Party of 18 when making reservations, no problem. Seated immediately and while service was a bit long, as everyone was hopping for drinks while we waited for all to arrive, we were fine. The rest of the night was spot on. We had two servers who were quick on their toes. Paired with fair priced menu with endless bread and salad that was better than Olive Gardens. We were all allowed to pick from a regular menu, not a select few items. Food was not only was a good value for the money it was also served promptly. No one has to send their food back to the kitchen as it all prepared very well with good size portions. Highly recommend this place. read more

A hidden gem! We've driven past dozens of times, but never paid much attention. Recently, my parents mentioned they were going to dinner here, so we joined them. Let me sum it up in one word: spectacular! The menu is extensive, everything is house-made and delicious, and the environment is clean and pleasant. Our server, Laura, was phenomenal! The ravioli are the best I've had! Their homemade bread and herb butter are amazing, along with their house salad! I'm excited to go back soon to try their chicken parm! Thanks for a terrific experience! read more

We are regulars at this cozy restaurant. Food is always good and the service is exceptional. Their Sangria is so tasty. We love their warm bread and tasty Italian salad. Prices are reasonable. Make sure to try their Almond Cream Cake! read more

The waitress Val was excellent as was the food! We were a party of 6 and were served with kindness and professionalism. The food including sausage parm, tortellini, and Chix parm was great! Recommended highly! read more

Very good for families, friendly staff, and enjoyable food. We love the ribs - the meat just falls off the bone. The sausage arrabiata was definitely my favorite - legit spice, enough that one of my kids wouldn't eat it. Dessert deserves a special mention. I don't like cheesecake, but my family enjoyed it - and, for $5 at a nice restaurant, it seems like an absolute bargain. I do like tiramisu, and this tiramisu (also a steal at $5) was excellent (note to self - ask to hold the chocolate drizzle, since it didn't ruin the tiramisu but did taste like Hershey's). We just got pizza for the first time on our last visit (in fact, we got a kids pizza and an adult), and were very pleased. We had a couple pieces leftover and, in a rush the next day, enjoyed them straight out of the fridge. The high quality crust really shone, since usually fridge pizza is somewhere between mediocre and gross. I liked the grilled salmon - slightly dry but with a very nice crust. The redskin potatoes were nicely done, as was the broccoli. We aren't connoisseurs of noodles plus red sauce, but the baked trio we got with manicotti, ravioli, and lasagna was very enjoyable. The kids' favorite thing was the couple braided loaves of bread that we got. They bake it in-house and is a super nice touch. The shrimp primavera came with zucchini noodles - thankfully there was enough butter that the dish didn't taste like a mushy pile of squash. I would get it again. The side salad was fine, though I'd prefer more of a spring mix over the iceberg. read more

We went to the Italia Gardens last Saturday night, we haven't been there for a number of years and now I'm wondering why. The food was great and the service was even better. We'll be going back more often. Love the wood fired oven, makes great bread, pizza and calzones. read more

A cute, cozy friendly atmosphere that is a good choice for a family dinner. The food was really good. Bread and butter included in every meal. service is great and efficient. Family history runs strong in this restaurant. Nice to see all the photos inside. read more

Having been away from visiting this restaurant in a while I have had 2 occasions recently to return. I have to say I was delighted in the food, service and ambiance that I always enjoyed. Top of the list (along with the food) is the fact that the noise level is low enough that I can actually have a conversation with my fellow table mates. Thank you for having such a well run, friendly restaurant! read more

The most delicious Toasted Almond Cream Cake and peach iced tea. The cake was unbelievably good. Layers of cream and cake. Toasted Almond on top and a rich caramel. Very good, attentive service. read more

Italia Gardens - Dessert menu - Italian Near Me - Oxford, Michigan

We dined at Italia Gardens last night and had one of the worst meals ever. This place is nothing like the Flint establisment. . We ordered barbeque chicken and it was a pressed chicken paddy. The salad was horrible with a few crumbled croutons. Even the most ocelli was far from the Flint store. Out waitress , Shirley, was amazing and helped to save our dining experience. read more

This place is good. The waiter we had had way too many tables or just not that attentive. Had to flag him down for for refills multiple times. I was disappointed with the size of our two spaghetti with meat sauce. The one placed in front of my wife was correct and mine was 50% of hers in size. I think portion control needs to be managed. My waiter should have not brought out two identical meals that weren't even close to each other in size. My wife told me to request a new one, but by the time our waiter would be back in my mind it would be 10 minutes. Guess what, 10 minutes later I flagged him down for a drink refill. So this was my second time here and both times I have had service issues. Four star represents the food quality not the wait staff. A one star is wait staff, so a three in my eyes read more

Italia Gardens - Tuesday is spaghetti day - Italian Near Me - Oxford, Michigan

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The food here is really good and normally the service is pretty quick and very friendly.

Service was good, food was decent. I can make better pasta at home with a Pinterest recipe... they did mess up our pizza because we ordered pepperoni and ham and they brought pep and sausage.. the sauce on the spaghetti taste like Ragu and the pizza wasn't cooked enough... we will probably give it another try but it's definitely not the best Italian in the area by far. Updated review.. I posted this previous review as 3 stars because that was the truth... as far as an obnoxious customer it was me and my wife and we have a fine experience as far as other patrons are concerned. The food wasn't good and obviously the owner couldn't handle the honest review. Now I change it to 1 star because the owner obviously isn't very smart. I'm also going to post on every other review site now as well. read more

Italia Gardens - Unbelievable owner response! - Italian Near Me - Oxford, Michigan

Excellent local Italian restaurant with many Italian options - wood fired oven and hard working staff. Family favorite for over ten years.

Excellent food. Ordered the spaghetti dinner and tetrazzini- both come with side salad. Yummy!!!!!

I grew up going to the Flint location and was thrilled to see there was a location 10 minutes away from our new home! Their sweet sauce is my absolute favorite. I will say- the sweetness doesn't seem to be for everyone but I could eat. It. Every. Day! It's hard for me to review anything else since I get the same thing every time I go, but I will say their chicken dishes (I.e the chicken Marsala) it delicious too! Light breading and moist. I recently tried their pizza for the first time and it's so good! The service isn't always the greatest but they are always friendly and there never is a wait when we go. Their takeout is one of our go tos. We love this cosy, family oriented restaurant that's outside of the hectic downtown areas. read more

First off, Savannah is our favorite server. She is so kind and welcoming. We love 35 cent pasta night. We've tried several dishes and we can't choose which one we love best. The pizzas and garlic bread are amazing. The ribs are the best ribs I've ever had. Love the salad and bread. We always get extra fresh parm on everything. Love the service and food is top!!! read more

Dined in this evening and I had the baked trio (lasagna, manicotti, and meat ravioli) al forno and it was delish! OMG the cheese pull on the trio!! Yum! My boyfriend had the chicken Parmesan and the chicken was juicy and had the perfect amount of breading. For desert we shared the almond cake, which is an ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE!! So fantastic! To top it off, the service was phenomenal. Everyone was very accommodating. Definitely is a must stop when in Oxford! read more

We've been here a few times since my initial 2014 review. I have nothing bad to say, but it still doesn't move up our list of favorites, somehow. The kids always like making their own pizzas (although daughter was a little bummed last night to be super careful getting her cheese to the edge, but then we given her brother's 'sloppy' pizza to eat - lol). I was also pleasantly surprised to get a free canoli last night for my Yelp check-in - yay!! The versatility of Italia Gardens is definitely one of its best qualities. You can dress it up if you'd like, or bring the kids. I've been to several fundraisers here - they're great supporters of the schools and teams in Oxford and Lake Orion! I hope Italia Gardens is always here for us to stop in! read more

Great place for ribs!!!! My wife like the Barbecue Chicken and the lasagna. I almost forgot the bread made in the wood fire pizza oven!!!

Delicious food at a great price. We get carry out from here all the time. The tomato sauce is my absolute favorite. Staff is always friendly. This has easily become my go to place for dining out. read more

I enjoyed the food, very Italian atmosphere and taste. The service was great the waitress she was very polite and a Pleasant person and was very accommodating read more

Had dinner here on Sunday late afternoon with the wife and another couple. First time trying Italia garden, so I went with the lasagna to "test" them. It was delicious! I saw on the menu that they use a sweet sauce, so I wasn't surprised. It was a bit sweet for my taste, but it sure beats the overly tart, under simmered sauce at many other local Italian places. The pasta was cooked perfectly Al dente and had an appropriate amount of lovely, baked cheese on top. The bread was obviously freshly baked on premises. Crusty and a very nice chew. Salad had a nice house vinaigrette and fresh, crisp, lettuce, ripe grape tomatoes, red onion, black olives house made croutons and pepperoncini.Very well done, though an upgrade to a better olive would be nice. Companions had the ribs at our server's suggestion. She told us only her mothers ribs were better. My buddy loved them! I'll have to return to try them, as he wasn't sharingthe side of Mac and cheese has salami in it. It is on the menu, but he didn't see it, but loved that as well. This is why you want to eat at a local place over the big chains. Small details that you would miss otherwise! Great meal! I wanted to dislike our server. At first, she wasn't overly friendly or especially welcoming, but her menu knowledge, professionalism and attention to detail made great food even better! Hard to do when you're understaffed and overworked. Great job, thanks for a nice meal,we will return! read more

Well I ordered a carry out tonight for me and my wife and I got to tell you we both thought it was some of the best food we have ate in a long time! I had the Chicken Piccata and my wife had the Marsala. Both dishes were fantastic and the chicken was cooked perfectly and the sauce had great flavor!! I know my first experience wasn't the greatest but you definitely changed my opinion tonight guys and I will be back and also recommend to others. Nice work and great food read more

Great waitstaff but our food was the opposite. Chicken tasted gummy and like cheap frozen chicken quickly heated up. Tomato sauce for the kids spaghetti tasted like ragu sauce. The bread was good and so was their side salad... cannolis weren't bad either. We liked that they offered a good deal on pasta every Wednesday too. This was our first time here and I'm not sure we will be going back though as the chicken tetrazzini made me sick the rest of the night. :( read more

We love this restaurant. We had a small baby shower in the lower level and it was fantastic. Nicely set up to our needs and wait staff did an amazing job. We also dine here often and have never had a bad experience. Owners are great! read more

Got carry out for a party and it was very good. Needs more seasoning so I would give it a 3.5 overall. The value though brought it to a 4 and so did the broccoli. That was the hit. We had the lasagna, fettuccine Alfredo, Broasted chicken. All good and again a GREAT value. To be fair it would all be better right in the restaurant and I would not hesitate recommending this place to anyone. read more

The food was ok. Just not my style of Italian food. The sauce was to sweet for me. Chicken was a little tough. Great service!! Wait staff was attentive and on top of their game. A nice treat for the kids, they let them make their own pizza. My daughter thought it was so cool to cook at a restaurant. The best part of the meal was the cannoli! I highly recommend that for sure. read more

we used to get a giant pan of mostaccioli and bread once a week growing up and it was amazing. it had been about 4-5 years since i had went to italian gardens and a month ago we randomly decided to get it for dinner. and since then we loved it. we got bruschetta, sausage siciliano, and chicken parm. it all was so amazing, now we get it every week or two. highly recommend for good italian food. (the chicken marsala is amazing) read more

First of all, you just lost my business, and as I referred to the waitress as Mia, she was missing in action. She never check on us. So my reply was totally correct, but thanks read more

Not the snobby high end Italian restaurant but a great place to take the family for great sauces on decent pasta. Their salad is loaded with olives and pepper acini and cherry tomatoes with free refills, oh yes. Also try their chicken Marsala or parmigiana. When my grandkids come over, they always want to go there too. Did I mention their prices are very reasonable for the quality of food you get, they are! read more

This is the best place to eat in Oxford. Everything at Italia Gardens is fresh and delicious. I had my graduation/ 19th birthday party here, which 20 people were able to attend and the people who worked there made everyone feel so welcomed. This is the best place to get pizza in my opinion! Great toppings and just a wonderful cheesy taste! I also enjoy the chicken noodle soup, this soup is the only soup I enjoy and want when I am under the weather. It's warm and you can tell it's homemade and it hits the spot. Great place for lunch a dinner, just delicious. Also has gluten free pasta that is tasty! Italia Gardens is always delicious and never disappoints my friends and family! Yummy! read more

We ordered chicken Marsala and Parmesan for a hone party. The food was fantastic. Everyone loved it including the 2 year old children. It was a hit. The staff was very helpful ensuring we knew how to heat and serve the food. I highly recommend Italia Gardens. read more

Food is great bread is great . Place looks clean and outle waiter was nice will be back

Sauce is way too sweet. Bread was not what I expected. Wish they had some dishes that were with just garlic and oil tossed in instead of sugar sauce. Or maybe even a white sauce with garlic in it. Side of meatballs was very good. Service was good. read more

Love Italia Gardens! Food is awesome (although I'm not a big fan of their ribs, but the Italian is great). Keep in mind, the gravy here is on the sweet side... If you like more savory, herbed Italian gravy, you might not love it. Try something without red sauce!! Bread baked on premises, table salad (which they refill as you request), kids can make their own pizza. Oh and the specials!!! Buy one, get one. Kids night. 35 cent pasta night. Staff is always pleasant & attentive. It's a great value... especially for families! read more

I have to be partial this is my most favorite restaurant in the entire world they're the best of everything you can eat their authentic Italian and I just love their red sauce for their lasagna and everything else I love their little mints when you come in and they just are amazing I'm hungry for them right now just looking at the picture there's not one thing I don't like on their menu they're friendly their bathroom is clean they're just top round amazing I give them a hundred out of 100 for points and the staff is very friendly Don't think I don't like is when the bread is hard after it gets cooled off other than that it's an amazing place to go try it out it's not surprising... It's pricey but as you get for authentic Italian anyways it's my favorite place in the entire world to eat I go there for every year of my birthday for every occasion that I can pick it that I want to eat I go there okay anyways yeah I love this place read more

Been coming here for years. Probably the best value for your dollar in Oxford. Food is good or better, prices are more than reasonable. Portions are not overly huge so go ahead and dig into the bread and salad.( bread is great) Every time I come I think I should come more often. read more

No matter what I order, its great! Tuesday, buy one get one free. Huge Italian salad and warm, homemade bread fresh out of their lobby oven. Always friendly service even when this place is packed. read more

Italia Gardens - Italian Near Me - Oxford, Michigan

Thank you for a superb meal! Next visit we want to order the ribs again, exactly how we like them.