The bread and butter was so amazing. I wasn't expecting the bread to be moist since I'm used to dry bread. The portions are huge so I had left overs for 2 additional meals. Also wasn't expecting the waitress to pack my leftovers for me too so that was nice. read more

Italia Gardens - Italian Near Me - Davison, Michigan

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The food was ok. The chicken they use in the chicken Alfredo and scampi is not good, however. It was cubed and super rubbery, almost squeaky crunchy like. It's not like a good quality grilled chicken. The waitress was nice, but the elderly lady who seated us, was not super nice, or tolerant -seeming with a very young special needs child. The lemon cake was EXCELLENT! The cannolis were good as well. read more

Food was absolutely horrible! we actually only ate the soup that came w entrees, the ch parm was either was under cooked or it was bad chicken it was chewy and looked questionable the measure on pasta was tomatopaste like and sweet and pasty no other flavor. The chicken alfredo was mushy and thick chicken was disgusting in this dish as wel.We left and had to go pick up food elsewhere and pay for meals inedible. read more

Italia Gardens - You can see the color difference - Italian Near Me - Davison, Michigan

The food tastes amazing! I love this restaurant, bread, butter, salads, drinks, the taste and texture of Italian cuisine! Great service!

Manicotti was delicious and the spaghetti. Love the sauce. Waitresses are always friendly and cater to you. My friend and I go there to celebrate our birthdays and look forward to the bread they serve. This time bread was awful. No taste, tasted like a box bread. So disappointing! Please bring back your original baked bread. read more

Well, I've been here before, and I have liked it in the past, but my recent visit can only be summed up in 3 words, what the fuck. I went there, and ordered the soup, and it was very flavorless and bland, I'd be happier if they gave me a can of Campbell's soup, but Campbells wouldn't let this slide, there was a shard of glass in my soup, I chomped down in it, and pulled it out of my mouth, and flagged down a waitress to notify them about it, she was the only one that cared! Then our waiter came up and asked me if I wanted anything else, totally disregarding my wellbeing! I also ordered a pizza, and again, it was just ok, a little too burnt, but I won't be coming here again! Generic Italian restaurant ambiance. No manager bothered to check on us after my incident! Think they're more mad about throwing out the soup, than seeing if I was ok! read more

Best pizza in town! Love the bread and garlic butter. Servers are kind and friendly. Nice atmosphere and so family-friendly. My baby loves the food. Hope to enjoy this place for a long time. read more

Very sweet sauce, not how Nona made it. Overall, the food was okay. The service was good, but the lady at the to go container was a bit pushy. We tried it and think we will look elsewhere for Italian next time. read more

The food was good and our waitress did a nice job. But... The menu was a bit confusing and the pasta sauce has way too much sugar in it. The home made bread and garlic butter was nice. I had the italian panani sandwhich. It was nice. The lasagana portion was very small. I do feel the prices are high on many options. Need more reasonable options for lunch and dinner. Not everyone want to spend $20-25 for lunch. Not sure if i will be back or not. read more

Would rather go to meijer and get noodles and make the food at home chicken Alfredo was not good only good thing was the bread

Not crazy about this place. Guess it does well because there are not many choices in Davison for nicer restaurants. I have ordered the oven brick pizza and the lasagna and spaghetti. I find the sauce way to sweet. I almost think they add sugar to it. I won't be back as I've already given it 3 tries. read more

The food is okay can be cold and i've found hairs in my food and the manager is rude and doesn't do her job as she's supposed to. She's on her phone a lot behind the to-go counter. I went to get my food for to-go and she asked what the name was and I told her and she went and got my food and it wasn't the correct food because she was on her phone while asking about my food. She needs to work somewhere else because she is rude when she talks and talks to you like you're stupid. She has long red hair but i'm not sure what her name is. read more

Sucks the girl with the long red hair was really rude kept treating me like a child I was trying to pick up my food and she was so rude I will be telling all my friends and family never to come here again read more

Yummy Staff is friendly and the food is like home. Enjoy but be ready to ask for a box, the portions are a good size for now and later. read more

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If you want awesome food, great service at reasonable prices, this is the place. The original meat sauce is to die for and they sell quarts to go! read more

Italia Gardens - Awesome Italian food!!! - Italian Near Me - Davison, Michigan

This place is always a treat to visit. The food is amazing! I have never had issues with the servers. Well priced for the quality of food. The lasagne is amazing I highly recommend it! read more

First time here and it has a weird side entrance. Waited for a table and there was no line oh well. Sat at table (booths too high and wobbles from other patrons moving w a table awkwardly low) for a while after an unfriendly hostess gave my partner and I one plate and 2 sets of silverware. Cold bread arrived after the wine and we had salad yay. But my partner waited a few more minutes for a plate lol. Rough start but entrees were nice. Cheap wines were way overpriced and the decor isn't very attractive-looks like a studio apt with stereotypical Italian 'art'. Also may I suggest setting a dinner AND a salad fork? Dinner for two was almost a hundred dollars but set up like a cheap diner which was misleading indeed. it's too expensive for us to go back for average food but its a clean place. It's a shame bc our waitress was nice and did a nice job! read more

Amazing pasta dishes & pizza's & daily specials! They're great for any kind of gatherings & any amount of people! Baked Mostaccoli, Baked RavioliChicken ParmigianaFettuccini Alfredo & more! read more

I understand COVID. I never order takeout, but that is the only option. Was hoping to get the Two for Tuesday deal. But Nooooooo. They do that for dine-in only. Well, you don't have dine-in right now. I would have thought they could extend the offer to takeout but they don't. You didn't get my order. Do you want the business or not??? read more

Nothing really special about Italia Gardens. The food is OK -- I say OK because I've had really great experiences coupled with pretty terrible ones, so I guess on average it's a good spot to get some standard Italian fare. A favorite that has yet to disappoint: the baked mostaccoli. I order it on every visit -- definitely a safe bet. read more

I used to love this place- I actually worked there about 15 years ago. I stopped in yesterday with a friend since we were in town and to say I left completely baffled and unimpressed would be an understatement. first thing when we walked in- they could just seat us- they verbally had to keep passing us from waitress to another- nobody wanted another table apparently. the place was in no way full of bustling. Finally we were seated, the waitress got our drinks and grabbed our order when she brought them back. we ordered a bowl of meat sauce (to go with our bread), a rib appetizer, then 2 pasta dishes- shrimp tettrazini and chicken fetuccini Alfredo add mushrooms. The bread took a few minutes to get- about 10+ minutes later our bowl of sauce came out (our bread has basically gone at this point)- we had to ask for another bread (what else would we need a whole bowl of sauce for?). I had ordered meat sauce, and what came out was plain tomato sauce. I didn't even ask for that to be replaced since the first bowl took an ungodly amount of time to come out. A few minutes later our rib appetizer came out- very over cooked- could barely cut through them. we let that slide- not 2 minutes later our pasta dishes came out so now we have a ton of food in front of us- still no new bread like we asked. waitress didn't come by to check on our food quality- my fettuccini alfredo had no mushrooms that I ordered- we were in the middle of eating and the waitress came by to ask if we wanted to go boxes- we're not even half way through our pasta- we said not yet to the boxes but reminded her we still wanted our bread. About 5 minutes later we finally got our new bread- still cold in the middle but whatever at this point we were just glad to have finally gotten it. When we were ready for to go boxes - she brought them out and started packing out stuff- started with my sauce- leaving a good amount still in the bowl- at that point I told her we'll just pack it up ourselves. We planned on cannolis afterwards cuz they really are so good here but at this point who knows what the quality would have been like on those- so we skipped it. she brought our check, which she asked earlier if it was separate or together- we said separately- she also asked who had the appetizers on their bill, we told her. she brought the first bill out all together. we reminded her it was a split bill, and I also told her that I wanted the meat sauce changed to tomato sauce ($1.50 price difference, and also the mushrooms taken off the bill since I didn't receive them ($2.50 upcharge). she looked at the bill and chuckled to herself- no apology or anything- just walked away to go fix it. Brought the checks back and my friends meal and mine were switched- so she had to adjust it AGAIN. this time she just dropped the bill trays on the table and walked away saying nothing. I've NEVER not tipped a server- but theres a first time for everything and yesterday was that day. I, and my friend wrote that the service was horrible on our check slips- hopefully management caught that because I doubt the waitress was even aware of how terrible she was at her job. Unfortunately, I will never be back- which sucks cuz I really love their cannolis but with the horrible service and the waitresses bad attitude at the end- I'd had absolutely enough. Do not recommend this location at all! every single part of it was problematic! read more

Subpar service and food. Prices don't equal quality. Will not return. Bread was good. Butter was great. They offer some gluten free options. For 3 bucks more. Ridiculous. Waiter didn't even clear salad plates without me asking him to do so. We did not have desert. Sorry but that's just the truth. And the wait was forever. For everything. read more

My family and I five in all went to Italia Gardens in Davison 3/03/19 we all ordered spaghetti. The bread and salad was good, then the spaghetti showed up. First the waitress didn't have a cheese grinder ( they were all broke ) But all of our spaghetti's were cold room temperature. I tell the waitress she was very apologetic took all the plates and brought mine back less than 5 minutes and goes to get the other plates. My spaghetti was still cold in the center she grab mine and took it back again, nobodys plates were hot just warm, i went up front to ask for the manager. She was waiting on take out customers and answering the phone, she ask me if I was there for take out, I said No. She scurried away, I waited finally I told the hostess to send the manager to my table please. After waiting ten minutes no manager I went up front again and the manager is on the phones that are busy but I wait again she finally decided to talk to me, I told her the problem she claims spaghetti and sauce are set at a certain temp but they could heat it up for me, I told her it went back twice and was still not hot so I was done, she said she had not talk to the waitress yet but would remove the meals we didn't want. I may have said something to piss the manager off but if I can't get a meal I will have a show. But this manager didn't have enough courage to come by the table and apologize for the problem. The waitress apologized so I paid the $32. bill and we left a $7 tip, all the waitress can do is bring out what the cooks give her. I will not nor will I ever recommend Italia Gardens in Davison The food and MANAGER SUCK. I have never had a problem with Italia Gardens in Flint on Miller rd. and will drive the extra miles to eat damn good food. read more

This was was first experience with this restaurant and I loved it. We had a take out order of spaghetti and lasagna and it was great! The sauce is sweet and the bread was soft and delicious. It appeared very clean inside and my order was ready when I walked in! We will return! Interested in trying new items! read more

Found hair in bread twice, mixed drinks come in a can, they did try to make it right but very unsatisfied.

Had to give this play after many years of not being interested. I never liked their sauce so I stayed away, but I read online that they now had an new arabbiata sauce ( clueless how to spell that word )The sausage pasta dinner I ordered was good and there was a large enough portion to serve for my lunch the next day as well Neither my wife or I liked the Italian dressing for our salad and the bread that everyone else online had raved about we found to be only okay..... My lovely wife once again ordered salmon I do believe she is on a mission to find the absolute best in all of Michigan ... I will keep you all updated as to her findings here via my splendid reviews read more

We used to go here quite often as I live in Davison and it's convenient but I think they changed owners or something happened because everything is ridiculously bland and awful the last three times We went! I'm not going back. I use to LOVE the lasagna BUT NOW it's like some frozen food that was heated up. I will drive all the way down to Oxford just to get it now which I have done twice for family gatherings an continue to make the drive. I will not be back to the Davison location ever. read more

So good! We went here for the first time and were super impressed. Super yummy sauces for their bread. I got chicken parmigiana and it was very good, crispy and good flavor and a side of Alfredo pasta also very yummy. My wife got a calzone and said she loved it and loved their ranch. We live an hour away and are highly considering driving out here for occasional date nights because it was that good and friendly. read more

Come here frequently and the food is great. However, they need to make big improvements in their pandemic take out service. Simply Take peoples cell numbers and text them when their food is ready instead of people outside waiting in the cold for their name to be called. Also a chalk board by the entrance with orders that are ready would be a low tech way to do it read more

This place got me through a hard pregnancy. I think i ordered takeouts from here everyday. I am celiac which means gluten free and they have always been reliable in that. My favorite is the gf spaghetti, italian sausage with tomatoe sauce and baked cheese. I have also gotten with and without chicken the garlic and oil pasta. Both are good. Seperate gluten free menu. The only thing i wouldnt trust on is the bbq sauce. Somethings not right with that and if you are celiac you will react to it. Tastes great, but its not entirely gf or somethung is off on handling with it, but otherwise the gf menu, ive had all of it and its great and very reliable. read more

Service is very pleasant with a smile. Switched the eggplant sauce to marina very good and the spaghetti w/palomino sauce. Glad we made a good dinner stop before heading back to New Baltimore MI. I always do 4 stars only because people have different tastebuds. read more

I've been eating at Italia Gardens for my entire life (35+ years) and it is and has always been the best italian food around. Homemade bread welcomes you to your table, followed by the salad which comes with the most amazing italian salad dressing known to mankind, and lastly the main course. I always order some type of pasta and what separates Italia Gardens over EVERY other italian restaurant around is their sauce. Its a sweet tomato sauce and it is so good I could drink it by the quart! Just typing this review has my mouth salivating for more! read more

We have been here twice, both times delicious! Best meatball sandwich we have ever had. Fresh bread is brought right away, very tasty. Staff is always friendly. Will definitely return. read more

Very disappointed in this restaurant we have been here several times. The food is okay. We like to get the special on Thursday Ribs. They are pretty good but the fettuccini alfredo the cream sauce was separating. It's not as good as it use to be. The salad was nothing but lettuce 2 cherry tomatoes and 2 olives and a couple of pepperoncini. Very disappointing. Probably won't return read more

So many bugs you can't eat your food. Gluten free apparently means packed with croutons. $40 for a meal we couldn't even eat. Potatoes leaking grease after being reheated. Absolutely disgusting. read more

One of the BEST places to go for genuine Italian cuisine. I honestly haven't had a dish that I didn't like. The lasagna is by far my favorite! They offer unlimited salad with your dinner, which is just as delicious as the rest of the food. I also love the atmosphere. Clean, quiet and friendly while the decor makes you feel like you're dining right there in little Italy. They also have great daily specials and the prices are good. I would visit more often but I'm afraid I wouldn't fit into my pants from eating too much! Seriously recommend checking this place out!! read more

VERY disappointed with the lasagna. Their lasagna use to come in a lasagna dish, distinguishable layers and a sweet flavor and was the only thing I ordered here. It no longer has that sweet taste. When it arrived at my table it was a widespread mass of greasy cheese covering a large plate with a little bump inside which resembled something that could have been lasagna at one time. The flavor was off and the presentation was terrible. On a positive note, the Coke had a good flavor and was carbonated well. The salad was fresh and cold and excellent as always. The bread was good. My server was excellent and attentive. The restaurant itself is clean and nicely kept. read more

Broccoli was still frozen, cold (refrigerated) food, and potatoes dried out so bad neither of us could eat them. At 4:30 in the afternoon the place was not even busy and staff sat around socializing, poor service. read more

Went the other day for lunch. They had just opened and there were 2 other tables besides us. Ordered a calizoni and Pasta Alfredo and waited. More folks came in. Bread and salad came-it was fine. Finished our salad and waited. And waited. Watched a dozen calizonis go past us. The Mrs. saw our order sitting up ready to deliver. A waiter picked the calizoni up and took it to another table. I flagged the waiter down and asked about the food as we had been waiting over a half hour. The waiter apologized and said the oven was small, and would only hold a few calizoni but they would remake her Alfredo entre so it was fresh. At slightly over an hour our food came to the table. The calizoni was burned black, and the Alfredo had a burned ring of sauce around the top where it had been zapped in a microwave to reheat. The Alfredo sauce had separated and the butter was a yellow pool on the bottom. I also asked for some marinara sauce and the waiter looked at me like I had 2 heads. He wound up giving me a thimble full, saying if he gave me a bigger portion it would be $5. It's free and comes with the meal anywhere else. I was floored. The pasta was the worse I've had, including Pizza Hut. The calizoni rates a 2 on a 1-10 scale. People had come in after us, eaten and left before we got our food. We didn't even bother to take the crap food home. I don't need to mention they charge Carrabba prices for food not fit for a dog. We go to the Miller Rd store in Flint and it is always a good experience. This location is a new low in eating establishments. Oh, and when we paid, the waiter tossed the change on the table without looking or speaking to us. Hey! Bad food, bad service, bad attitudes, waaY overpriced. Whatta place!! I'll never go there or recommend it to anyone. read more

Love this little Italian restaurant. Very authentic and delicious food. The lasagna is by far my favorite meal here. The marinara sauce is a family recipe and absolutely delicious. The alfredo and even the ribs are fantastic. I can't say enough for this restaurant except to hurry up and go! read more