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    Bambolina Restaurant

    4.1 (569 reviews)
    ModeratePizza, Italian
    Closed 11:30 am - 8:30 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Jeff M.

    This place was awesome. Probably the best salad I've ever had in my life. Very tasteful. Pizza was great and the pork buns were delicious.

    Hot pepper and pepperoni pizza
    Brittney V.

    First of all the fact that this concept is a restaurant is a dream come true, pizza napolitana and ramen all in one??? Obsessed. And it did not disappoint! We split a hot pepper and pepperoni pizza, I got the Spicy White Kimchi Ramen and my partner got the Colonel Sanders Ramen. No notes on anything, just perfection.

    Mushroom fettuccine. Extra creamy is what  talking about!
    Paula B.

    Ambient is friendly and cozy. Great place to bring your best friend or your kiddos! Food was delicately delicious. Tell me what you think when you visit.

    Amazing gluten free awesomeness!! I will be saying yes to a few drops of the chilli oil & flakes again. Yes to this place!
    Ella H.

    The restaurant is cozy with exposed brick, pipes, and wood. There is also a small outdoor seating area. The place can be busy, we tried to go several days prior, but the line was out the door. They offer great service and the menu is clearly marked for avoiding gluten. Every single person in our group loved this place! We all got noodles of some type. We were all happy. Highly recommend!!

    Monika B.

    Stopped in for lunch totally unplanned. We were actually on our way to another restaurant when we walked by this location and decided pizza sounded like a much better plan. We were pleasantly surprised. The pizza was delicious. The crust was chewy while still crisp. Our Caesar salad was very flavorful. The service was incredibly friendly and prompt. The restaurant itself was very clean and cute. Very happy with our decision to stop in.

    Tricia W.

    Came here for a late lunch yesterday afternoon. Place was pretty quiet but it was between lunch and dinner hours. Ordered two pizzas, the mortadella and the capricciosa. Both were delicious, the mortadella was my favorite. we loved the crust here. Everything balanced. Decor was nice and service was ok. Def will be back!

    Lia M.

    I've been to Bambolina a few times and have always really enjoyed it. It's in a great location with a warm vibe and friendly service. My most recent visit was on a Sunday night a few months ago and it was fairly busy. Not packed but still lively. We loved the salad. It was absolutely delicious and I don't think I've ever seen my boyfriend eat that many greens. I'm glad my friends were willing to split pizzas. The artichoke and arugula pizza was my favorite, though everyone enjoyed everything. I've gotten pepperoni in the past and liked that as well. The pizza is just great here. Drinks were good too. Bambolina is also good because they've combined with Kokeshi, another favorite, so if your group is craving different things, Bambolina will work well. Though I miss the old Kokeshi space. Pastas are next on my to-try list here and I'm to return soon.

    SaVvy S.

    Great Service & delicious food. Im still dreaming of the bolognese pasta 2wks later. The beet salad was also delicious.

    Yvethe R.

    This was my first time at Bambalina and we went for lunch. On the positive side, service was very good- quick and super nice server- and the pizza was good. On the "con" side, the price of drinks was scandalous ($14 for a glass of wine, no bottle of wine under $48), the pizza toppings were scarce, and the Alfredo sauce was super heavy. The decor/ size/ ambience were good and the location is of course amazing, which is probably what's driving the prices. I don't think I will go back.

    Amber V.

    The pizza and pasta were absolutely amazing and tasted truly authentic. We were so stuffed but honestly couldn't stop eating because everything was that good. The staff was wonderful, welcoming, and made the whole experience even better. Highly recommend!

    Bao N.

    We were in Salem for the day and decided to go to Bambolina after a quick search. The interior was nicely decorated with warm lighting. Love the wood fired pizza oven. It was pretty empty in there when we came. I didn't expect it to be a joint space with Kokeshi. We ordered the bay scallop linguine, back alley ramen, ahi tuna poke, ragout Bolognese, forest mushroom and sausage pizza to share. They ended up giving us the margherita pizza due to a miscommunication. I was a bit bummed because I was excited to try the mushroom. Everything was okay, nothing to complain about, but also nothing amazing to it. I did enjoy the scallops. They were very sweet.

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    Alan M.

    I stumbled upon this restaurant while exploring the historic Salem area. I was originally looking for Kokeshi ramen and as it turns out, Bambolina and Kokeshi are the same restaurant, just serving different cuisines. I had seen Bambolina on Yelp with good reviews so I thought I'd try it out instead of Kokeshi. I ordered the sausage pizza, while my girlfriend ordered a ramen dish. The ramen came out in about 15 minutes, and my pizza was still missing. I went ahead and told my girlfriend to start on the ramen since we didn't want it getting cold while waiting for my pizza. We knew it would probably take a little longer than the ramen to come to our table, however the wait got more ridiculous as time went by. I kid you not, my girlfriend finished her entire bowl of ramen before my pizza even came out- probably about 30-35 mins from ordering. The pizza itself was okay. Exactly what I expected. Nothing more, nothing less, which was fine, apart from the wait. When we were finished eating, I gave my card to my waiter. I'm not sure what was going on, but they must have had my card for another 30 minutes with no explanation or update. I was worried they might take my card information with the amount of time they had it, but I didn't see any other suspicious charges. Overall, would not recommend solely due to the wait time of my pizza. It was apparent we weren't the only table with this issue. At least two other tables were waiting 30 plus minutes for their pizza to come out. There was so much to explore in Salem and I feel like waiting around for an average pizza took away from that.

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    Pork buns were great and margherita pizza was steaming and had a perfect crust. The breadsticks on the tables were also a nice touch.

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    Great food. My son and I had the pizza and Ramen and both were great. Will definitely go back.

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    Adriatic Restaurant & Bar

    Adriatic Restaurant & Bar

    3.9
    (439 reviews)
    0.2 mi
    $$

    April 17, 2026 I…read morewent with my parents tonight to the Adriatic Restaurant (Washington Street), Salem, MA. We've started having dinner out twice a month and this was the most recent experience. I had gone online to the NORTH SHORE DINNING PAGE on Facebook and asked people about their experiences with the restaurant in the last two days and here's what people said: "great, tender meatballs", "great eggplant parmigiana", "very good experience". .... And what we found out is that they were right. Those things were all true! Now.... As to what we ordered: I got the grilled octopus. It was the only partial miss on the menu. Arugula just doesn't make a very good sauce and it was a pretty bad base for what would otherwise might have been a great appetizer. My mother got the Caesar salad. It was good. It's a hard thing to screw up. My father ordered the meatballs. They were amazing and delicious - just like Facebook promised. The tzatziki sauce was good. Maybe not as good as mine, but good nonetheless. So dinner.... Mine was the Chicken Saltimboca. It was so good that I'd bathe in the sauce they make with it. I loved eating forkfuls of the chicken with bites of the mashed potatoes. That was really luxuriant. My mother had the Eggplant parmigiana and she wiped out the entire plate. She loved it. My father.... Beef tenderloin tips. Maybe cooked slightly too much, but delicious. He wiped out the plate. To drink.... I was out of the hospital and recovering from brain tumor surgery, so I had the hard cider (3.5% BV), my father had the Peroni (Italian) beer, and my mother had the Bud light. I tasted the Peroni and liked it very much. The hard cider had almost no sweetness to it. It was dry as a higher end brut champagne.... Which actually set off the meal really nicely. My tastes weren't clashing and that was good. Our waiter, Sean, was great. Ask for him! We left a $32 tip, so the bill came to $197.85

    My family and I had dinner here on the evening after Christmas around 7. It wasn't too busy, and we…read moregot a table pretty much to ourselves in the back area where the larger tables are. I had a delicious espresso martini and for apps I tried the arancini and picked off my sister's caesar salad. They were both alright, but the caesar could've used more dressing and I didn't love the flavor of the arancini - just a bit bland. For my entree I had the shrimp scampi. This also really lacked flavor, and I was yearning for more tomatoes. The service was great and our waitress Leanna was attentive and super sweet. They had clean bathrooms and ample parking out front and around the block. However, the food wasn't memorable, and I don't think I'll go out of my way to return.

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    Petrillo's Italian Kitchen

    Petrillo's Italian Kitchen

    4.3
    (320 reviews)
    1.8 mi
    $$

    June 6, 2026 My…read moreparents and I went to Petrillo's tonight and IT WAS AWESOME. Our server, Suzanne, is part of the family and she took great care of us. She was patient and kind and took the time to understand what we needed. We ordered cocktails... because tonight was the last night I could before I re-start chemotherapy. Both my father and I ordered the Sangria ($14.00) ... And it was *amazing*. Honestly, it was the best I've had since my best friend and I drank together at a Flamenco restaurant in Montreal in June of 1985. My mother ordered the house dry red wine ($10.00) I didn't taste it and she didn't mention whether it was good or not. We ordered one Ceasar Salad ($10.00) and it was both really generous and incredibly delicious (see photo). My parents and I split it three was and it was plenty. The tang of the dressing really worked against the sardines and garlic. I'd definitely go back for more of that!! For dinner, my mother ordered the beef special.... Beef Braciole ($33.00) in an epic sauce. She loved it... but definitely could not finish it!! She brought the leftovers home (as did my father and I). My father ordered the Veal parmigiana ($29.99) and it was a massive, almost overwhelming plate of food (photo attached). He loved it (as did I when I tasted it!). For me?? I ordered the Pollo Vodka Bella Napoli ($26.99 - photo attached). It was a huge, almost overwhelming bowl of food and it was amazing. Deep, rich flavor with mushrooms, bacon, shallots, and tender chunks of chicken. The noodles we all ordered were the home made & hand-made fusilli that are produced in-house. I think that if a chef is going to spend the time necessary to make noodles, you should savor them... and that's what we did. Suzanne offered us a chance at dessert, but we declined, since we knew that if any of us ate a bite more, we would hit critical mass and destroy at least the surrounding block. The only weak point we encountered was the bread. It was weak, drab, and lacking in taste and character. They could do much better on that. Our bill, with taxes, was $162.62. With tip, it came to $195. Totally worth it!

    Came here for lunch and got the Caesar salad ($10), seafood chowder ($12), and chicken parmigiana…read more($15). The price was a great value for the quantity, but the food itself was just mid. The seafood chowder has a good amount of seafood (shrimp with some scallops), but the seafood was mushy. The chowder was also lacking flavor. The chicken parmigiana was not as good as Olive Garden. The chicken was mushy, and the sauce was watered down/thin.

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    Antique Table

    Antique Table

    3.3
    (129 reviews)
    0.1 mi

    I was heading to Salem in October, and didn't want to risk trying to find food without a…read morereservation, but as expected many places don't take reservations in October because the influx of people, but Antique Table did! When we arrived the place was nearly empty, which come to find out places aren't as busy on a Monday. There was one other table finishing up in the main dinning area, and one other group arrived at the same time we did. We were greeted and sat quickly, but that's where the speed of things kinda came to a slow down. I'll start with some of the positives - our waitress was really nice and she had a helper who also was nothing but polite and friendly. The decor is really cool! There was no one in the entire back room of the restaurant, so I went and took a peak back there on the way to the bathroom and it had old cameras, typewriters, cool pieces of art, the main room also have some great scales of justice, and other fun features. They also had all the Halloween decor, if anyone needed to use the restroom we were told to go towards the large mirror, and I would always add on to my friends "with the creepy doll on it". After about 2 to 3 minutes my entire party had and water was brought to the table and served in plastic cups. Which at a place with white table clothes felt a little strange. At some point after our waitress returned to take drink orders and an appetizer of the calamari. She then asked "have I offered you all any bread yet" we said no, but we would love bread. She said "okay it will be $3" and walked away. We all kinda looked at each other confused, because the phrasing seemed like it was complementary bread but we were really hungry at this point and the bread ended up being really good - but it was a small portion for $3. I think 6 thinner slices in total. We waited a while before she returned for our food order. The menu has what you expect from an Italian places but also has a large section of Mexican dishes, which feels mismatched, it wasn't fusion style it was just Italian and Mexican separately, it just feels really disjointed. I went with the bolognese and one of my friends decided to order the tacos because it felt so silly to do in an Italian spot (and who doesn't like tacos generally). The calamari came out at some point after the bread, but we finished the bread, the calamari, and all our waters at a causal pace after that. We were sitting for a while before anyone came back to the room where we were seated. At this point there were maybe 3 or 4 tables sat in our room and possible one other couple up towards the front area. As many of us were out of water, I headed up towards the bar area or host stand to see if I could find someone. I ran into the guy who was assisting with our table and asked if we could get some more water - which happened promptly. About 5 to 10 minutes after that our waitress returned with even more water and told us food would be out soon. The food arrived maybe 10 minutes after that, so it had been a while since we ordered. The bolognese was fine, the pasta wasn't overcooked, the sauce lacked some depth and the meat was a little firmer than anticipated but overall it was still okay. They did offer some Parmesan cheese to be added to any of the pastas or tacos. The total for 5 people, with no alcohol, one soda, one order of calamari, the $3 bread, and the already added gratuity (which they did mention was already added in at 20% and it was also stated on the bill) ended up being $208. Overall, the food was fine, nothing to make a special trip for. Service was friendly, but very slow. The vibes were a little mismatched - Mexican food with Italian food and plastic cups with white table clothes. Overall, it's a fine experience if you are needing a reservation.

    We ordered delivery on Wednesday night. Two dishes before the delivery fee were almost $60! Hubs…read moregot the veal piccata and said it was very good. I ordered the Cabanara and was charged to add shrimp. This was astoundingly disappointing! I found a measly three, maybe four, overcooked shrimp; the sauce lacked flavor, carbonara, or alfredo sauce, as the menu suggests. I had to add a ton of salt, black pepper, and my own grated parmesan cheese to make it remotely palatable. Picture for reference. Typically, dining in I would alert staff right away. I tried messaging them on FB, and they have yet to respond. Unfortunately, I do not foresee us using them anytime soon.

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    Piccolo Piatti

    Piccolo Piatti

    4.3
    (7 reviews)
    0.5 mi

    Piccolo Piatti is finally open in Salem after waiting a few years with the "Coming Soon" banner…read morehanging on the green painted house at the corner of Webb St & Collins St. This small house was formerly Amazing Pizza & More which is relocated to the Wharf. Operated by Antique Table, Piccolo Piatti of Salem is strictly a takeout eatery (no table seating) which serves up a variety of paninis/subs/wraps with fries, chicken wings, pizza, grain bowls, salads, smoothies, acai bowls, juices, and can soda. The menu here is different than Antique Table and Piccolo Piatti Winthrop, which offers full service dining with mostly Italian food. I stopped by Piccolo Piatti mid-afternoon and the place was fairly busy with people hanging out waiting for their orders. I ordered a Salmon Bowl ($16 plus tax) which was ready in about 25 minutes after ordering since there were already large orders before mine. I watched the two cooks prepare food in the kitchen as I waited. The Salmon Bowl was really good with nice flavors, which had white rice, mixed greens, red onions, pico de gallo, hot tender honey glazed salmon smoothed with a pesto mayo. I will definitely have to drop in again for a hot sandwich with a smoothie!

    Got take out pasta dishes....food was delicious, however, for $20.99, both dishes were kids size…read moreportions. Seems like a couple more spoonful's pasta and more than 2 meatballs would at least begin to look like an adult's size portion. $50 for 2 very small meals.

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    The Babe

    The Babe

    4.5
    (66 reviews)
    0.2 mi

    Brunch was really great here! The French toast reminded us of a fried dough, so crunchy and yummy…read more I was hesitant about ordering a cold brew, if you are picky about your coffee you know it can be a hit or miss, but it was great as well! Service was fast. We were surprisingly satisfied overall.

    After having it on my list for months, I came to The Babe during Restaurant Week in Salem in…read moreJanuary 2026. Restaurant Week, as per the Salem Chamber of Commerce's website, is summed up as: "Participating restaurants offered special two- and three-course prix-fixe menus, giving locals and visitors alike a chance to explore, support, and celebrate Salem's vibrant dining scene." For $45 I got cheddar jalapeño fritters, a poutine burger (hamburger with fries cheese and gravy on top, kale Caesar salad with freshly grated cheese, and fresh, piping hot apple cider donuts. The burger was hearty, the fritters popped, and the donuts hit the spot but by far the standout was the kale caesar salad with the creamy dressing over crispy and crunchy kale topped with the tangy grated cheese. A Downeast cider washed it all down and was refreshing. I went on a weekday so there were a few people sitting at the bar with me but overall the place wasn't packed. What I really appreciated was the general manager came to talk to me specifically about their Restaurant Week food selection and to get my feedback. She was super friendly and I told her about the kale caesar salad. Parking is on the street and can be hit or miss because The Babe is right on Washington Street where it starts to curve around the corner. It's worth it to keep circling though. The Babe has different events each night of the week, including Jazz Tuesdays and karaoke Fridays. I had a great time at The Babe and I appreciate how much they support the local Salem community. I am looking forward to going back!

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    Toscana Bar Italiano

    Toscana Bar Italiano

    4.2
    (195 reviews)
    1.7 mi
    $$

    Despite the fact that Beverly was experiencing a heat wave and that Toscana's AC was out of order,…read moremy partner and I had a terrific dinner for my 79th birthday at this local favorite. The serving staff were cordial and despite the fact that the kitchen was VERY hot and the waitstaff quite overheated, we enjoyed a moderately warm dining room and absolutely amazing meal. While deliberating about what to order, we enjoyed a gin & tonic (generous serving of Hendricks) along with their incomparable warm bread with olive oil and cloves of roasted melting garlic for dipping. We chose 2 excellent appetizers for our meal: Calamari Fritti and Mussels. The calamari were crisp and light, with a few fried jalapeños in the mix with marinara sauce. The mussels were cooked in white wine with tomatoes and delightful spices. We each had a glass of Orvieto, a crisp and slightly sweet white wine that the server allowed us to taste before ordering. After having satisfied our "warm day" appetites, we settled on two desserts (both excellent): Tiramisu and Crème Brulée. It was a great meal and this birthday boy was very happy to cap the day so nicely. One never leaves Toscana without a smile.

    We ordered a pizza and cannolis to go and they were ready so fast and delicious! Margarita pizza…read morewas delicious, the sauce was perfect, smooth, not too acidic, perfect pizza sauce. Crush was perfectly cooked, thin but not too crisp. Cannolis were small but absolutely worth it, smooth filling and crisp outside, hard to do with to go orders. From my experience they seem to be great with allergies as well, I have a nut and shellfish allergy and had no issues eating here. I love when ordering online there is an option to mark an allergy on individual meals, it means a lot and sets this place far a part. Service was fast and helpful. Ambiance is great in the restaurant although we did not stay for our meal.

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