I happened to find this restaurant on Yelp. Without many reviews, we decided to try it out; we are…read morefrom America, and always to find a local place to get a "locals" experience. We disembarked our cruise ship, and took a 15min walk into town. This restaurant was in such a unique place, among a neighborhood of all places. We were kindly greeted by the staff who could speak English! Yay! We sat at a cute little table and truly enjoyed the most amazing experience & dinner. We had to tell our waiter that us Americans use Yelp to find great restaurants, so I was going to post a review for them! I'm truly hoping others find this post helpful and try out this unique restaurant! You'll love it, I promise! Salute!

From the owner: Original italienische Gaumenfreuden erwarten Sie im Restaurant Pizzeria Antica Locanda in Linz…read more Unser Chef, selbst Sizilianer, bereitet die Gerichte nach altüberlieferten Rezepten für Sie zu. Der italienische Charme unseres Hauses spiegelt sich auch im Dekor. Von der Hintergrundmusik bis hin zur Einrichtung erinnert bei uns alles an Bella Italia. Und natürlich bedient Sie auch unser Personal mit dem berühmten italienischen Charme.

What a gem in the middle of Linz. After a week of austro-hungarian hauptsburg food, we found this…read moreamazing authentic italian restaurant a stone's throw from our hotel. Owned by Sardinians, every dish was better than the next. I had the Strangolapreti which was a great balance of light and filling - spinach and cheese dumplings; the calamari was tender with a red sauce with just the right amount of heat; the veal picatta was tender; fresh bread and mozzarella; and the pasta was freshly made and al dente. Terrific hosts. And to made this even better, we sat outside. They have a terrific terrace and you are transported to another site. Great meal. And the pizza rocks as well.

A true treat to find such an authentic Italian ristorante in a Northern Austrian town. All the…read morepastas were homemade and the wine list was good. A good option if like your looking for a day off from dumplings and schnitzel Salute

We are on an AMA cruise, with wonderful food, but we had this craving for Italian after 3 weeks on…read morethe road/river. RIVA was a wonderful and welcome surprise. The pizza, chianti and gelato were great and so affordable! Mostly locals make it a pleasant authentic stop.

Whenever I am in Linz Austria I always come here. Friendly staff and authentic Italian pizzas…read more Always get the Quattro formaggi with arugula on top! It's out of this world!!!!!!!! Staff speaks English and has English menu so very tourist friendly!!!! Not to be missed!

A bit of a disappointment after all the buzz about this place. Yes, the design is amazing…read more Outstanding for Linz, that's for sure. But the food...well, the food needs huge improvement. I honestly have no idea how you can all this fancy equipment (say: a free-standing steel pizza wood-fired oven for example) and still do mediocre food. Or maybe all that bling is just for marketing. The pizza was mediocre at most, very boring ingredients, no flavor. Standard industrial pizza dough. The small plates were...well just not good. Anyone ever told them you make Hummus out of cooked chick peas and not raw ones? The only decent thing was the steak which they did really well. But I don't like places where you need to test-drive the entire menu to find out what you can eat.

Pretty touristy but good. Nice staff, great location, huge menu. I enjoyed explaining "Cole slaw"…read moreto an Austrian in his own backyard. I've invited him to Georgia to see what it should really be like. Burger was really good too. Everything served with fries, of course.

Bella italia wird hier einfach wahr!!!!read more

Frindly staff and excellent service! Comfy and cosy atmosphere. Excellent Italian dishes!read more