We stopped in for lunch. The restaurant has an Italian vibe and is tastefully decorated. My husband…read moreand dad both had burgers which were huge. They both said they were delicious. Our waitress steered me in the right direction with the Penne alla Polpa, penne with lump crabmeat. I felt like it was a great value for $16. Next time I am visiting my dad in Chestertown I will definitely stop back in.

Authentic Italian food!!! Large portions!!! Fabulous menu to choose from and everything comes out…read moreperfect and delicious!!! So hard to choose just one thing!!! Gluten free and wood fired pizzas as well. Friendliest staff!! Best to make a reservation, although lots of seating, fills up quickly as you can imagine!!!! Yum!!!!!!!

Outstanding! Food was so delicious. Cocktails on point. Great wine menu. Lovely ambience in the…read morelittle downtown.

This place is really cute. Nice ambiance and friendly service. We ordered spritzes for our…read morecocktails - a limoncello spritz and their take on a hugo spritz. Both were yummy and refreshing! The brussel sprouts to start were also good but could've used a bit more gorgonzola cheese on top. I loved the seafood pasta in the saffron butter sauce. They were able to modify it to be gluten free using their gf penne pasta. Great texture and cooked to al dente! My only note would be that they only served brunch on Sundays from opening until 2pm. We arrived at around 1:30pm and I would've preferred items from the regular lunch menu but it wasn't available. They actually start serving dinner at 2pm on Sundays which I also found strange. Not a big deal but just something to keep in mind if you're scoping out the menus beforehand!

Food - so very good! Everything was hot and fresh and house-made. The gnocchi were little dumplings…read moreof pasta numminess. Yes, nummy. The chicken picatta was so, so good- just the right amount of lemony goodness. The Marsala was my husband's favorite- he's said it's some of the best he's had. My daughter said her veal was delicious. Get the cannoli- even if you don't normally like cannolis. My daughter loved her gooey snickerdoodle butter cake topped with ice cream. The decor and staff are everything you want in a family-owned Italian restaurant. There was Sinatra music playing and My Cousin Vinny on the TV - it was great. There is indoor and outdoor seating. It is a small restaurant with limited seating. If you are pressed, make a reservation. Don't go here, if you want quick, impersonal service. Street parking, just a heads up.

Absolutely excellent!…read more My Delaware-living family member was right on track when she recommended Scalessa's! When she compared it to our all time favorite Italian South Jersey (Fieni's) - we were in! Scalessa's is quaint, warm, and boasts a decent sized menu. The gnocchi was tender and pillowy with a great sauce. The seafood was delicious and fresh! Everyone loved his/her dishes! We met the owner, which I always like. The huge portions allowed us to take home leftovers (not a typical thing for me!). Our dessert of (shared) choice was butter cake - wow! Super yummy just like my grandmother turned us on to many moons ago! Since I'll be spending more time in Delaware - we'll be stopping again!!! :) A DEFINITE MUST TRY !!! Thanks Jules !

We ventured into Maryland with our extended family for some lunch at the Tap Room. We were there…read moreabout the time they opened and our large group (4 adults and 5 children) were seated at a round table. We ordered a dozen of their daily crabs, 6 ears of corn, a basket of fries and an order of hush puppies. Everything came out rather quickly and we thoroughly enjoyed our food. My sister in law did mention that the crabs might have been cooked a little too long because they were a tad too soft but I didn't know any better and thought they tasted great!

This place was everything we were hoping it would be - unassuming but good food. Our favorites were…read morethe crispy wings and the crab cake appetizer. The clams were good but nothing special. Service was good. The crabs looked amazing, but we didn't order any. They only take cash but they have an atm.

Good new Italian spot in Middletown. Have been 3 times now and have enough experience to review…read more Let me start with what we didn't like, the pizza. I'm a pizza fanatic but the pies here aren't my favorite. Having said that the cheesesteak is excellent. Way better than the other overpriced place in town. Not cheap here either but a good value when you see the quality and size. Lasagna is amazing too. Best I've had in MOT by far. Meatballs good as well. The 'rolls' (like Stromboli) are really nice too. Pizza isn't my jam but everything else we've tried has been pretty epic. Nice folks too.

Sausage and mushroom. Good sauce and nice fresh mushrooms. But the best part for me was the…read moresausage. Really good, I could taste the fennel. Solid pizza.

Ate here for the first time tonight and LOVED it! Food was delicious and timely, staff was super…read morefriendly. Great atmosphere, drinks from the bar were also delicious. We didn't have a reservation but were seated in very reasonable time. Zero complaints. Can't wait to go back. We had a party of four and everybody was happy.

10.31.2026 Another…read morefabulous meal at El Gusto tonight! I told my wife I was in the mood for Italian. She mentioned another place we sometimes go for pizza, but I said, "Nah, I want something better." She already knew exactly where I wanted to go! Surprisingly, when we arrived, there was only one other couple in the restaurant. Of course, it was Halloween, so that probably explained the slow evening. We looked over the menu, and our server came by to tell us about the specials. They all sounded great. I ordered an Old Fashioned, while my wife had tea. We started with the salad from the specials menu, which included apples and pears. A nice combination! For dinner, my wife ordered the stuffed shrimp special. It was supposed to come with potatoes and green beans, but she asked if she could substitute pasta. They offered either tomato sauce or garlic sauce, and she chose the garlic. I really wanted to try something different myself, but I ended up going with my old faithful, the lasagna. By the time we placed our order, we were the only couple in the restaurant. We noticed a few employees heading out, and I commented to our server that it was unusually slow for a Saturday night. He agreed, saying Halloween night was expected to be slow, although they still had a few more tables coming in. When our food arrived, everything looked excellent, as always. My wife's stuffed shrimp and pasta looked amazing, and my lasagna was just as inviting. I tried some of her garlic pasta, and I honestly don't know how they make it so good! The shrimp and crab were excellent, too. My lasagna was fabulous, just like it always is. Next time, though, I'm definitely going to try something different. My wife and I have already talked about that! For dessert, we shared the eggnog crème brûlée. I could easily eat four of those! We also ordered the chocolate cheesecake to take home and enjoyed it the following evening after dinner. Unfortunately, the cheesecake wasn't quite as impressive as the crème brûlée or the lemon cheesecake we've enjoyed here before. It hadn't set properly and was still very thin, almost pudding-like, in the middle. Overall, another wonderful dinner at El Gusto. The food continues to impress us, and we'll definitely be back. Maybe next time I'll finally break away from that lasagna!

This is an amazing local authentic Italian restaurant. They have an array of offerings from pizza…read moreto subs to the real deal Italian dishes and desserts. Our waitress Reese was outstanding. We went on the busiest night and she never missed a step in her outstanding service.

There are restaurants with good food and then there are restaurants with great food. Then there's…read moreCucina, which has INCREDIBLE food. We got a few pizzas earlier today and they are both outstanding in every possible category. Amazing crisp, fantastic, flavorful sauce, fresh ingredients, no flop and an overall flavor so good it makes me wonder why anyone in Cambridge would get pizza from anywhere else. After we polished off the first two pizzas, it's got me wanting to order a third and I'm not even really that hungry. I just want a few bites of this top-shelf pie again. It really is that good!!! Great staff. Very clean. Plenty of parking. Outstanding service. Pitch perfect vibe inside. Carmela's Cucina is A+++++++++ across the board. Two thumbs WAY UP.

I like their spaghetti /garlic bread and Italiano selections…read more the service where excellent to the patrons in the diner the ambience was classical musicas in the background great afternoon and evening pizzas and Italian types of foods.

We had the mozzarella fritta, arancine, Caesar salad, and carbonara pasta. Everything was solidly…read moreokay. It was very busy on the Friday night we went with friends, so reservations are a good idea. Getting seated was a bit chaotic, as the same area is used for both takeout and dine-in. The servers were clearly busy--managing multiple tables while also plating and serving desserts.

Excellent and very flavorful pizza. The flavor of the crust is amazing. very friendly atmosphere…read more Wonderful medium pizza and soda that goes along with a deal.

Asked for well done pies and the slices were flimsy, you have to almost tell them to burn ts…read morebecause they add so much cheese to the pie in the first place, not even the worst part, delivery was 20 minutes late and we scheduled the order 4 days prior. Probably cause the delivery driver was making the food, he was dressed like it. Baggy-flour ridden jeans w the nastiest unbuttoned polo. I almost lost my appetite. Their dough is really good tho .

A mid-day lunch and work session and what better place to do it than Nonna Angela's in Crofton. I…read morecame here during NBA Finals and never got around to the review but the return visit says everything. Plenty of parking in this storefront makes it easy to get in and out of. We walked in to plenty of seating and chose the bar area. Not many people at the lunch hour but it was exactly the atmosphere we needed. We like to graze so we started with the meat platter. The presentation was excellent. Prosciutto draped over a clothes line, salami, mortadella, olives, roasted peppers, and a cheese assortment. The bread and roasted garlic oil had already been devoured by the time it arrived so it came right on time. Hard to decide on food with all of that in front of you. After a few check-ins from the attentive staff we settled on the Godfather pizza and fettuccine bolognese. Both came out piping hot with extra plates. I asked for a small order of blue cheese on the side because blue cheese on pizza is everything. Don't knock it until you try it. The pizza was thin and loaded with sausage, pepperoni, onion, and green pepper, a take on a supreme if you will, and folded easily right into the blue cheese for the win. Then the fettuccine bolognese. The flavors did the happy dance in my mouth. A rich meat ragu that was hearty and memorable and I found myself unable to stop eating it which meant only one slice of pizza before I boxed the rest up for dinner. We were right at happy hour by the time we wrapped the working session so we ordered a glass of house red and we were glad we did. A great glass especially since house reds on happy hour are not always the best at most places. Nonna Angela's did not disappoint. A table worth gathering at again and again.

Nonna Angela's is truly a gem in Anne arundel county. I met my girlfriend there on Thursday to…read morecelebrate a professional milestone and she treated me for a nice dinner. Luna was our server and was very fun and knowledge about the menu and just a cool person. I ordered a glass of red wine, Calamari for appetizer and the seafood pasta with lemon sauce . The chocolate cake was very rich and delicious . The food portions are very generous and the vibe is cute . It's right off defense highway , and plenty of free parking! I can't wait to return