Very small shop with limited seating. We tried the rigatoni (with meat sauce) and pappardelle (with truffle cream sauce.) The canned sparkling lemonade was also quite good. The portion size is decent and I left feeling full but not stuffed. The noodle texture also has a nice bite to it. For me I prefer creamy sauces so the pappardelle was my favorite! read more

Nonna's Cucina - 2) Pappardelle - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Decent food and genuinely friendly staff -- that part's not in question. But here's the setup: there's no indoor seating, just a few tables on the sidewalk where you can practically direct traffic on Hastings from your chair ;) The rigatoni and gnocchi were both staff recommendations, and both were decent. With sides of meatballs, prawns, and bread, we landed at $80 with tip, no drinks included. Felt very pricey for the setting. Which brings me to the head-scratcher: the POS terminal's lowest default tip option was 20%. For a place that's a long way from a traditional sit-down experience, that felt very ambitious. What's going on with tipping in Vancouver these days? read more

Amazing Italian food in an unassuming hole in the wall. Came here for a quick dinner and we had the lasagna as well as a calabrese pizza. The lasagna was incredible - honestly I think the best lasagna I've ever had. And the pizza dough was so light and airy it took me by surprise. I wonder how they achieved this texture. Flavours were also on point. Service was friendly (walk up to the counter to order), and it's a casual hole in the wall with limited seating. It looks like they do a lot of takeaway and don't have alcoholic beverages at this location. Excited to come back to try more items on the menu, and also to try their larger location on Commercial! read more

God damn this place. Magnificent, just perfection in every bite. Cannot miss this spot on your next trip. I wish I had photos. Every meal was delicious, every person who working there definitely enjoys their job, you can tell. Quality spot, quality location, and the ambiance of this place alongside little Italy is... *chefs kiss* read more

THE. WORST. PIZZA. I. HAVE. EVER. HAD. I tried to think of a worse slice of pizza I have ever had in my entire 40 year lifespan, and possibly the cafeteria pizza in my elementary school back in 1993... The "lasagna" also tasted like HAMBURGER HELPER and not ONE SHRED OF MOZZARELLA could be found in it. I'm farely certain they used VELVETA or CHEDDER.... read more

Nonna's Cucina - Steer clear of this place if you're visiting EARTH. - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Came here for a second dinner with my partner and was pleasantly surprised. The service is extremely quick and the pasta is not only affordable, but very delicious. We got the rigatoni with Italian sausage. It comes with a very ample amount of sausage pieces. The sauce was really good, although a little too salty for my preference. And the pasta was a really delicious al dente. I really liked the chew to it, but it was a little too hard for my partner's preference. Understandable but it was still good for my soft mouth. The shop is really small so there's not a lot of space to sit down and eat. It's more of a takeout restaurant. read more

Nonna's Cucina - Rigatoni w Italian sausage - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Located on busy Hastings street with little fold out tables and chairs out front. This place is no joke and makes really delicious fresh pasta! The menu has quite a few options for such a small place, but we ended up getting the rigatoni and pappardelle with peas and asparagus in truffle cream. Both pastas were delicious, and our little bougie 2yo yummed up the pappardelle. We didn't try the paninis, flatbread/pizzas, but definitely would come back to try some other menu items. All the staff were all super friendly, and were surprised by the complementary cannolis at the end of our meal. A little pricey for a take out style place, but the food is delicious and it's always great to support small local businesses! read more

Nonna's Cucina - Rigatoni and Pappardelle. - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Good place for a quick lunch for two. There is very limited space so I think they mostly do takeouts. Pasta was great and the staff were friendly too. I also got the cannoli and amaretti tiramisu to go. The cannoli had a nice ricotta flavour and crunchy shell. Amaretti tiramisu was a little too sweet for me, but I will give the classic tiramisu a try next time! read more

Nonna's Cucina - Cannoli & Tiramisu - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Fantastic food. We had spaghetti and meatballs, side, salad, and bread. Such friendly staff too. We were checked on regularly.

I really loved our meal here and I'm super excited to go back. They don't have a website (although they have a FB page and are pretty active on Insta). You can order pickup or delivery which is very handy. We ordered a few paninis, pasta, and salad and the whole time, I kicked myself for not getting a pizza. The Caprese (Nonnas pistachio pesto, tomato, arugula, fiore di latte formaggio, extra virgin olive oil) was light and fresh. Nothing crazy or overly heavy and was a good addition to the rest of the order. My friend got the Nonnas Meatball Panino (slowly braised in nonnas tomato sauce, topped with provolone and parmigiano cheese). She said it was delicious and the meatballs were flavourful and a good size. One of the best things was the Panzanelle Salad (Mixed greens, fior di latte formaggio, toasted bread, tomatoes, red onion, red wine vinaigrette). The salad was light and so flavourful and fresh. It accompanied the heavy pasta we paired it with. Which takes us to the Pappardelle (Peas, asparagus in a truffle cream). There was no asparagus and it wasn't overly truffle heavy but was so delicious! The pasta was so fresh and had a perfect chew. It was a huge portion and really perfect! I cannot wait to go back here again! Such a treat and really great food! read more

Every time I walk by seems like a really popular place. Finally tried their paninis and it was good! Average price is around 18$ and comes with olives and chips. Would love to try their pizza one day!! Great service too :) read more

Nonna's Cucina - Momma's speciale, Meatball, Numero Uno - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Very noisy crowded place. Parking is street. We ordered their pasta dishes and found it ok. Ordered rigatoni, orchetta (sp?) and a salad. Our guest loved the salad. We requested some bread and the bartender brought us plate of light crunchy bread. Our waiter seem inexperienced and brought a small bowl with 4 chunks. We also tried their tableside tiramisu and cannoli. Tiramisu was good but cannoli was so so . Waiter could use a bit experience as coffee with cream and other with Splenda was brought to table already premixed. He was personable . As mentioned hard to have conversation with guests as others at their tables were talking loudly as well. Because of ambiance I would not go back. read more

Goggle recommended I visit this place, since I was craving Italian sandwich. Glad it didn't disappoint! Staff friendly, Food was made fresh. read more

Nonna's Cucina - It was crunchy, juicy, sweet and savory all at the same time. Will be coming back! - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Was blown away when I first tried it. The gnocchi!!!! The sandwiches are also great. All the food I've had here has been delicious. Really happy that they expanded to dine-in on Commercial Drive. Nice to have the options of casual or dine-in. Service is consistent, friendly and prompt. read more

Nonna's Cucina food truck has opened a store on Hastings st They have a couple of seats in store and outside They mainly focus on Panini sandwiches and pasta I got their Nonna's Speciale sandwich $19.00 You can find their homemade bread, with fig's spread, sopressata, spicy capicollo, genoa salami, fiore di latte, peperonata, eggplant, tomato, arugula, dijon mayo They serve this with potato chips and olives The bread is crispy and so fragrant and the fig spread gives a good balance of sweet and savory to all the cold cuts I would come back to try their pasta! read more

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+ It's not often that you come by Italian street food, and nonna does it best - who would've thought to put fig spread on a panini sandwich! This place's sandwiches were really unique so it really makes it stand out. - Not much seating on the inside so you have to sit outside, and the pizzas looked quite expensive sitting at around $30ish. read more

Nonna's Cucina - Numero Uno Panini - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Excellent place to grab some delicious sandwiches. I had the Nonna's speciale, it was really good with some unique flavors and the bread was soft and crunchy at the same time. I'm sure the pizza is as good, will have to try it next time. Nice ambiance, great service and friendly staff. Worth checking this place out! read more

Very awesome pasta spot! It looks a bit of a hole in the wall (not dingy or anything, but very small and a little disorganized at the time that I visited - might not always be that way), but the pasta rivals much fancier Italian restaurants, not just in taste but also in presentation! I got the ricotta herb gnocchi and with just one bite I realized that I hadn't tried really good gnocchi up to this point. The gnocchi were so soft and almost melted in my mouth as I ate. Served in a delicious pesto cream sauce with sauteed vegetables. I especially liked the fennel. This dish left me feeling satiated but not heavy - it was a perfect portion size and also made right. I am not exaggerating when I say that I could've gone to a high-end Italian restaurant and been served the gnocchi exactly as it was and left very happy. So $18 for this is kind of a steal even if it's not budget pricing. I had a tiramisu for dessert - I love tiramisu and didn't realize they had it here so was pumped to try it. The dessert cups are prepared in plastic cups designed to be easy to take to go, so the presentation is obviously not as fancy as you get with the pasta, but still delicious! The cream had a great depth of flavour that you don't get with cheap tiramisu - it's the real stuff! This was $5, which is also a great price since it's cheaper than basically any dessert you'll get in a sit-down restaurant and tiramisu in particular can get expensive to make, so you know they're not overcharging. The caring service was another pleasant surprise given the size of the space! I and other customers were greeted very warmly when we entered and sent off graciously when we were leaving, the person who took my order cleared and wiped down the counter for me so I could sit without me saying anything and was really apologetic about the mess in a good-natured way, not the stressed-out food service worker way, though I assured them it was totally fine. And food will be brought to you if you dine in. Everything is made to order so it's not instant, but they prepared my food as quickly as I could reasonably expect it to be put together - I wasn't keeping track but it probably took about 10 minutes, if that. Lovely lovely place and I highly recommend! I'm not in this neighbourhood often but I'll definitely want to come back if I'm nearby again. read more

Nonna's Cucina - Ricotta Herb Gnocchi & Tiramisu - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Decided to try this place after passing by a few times on Hastings St. it was a beautiful day so we sat in their outdoor seating area. We ordered the rigatoni pasta and the funghi pizza to share - both were so delicious!!! Rigatoni was so tasty and left us wanting more! We decided to order the full size of the pizza and figured we would take home leftovers. The dough was so light and fluffy and the topping amount to dough amount was perfect! Would definitely come here again to try their other dishes read more

Nonna's Cucina - Funghi pizza - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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This place was great. Lucked out no reservation but they had a last minute cancel. Live music. Friendly staff. Good Italian food. read more

I am obsessed with their Pappardelle. My fiancé and I eat here all the time. The Rigatoni is amazing too and today we tried their Cannolis for the first time. Which fortunately were the best Cannolis we've ever had!! Thanks for the good food and service! read more

Visited the food truck and specifically wanted to try the Nonna's speciale' panini. It comes with chips and olives which was unexpected since I clearly didn't read the menu carefully but a wonderful surprise! Very nice workers on the food truck as well. It cost $19 which seems pretty standard. I really liked the speciale and the meatball. Hoping to go to the restaurant and try the pasta one day! read more

Nonna's Cucina - Nonna's speciale $19 - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Came here because I wanted lasagna and this place served me the greatest lasagna I've ever had. Texture, sauce, the amount of meat, everything was perfect. read more

Absolutely delicious food and wonderful services!!! It's gonna be one of my new favourites! Highly recommend! A must try! read more

Nonna's Cucina - Chitarra with prawns and Rigatoni pasta - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Last night I had amazing night service, food and preparation was perfect. Thank you for the wonderful hospitality read more

Nonna's Cucina - Italian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Delicious. Ordered the herb ricotta gnocchi. Also, gave us a free round of cannolis. Folks that run this restaurant are super nice. read more

Very delicious pizza , pasta and salad just like we had in Italy. Staff is very friendly too - this place is truly a gem and will be on our go-to list from now on read more

Always great food and great service. Have tried a few different paninis and all have been delicious!

Went back here a week later to try pizza but they were all sold out at 4pm! I had the lasagna and my nephew had the rigatoni and meatball sandwich. The pasta is so delicious. I thought it was ground veal in the sauce. Probably one of the best lasagna and rigatoni I've had, ever. It wasn't heavy. How do they do it? I will have to go back and try their pizza and dessert. I hope they stay in the neighbourhood for a long time cause anything good here moves away. read more

This place was great. Tomato sauce was super tasty, not acidic and the portions were great! Amazing service and quick delicious Italian food. Definitely going back! Oh the deserts were also super yummy! read more

TOTALLY long overdue review for months. Been a Italian food lover since I was kid 70's and been all over lower mainland searching and discovering Italian food years. This place is top my list when head into vancouver from white Rock. This place is Five star in my books. PPPT... Price, Portion, People and Taste. read more

The service was good. I didn't try many things here, I only had one dish to go, and that is ok. I do feel like the dish is a little over priced considering it is not a full sit down restaurant. I would give another try. read more

Really good Italian pastas! We were rushing to find a place for lunch, wife found Nonna's Cucina on YELP with high rating. We ordered a rigatoni and a lasagne to go. Both pastas were cooked just right with plenty of meat, good portions and full of flavors! Very delicious! The service was quick. Overall a very nice experience. read more

I haven't gone to a new restaurant recently but I heard of Nonna's Cucina from my friend's friend so I decided to recommend this place to my company's manager. We had the rigatoni and the chitarra. The portion size of the chitarra is a good size for a lighter eater. But if you want something more substantial I would go with the rigatoni as the portion is much bigger. The taste for both dishes was excellent and I would recommend it. One thing though and it's not the restaurants fault but there isn't too much sittings and I saw people lining up grabbing for take out. If only the restaurant were bigger than take groups of people would nice otherwise it's more of a quick lunch or dinner to go. I would give 4.5 stars but yelp won't let me so I'll round up. Sorry no pics forgot to take them. read more

I just happened upon the restaurant and decided to do some take out. I ended up ordering three different dishes and everything was quite tasty. My only issue was that the pasta only had two meatballs and it just didn't spread enough for my meal. But other than that everything else was tasty and I would definitely go back to try some different dishes. read more

Food was incredible. It tastes like what I would expect in an Italian family home. The salad, I wish I could bottle the dressing and put it on everything. The Panini was amazing and so was the pasta and pizza. Would highly recommend. The owner was kind and friendly. You watch them make the pasta fresh to order. I'm from out of town so I'm thinking about the next time I can come back. It's a nice place but it's very limited for seating. read more

That's not pizza, it's toppings on focaccia, and not as much as it appears. A lot of bread, in other words. Maybe some people like it that way. I'm not willing to try the pasta in case it's equally disappointing. read more

Excellent food. Pizza, panini, pick whatever you. You can't go wrong. We'll be back soon.

We cannot say enough about the team at Nonna's Cucina and the quality of their food. Especially the Pizza. We recently used Nonna's Cucina to cater for an 80th Bday party for about 50 people. The order was ready on time with no delays or issues and was as tasty as can be. The pizza was truly the hit of the party. They have many other delicious items as well on their menu and I recommend it all, whether you're stopping for lunch, picking food up for dinner or planning a party. These guys are amazing and a pleasure to deal with. I highly recommend this place. read more

I wanted to like this place, the food looked good in photos. It wasn't that bad but way overpriced for not very high quality ingredients.