The food was so good and I love to have a local Italian place that makes their own pasta. So good…read moreand it was cooked perfectly al dente. Service was excellent. My only slight criticism was that the heat was up too high and it made me a little uncomfortable.

We went for their prefix menu for the Portsmouth restaurant week! My boyfriend's favorite thing is…read morepenne alla vodka his dish was just not penne alla vodka. The service took 30min to get a drink or bread. We asked twice for bread. There was only three other tables in the restaurant when we showed up. The waitress was very nice, but not attentive in anyway. She table touched maybe three times during the whole service.

Great food, drinks, and staff! Love the environment! This spot is the best place to go in Dover!read more

My husband and I came here for lunch after a long drive from NYC to Dover, and we loved it here. I…read moreordered lobster sliders and he ordered pasta with grilled chicken. Both dishes were is delicious. We loved the charming ambiance here. The staff were also very welcoming and professional. We had a great experience here!

We were hesitant to try having heard mixed reviews…read more We were pleasantly surprised ! The atmosphere is lovely .. Clean ,bright, upscale We were serve Foccacia that was real Foccacia .. not a bready cakey "want a be" The Caesar salad was fresh crisp and delicious The chicken parm was also delicious Pan fried cutlet ( not greasy)with a light tomato sauce Served with perfectly sautéed broccoli rabbi ... a little heat , garlic slices and nit too much oil A complimentary gelato to finish off the meal !! Yum A very crave worthy meal .... We will be back

The service was good, but as noted by others the place is loud because of the hard surfaces and…read morelayout. They did not acknowledge my wife's birthday, though it was noted in the reservation. Here's the food: Arancini - good flavor, odd shape and breading, didn't come with sauce Calamari - slightly overcooked, not that tough but wasn't soft like fresh should be, but it was crispy Caesar salad - very good Side salmon - star of the show, delicious Kids butter pasta - it was fine, the pasta was a little over cooked Flank steak - cooked perfect. I'm not convinced it was flank steak just be the texture, it was leaner than expected but delicious - closer to strip steak. The cold potato salad is an odd choice. Carbonara Pizza - it's not carbonara, it's a breakfast pizza. MAYBE they used guanciale, but it was sliced thin like bacon with a few whole strips, not chunks like you'd expect carbonara. Also had chunks of mozz on it and a poached egg or too. I personally would have made a carbonara sauce as the base and then chunked guanciale on top. A little pepper and parsley to pull it together. Honestly disappointed, carbonara is a top dish for me. Dessert menu is lacking big time. The complementary soft serve gelato was good, not great. The place is fine, I wouldn't go back.

We went here for our fifth anniversary. Unbeknownst to us, it is restaurant week in Portsmouth…read moreand a 3 course menu was offered for $52. We each ordered so.ething different each course and shared each dish. Everything we ate was delicious. My husband thought the Bolognese Rigatoni was so-so but I really enjoyed it. The atmosphere upstairs was intimate but a bit noisy. The service from everyone was impeccable.

Went for an anniversary dinner, food was delicious. Service was lackluster. Evening started great…read morebut spiraled from there. My SO went to the restroom and the bartender asked me if we were celebrating anything and I told her it was our 7 year anniversary, she mentioned bringing something out for us, unexpected but appreciated. Meatball appetizer along with an appetizer size portion of a pasta dish, and the smoked duck small plate. All very good. From there it went downhill. Neither bartender checked in for about 30 minutes while we waited for our main course. Espresso rubbed duck was very flavorful and delicious. After the main nothing was brought out, so at that point I was a little frustrated so we went on our way. Food was great, service started good but then disappeared. Definitely would not return for an occasion.

Love Cartelli's! IMO it is the BEST Italian in the area! I look forward to bringing my Dining Out…read moreGroup there at some point! Plenty of parking too, is always a plus, and so is the pleasant atmosphere!

The food was incredible! Great service and atmosphere. We started on the patio but moved inside…read morewhen it rained and each area had their own charm. The food was the star of the show though! We got the linguine and meatballs and the chicken Dijon.

We were able to get a parking place right in front on concert night!! I, who usually doesn't drink,…read moreordered an espresso martini before dinner. It was great!! She was able to add Bailey's so it was a bit creamier. We ordered some mozarella sticks before dinner and they were yummy. For my dinner I ordered a small pizza. I can't recall the topping, probably meatball. It was excellent. I wanted to finish it all, but 2 pieces came home with me. Great option for dining nicely prior to the concert in the park. Would definitely come here again.

Wanted to update my review as the Rosa is now under new management and I believe much improved. Now…read morepart of the MT dining group (Surf, Buckleys Great Steaks, etc...), I felt that the food was substantially better than our prior visits. The staff is pleasant and we had a great waiter. Somehow the room felt nicer, cleaner and brighter. We dined with friends and started with cocktails which were very good. Our waiter brought out complimentary bread and oil, which we all enjoyed, and was replenished during our meal. The small Caesar salad was generous and easily enough for two. The meatball appetizer was also quite big, with 3 delicious meatballs and several pieces of garlic toast. We shared a Lasagna entree which was very good, and was more than enough for two people. In fact, we could not finish and brought home a small portion which I enjoyed for lunch. The menu offers both classic comfort Italian dishes, as well as pizza and more modern Italian fare. Our friends were pleased with Chicken Parm, again more than they could eat. We all felt prices were fair and reasonable given food prices these days. Further, unlike a few other spots in town, no unpleasant surprise surcharge for using a credit card. We were too fill to try dessert, but I expect they will be as good as those offered at other Buckley restaurants. I think Michael Buckley has done a great job reinvigorating this long standing Portsmouth restaurant. Be sure to make a reservation, the place was packed and with good reason.

The food was amazing! Caprese salad, bruschetta, and baked salmon with lobster cream sauce and a…read moreside of lobster ravioli! Fabulous! Lemoncello gelato for dessert was the perfect ending of a delightful meal! And the service was fantastic!

Great atmosphere, though it can feel a bit chilly if you're seated near the windows. The service…read morewas excellent, and our server was very knowledgeable about both the menu and the wine list. Everything we ordered tasted fantastic. That said, both the pappardelle and the ravioli were a bit heavy on the sauce. While the sauces were delicious, they slightly overwhelmed the pasta and distracted from the delicate flavors of the lobster. The standout entrée was the braised short rib. It was incredibly tender and packed with rich, savory flavor. The drinks were excellent, and dessert was the perfect finish. The pistachio cheesecake was absolutely outstanding. Added note: I ordered the Caesar salad...I was asked if I wanted anchovies. I did, the server said nothing about an additional charge for the anchovies and I didn't look on the bill. If they do charge for anchovies knock one star off this review. One other reviewer claimed they charged extra for anchovies. A traditional Caesar comes with anchovies! If they're charging extra; that's just wrong. Nowhere on the menu does it say extra for anchovies. Bon appétit

Food , drinks , and apps were amazing. Got the connoli dessert to go and got back to the house they…read moremeasured 7" long ! Service was great always someone at our table to see what we needed . Definitely will be back next year !

Every year my family and I are in Ogunquit for a week over the July 4th holiday. Every year we…read morevisit Angelina's multiple times. It is just as good now as it has always been. This year on one of the occasions we went, we happened to try to get in after 9pm, the staff was clearly in close up mode so we felt bad, but David and the bartender insisted we come in for our nightcap. We had our drinks and left, also as usual the drinks were very good. We returned the next day for dinner, we started with the provolone slab appetizer, then I had the lobster risotto, which was loaded with lobster and really tasty. My wife had scallops, and we both enjoyed an amazing martini. David, our server, and the rest of the staff were all amazing as usual!!

Great food(we were stuffed)...excellent service and we got a table right away since we beat the…read moredinner rush. We will definitely go again!

Mimsy and I had dinner at the recommendation of our daughter who has been working in the restaurant…read moreindustry for 20 years and raves about it. We were there just after five on a Thursday night and it was packed. This place is very popular. We were seated into two-top at the bar right away. Nice atmosphere. Despite the fact that she was in the weeds, the bartender took great care of us, excellent service. We kicked it off with Bombay Sapphire Martinis, very dry, straight up. They were weak... Watered down and full of ice chips. Mimsy got a small garden salad with blue cheese dressing. I got the Caesar. Her dressing really didn't have any blue cheese in it to speak of. Probably Sysco. My Caesar was OK, I like it a little more garlicy, but I'm peculiar like that. For the entrée, Mimsy got the carbonara. The portion was gigantic. A pile of carbonara. However, the pancetta in this was either dry and salty or undercooked. it seemed like the pancetta had been cooked days before and was added to the order when cooked. I got the veal Parmesan. The veal had no particular flavor really. It was just kind of there, it could've been the chicken for all I know. The marinara tasted good. I got it with the house made fettuccine, which was doughy. We got a glass of Sangiovese, 13 bucks each, which is reasonable, it was good quality wine. Overall, it was just OK. There's this old joke that if you ask an Italian, where is the best restaurant in town, they will tell you it's at their mother's. This applies here. Mimsy can make better everything that we had tonight.

The Pizzeria was bustling and noisy, but happy. Waitress very friendly. ALL sorts of beer…read moreavailable. We had simple red pizza w mushroom, sausage, and arugula. Everything was just right. To me, the Best part was the WPF Bread store on the other side. Their bread is the BEST! And here there were many flavors I'd never seen before. Plus they were having a 2/1 sale so only $4.50 per delicious loaf. I left w a granola-blueberry and a chocolate-chocolate chip. The orange-cranberry was fantastic but I thought had more sugar. The staff was nice here too. I wish the store was closer to my home! The outside area was very attractive also.

We've been here in the past and really enjoyed the pizza, which made our experience Friday night…read moreespecially surprising and disappointing. Unfortunately, the pizza was soft, undercooked, and just not good. It was such a noticeable difference from what we've had here before. We didn't finish it and didn't even want to take the leftovers home -- it was that disappointing. Hopefully this was just an off night, because our previous experiences had been much better.