The pizza here is amazing. We order a tray of red it was really good and the service was great. It…read morethe best pizza around town.

Colorusso's is Casual, excellent food, they have the best pizza! Service is always so nice and…read morefriendly.

I was recently back in NEPA for a few days, and naturally, a visit to PAZZO was at the top of my…read moreto-do list. When I lived here, this was my go-to spot for amazing Italian food, warm hospitality, and excellent service, all served up with a dash of that Agolino family magic. (Spoiler alert: nothing has changed, and that's a beautiful thing!) The moment I walked in, I was greeted by Chef Sam Agolino himself, and it felt like running into an old friend. He hasn't aged a day (what's his secret?!). I met up with a buddy--another die-hard PAZZO fan--and we settled in for a night of catching up over some truly mouthwatering dishes. Our server was top-notch, giving us plenty of time to chat and reminisce without feeling rushed. Since I was driving, I didn't indulge in one of PAZZO's famous cocktails, but was happy to see that non-alcoholic beer was available. The menu still had some of my old favorites, which made it impossible to choose (in the best way). We kicked things off with salads and two orders of their legendary meatballs. Let me tell you--those meatballs are something I'd order every time I visited and tonight they were just as I remembered them - perfectly seasoned, tender, and absolutely divine. For the main event, I went with the Vitello Neapolitan: breaded veal and eggplant layered with fresh mozzarella over pasta. The veal was melt-in-your-mouth tender, the pasta perfectly al dente, and the sauce? Chef's kiss perfection. My friend opted for the orecchiette pasta and raved about every bite. By the time dessert rolled around, we were so full we couldn't even think about it. Dinner at PAZZO had me questioning all my life choices--like why I ever left NEPA in the first place. But then I stepped outside into the freezing Pennsylvania air and remembered why I traded snow boots for flip-flops in Florida. Still, great Italian food like this is hard to find down south, and PAZZO makes me miss it every single time. The Agolino family has been a culinary staple in NEPA for decades, and it's easy to see why people keep coming back. Chef Sam, Corinne, and the entire team--thank you for an unforgettable evening! If you're in the area and haven't experienced PAZZO yet, stop reading this and GO. - Would move back to PA (temporarily) for the meatballs.

Food and service are fantastic. You are treated like family and everything is absolutely delicious!read more

Good Italian if you're in the area, the service is friendly and portions are big. The restaurant is…read moredated and a no frills type of place, also note there are no locks on the women's restroom stalls

Our friends, (one of whom is a retired chef) wanted to try this place as he heard they had very…read moregood food at a very reasonable price. I dined here many years ago and felt that it was nothing special and had no desire to return, but, as our friends wanted to try we went, even though now it was a distance to drive to. You will first notice a very, very, very antiquated restaurant in need of some serious updating. If ou can find information online, you will note that in looking at they menu, prices are in fact, very reasonable, but then you will find this disclaimer. (Menu may not be up to date. Submit corrections.). Consequently, when we sat down to order, our friends said, gosh, "these prices are nothing like what we saw online". I educated him on the disclaimer. We shared an antipasto which was quite good along with their bread. I think their menu is rather limited, utilizing the same ingredients in different ways. Their claim to fame seems to be serving in oversized bowls with a lot of sauce. We had one of their seafood specials, some ravioli, eggplant parmesan and calamari. The calamari was hot and fresh, but extremely bland. What is usually served with some jalapeño and lemons and various dipping sauces, was under salted and only served with some marinara sauce. Very disappointing. The eggplant parm was tasty, but the inside ricotta cheese was lukewarm at best, so not a good way to be served. The ravioli was tasty, not a lot of them, but swimming in sauce. The best dish was the seafood special, nice flavor. I note that many of the reviews on this page are from "out of towners", so I suppose if you are visiting from a bigger, more metropolis area, the outdated environment might seem charming. To me, living semi-local, first off I generally don't go out for Italian food because I am a fantastic cook and Italian food (especially those dishes that are heavy on the pasta) is perhaps the simplest and least expensive to prepare, so I tend to dine at things I find to be a treat that I generally would not cook, like something very mediterranean or Thai or Indian. So, although this food in this restaurant was good, it was, what we would say, nothing special. Good for what it is, a very basic local neighborhood place.

This place is so flattering with its beautiful atmosphere and lovely attentive staff. We came here…read morenot expecting a table but just to have a few drinks at the bar. Julian and the bar manager I believe his name was Kieth (sorry if Im wrong) were so attentive prompt and respectful. It was truly a lovely experience when we received a few appetizers compliments of the chef. We fell in love and I booked a table for My upcoming birthday!

First the good: the food is amazing! Handmade pastas are out of this world. Entrees top notch…read more Desserts are on point. That olive cake is to die for. The bad: this point has to do with their automatic gratuity system. Nothing to do with the kitchen. I am not sure if anything over a party of 4 gets automatic tip, but it falls apart here: the bottle list. We ordered a bottle of wine. $115. Total cost with tax and gratuity is $143. That's $27 over the cost of the actual bottle. Or a 20% tip roughly. And they probably calculated the tip post tax. Had I known that I would not have ordered a bottle. Now for the arguments of "serving a bottle involves some labor that should be compensated ". Let's do the math. The cheapest bottle they have is 60$. If you were to charge gratuity and tax on this bottle it would be $76.20. That's only $16.30. Not a bad price right? Given the service of opening said bottle and pouring it. BUT... The most expensive bottle they have is $360. If you order that bottle, you will be paying an extra $97.20. That is a huge markup. And if I'm missing something, tell me how the service on a $360 bottle is different than the service on a $60 bottle. Does the server come out with a little song and dance for the more expensive one justifying an additional $97.20 on a $360 bottle of wine? Do you realize how absurd this is? My guess is that the owners don't realize the point I'm trying to make- to give them the benefit of the doubt. That is the best situation. The worst is if the owners know this, and are fleecing the customers. I'd like to believe this is not the case. To sum up: go for the food. Order wine by the glass. DO NOT order bottle service. You will be in for a nasty surprise. The average markup for A bottle of wine is 3x the amount in a restaurant. Retail my bottle was $45. I know this. And if it's $115, that's fair. After all the restaurant makes more money on liquor sales than food. I'm okay with that. But what I find reprehensible is that they charge a service fee on top of that. Which by my calculation is 20%. Therein lies the fallacy. The same 20% charge is applied to the cheapest to most expensive bottle. The effort made to open and serve said bottles are exactly the same! They don't disclose this practice to the patrons. I've run this by multiple people I know. They all say this practice is shady as hell. Enough said, go for the food. Don't get a bottle of wine.

Since Valentine's Day was on a Saturday this year, we opted for a Thursday night celebration, and…read moremost places weren't offering a special dinner outside of their weekend reservations. We were lucky enough to score a romantic, private booth at Grico's and they were offering their Valentine's menu as far out as Thursday. There was a perfect pace to our meal, and the drinks were noticeablely delicious. The appetizers were flavorful but still light; no heavy breading on the clams casino, really nicely seasoned and the jumbo lump crab cocktail was so fresh I just opted for a squeeze of lemon. The salads were incredible; the croutons on the Caesar were crisp and airy, the toasted pine nuts with the arugula salad added that crunch that some salads are missing. It would have been an epic meal even if it had to end there, but the entrees delivered as well. The massive portion of Seafood Fra Diavolo (shrimp, scallops, calamari and clams in spicy marinara over linguine) had my fiance packing leftovers, and the only reason I didn't finish my meal was to have another crack at this savory peppercorn encrusted bone-in pork shank beauty the next day. Rested on a mushroom brandy cream sauce, with broccoli and oven-roasted crispy seasoned potatoes, every bite smothered in that sauce was delicious. We felt like, for what we got, it was an excellent value and items were appropriately priced; staff were very welcoming and had great, honest and personal recommendations to help us decide between all the great menu options. This is basically seafood-forward Italian dining done right, with top-notch cocktails in an inviting atmosphere...we'll most certainly be back!

Excellent restaurant, food is amazing and the atmosphere is wonderful especially in the private…read morebooths. Shawna is amazing!!

Super clean and surprisingly spacious fast casual restaurant with friendly service and delicious…read moresandwiches. We had two variations on the "diablo" and they were fresh, overstuffed, and huge. One sandwich could easily feed two people of normal appetite for lunch (split a bag of chips, too). Support local franchise owners!! Recommended.

Food was very good but the price for what you get is way, way too much when there are so many other…read moreoptions for much less locally. Friendly place and clean.

This review was very mixed. We'd heard great things about this place and wanted to try a new place…read moreas we've started exhausting a lot of local places. The decor was great, the drinks were FANTASTIC, my food was about a 5 out of 10. I had the carbonara. Very oily and not creamy at all. I would have used a different blend of cheeses to make it creamier and less oily. My guess is they used Asiago. Not bad but not as great as I was expecting. My wife had the red beet salad. Shockingly a $20 salad with canned beets on it. Mediocre at best but the canned beets ruined it. If your getting a salad that features a specific vegetable wouldn't you want that vegetable to be the best highlight of the salad? That was the good part. The service I can't even explain. I'm not sure what happened because if it were like this everyday they'd be closed. We walked in downstairs and was told to sit wherever we wanted and then we were forgotten about. The bartender finally came over after my wife was looking her way for 20 minutes. Bartender apologized for forgetting about us. No waitresses anywhere. The AC I think was off because it was cooler outside on a warm muggy PA night than it was inside. The bar was about 3/4 full and there was one table seated and we noticed about 3/4 of the outdoor seating was occupied as well. Not super busy at all. We waited about 20 minutes before we were approached. We ordered water until we could got our menus and reviewed them. Water never came. Someone else came over and asked us about ordering drinks. We ordered drinks and asked about our water. Water never came. Drinks came. Then yet a different person came over a few minutes later to take our food order. We ordered water again since we were planning on drinking more. My wife's appetizer came out, meatballs. Pretty good, similar but somewhat different flavor than my Italian mothers recipe. When the app came out that person finally got us silverware, napkins and our water. Food came a little later. That's described above. During dinner we had to get up to get refills on water and were never offered additional drinks or anything. We finally stopped someone and asked for our check. My wife had to go to the bar to pay the bill. No one ever came back to the table. At one point earlier we were asked who our waitress was and we all looked at each other because 4 or maybe 5 people were at our table at some point but it was like we still couldn't get stuff we needed. My wife paid with a card she had forgotten to activate and it declined. The bartender gave her the slip and the card and never noticed or told her. She realized it at the table. We had to go back to the bar and pay again because after cleaning that one table everyone except the bartender would vanish. Finally we paid, sweating our asses off in a corner table with the most bassy sound system pounding for 2 hours we got out of there and went to a local bar for drinks. I would have loved to have enjoyed this place and loved to have had more drinks because their bar was the highlight of the experience but it was clear they didn't care about us at all. And we were sweating to death.

This place has an upstairs for formal dining. It looks beautiful. They have additional rooms for…read moreprivate events. All of the food is homemade and tastes delicious. Justin and Sandy treated us great and were very friendly and attentive. We ate in the downstairs area which had great ambience with different colored lighting and a fireplace. There was a nice stage area for the bands . Definitely will go back and highly recommend!

I've eaten here on three (3) separate occasions and tried the chicken fettuccine Alfredo, another…read moreAlfredo dish, and the homemade gnocchi. Unfortunately, none of the experiences were good. Each time, the food was disappointing. We always ordered takeout, and the noodles were consistently stuck together and kind of runny. The gnocchi was especially unpleasant, the sauce tasted sour and off, which completely ruined it. Comparing the sizes of the gnocchi as well, you can go somewhere else and get bigger pieces for the same price or less. While the pricing is pretty standard for similar places, the quality just doesn't justify it. The food simply doesn't taste good. I don't plan on coming back again, especially if I am looking for a genuinely good pasta dish.

I am from the Valley. Grew up going to Marianacci's. My Dad knew Ticy!!…read more I was in town for a wedding. Landed in Wilkes Barre. Rented my car... first stop ( before my hotel) was... Marianacci's. It was a Friday night . I walked into the bar... it was wide open. Was happy for that as I'm by myself and like eating at the bar. I went to sit down and was told it was reserved. Never actually have come across every seat at the bar reserved. But bartender was kind enough to say as long as I'm out by 7:30.. j vouch c take up a spot. So I did. Ordered a wine and the cannelloni. Dear God ... it was absolutely incredible. Honestly the portion... huge. Came with a salad. Perfect. Ordered a half tray to go... as I had a refrigerator in my hotel room. Fyi... enjoyed it the whole weekend! Can't wait to return.

This is the 3rd year in a row that I've visited back home from Miami and Rikasa is always on my…read morelist! The rooftop has stunning views and is beautifully designed with outdoor seating of both Main Street in Pittston, overlooking the murals and the river. The rooftop is also retractable. We usually walk in early evening to head to the bar although reservations are recommended. The drinks are honestly the best drinks I've had anywhere! I've had a pomegranate martini and my favorite this year, guava martini! The drinks are strong and perfectly balanced and flavorful! I haven't had the food but I would highly recommend if you're looking to be transcended from the typical offerings of the area to a more sophisticated venue with great view! The weekly events and brunch I see shared to social media also sounds like they'd be fun!

Rikasa came highly recommended by some friends to check out the roof. We went around sunset and the…read moreatmosphere and sunset did not disappoint. We were immediately seated at a table for 2. Our waitress came to take our drink order and we got the peach sangria for 2 which uniquely came in a French press. We ordered calamari and oysters as an appetizer. Then the hot sausage cavatelli and sea bass which were both phenomenal. They also give you a restaurant passport to visit all of their restaurants for a $100 gift card along with $2 off a drink at the speakeasy. Only reason I didn't give it a 4 was that service was extremely slow. Our waitress seemed to have disappeared and by the end of the night someone completely new was just there assisting.

Fantastic pizza! The white pizza is awesome! Red is just as good. Can't wait to have it againread more

Welcome to today's video! Before we get started, I need to make a quick correction--earlier I…read moremistakenly called it Biscotti's, but it's actually Biscotto's, my apologies. Biscotto's is an Italian-style restaurant and pizzeria serving Old Forge-style pizza. I ordered a half tray of six cuts, served piping hot straight from the kitchen. Each slice had a perfectly crispy crust and just the right amount of cheese. I usually add onions, but forgot this time. The service was warm and professional, making the experience even better. The pizza was delicious and filling, and I can't wait to return to try other dishes. I also enjoyed a cup of their red pepper bisque soup--hot, well-seasoned, and bursting with flavor. Like and follow them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550511580034# Watch their video review on our YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/K-ki_x-T-oc