excellent service and lasagna is a solid 7.5, large portions and will be taking some home. I will return to try a few more things on their menu and you won't be disappointed if you should decide to also try! read more

Love the high end food in a casual atmosphere. Fresh homemade bread, wonderful pasta and perfect pizzas! I highly recommend this place.

This place has great potential. Few things I noticed: when you walk in the hostess booth pretty far away from the front door making it feel awkward when your first walk in, this can be fixed with a sign no biggie. The restaurant is still adding things cause when I went the sign outside was being installed which looked cool but they need more of an Italian feel with more pictures and decor related to that or add more TV's. These are things they may be working on so I'm not gonna crucify them for this. The food was good nothing under or overcooked I like that the pizza was served on top of a tomato sauce can that was unique and I also like the owner stopped by asked how we liked it the staff they have now is pretty engaged and the hospitality felt great I definitely will visit a few times to see how this place improves it's definitely a good family spot but also good for date night too. read more

Went for our anniversary and loved the fig and pig pizza! We also got the chicken parm which was also very good. Plus the service was great as well! read more

Dave's Italian Eatery - Italian Near Me - Gilbert, Arizona

Food was fresh and tasty! Room was open and inviting. Service was impeccable. Will definitely come again! Don't let outer appearance deceive you. read more

My Family went to Dave's Italian Eatery last night for my daughter's birthday. We arrived at 5 , restaurant had about 10 people or so already seated. We chose a table in the back of the restaurant and paired two tables together to make us 6 fit. We were given basket of rolls with rock hard butter, very bland bread. A little while after ordering we were given our salads, they forgot mine but I was not charged for it either. Soon after salads arrived so did our appetizers, then only a few minutes later our main dishes started to arrive. I under stand this place is still new but, timing is the easy part, it was not great having to choose between food courses as we didn't want anything to get cold. Responses from the table Cesar salad had way too much dressing. Fried zucchini not much flavor could be frozen. Spaghetti and meat balls , sauce was runny seemed the noodles were still covered in water before plating, meatballs were very solid and hard to cut through with not much flavor. My chicken Parmesan was decent but could have been cooked more for a better outer crust. Napkins are the very thin disposable ones. Plates were too large for the size of tables. The bill came was surprised by the $4 fountain soda. The staff was nice , we did tip read more

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Food is not good! Everything tried was not good and doesn't even come near most of the Italian places around the valley. A lot of people are saying they're paying for their reviews. Most likely with free food. read more

The food was really good. They were very friendly. I like when they played Italian music.

Tried it this past Thursday and we were both pleasantly surprised! Excellent menu choices to accommodate just about everyone's tastes. Very reasonable happy hour. Very attentive service. Full bar with nice wine selections. Huge portions. You won't leave hungry! read more

Newly opened. Pasta and sauces made in house! Calamari was amazingly crisp and light! Paired with Marsala and aioli for dipping. Arancini with Marsala was great! Eric was a fun, efficient, and knowledgeable server. Very clean and new looking interior. We will definitely be going back with friends. read more

Dinner rolls were excellent surprise! Hot out of the oven. I also had the Mediterranean salad with glazed pecans. Main entree was the baked ziti in a cheese marinara sauce. Will be back again!! read more

We had dinner at this place, loved the food, bruschettas were the best I have ever eaten in my life, strawberry one was my favorite. we loved lamb chops, shrimp scampi was amazing, service was superb & ambience was nice and clean. Will definitely come back and highly recommend this place to anyone looking for amazing Italian food! read more

My first time here on 02/09/26. Fantastic linguine and clams. Delicious bread and a great waitress, Stephanie.

Stopped in last night to give Dave's a try. We were not disappointed! So great to have a good Italian restaurant only a mile from home. Appetizer meatballs were outstanding. Vegetarian pizza was excellent. Great service and an open light laid back vibe. Prices were very reasonable. We will definitely be making this a regular visit! read more

I downloaded yelp just for this review. Me and my family went here today for our first time and we had a little hiccup with our gnocchi. The taste was fabulous but the texture not so much. However, I still highly recommend this place, they were very understanding when we sent it back and even gave us a free meal to take home so we didn't leave hungry. We ordered the angel hair pesto to go and it is 100/10. I will totally order the gnocchi again the future as mistakes happen. Our server and the customer service of the manage was lovely. Can't wait to go again. read more

We had a great dining experience! Pizza Fig and Pig was delicious. Calamari and the Cajun Chicken pasta all were great! there was a table having an issue with wait time on dinner but I think it was a mishap..We'll be back. read more

We were so excited about this place and everything was horrible. This was a couple months ago, but driving by and hearing about their "grand opening" when they have been open for months reminded me. We ordered an appetizer and two entrées. The server acted like she had better places to be and was not friendly at all. I got the salad before our meatball appetizer that we wanted out first and then the entrées came and we never got our appetizer. We reminded her and she brought it out after we were pretty much done eating. We were so fed up with the whole experience that we paid our bill and left without complaining. Worst experience we've ever had in a restaurant and it wasn't even busy there. Sad because we live in this neighborhood and used to always frequent the prior businesses that were here because they were great. I think the new reviews are probably because they had to give out free pasta to get them. Don't waste your money here. read more

We loved everything about Dave's!! The service was great and the food came out super fast. They brought out homemade bread before our meal that was delicious! We ordered the Chicken Marsala and Chicken Alfredo and both were fantastic! Definitely going to be our new regular Italian spot! read more

Amazing food and amazing atmosphere! The food was delicious- you can get it Dave's way, which makes it super spicy!

Foods decent. Place is freezing cold so the food gets cold quick. Service was exceptional ....lobster ravioli was salty

Restaurant ran out of pizza dough and lasagna on a Tuesday at 6 pm. Preparation and planning needs to be better. Thanks.

Beautiful space. Great service, however the rolls came out hot outside near frozen inside. I had the veal and it was 2 chunks of veal not thin and the breading all fell off. Sauce is red. Appears to have zero seasoning, just bland red sauce. I do wish them luck and hope for their success with some tweaks read more

Food and service were both great. We had a big group and everyone was very happy. This is going to be my new go to Italian place!