Giuseppe's was a little hidden away Italian restaurant. I had the special. There are no words to describe how I enjoyed that dish. The wait staff were friendly and courteous, the guy made us laugh and laugh and we even got the last glass of wine for free. A definite must try! read more

Giuseppe's - Italian Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

Great food! Great service and best pizzaatmosphere inside and outside nice. Prices reasonable snd portions are large so it is 2-3 meals. It is a must for Italian food read more

Solid 4 stars. Food was great! We did takeout, so there wasn't anything spectacular about the service. The food came quickly though, so that was good! We ordered the penne pasta with sausage and it was gooood for any meat lover or Italian officionado! We also got the cheese bread which was amazing, lots of cheese and herbs, delicious! Definitely would give it another shot to try something new and maybe dessert because it looks delectable! read more

"I like to drink wine more than I used to." ~Don Corleone What a great little place! I was referred to this place by one of the lawyers in my building that is a regular here. He could not stop bragging about the $18 bottle Malbec and the Osso Bucco, so upon his suggestion we ended up here on one heckuva monsoon evening. We were seated right away with a great view of the Catalina's and the monsoon. Our waiter was incredibly friendly and treated us like we had been there multiple times...like family, which is kind of the vibe I got from this place. A true Italiano restaurante where everyone knows everyone and kissing each other cheek-to-cheek is normal. After a while I realized we were the youngest people there and it seriously felt like a scene out of the Godfather. To me it didn't seem like your traditional Italian decor. It seemed a bit bland which struck me oddly for a while until I got used to it. I did as Jack suggested and ordered the Osso Bucco and my husband got the Malbec. I didn't dislike the Malbec, I just liked the Merlot he let me taste more. The hubs got the Manicotti. When our meals arrived we were both pleased but my meal, by far, was the more spectacular looking! Not only did it look amazing but it was probably enough food for the both of us. I didn't eat even 1/2 of it. Now I'm not a mushroom girl, so the shrooms in the sauce didn't excite me but my husband was more than happy to slop them up from me, especially since they were part of that rich, flavorful, amazing sauce. My meal was absolutely impressive and one of those meals that is very memorable. One of those meals you're not sure you can pass up the second time you go back, which I'm very much looking forward to! Thanks for the suggestion Jack! read more

Giuseppe's - Osso Bucco...mmmmmm! - Italian Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

I've been coming here for years now. This place is fantastic I love the food. I recommend to all my friends who love Italian. Everyone I've bought here shares the same feelings. The servers are always friendly and the atmosphere is pleasant. read more

This is by far my new favorite italian restaurant in Tucson. Two words. Affordable Quality Your dollar goes a long way here, pasta from 8 to 12, veal, lamb and seafood dishes from 13 to 17. Always a dinner special. Traditional northern italian fare. Bolognese,picatta,marsala,cannelloni,osso bucco, eggplant park, chicken giovanni....you just can't go wrong. Also, this is one of the few places in Tucson that sell wine by the glass and bottle at a reasonable price all the time. I count 20 bottles of wine under twenty bucks and many glasses in the four dollar range. Get a reservation cause this joint fills fast read more

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Wondeful gem located in Tucson! The dishes taste fresh and authentically Italian along with great staff and ambiance. Would definitely return again. read more

I have driven by this restaurant so many times and never stopped in and I regret not doing so sooner. Guiseppe's is a hidden gem. The price of food is a great value . The place is nice and quaint and has a comfortable feel to it. The penne pasta and salad was amazing. I can't wait to go back for me. read more

Giuseppe's - Italian Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

Service was good except for the waitress didn't even now anything about Italian food the quality of the food was terrible the noodles were mushy and I got a ricotta dish with no ricotta in it and it tasted terrible read more

I am so sad to write this review. I loved this restaurant - it was my go to. The last 5 times have been awful! The soup tasted like soap, the serving of spaghetti my son got was so small it would not even have been considered a child portion. Our food was horrid two visits ago, we complained and got a 30 dollar credit, on an over 100 dollar meal. Then we went back, and it was absolutely worse. I sincerely hope they get a new chef, as the staff is amazing. I will not be returning and am terribly sad about this. read more

I know these are tough times and awful circumstances, but when we ordered some dinner for pick up a few days ago, it was an awful experience. We ordered for a 6:00 o'clock pick up and we had to wait an hour after we got there. The food seemed like it had been sitting for a long time, it was cold dry, and just not good. I understand that this way of running a restaurant is not ideal, but if you can't make good food, and have it hot and ready on time, don't bother doing take out. Won't go back, even when the restaurant opens for dining in. read more

Wow so much better than I expected! If your Italian or love Italian food this place is for you. Very good with good sauces and flavors. Big servings if I wasn't so full I would of loved to try the desserts. They looked wonderful. The service was great! Obviously I highly recommend the place. read more

My favorite Italian restaurant...the salmon is consistently fixed to perfection! Have celebrated a number of birthdays and special occasions with your delicious food and gorgeous mountain view. Love love love!!! read more

My husband and I stopped into Guiseppe's Italian Restaurant today for late lunch early dinner. Fresh bread was brought to our table - a litle rosemary with other seasonings. Yum. My husband ordered the stuffed mushrooms & I ordered the Bruschetta for an appetizer. So very good. Loved the flavors on the Bruschetta. My husband really enjoyed the mushrooms. I ordered Chicken Parmesan for my meal and my husband ordered Fettuccine Alfredo and added chicken & sausage. The entrées came and everything tasted so good and was freshly made. Our server Joanna took care of us. If that wasn't enough - we ordered the cannoli for dessert. Just right, not overly sweet. Better cannoli than I've had in a long time. The cannoli shells were crunchy & fresh - not stale. Recommend Giuseppe's. read more

If you have never tried the cannelloni, you have to try it. It's almost like an Italian chicken pot pie. It is sooo delicious! We have probably eaten it at least 30 times. But honestly, the main reason we keep coming back is our bartender/server Nick. Nick is a great, hard-working guy, who always makes us feel really welcomed. read more

Fast forward 7 years later - I changed my mind! Service still great, but this time really enjoyed the food. Will DEFINITELY be coming back! And loved the Sinatra music in background read more

My lady & I ate at this outstanding Italian restaurant yesterday afternoon. This was the second time eating here & will be our do to Italian eatery in the future. I had the sausage & penne & she had the meatballs & pasta. Both were absolutely delicious. We shared a house salad also. Two draft beers & wine & we were ready for Tiramisu & 2 forks. Our dessert topped off a great meal. Nick, our server, was the best...friendly, knowledgeable and very accommodating. We could not have asked for a better afternoon experience. read more

Delicious! That's all I can say. Had the pork ricotta and wow! That sauce was so good. Friendly and out going staff. My husband the critic also loved it and felt it was the best bolognese sauce he's had! Also had the Italian mule with raspberry pomegranate liqueur and it was yummy! read more

The food wasn't anything special and the price was too high for what you actually got. We ordered four different meals and all were relatively bland. The rice tasted like it came out of a box and they sprinkled some shredded carrots on it to jazz it up. The service was fine and the atmosphere was nice. The specialty drinks were very good and nicely presented. read more

Giuseppe's - Tropical Peartini - Italian Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

Came here for a birthday dinner and it was amazing!! I loved every single thing about this place. The food is amazing, service was excellent. read more

Food was ok, service was bad, and it took almost an hour to get our food even though it wasn't busy. The waiting staff was definitely not an any hurry. We had to ask for every single refill, more bread, etc. I tipped 20% just because I felt bad that we accidentally spilled a drink. Probably won't come back. read more

After looking through the other reviews here, I am keen to agree 100% with my peers. The food was decent, but the wait and service was pretty unacceptable. There were only two other tables at the time of our visit. We were a large work party, but it took 28 minutes to get water and bread, another 12 minutes to order our food, and another 40 to get our food. A going-away celebration for a coworker took 1:40. Noticeably, the two-top table next to us wasn't faring much better. The actual food was okay. Portion size was massive. I chose the special, which consisted of chicken and artichoke in a white wine sauce. Not bad, and for a decent price. While the food was decent, the yelp 2-star "Meh. I've experienced better" seems to hit the nail on the head with consideration of food quality and service. I'd be willing to try this place again, if another friend asks to go, but I wouldn't recommend this place to anybody who is confined to a traditional 1-hour lunch break. read more

Great food I get the Penne Pasta and the Raspberry drink was so good. The Cannelloni was so great... Recommended!

Mostly empty in the late afternoon on a 108 degree day. Server struggled as she was new and seemed like she could have used another week of training. HUGE portions reasonably priced, especially as there is plenty of food for two. Chicken Madeira, Canalonni, Egg Parm all hot and tasty. Tom gravy a bit sweet but still a nice amount of tang. Food a tad slow, but carryout business was hopping which slows things down in most full serve restaurants. Overall a plus restaurant and the patio is probably quite nice when the furnace of Tucson summer gets turned off! read more

Came back tonight and was again impressed with the outstanding service and fantastic food including their yummy bread! It started with the great sense of humor of Clarissa, our hostess; John, our server; and Jonathan our wine stewart! Aaaaaaamazing! read more

Giuseppe's - The BEST Tiramisu!! - Italian Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

Poor service. Took 15 minutes to get a cocktail... only 1 bartender on a busy Saturday night! Waiter forgot to bring our salads and brought our entree instead. Urge...went to order desserts and was told, " it will be awhile, the person who makes the desserts, also makes the salads"....WTF! What a disappointment. read more

Giuseppe's - Italian Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

We love this place. The only problem is that it is on the wrong side of the universe from where we live. Still, we make the trip at least once a month and have never been disappointed. The stuffed mushroom appetizer is wonderful with crusty baked cheese all over the top. My wife loves the eggplant parmigiana and I'm a big fan of the penne sausage and the awesome meatballs ricotta. Our son prefers the fettuccine Alfredo with grilled chicken and if we don't bring some home for him, he sulks and whines. Because it is so far away, we bring leftovers home since you're lucky if you can eat more than half the monstrous portions they serve. We usually order extra dishes to take home so we don't have to cook for a week or so. The wife loves the manicotti and I'll either order the favorite I didn't eat in the restaurant or sometimes steal and eat the fettuccine if I'm mad at my kid. We usually go for lunch and enjoy the service. The service is usually laid back and fun. My ice tea is always full and the bread basket is full of chewy warm bread. The servers are friendly and enjoyable to be around without being intrusive. The restaurant is kind of hidden away in a strip mall corner, but very well worth searching out. The prices are very easy on the wallet and we make excuses to go up Oracle Road every month just so we can indulge in a little red sauce, cheese, garlic, and pasta. Excuses like, um... "Hey, the sun is shining, we should go to Guiseppe's!" or "It's looking like the fridge is empty of leftovers, we should go to Guiseppe's!" You know, those kinds of excuses... read more

So we decided to try Italian and someone recommended this place. They said casual place. I was very nicely surprised. Beautiful little Bristol with an elegant touch to it. Can't wait to be able to sit outside and enjoy the view from the back of the restaurant. Had chicken fettuccine and it was perfect. The sauce was delicious. The service was good and the server was friendly. What more could you ask for. I'm coming back to try the egg plant parmigiana which I heard was the house specialty. Oh and I can't wait to try their desserts that look and sound delicious. Definitely coming back again to try different plates. read more

Wife was looking for a place to eat on northwest side of Tucson . She was googling and found Guiseppe's. I wanted Italian. We had eggplant Parmesan, minestone soup , garden salad, Seafood soup. Food was tasty and delicious. Waiter was friendly and service was good. Entrees were served nice and hot . Will return to restaurant every time we visit Tucson. read more

Best fancy restaurant in Pima county IMHO. Especially if you like authentic italian food. Not too expensive yet an amazing experience. Best time to come is Saturday and/or Sunday nights/evenings when they have live un-intrusive guitar playing outside. Worried about cold, sun, or rain? No worries it's shaded patio with heaters. We know italian food, have lived back east, and aren't shy around seafood (something that's hard to find here in Tucson, and no sushi doesn't count!) There's a particular waitress there who's the absolute best waitress i've ever had outside of fine dining. Her smile is full of warmth and she makes you feel cared for. Though this is sort of fine dining and there is always a chef making your food. It's quiet, can dine indoors if you'd like, the nearby shops are nice,...Tucson's best kept secret. No intrusive car noise either, especially towards night time. Way better than La Encantada or any place over in the Catalina Foothills other than the resorts. Better than most places downtown too imho. It's difficult to find good italian food in tucson, good service, good food, reasonably priced, quiet place, live music without being intrusive,...all in one. I swear, this is the only fancy restaurant in Tucson that is well-run, meets my standards, while not over-charging. Oh and there's: plenty of parking, safe neighborhood, good warm outdoor lighting without being intrusive,... I had my birthday here too in the Spring and loved it. Ive only gone here during dinner hours, not lunch hours. Especially since the live music is only during dinner hours. Is also great for romantic dinners. E.g. couples...Prom dinner with you Prom date... read more

We have lived in Tucson for many years and just last week discovered this FABULOUS find!! Four of us were there for dinner. The wine list was thoughtful and good. The food was EXCELLENT and the service (Mike) was great. We liked it so much we all decided to make it our Saturday night go to place. We are going back tonight and we will be a table for 6! We are all looking forward to it! read more

I have never given a restaurant a one star review, but this one is definitely warranted. My husband and I ate there last week and the food was awful. My husband ordered a salad-which was obviously bagged lettuce-and a steak dish. The "steak" was so tough, grizzly it was inedible. Our server asked us if we wanted his meal boxed up to go, and we said no. She boxed it up anyway. We threw it in the trash outside the restaurant as we would not even feed it to our dog. I ordered a caprese salad. The tomatoes were not fresh at all. There also was no basil in the salad. When I mentioned this to the server, she said she didnt know what basil is and "that's just how it comes." The service was mediocre at best and the food horrible. Do not waste your money here. read more

Absolutely delicious! Wait time was short. We sat at the bar and had a well prepared dirty martini. The food was perfect and the staff was very polite. This is a great place for a nice quiet or romantic dinner. read more

Excellent service. Very friendly staff. It was Saturday night and the place was packed but they still got us in with in 5 minutes and they were even apologizing for the wait. After we were seated, the wait staff were exceptional and really took care of. The food was excellent. I would come back for sure. read more

Went to this place for an anniversary dinner and the food was good but the service was very weird. I found that the young man who was the host, busser, and bread and water server did all the work around the restaurant. Kuddos to him for being such a hard worker. Honestly we saw or waiters back more then her face. She came by with a very fake customer voice and asked us for our order and drink order but that's about it. When we asked her for my bread she told us she will let the host know. We never got our bread. From where we were we can just see the servers hanging around the bar and not doing much while this poor host/busser was being taken advantage of and working so hard doing everything. We didn't even want to leave our tip for the server but rather for the busser. Hope that young man gets appreciated. When we left our server was just sitting around the bar talking to a customer. read more

Fantastic pasta. Best pesto I've had in a long time. Loved the patio.

Food and Service were really good! Napa salad was the bomb! Not a negative but FYI the portions are big!

Have eaten here several times, one of my favorite Italian restaurants inTucson, AZ. I've had the Shrimp Picata twice, Veal Parmesean and both are very tasty! read more

Went here yesterday with two other friends. We were seated at 6:00, at 6:20, waitress came by to tell she would get water and bread out to us. Asked if we could get drinks ordered. The drinks came 15 minutes later, they were wine so not too hard to pour. I could go on about the length of time between each visit by the waitress, but I would be typing all afternoon. Suffice it to say, we got our dinners at 8:10. Tables all around us that came in an hour or later after us we're having their leftovers boxed. There was not a crowd, many we counted 5 other wait staff. Would have skipped this review if the food would have been more than mediocre. We did speak to the manager after waiting an hour and a half, he just said it wouldn't be much longer. Next time we want Italian, it will be elsewhere. read more

This place and the food are nothing special. Went on a Sunday night with no reservation. While we were seated immediately, we waited 20 minutes to get our drinks. Then nearly another hour for the food. The fettuccine Alfredo was salty and so-so. The staff was polite but they were busy and seemed unprepared for the traffic. The manager did comp our food after we complained about the long wait. I appreciate them taking care of their customers but the food was nothing to write home about. ***UPDATED: tried this place again last night since I'm back in town. The server was very attentive. Took drink and food orders quickly. He also kept us updated on the status of our order which came out in a very reasonable time. The food still wasn't "impressive" but was decent. read more