I wasn't even going to write a review about the terrible service we had Friday evening because the food was so delicious until we opened our left overs today and it wasn't our food. I will first say, our server was extremely slow with everything, took about 30 minutes to receive our cocktail order once he arrived to the table. We ordered the meat and cheese plate to start, very good and a lot for two people to indulge. Our food came out shortly after, gnocchi, extra order of meatballs, and the squid ink pasta. Everything was very delicious. Our server never came to see how our food tasted, my husband and I sat with empty cocktail glasses our entire dinner (would have ordered 3+ more drinks if the server would have been around) we sat with our appetizer and plates of food for over 40 minutes until he came back to see if we wanted anything else. The restaurant was not that busy for a Friday evening, I am not sure why we were forgotten about. Food I will give an A. Server doesn't deserve anything more than a D, at best. Disappointed and was hoping for a better dining experience. OH and when we went to eat our left overs the next day... the two boxes of food wasn't our orders!! read more

Love this place! Creative menu with great atmosphere. Everything was super delicious. I got the gnocchi and they were melt in your mouth fantastic! read more

The food was delicious, but we had an extremely rude server who made off-putting comments about dietary restrictions that a member of our party had. I would certainly try the restaurant again, but if I were given the same server I would ask to be reseated. Enjoying a meal at this restaurant should not include being lectured by your server about your diet limitations. The experience left me feeling uncomfortable and annoyed; and ruined a dining experience which would have otherwise been lovely. read more

Great food, service and atmosphere. Very authentic Italian food. The real deal!

I enjoyed the place but the biggest single problem was that our young waiter gave us the impression he wanted to turn over the table quickly. After the four of us were seated, we ordered a bottle of wine and several appetizers and bread and said we wanted to wait a bit before ordering, After that point, the waiter was by the table maybe 4 times in 15 minutes again and again asking for our dinner order. I noticed that other servers did not seem to behave in this fashion so maybe it was just the inexperience or impatience of our waiter. The food was very good, and the house wine selections were just great and very fairly priced. I would like to try the place again but with another server. read more

Our party ordered pasta and thought it was very good and lived up to being homemade. Highly recommend the prosciutto and melon salad. Dessert was excellent-the biscotti were rich-tasting. Definitely an excellent choice! read more

The food was everything you wanted it to be. It's the kind of Italian food that made you fall in love with Italian cuisine in the first place. I went with two friends and we split the meat and cheese board. On the menu it says it's for two but honestly it's probably more for four. For our entrees we had the tagliatelle, the ravioli, and the gnocchi. They were all fabulous. I personally had the gnocchi, they were like little fluffy clouds of perfection. The red sauce that accompanied them was so fresh and flavorful. The only thing I didn't love about our experience was the lighting in the restaurant. It's a huge space so I understand the challenges of lighting it properly but we were there at 8:45pm and it was so bright in there I though it was noon. And that was enough for me. It to do the full 5 stars because it really took me out of the atmosphere of having a great late night dinner on the weekends. read more

I wish I could say something bad so it wouldn't be so crowded. But luckily for the Pittsburgh dining community it was and continues to be spectacular. I can't recommend it highly enough! read more

We finally tried DiAnoia's, and glad that we did. The menu is well conceived, and the quality of ingredients proved to be exceptional. We appreciated that there weren't obnoxious portions, and especially appreciated the homemade pasta and bread. Red sauce is very good, and I nearly never say that. Lots of love in the food. The burrata antipasto was exceptional, even if the bread was a little too thick. Our service was very good and friendly, and we appreciated how clean the restaurant was. The marble tables are not inviting, and I'd say the ambiance is on the cold side. The choice of wine glass is odd, and almost childlike. It is an extremely small pour-definitely the smallest I've ever had at a restaurant. At any rate, we wish them luck, and will be back to try many of the inviting menu choices. Perhaps we'll go for brunch! read more

Had an absolutely amazing brunch on Sunday! Always order the parmesan bread pudding. The breakfast special pizza had a delicious mild pesto with cured ham, caramelized shallots, and a perfectly fried egg on top of a slightly yeasty dough.The ricotta pancakes were delightfully fluffy with a slight essence of lemon paired with maple syrup. read more

We visited DiAnoias last weekend. Friendly and knowledgeable server. The bread service is ridiculously delicious and addictive. The squid ink and calamari pasta and the gnocchi and meatballs were delightful. I agree with a recent review that it is too bright and noisy for evening, but the food will keep us coming back. read more

First visit and we had a really nice brunch. Nice light airy atmosphere. Beautiful days so the roller-doors were open all the way. A bit loud but that's the solid walls with no sound absorption. Good service from friendly staff. Bloody Mary and Negroni were well made. Eggs Benedict and Veal Parmigiana really good. Pricing is very fair. Looking forward to trying dinner. Will be back soon for that. read more

Excellent authentic Italian! Nicole is a gem :)

I enjoyed an excellent meal and excellent service. The bread with olive oil and parm was a really great suprise ! I expected a basket of bread, but the pleasant suprise was a large piece of flatbread soaked in olive oil and with parm on it. It was light as air and delicious. The steak was seasoned and cooked to perfection. One of the best steaks I've ever had! The cookies after diner were very good too!. Best of all our server Sam was excellent!!!!. He made the experience even better than the excellent food. I will be back, and highly recommend this place to everybody read more

We went here last week after needing a change of pace from our usual dinner spots and what a lovely change of pace it was! I loved the atmosphere and our pasta dishes were simple and delicious! Our waitress was fabulous and friendly. Overall it was a wonderful experience and I can't wait to go back to try more menu items. I definitely recommend DiAnoias because they are doing it right! read more

The food here is phenomenal and the service is top notch! The bartender made me a nightcap and whipped cream by hand to top it off. Overall wonderful experience. read more

What a great dinner we had! I highly recommend ordering the bread and cauliflower dish to start! My husband said the squid pasta is one of the best he has ever had. We will definitely be returning! read more

the dinner here is amazing! i've gone for lunch and dinner - lunch is just so so it's basically just sandwiches and nothing too special about them but the dinner was so delicious. i got the gnocchi meal, my dad got the gnocchi in a bread bowl and my brother got the cannelloni.. all of them were great! heads up - if you get the gnocchi meal it comes with meat balls (that were amazing) and a red sauce but if you get the gnocchi bread bowl (which is an extra charge) you don't get the meat balls.. but it did look like there were more gnocchi and the sauce was cheesier.. personally i liked the sauce in the bread bowl option better. i never had cannelloni until my brother ordered tonight but that was really good as well! i will definitely be going back! read more

Since my wife and I moved to Pittsburgh in 2016, this restaurant has been our favorite spot to relax and eat together. We move frequently for work and have lived in Hawaii, Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, and Georgia. I have not found a place that compares to DiAnoia's. The food is beyond compare and the subtle changes to the menu throughout the year make coming back again and again too easy. My wife and I have eaten here pretty much once a month since we discovered the place and have never been disappointed. The chef/owner Dave and I met when he was first setting the place up, he was giving away the old furniture that the previous owners left behind, he and his friends helped load some heavy furniture in the back of my truck and told me to come back and eat some delicious, made from scratch food. They were not kidding, the food is phenomenal and deserves to be talked about. Also, the serving staff is always on it, especially our regular server Nicki! Also, this is my first and probably only yelp review, so that should say something. Enjoy and bring a friend! read more

Very disappointed...service poor had to ask 4 Bread several times failed to deliver one of the guest salad & never offered desserts. We were a Party of 6 & all were equally let down with our experience. However the house salad was excellent. read more

This newly hidden gem is fantastic. I've had the pleasure of having lunch and a light breakfast. Both were nothing short of incredible. For lunch I had the porchetta panini... needless to say, it left me speechless. The bread had a great crunch, flavor and fluff to it. The olive oil pepper blend was phenomenal and had a great balance of spice and sweetness. As for breakfast, the zappole were airy, sweet and the finish with a hint of lemon were tremendous. If you haven't made it here yet, do yourself a favor and carve out some time to enjoy this place. read more

So unpretentious! We all LOVED it and the staff was definitely a 5 star. Alex and Sam were so accommodating! We ate, we laughed, we relaxed! read more

Tasty food, excellent service. So glad to have a good, casual Italian restaurant in Pittsburgh!

Absolutely loved it - from the music and decor to the food...homemade pastas and cream puffs filled with real cream! Can't wait to go back to try the pizza and sandwiches! Finally a spot that has it all!!! read more

My first yelp review because I've never left an Italian restaurant hungry before. I was surprised at the limited menu. Admittedly I have simple tastes, but nothing appealed to me in the salads. I was thinking a Caesar side salad but they don't have it. I looked for an entree and was hoping for chicken parm or baked ziti, but they don't have it. I settled on the gnocchi and meatballs. It was good but the gnocchi wasn't nearly as hearty as I'd hoped for and there was no option for a side of pasta. How is this possible in an Italian restaurant? So I sat awhile and even looked at the menu again and was hoping for a slice or maybe even a small pizza because they were cooking them right in front of me and they smelled and looked really good, but they're only available for carryout! read more

First visit to this restaurant. Enjoyable dinning experience. Free parking on site, pleasant server and very fresh food. The house salad and the squid ink pasta was tasty and the portions generous. Will be returning for another meal. read more

Tried it for the first time last Saturday night. (Get a reservation!). All the pastas were cooked perfectly. The house red wine was fair priced and very good! The best part was that it wasn't hipster pretentious. So many restaurants in Pittsburgh now have to put an ironic twist on whatever cuisine they are doing. Not so here - it was a modern, fresh take on Italian in a simple setting. Highly recommend. read more

Wonderful food! Very bright location, tons of sunlight. Haven't done a happy hour here, but plan to soon. Appetizers were spot on and the entrees were top notch. Tough location, so give it a try. read more

My wife and I have been to DiAnoia's three times and each meal was excellent. Service is excellent, servers are cheerful/personable and the atmosphere is urban/casual/cool. What's more we've never had to park more than 1/2 a block away. Definitely one of our favorite restaurants and for sure our favorite "eatery." read more

i think we just found our new favorite Italian restaurant. We started out with the Burrata Crostini appetizer which was quickly gobbled up. Our table also order the Porchetta, Steak Florentine, and Tagliatelle Primavera. Everything was delicious. Our waiter brought the steak to the table for us to see if the cut was large enough before it was cooked. While it was tender and tasty I highly recommend the Porchetta as many placed in the burg serve good steaks. The Porchetta was sliced thin and piled on foccacia. Rosemary flavor was dominate. There was no skimping on the vegetable on the Tagliatelle Primavera. The cream puff dessert was the favorite at our table. We have been there for lunch and enjoyed the meatball and sausage paninis too. We will definitely be returning. read more

It was absolutely delicious....and the person who took my order was very nice!! I have been raving about my lunch since I came back to work. I will definitely be back!! I wish many many years or success...as long as you keep on taking pride in your food people will continue to come....it was that good. read more

What a great use of space. Nice coffee bar with deli in front of the house and spacious dining room with lots of natural light. Now on the food. Along with some friends. we went with great excitement to the first night they had dinner service, a soft opening of sorts. Re: we have know Chef Dave for years through his wizardry at Spoon. Super talented chef and equally nice man. Of course, the meal did not disappoint! We started with polpo (charred octopus), escarole/beans/sausage and tortellini for the table. Honestly, the only problem with this is the four of us all wanted to raise the serving bowls to drink in the broths from the escarole and tortellini dishes. Delicious!!! We then shared Branzino, spaghetti with bolognese sauce (special request) and Cinghiale. All were fantastic and this on their first night. The wine selection was more than adequate and it's especially nice you can get a half liter. The service was a little confused, as expected, but very attentive. read more

Went here for lunch for my birthday because i kept seeing such yummy dishes popping up and wish i would've went for dinner, maybe it wouldve been better. Lunch is fast casual kinda concept with giving them your name at the counter and they come out and yell your name to deliver your food, its quite the awkward setup and i hope they get a better service structure in the future. Fyi you get free water to pour yourself but they dont tell you until you already pay, nonetheless for a large bottle of water. The food was alright, my favorite was the meatballs. Got a sausage and peppers panini and it was not really good at all. Needed a creamy component to pull it together. My italiano panini was just ok, it was served cold and the only good thing really was the meat, would have liked better buns for the paninis. Wish i would have just ordered pizza. The cashier forgot to ring my latte after we had to call over the barista to ask if he could make it over ice and a big ordeal was made, and it wasnt realized they forgot it until the server said it wasnt on my tab and asked if i wanted her to reorder it. I told her forget it because we already had our food and i wanted to enjoy it before, but the barista was nice and brought me one on the house which was really nice, some of the staff was nice, but the server had an attitude, mostly when I simply reminded her that we had more to our order, her response, "i only have so many hands!" So rude. Will try somewhere else next time. read more

Loud. Too loud. Needs more sound insulation. Few pasta selections for an Italian restaurant. Hurried waiter. Failed to tell us they were out of the ravioli until I tried to order it, so even fewer still pasta selections. My beer took about 15 minutes to show. Overpriced wine list. We had the least expensive bottle of red on the list. A table wine called Maiana Salice Salentino. It cost about $38 or $39. You see it online for about $13, retail. I get that most restaurants make their money off liquor sales, but a 300% markup is gouging in my book. The house salad was tasty and big enough for us to split. The meatballs were big and good with a tangy red sauce. The olive plate had a nice variety and a fair quantity. The gnocchi had a nice texture, light not doughy, and the porchetta plate fun, different, and plentiful. The zeppoles for dessert were delish. I'd prefer, though, if they let the customer choose how much powdered sugar to apply versus coating them in it. I'd return, just not in a hurry to--it's not a relaxing place to eat, and hope in the meantime they'll moderate the wine $ markup across the board. Even the wine on tap isn't inexpensive. read more

I am Italian, and I have a hard time finding an Italian restaurant that serves food I can't make better at home. DiAnoia's, however, is one such place. Legit burrata, crudo, hand turned pasta. Such a treat! I like the vibe...colorful and homey with pictures that can be found in every traditional Italian household. Reminds me of my long passed relatives. We had one kink in our meal progression where a few appetizers came out with our entrees leaving us to frantically eat everything so none would be cold. This was quickly remedied by the front of the house. She was extremely on point when I tried to tell her it wasn't a big deal saying "no, this isn't the right way to do it." When you have accountable people in charge you know those things will smooth out over time. She brought us coffees and a platter of delicious dessert samplings that were not needed but much appreciated. DiAnoia's does not cut corners with ingredients or prep and put together some really exceptional authentic dishes! read more

Our sever was a nice young man but that's were it ended. Sat at table for 15 minutes before he came by, dropped off menus, he apologized for the delay and asked if we wanted drinks, I told him to give me few minutes to look at wine list to order a bottle. After another 15 minutes he returned took wine order and was gone for another 15 minutes or more only to tell me the wine I ordered was not in stock and another apology. Selected another wine only to have server take the order then wait on 2 other tables as we sat for 20 more minutes without anything but water on our table, when finally bringing the second bottle ordered it was different vintage than on wine list and another apology. All awhile 4 other tables, some including our server, had sat after us, received drinks, appetizers and dinner. I don't understand how such a new restaurant would be out of the wine on the list, then serve a different vintage than what is on the list. I will say the food was very good but not at all worth the poor service. read more