Piazza Caffe is our GO-TO place for Italian Food in Santa Fe!!! From the Appetizers -Pastas-Pizzas-Entrees-Desserts - everything is authentic and delicious. Service is always Pleasant and Attentive and the Dining Room - Bar - Outdoor Seating is very welcoming and comfortable. Its Wonderful to have this terrific Italian Restaurant here in Santa Fe!!!! read more

If you're looking for an iconic dish of spaghetti and meatballs; look no further, as you've found your place!!! After a long Friday afternoon workout atvtge gym; I was in the mood for a nutritious pasta dish, so I did my research via Door Dash and found a new location that I hadn't tried before in Piazza Caffe. After I browsed their menu, I looked at their full menu and reviews on the Door Dash App. The reviews I read weren't the greatest involving spaghetti or meatballs, which are sold separately. But hungry and sticking to my personal craving of choice, I thought, "my pallet differs from everyone else's, so why not give it try?" Afterall, having already experienced every other restaurant's spaghetti dish in town, and I wasn't overly thrilledvwith any of them, I chose to give Piazza Caffe a shot. I decided on their spaghetti dish, while ordering their meatball dish as well and order two meatballs. Within the hour, my Dasher was at my residence, as the dishes were both boxed well and still warm, to my delight! The presentation was extraordinary, with a green leaf of fresh basil atop melted mozzarella cheese and a gracious serving of tomato and meat sauce (marinara) to complete the dish. In the other box were two well put together meatballs that kept their round shape, as my fork cut through them. Then, to top it off there were two thick slices of warm forcaccia bread in tinfoil, along with a bag of seven thin bread sticks. Overall, my meal was perfect, exquisitely prepared in it's own right, with a taste loke it was made and prepared from a loving grandma, with well enough thick sauce, to where you didn't have to ask for extra. That was the icing on the cake for me, as everyone else in town that makes this dish, skimps on the ingredients. So if you're in search of the best Italian spaghetti and meatballs Dinner in town, look no further! Splurge and get both dshes and you won't be surprised-as I'll put my name on it. My personal kudos and compliments to the Chef, for making a beautifully tasting dish, albeit even on Door Dash. I can't wait to dine-in in oerson, as my pallet will have to deal with the patience of waiting until next time! Grazie Mille! Best regards, Rodney Tafoya Local ex professional baseball pitcher/author read more

My pasta came out not done. Had to send it back and I hate that cuz everyone else ate while I sat there. I tried my partners Bolognese but it didn't have enough sauce and was a weak dish. That's the second time for that one. We also had the Caprese which was fine except they did not use buffalo mozzarella. It was cow mozzarella from the US. That's disappointing. The cheese is rubbery and not at all like buffalo mozzarella. Why do people not know that? read more

Piazza Caffe - Mortadella and Buratta with focaccia bread. The best!! - Tuscan Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

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I love this place. The staff is courteous and friendly and the Happy Hour wine and food is delicious. There's lots of parking available too. read more

Chose to have a dinner of appetizers. Happy hour 3-6 weekdays. Appetizer servings were dinner plate size. Great mussels, pea and prosciutto salad. Other menu items looked beautiful and delicious when served to neighboring tables. Our waiter was so knowledgeable about the food and restaurant history. Very attentive. Recommended elderberry and prosecco cocktail that was made for a summer evening. Beautiful restaurant in muted tones. Not too noisy. Has a patio. Tiramisu was light and fluffy with lots of espresso flavor. read more

Piazza Caffe - Tiramisu in a unique presentation. - Tuscan Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Great bar crowd, but not night club ish. The food was delicious also. My favorite was the prosciutto and pea salad. So different and fresh. Pizza was great also. read more

Piazza Caffe - Prosciutto and pea salad - Tuscan Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

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A great place for dinner. We weren't sure where we were going to be New Year's Eve. We planned to go to the square for the big party and food trucks, but thought bundling up to fight the crowds to eat outdoors in the 30 degree temperatures really wasn't our style. We ate at Plaza Cafe for lunch and saw this table stand advert for a peas and prosciutto salad and my wife said that's where we need to eat. No room at the Inn (or restaurant) for a table New Year's Eve so we sat at the bar and had a great time served by Draven and talking with several patrons. Oh wait, you want to hear about the food. I had a great Caesar to start with and my wife had...Prosciutto and Pea Salad. Very good. Just wish the dressing was a little less sweet. We chose the mushroom and prosciutto pizza for our entree. The dough is light and crispy. Grateful to have a meal that didn't leave me bloated. We had a chance to talk to the owner (from Italy) and you could see the passion he had to open this Italian restaurant in Sante Fe. If you only eat in the square you will miss this gem. We could tell he was passionate about the homemade pasta, but we were too full to try it. Yelpers please try the homemade pasta and let us know how it it is. Buon mangiare read more

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We ate here with 14 members of the Santa Fe Foodies, the first time for my wife and me. The food ranged from good but not spectacular to unremarkable. My wife and I split the Black Cod Livornese, which came with Broccolini instead of the potatoes the menu indicated. The cod was nice and well-cooked, but the broccolini was tough and a bit rubbery. The sauce for the fish was stewed cherry tomatoes, wine, garlic, capers, and olives, and it was nice, if not a tad bland. We split a large Caesar salad, and it was really bland. The romaine was nice and fresh, but the dressing? If it had anchovy or garlic anywhere, we missed it. Quite unremarkable in flavor. We finished with the Tiramisu, which was nice, but hardly the best in class for Santa Fe. Lovely to look at, again. If there were liqueurs like rum or Marsala wine, everything would have been a bit overpowered by the unsweetened cocoa powder. Certainly not bad, but nothing special. Now the service was outstanding! Our server, Jose M, did a fantastic job serving the 14 of us. All the food arrived at once, all as requested. The prices are mid-level but reasonable for this type of restaurant, but overall, we left just a bit underwhelmed by the food's flavor. read more

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Fabulous food Fabulous service Kinsey Fabulous ambience wine bread salad pastas pizza and desert with rum and cookies read more

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Best Italian bolognese lasagna I have ever had. Service and atmosphere were exceptional. Highly recommend eating here.

Fairly expensive. Good food but smaller portion sizes. Service was good. Outside seating was cute and comfortable. read more

Piazza Caffe - Main menu - Tuscan Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

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The food is very tasty. They have a really good green salad with shallot dressing. Their pizzas are very thin crust and light. We enjoyed the flash fried calamari. The prices are a little high, but with all the inflation, we are suffering from, it's pretty understandable. read more

We came during happy hour and ordered some items. - meatballs was disappointing. The sauce was overwhelming of tomato paste flavor. Sauce was too thick. Meatballs lacked flavor. - calamari was decent but sauce had no flavor. Couldn't taste the anchovy or much of anything. - I liked the Caesar salad. The steak was quite salty. Not sure why there was a side of salt. On thinner side. Wasn't worth the price. read more

Best & most authentic Italian restaurant in Santa Fe!!! We love this place & come here on a regular basis. Bartender Jose know how to take care of his guests, this time I enjoyed the flash fried Vegetables with lemon Aioli (very filling!) and the Milanese. Authentic Italian dish, very well done, comes with a side of Arugula & that delicious lemon aioli. We love the style of this place & the authenticity of the Italian food. The pasta is freshly made & delicious (we had that last time). We'll be back & can highly recommend this place!!! read more

We enjoyed a perfect lunch at Piazza Caffe. We thoroughly enjoyed the tasty, hand crafted grissini (breadsticks), the warm, buttery focaccia with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, the vegetarian lasagna with spinach broad noodles, and tiramisu. The dining room has tables and plush booths. The ambience is relaxed and chic. The service is very attentive and friendly. The prices are very reasonable considering the quality and ample servings. Everything was perfect. Well worth the drive to the south end of town. read more

Piazza Caffe - Vegetarian lasagna - Tuscan Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Service was great, food was good but we all thought the flavor was lacking. I got the bolognese pasta which was good probably the best of the three but just needed more flavor, our son got the bolognese lasagna was not even as good as my tagliatelle. My husband ordered a shrimp chile pasta dish from the specials menu and it was very dry and definitely lacked flavor. read more

The food was ok, nothing to brag about-lasagna loaded (too loaded) with meat. Not much sauce and no ricotta. Caesar salad fine. Milanese pork cutlet just Ok. Interesting bread sticks. Very yummy thin salty long crispy sticks in a bud vase. Waiter Javier was a great guy. We enjoyed visiting with him. Limoncello spritzer was great ( though they brought 2 wrong drinks first) and the Manhattan Nero was very good 2 cherries! read more

Excited to try this newest restaurant in Santa Fe. It replaced Rustica which started out great but went downhill with poor service and food. So this has to be great, right? Not so. We were a good size group. About half were satisfied with their order but the other half not so. A noodle dish was very dry, when asked for sauce, ground beef was brought instead. The dry dish was given back. The Prosciutto salad had very long slices of prosciutto which were hard to slice in an oil based salad making it difficult to eat. Not a lot to choose from. Service was slow. Long breadsticks were salty but tasty while we waited to order then waited for our food. Not sure we want to return. Perhaps shaking out the kinks will help. We want to see them to succeed. read more

The breadsticks were the best I have ever had! They are made there! We had the Carbonara and it was so wonderful ! The staff is so nice! The Caprese salad was really good too! Please go there! It was delivious read more

I loved it! Food! Service! Ambiance! All were great. We had a calamari appetizer, pizza, pasta and eggplant parm. Super tasty and portions are fair. read more

I have seen some of the negative reviews posted and I can only offer the explanation that those MUST have been simple growing pains for a new restaurant. We had a WONDEFUL experience and I am hard to please. My wife, who studied in Italy and craves the authentic cuisine and fresh made pasta really insisted we give them a try. I was VERY pleasantly surprised. We started with cocktails, a couple of different Negroni variations (the menu has an entire list of wonderful, authentic and imaginative spins on this classic cocktail). We followed with one of the better Caesar Salads I can remember eating. The dressing was anchovy forward in a very good way, with delicate piles of Parmesan on top and house made croutons. Our server was nervous at first, greeting our table with a shy, "you have made decisions?" but quickly grew personable and friendly, joking with my wife and I by the end. He could maybe use a little more training, but honestly, I loved him. He is going to be great with more experience. My wife loved her Cacio e Pepe, a simple but subtly complex dish that is hard to pull off well. The kitchen clearly knows what they are doing. The fresh, handmade Pasta and simple but perfectly chosen ingredients made this dish. My Eggplant Parmigiana was delicious, arriving in a molten hot serving dish covered lightly in glorious melted cheese. I'm very picky about the preparation of eggplant and clearly the kitchen is as well. It was very rich, so I got full about halfway through. It could have maybe used a side of pasta to cut the richness. Otherwise, perfection. If you remember Rustica, you know the ambiance is a kind of professional casual. Wooden table tops and tiled floors keep this a more family style affair, though if they'd wanted to, they could have chosen to go even higher end with white table clothes, the food is that good. I'm glad they kept it family casual and friendly. The landscaping is even gorgeous with the roses and other flowers all in full bloom. Do not sleep on this place! The negative reviews were very early on and I can understand them. It is hard to realize a full vision, but Piazza has one and they seem to really be hitting their stride. read more

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Not sure why this place is getting bad reviews. Our experience for dinner last night was great. Two people got the prosciutto salad which was wonderful I got the caprese and it was delicious. The mushroom and prosciutto pizza was also wonderful. We all had sorbet for dessert and found it delicious. Davina took good care of us. read more

Don't listen to the bad reviews! Each dish tastes homemade and upscale at the same time. The use of premium ingredients is noticeable, the cocktails are excellent (not cloyingly sweet or watered down), and the service is exceptional (shoutout to Divina for her wonderful food and wine suggestions!). The renovations to the interior are tasteful and make for a comfortable and welcoming dining experience. LOVE the new mural which nods to the Old World style of food Piazza Cafe excels at serving. I also have to mention that the portion sizes are quite generous, even for big eaters, and the prices are supremely fair for the quality of ingredients and portion sizes. I could eat the prosciutto and pea salad every day of my life. The carbonara pasta AND pizza should absolutely not be slept on! One of the crazier bites in Santa Fe. Do yourself a favor and get it in ya! read more

They have started seasonal dinner specials that are a step up! Things like pumpkin ravioli, risotto, and a "beef stew" that is a wonderful slow cooked chunk of beef on mashed potatoes with a red wine sauce. While they do have an awesome lineup of thin crust pizzas, this a true Italian restaurant. It is not an American North East Italian place. More of a Tuscan style. Worth the visit. read more

I really wanted to like it. Calamari was good minus the sauce that was way too thick. Got regular spaghetti with meatballs (14 upcharge for meatballs) and it was inedible. I tried to take home and add some cheese but its bitter and meatballs and so fatty. I do want to say our server, I believe her name is Davinity or Divina, was amazing. Very attentive, very friendly, and super knowledgeable about the menu. I was very disappointed spending 50 bucks. I understood its still a new spot so hopefully things are worked out in time. read more

Piazza Caffe - Tuscan Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Pleasant but confused/forgetful waiter! Food was mediocre at best for 4 of us, generally poor. Picatta was thin, overcooked and tiny! Spoke with Manager, who apologized and provided comp. dessert and discounted our bill. Will wait til chef and staff are stable before returning. read more

Wow! Wish I lived closer so I could dine here all the time. Lovely meal from beginning to end. The homemade grissini were perfect. Our Prosciutto and Pea Salad was fantastic. We shared the Marinara pizza, which was delightful! Very thin crust, caramelized sauce around the edges, minimal cheese; healthy and delicious. Our hosts were friendly and the service was superb. Highly recommended read more

What a welcome addition to southern Santa Fe! If you're looking for an American version of Italian food, this restaurant may not be your preference. It has an authentic Italian menu. The spaghetti pomodoro, pork Milanese with roasted potatoes, and green salad take me back to a recent trip to Tuscany. I also tried their brunch menu on the outdoor patio one morning and the bacon fritatta and French toast were a breath of fresh air compared to the standard breakfast fare up and down Cerrillos Rd. Bravo to the chef and staff for this special local restaurant! read more

Piazza Caffe - The outdoor patio - Tuscan Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

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We were very hopeful about trying this place and had big expectations. The service started out great, but then kinda fizzled. The bread sticks were too salty. My MIL got the lasagna and it was very greasy. The rigatoni is basic and the pesto dish, just not good. My husband wanted to add some chicken to his dish, and the best they could do was add a kids meal (breaded chicken), tots and all! The kids pizza was a bit soggy and not great. The desserts weren't terrible, but I don't think we'll be back. A bit pricy too, all entres $22 n up. read more

It's our first time going there! I ordered Caesar salad before my main course! The Caesar salad was not good for my taste. My

The restaurant inside is very nice, love the vibe but the service is a little slow that really wasn't a problem at all, but the breadsticks were mad salty as well as the food especially the margarita pizza I asked for anchovies but they put way too many salt overload so next time which there won't be, I'll just get the margarita pizza. The pasta was good. It was way too greasy a little bland, but it was OK. Pasta was an overall 4/10. SO would I recommend my friends from out of state to come here? Definitely NOT read more

Piazza Caffe - Margherita pizza in penne pasta - Tuscan Near Me - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Very overpriced and the food was absolutely flavorless. We got the burrata as an appetizer and used the spinach from that and some chili flakes to add some flavor to the Carbonara. We also tried the pesto dish, again no flavor at all. I also had the lemon pastry as a dessert and it was terribly bland with no lemon flavor at all. read more

Good food, good service. The restaurant is very inviting and the owners are present and usually stop to check on how each diner is with the food and service. read more

The restaurant itself is beautiful and has a big waiting room with plenty of seating space. The food was awesome. The lasagna was very interesting and different than any lasagna I have ever had. The pizza was 10/10 for me and had the perfect thin and crispy crust. I did not like the spaghetti, but the other guests at my table enjoyed it. When it comes to dessert I was blown away. The dark chocolate gelato was to die for. I don't like tiramisu but I tried it here and I was pleasantly surprised that I did like it. The waitress told us the almond cookies with chocolate were a big hit, we ordered them to try, and they were awesome! I would definitely recommend checking this place out. Finally, our waitress and overall service was great. read more

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Food was amazing! We had small salads first. Delicious. And Eggplant Parmesan and Taggeliatelle Bolanese. Both were soooo good. Very Reasonable wine prices. Cocktails were a bit dear. Sweet server. read more

Authentic, delicious Italian food in a lovely setting. The staff are friendly and attentive. Also a really great selection of cocktails! We'll keep coming back! read more

This place was great. Had meatball appetizer, and lasagna. The marinara sauce was wonderful. Drinks were great, service great. Totally elevated Italian place. Ambiance quiet, peaceful and relaxing. Quite a pleasant surprise! read more

Food and service were great. We came here for brunch and sat outside and loved the ambiance.

so impressed with this place. such a warm and inviting ambiance and the food is tremendous. perfectly seasoned, generous portions and incredibly fresh. cant wait to come back! read more

This was supposed to be an exciting dinner out with the family. Unfortunately at this restaurant they are bias, and didn't even bother to ask us for drinks or even a welcome from a waiter 20 minutes into being sat! Mind you there was hardly any traffic. This was so disappointing because the menu looked great but the service was AWFUL. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT GOING AND LET THIS PLACE CLOSE. read more