Just an awesome job at Christmas !!! But.................. they have to do something concerning RESERVATIONS! You can't promise a party of 15 that you'll be seated at say.. 4:30 on the phone three weed prior....... only to show up and end up waiting 1:45 minutes with young children in the cold. Not a good way to do business or keep repeat business. I really would like this business to do well. The family that owns it works hard and are awesome !! It would only take some adjustments... such as .. if you take a reservation weeks earlier, it is just that... keep it. If the party is not all there within 8 minutes, give it up. When taking one on the spot, we all have phones. Take the number and text it when the table is ready. Simple! Hope this helps !!! What a place though to spend Christmas !! You have to visit !! read more

What's an experience?I'm so happy.My sister invited me here to this beautiful restaurant in this time of year, the decoration was out of this world.I felt like if I was in winter wonderland. cozy 2, but yet excellent. for family gathering the food portion is in abundance. And absolutely delicious. The service was very friendly joyful place We'll be going there more often. read more

Here's the thing. I don't love Italian food as much as many people. Don't get me wrong - I love Italian food, but my personal tastes gravitate towards Italian, Mexican, Thai, and Vietnamese. And I'm a foodie. Point me in the direction of a Bhutanese, or Malay, or Portuguese restaurant - anything I've never had before - well, count me in. So Italian just hasn't gotten me excited. I mean, it's just pizza, right? But I think Italian just rocketed up high on my chart. Simply because of one visit to La Dolce Casa in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. I came less than two weeks before Christmas Day, and I've never seen a restaurant so beautifully decorated for the Holidays. I think our server said 50,000 lights, and I wouldn't be surprised. So I started with fresh, hot garlic knots. You could see the steam rising off of them. Then it was on to Bruschetta. Really, really, good. In fact, I've never seen so much *condensed* topping on a piece of bread. The only bruschetta I've ever had that was equal was the bruschetta at one of the bars in the Italian section of EPCOT at WDW. And finally, the piece de resistance - a hot, heaping plate of Penne Bolognese that was out of this world. If you are Italian, and grew up dreaming of this dish, I now understand you. Completely. What a great meal I had at La Dolce Casa. My server was excellent, funny sense of humor, and attentive. I opted not to have dessert simply because I was so full. But I'll get it, the next time (and oh yes, there will be a next time) I come to Tamaqua to eat there. I'm from Allentown. I live over 45 minutes away. But thanks to the Morning Call newspaper - and their excellent review this past week of La Dolce Casa - they now have a customer who will drive those 45+ minutes whistling all the way to culinary excellence. Absolutely five stars. read more

Ate in the restaurant for the first time. Very festive around the holidays! Good service, great complimentary garlic knots served with pizza sauce. Reasonably priced wine and good portion. I ordered the Tuscany Lasagna. Very tasty and unusual. I'll be back. read more

La Dolce Casa - Tuscany Lasagna - very good and different. - Pizza Near Me - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania

This place was fantastic for our large group. Server was amazing, owner was great. Wished we lived closer! Portions were ridiculous huge! Thanks for helping us make memories with our group. read more

If I could give zero I would. Ordered a pizza at 4pm. It's 7:12 pm and no pizza. When I contacted for assistance I was told to look outside bc it had been delivered read more

Called ahead for reservations, and they said we didn't need one it would only be a 10 minute wait. We drove an hour to get there, and they told us it would be a 2 hour wait. NEVER again. read more

sed to love DiMaggio's. Ordered take out quite a bit. Took a break for awhile Recently placed an order for takeout. Have to say I was extremely disappointed and disgusted! Took over an hour and a half until the food even arrived. It wasn't even hot. And the most disgusting thing- found a hair in my veal parm. When I called to let them know, I was offered a replacement, but I informed them that finding hair in my food totally grossed me out and made me sick to my stomach. Their response was to get arrogant and indignant and say ... "what you need made food and got a hair in in?" Maybe Alfie should stop worrying about making Facebook videos and worry more about what's going in the food he makes!! #Donewiththisplace #Disgusting #Watchwhatyoueat read more

The food tasted amazing. The service was also great they let us take our time never tried to rush us def a great place to come to

Worth an hours drive. The single best place to eat in Schuylkill County. Food is amazing and always consistent. Service is top notch!

The new bakery .... Was excited to try .. the pastries are the WORST I ever ate. Totally horrible

What a lovely restaurant in downtown Tamaqua! Wonderful Italian food! Great staff! You won't be disappointed!

Awesome Italian restaurant in Tamaqua. HUGE portions and delicious food. The pasta dishes were just as large . Half a pound of pasta. It's worth the drive. read more

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Had delivered. Advise not to as once you receive the food, you have absolutely no recourse. Ordered 2 spaghetti n meatballs. Extra sauce. The orders had little sauce and did not receive extra sauce as ordered. Ergo, spaghetti was not edible as it was already luke warm at best. Salad was romaine lettuce only, which we were not told. Please note, I have been ordering there for years with little issues. I called, was royally ticked off as ot was already 9pm and I had not eaten yet. Offered to take pictures to prove my statements and was refused. Food was inedible and offered to return all of it upon the morrow. Refused again. Was offered $5 discount for a $51 meal that was inedible. Told to buy a jar of sauce. Redners is less than 5 minutes away. Had I wanted, I could have saved a lot of $$$ by just buying jar sauce and noodles to begin with. Being angry, I let slip "You fuc*ed it up." after such feeble and ineffective attempts to rectify out of pure rage. Seems i offended her delicate sensibilities by using said term once by mistake and was then most rudely spoken to. Most people hear said word daily, admit it. And I was not in the wrong, had I had the chance, would have apologized. Was most rude person I have ever spoken to there. Typically, for decades, never had a problem that was not rectified immediately, politely and to my satisfaction. Must have been a bad day for her. My brother and I ended up with a can of beeferoni and out of a $51 inedible meal. Should have gone to Redners. Typically, never had such a bad and expensive dealing with them. Terribly let down and frustrated especially with lack of caring by establishment. Frankly, amazed at the way I was treated after repeating that I knew it was not her fault but she was the only one I could convey my frustration to with no recourse save a whole $5 off a $51 meal we could not eat. Despite offering to both take pictures and forward immediately plus send entire meal back upon the morrow. Neither was acceptable. I ordered a plain pan of lasagna for tomorrow for $85 a pan which i am now torn about receipt in fear of something of the like happening again. Totally advise eat in and check food promptly upon receipt. Still returning full meal come the morrow and already took images of "food" which are both timed and dated. Will repost if establishment takes responsibility. Was told I would receive a call tomorrow and waiting to see if and how it goes. Consider myself out of $51, treated most rudely from somebody who should be used to dealing with people instead of dismissed by hanging up on me instead of at least acting as if one cared instead of passing blame and giving the customer attitude before being spoken to once again rudely before being told they are closed then hung up on. Typically a restaurant would be more customer oriented. It is your job. Again, for prices, one would think you are paying for a correct meal and positive customer service. I would attach declined photos here had I known I could. Again, will revise review depending upon if I am even contacted. Now am going to ever so enjoy my can of beefaroni. Thank you for such a pleasant experience La Dolce Casa. Will be sure to social media around this review everywhere possible depending upon how my most displeasing and expensive inedible meal is rectified. I am all for second chances and to the ever so pleasant phone answered, sorry your shift was over, my issues were in no way your problem and by slipping once and offending your obviously most delicate sensibilities by slipping once and using the oh so most vile terminology, the word "fu*k", once out of pure frustration at your lack of caring and inability to interact with an unhappy "customer". I ordered correctly and it was summarily screwed up with no responsibility save a whole $5 off. Review subject to revision as I stated as in all the years never had an issue with an order being so summarily blown off in a customer oriented industry. I apologize in advance to those who have always been polite, kind and treated mistakes fairly and promptly. Ever most sincerely Judy (I most decidedly forgot or was too polite to go into more detail, just an FYI.) read more

We came across this gem on our way back to Jim Thorpe. Busy Thursday evening. They had plenty of staff, everyone seems to help each other out. And, big bonus, people are very friendly! They brought very good bread and sauce to dip in. We ordered side salads with our dinners, they were big enough to be a meal. Only ate part of that to save room for food. Everything was very good! Even seafood, from mussels to clams in my dish were excellent! Hard to find that around here. If you want leftovers, the food even tastes better the next day! We will definitely be back! The pictures say it all!! read more

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Great food, great employees they are very nice free refills some of the best pizza I ever had if I ever have a party we always get pizza from here I really recommend it read more

Above awesome food! Great service and quality food! Fresh Veal Parmigiana Everything is outstanding! read more

Food is always delicious, portions are large and everyone is so friendly. I would highly recommend this place. If you order a cheese steak bring someone to share it with! read more

I ate in the bar connected to this restaurant called DiMaggio's. Bar is beautiful with a classy vibe. Really pretty overhead light fixtures! I had the salmon salad for dinner, and it was delicious. Loved the raspberry vinaigrette. Got the chocolate cake for dessert. Rich flavor and decent size. Will definitely go back to try other menus items. read more

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Food is impeccable!! Beautiful atmosphere for family dinner night! This establishment also has a gorgeous private dining area for a special occasion! This is our family spot if we are going out for dinner or takeout! There is nothing on the Menu that hasn't been AMAZING!!! Their bread is unmatched ! We LOVE the decor makes you feel welcome and happy!!! YOU HAVE TO EAT HERE! read more

We used La Dolce Casa to cater a Christmas party an I highly recommend it. My wife and I eat here all the time and love it. We also ordered a tray of pasta here and there but this time we got the whole spread. Tuscany Lasagna, eggplant rollatini, zitti, salad, and garlic knots. It came with dressings and bread, which I didnt realize when i ordered the garlic knots. The food was just as if we were at the restaurant. We asked it to be delivered at 3:30 and he litterally pulled in at 3:28. The delivery driver was super friendly and helpful. He was very respectful of our property by wiping his feet well every time before entering, which we did not ask him to do, and showing concern for grease on the tins. The full trays came ready for the sterno with water in between the tins. It was a ton of food and our guests raved about it. I will be using this service more often. read more

Amazing! The food is fantastic and would highly recommend anyone to come. My family loves it! read more

La Dolce Casa - Pizza Near Me - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania

In town for business and wanting the city's best, all votes from staff and locals point to DiMaggio. Thankfully they deliver! The portions were large, the ingredients were fresh, and the service was friendly and professional. I've ordered from them on more than one occasion during my stay in the PA mountain area. I know where to go from here on end. read more

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Fun night out with friends. Excellent food- fresh veal and fresh chicken parm. Large portions so arrive hungry. Tiramisu was fantastic. Fun atmosphere. Pleasant staff. Definitely make reservations. read more

They continually get orders wrong, give short arrival times on delivery and go over by an hour or even 2. When called to ask where my driver was, they said on his way. Called back in 30 minutes (only live 15 minutes away) and was told we are lucky they are even still open to serve us! read more

Great ambience, excellent food, hefty portions, friendly atmosphere, reasonable prices. Highly recommend.

Fairly good place. Good menu of traditional Italian Fair which is tasty the only thing I don't really like at this place believe it or not is there pizza. I feel they tend to under bake it and it's not crispy enough. They have really good fresh baked bread and their marinara dipping sauce they give you when you sit down and it's fantastic read more

This restaurant is a gem. The ambiance is beautiful with live music (on a Saturday). We made reservations which I'm glad we did. The restaurant was super crowded but we got seated within 5 minutes due to our reservation. Food is delicious; I ordered the chicken parmigiana (big enough to feed 3) and others at our table had seafood lasagna and chicken broccoli Alfredo. Everyone enjoyed their meals. Service was terrific too despite being super crowded. This is our new favorite place to go. Highly recommend! read more

Great service. Good food. We had a big party and no reservations and they were able to accommodate us. The freshly made garlic knots with sauce on the side was great to munch on while we waited for our food. We ordered a large cheese pizza, eggplant parm, veal cutlet parm, gluten free pepperoni pizza, fries with cheese, pierogies, and a chicken cutlet parm. Everyone had a doggie bag. read more

I have been going here frequently since I moved here. There vodka sauce is my favorite sauce. Their dough for their pizzas taste really good. Pick up is easy. Dine in staff are very attentive. Check out the deserts. You will not be disappointed. read more

Ordered a Sicilian pizza and I was told 35 minutes it was 90 minutes it was lukewarm it was not brought to the house in an insulated bag. It was a Tuesday read more

Came back here today for dinner with my grandfather. I got crab cakes and substituted the baked potato for their lobster bisque soup. The crab cakes were notably better than Basile's. These were done in the oven and were not fried. They were some of the best crab cakes I have had and would recommend them to anyone. The lobster bisque was also great. It was creamy but had the right amount of lobster meat in the soup. My brother had the shrimp and chicken salad. All of the portions are large and you leave feeling full and having leftovers. The price is reasonable especially for the amount of food. read more

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Ordered chicken marsala and it was the worst I ever had. Chicken was dried out and over cooked not pounded and flat like it should be. There was a lot of pasta with very little sauce. The sauce was good flavor from the very little I tasted. I will never order this from here again. read more

After reading all the great reviews we had high expectations but unfortunately, our group did not have the best experience. When we called for reservations we were told nothing was available until January, but that walk-ins were welcome so we decided to chance it. Sorry to say that the long long wait wasn't worth it. The best part of our evening was seeing the beautiful decorations and hearing a few good songs from the female entertainer once we made it into the building where we still waited quite a bit.. The staff is welcoming and friendly, but it was an extremely hectic environment. Even though our server was pleasant, the wait for her to take out order and bring things was long and sometimes not correct. Once she started serving, a few things came out and then it was a long wait for the others so by the time two of us were eating, everyone else was done. The food was just OK, somethings better than others, but one dish was just not good. The spaghetti served in the scampi dish was awful. Tasted like it came out of a can. Our server did take it off of our bill and was apologetic about the serving as well. Thinking they should just stick to reservations this time of year and not try to cram everyone in. read more

This place is open all the time, which we greatly appreciate when visiting family around holidays. Very large menu, large $5 glasses of house wine, and friendly staff. Someone with talent brightly paints the huge storefront windows for the season, and La Dolce is located right in the center of town. I can't remember what this was years ago, but it's been restored with booths in the back, a large dining room in front, and an upper deck. There is no bar. We saw tons of takeout going on. Parking was a bit tricky, and bring quarters for during the day. Some notes to vegans: they don't have any special vegan cheese or toppings but were nice about making a pizza with the Daiya we brought. When we forget that, we get the Penne Arriabate and just ask to leave off the sprinkle of parm. Wonderful spicy sauce. It is even better when they add mushrooms, which they did for a dollar extra. We also added mushrooms to the broccoli angel hair. Salads are large -- and bland with mostly iceberg lettuce; I think the only vegan dressing is the oil and vinegar. read more

La Dolce Casa - Penne Arriabate, spicy tomato sauce. - Pizza Near Me - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania

What a nice local place! Was in visiting family and wanted to check this place out for a potential bridal shower. So why not have lunch too?! The decor is updated and super cute! The staff is super friendly and they all seem willing to help out. I asked our server a few questions while looking for vegan options. She did her best finding out certain ingredients in a few dishes I was interested in. She was awesome! I had the vegetable pizza with no cheese, it was super packed with veggies and super delicious. My nephew had a burger and steak fries, he loved it! My sister had the eggplant Parmesan sandwich and she said it was amazing like always. The drinks were good, I had a glass of wine which seemed fresh and my sister had a pina colada, she said it was super tasty! Our server brought to go boxes without us having to ask and she brought the check quit quickly. For dessert my nephew had the cannoli, he lovedddd it! I look forward to going back next time in town! Ps. The banquet area seems to be brand new and pretty large to accommodate many different party needs. I feel as if the area doesn't have a whole lot of nice places to have events. This should be your go to stop! So cute! read more

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The best southern Italian food in Tamaqua. We have been coming here since it opened. It is a regular stop for us when we come from Long Island, New York. We have had three parties in their catering hall in the back room and the staff was very helpful, attentive and the food wonderful. Alfie the owner, is friendly, keeps the staff on their toes and makes sure everything runs smoothly. He also makes surer diners are having a good time. The portions are tremendous and the menu varied. Their garlic bread, and soft Italian bread is always a big hit. Many people come in for pizza pies or slices. read more

We went to celebrate our birthday...family and friends. The food was great and the service was first rate. read more

La Dolce Casa - We went for our birthday...joyce and i... the food was great...service was first rate...love all of it. - Pizza Near Me - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania

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Good food. Large portions. Inviting place. Meals are amazing they also have excellent pizza.

First time eating here and will not be our last. I had baked ziti. It was so delicious. The sauce is fantastic. Wonder if they sell it. My husband had chicken parmigiana. He loved it too. Definitely give this place a try if you haven't already. You will not be disappointed. read more