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    Scarsella's Restaurant

    4.4 (57 reviews)
    ModerateItalian
    Open 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    2 Meatball side...one cut in half
    Lindsay M.

    An adorable old school family Italian restaurant made my day! My sister in law and I were supposed to go somewhere else and it was closed. We had a wonderful lunch. The restaurant is small but very inviting. I had the medium size wedding soup with 2 meatballs and their amazing bread. My sister in law got fettuccini Alfredo. I loved my meal and she really liked her meal. I would try one of their homemade noodles and red sauce the next time with meatballs. It was a great find!!!

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    Elisabeth B.

    This place is truly something else! It's not fancy. The menu is compact. But that's the fun part! The food was straight forward and good - fresh and hot. Staff was nice and they have a full bar. The tomato sauce is a topic of debate - some love it some and some say it's too simple. It is a pretty straight forward tomato sauce with no frills or thrills. Probably why some would compare it to a canned tomato sauce. But it also might be home made. Who knows. Maybe that's the kick you'll get out of going there. The cavatelli are more like gnocchi in my opinion but everything we had was tasty and hot and fresh. Portion sizes are not small either and we walked out with some left overs. I would ask for a table away from the back of the restaurant since that's where the restrooms are. If you want to share a dish with your date, there's a slight up charge which I wasn't used to seeing before I came here. So this is a place I wouldn't bring my in laws to meet me for the first time or I wouldn't host a business dinner there because it's not fancy enough but I would bring a date or friends or family for surer or a fun laid back meal.

    To-Go Plain fish dinner served over shells and sauce, with a side salad and Italian bread.
    Bill J.

    Scarsella's Restaurant is well known in the Youngstown area for their Italian food. Their pasta and sauce is delicious and in my opinion the finest in the entire Mahoning Valley. Their home-made pastas are exactly how grandma used to make. It will certainly bring back a memory to anyone of Italian heritage. Tonight being Friday, I wanted to try their fish dinner, as I had heard from friends that it was really good. They were telling the truth! I got a good sized piece of plain fish served over shells and sauce. It came with a salad and fresh slices of Italian bread. My wife just got an order of the plain fish by itself. We both agreed that it as the best-tasting fish we had eaten in a very long time. We will definitely order this again!

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    The service was great...friendly and fast. The atmosphere was nice and the restaurant was clean. The food was pricey and just average. There wasn't anything wrong. It just wasn't the best Italian food that I've had b

    Fish Italian style with homemade cavetelli!

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    Best restaurant for authentic Italian food. Eggplant and cavatelli are the best. And you can't leave without having a piece of tiramisu.

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    4 years ago

    Food & service was beyond outstanding!! So good every time. 10/10 would recommend. Mostly everything is homemade, & it's family owned.

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    The best Italian food I've had in a long time .The service was great. Prices are not bad. We will be going back!

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    Always delicious! It is my go to take out for Italian! Everything I have ordered from here is always good!

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    5 years ago

    Great homemade pasta! Gnocchi to die for. One of the better Italian restaurants in the area. Great service!

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    4 years ago

    Nice place. Food didn't meet my expectation; kinda bland. Not tasting the "Italian" in it. Overall, had a good time being there.

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    Food was okay, chicken parm was a little burnt. The men's bathroom was leaking out of the wall!

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