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    Judy L.

    Twisted Italian is an upscale casual Italian restaurant, they are known for traditional dishes with creative twists. Their food is delicious, friendly service, and a busy environment. I got the Fried Mozzarella (Hand Cut Breaded Mozzarella Strips, deep fried and served House Marinara. Uses Grande Cheese from Wisconsin for a superior melt) and the Chicken Parmesan (Hand breaded crispy 7oz chicken breast topped with Marinara, Bruschetta Mix (diced tomato, red onion, basil) and melted Mozzarella Cheese. Served over Angel Hair Pasta with Alfredo Sauce).

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    Tori M.

    Great little hidden spot! Service was good, fresh bread and plates of oil with seasonings. Lunch specials are a great deal and the food was so tasty. I ordered the Mediterranean pasta and the house salad which were both great portion sizes and tasty. It gets busy and fast after opening at 11 so either show up early or prepared to wait!

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    Billy P.

    The atmosphere was nice. The wait staff was fantastic. The food was delicious. We didn't have to wait Long. The chicken Parm was delicious. Chicken was juicy. I had the pepperoni pizza. It was fantastic. this restaurant is family friendly. Many options for beverages. I would definitely come again at my next visit to Arizona.

    Friday Special - Walleye in a creamy citrus sauce, angel hair pasta and al dente mixed vegetables
    Stephanie V.

    I've been here a few times before and really enjoyed my food. Once I ordered the Piccata Fish Friday Special and I've been meaning to return and order again. I've been craving it. It's very crowded here on evenings so there's usually a wait. This is a small, intimate Italian eatery with a mini bar/bar seating area at the back, and table and booth seating in the main dining area. There's a restroom for customers. Last Thursday, we wanted to celebrate a final meal with extended visiting family during Spring Break. We arrived around 2:30 pm to beat the rush. We were seated immediately at a long booth table. Our waitress was such a doll. She was ultra friendly and accommodating and took good care of all of us. We had such a good meal together. Oil and balsamic vinegar is on the table for the complementary bread basket brought to the customers. We ordered: - FRIED RAVIOLI STARTER - Ricotta filled ravioli breaded and deep fried. Served with Marinara - ZUCCHINI STARTER - Parmesan cheese breaded zucchini chips. Deep fried and served with a spicy garlic cayenne dipping sauce. YUM!! My favorite. The dipping is amazing too. - BUFFALO CHICKEN FETTUCINE ALFREDO - House made Buffalo Alfredo Sauce with Fettuccine Pasta, Red Onions, and Sautéed Chicken. Topped with Gorgonzola cheese. My daughter loved this! - GNOCCHI TELEFONO - Potato Dumplings baked in a Tomato Cream Sauce topped with Mozzarella and Basil - SAUSAGE & PEPPERS SANDWICH LUNCH SPECIAL (Good, Spicy Sausage. Very tasty, large portion) - MEAT LOVERS 16" SPECIALTY PIZZA - Sausage, Salami, Pepperoni - EUROPEAN SEA BASS Pan Fried Parmesan Crusted Branzino seasoned with Rosemary, Garlic, lemon and a touch of compound butter. Served with Angel Hair Pasta with Capers and Grilled Veggies. My choice - loved this! Everything was good and fish cooked well. - MEATBALL SANDWICH Toasted French Bread stuffed with House Meatballs, Marinara, and Melted Mozzarella. Served with your choice of side (twisted House salad with ranch) Hubs enjoyed his sandwich 4/5 - CHICKEN PARM SANDWICH Hand Breaded crispy 7oz chicken breast topped with Marinara, bruschetta mix (diced tomato, diced red onion, basil), and melted mozzarella. Served on a toasted French Roll. My nephew ordered and loved this. I was wishing I'd ordered this. It was very large and looked delicious - FETTUCINE ALFREDO Homemade creamy garlic Alfredo with broccoli. Served on Fettuccini Pasta - LEMON BERRY CREAM MASCARPONE CAKE - TIRAMISU

    King cut house lasagna
    Patti B.

    This was another amazing dining experience at Twisted Italian. Outstanding atmosphere and phenomenal service! We atarted with bread service and fried zucchini - the ranch was a perfect compliment. The king cut house lasagna was superb with homemade noodles. The salmon piccata was light with notes of lemon and capers. The noodles were sauced perfectly. We capped the meal with lemon blueberry mascapone cake was elegant, light and soft. Highly recommend Twisted Italian!

    Pizza Bianca, no chicken, no spinach, add the superior gorg & mush!!
    Amanda S.

    My family stayed at Cibola Vista Resort in 2023 and we found this place originally as this area was less developed; the Yelp reviews just looked SUPER YUMMY. We couldn't remember the name, but I searched and searched because we all loved it!! We thought it had closed, which ended up being a completely different restaurant THANK GOODNESS (and no bad ill to those people.) Imagine my surprise when the restaurant we show up to, with call ahead was the restaurant I had been searching for from 2 years ago. Krista was our server and she was AMAZING!!! We wanted and needed for nothing!!!! WHICH ADDS A LOT TO ONE'S DINING EXPERIENCE. Everything is reasonably priced, which is much appreciated. Items we enjoyed: Calamari strips - so fresh my ASD child practically inhaled it! No curly bodies, but the strip were so yummy, I had to fight him for the last one. He had like 7 of them... LOL. Fried Mozzarella - crispy AND gooey, yummmm! Parents shared the Lasagna - That was definitely top 3!! SO TASTY!! #1 Hubby had the combo BF & SAUSAGE, huge sandwich and delicious!! #3 I had pizza Bianca, but I don't like CKN & SPIN on my pizza so I added MUSH & GORG instead. Got the large because everyone said it sounded so good. Ha! They kept stealing pieces, so good thing! #2 HIGHLY recommend the Sangiovese (POGGIO) and the Ruffino CHIANTI is always a winner!!! My three boys + two nephews enjoyed the pepperoni pizza, fettuccine Alfredo, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken fingers with fries off of the kids menu, along with a side Caesar and more fries!! Be sure to get the CANNOLI!! The bread was also SO FREAKING GOOD!! THANK YOU KRISTA AND TWISTED ITALIA FOR SUCH A LOVELY EVENING OUT!! MY FAMILY IS STILL RAVING ABOUT IT!! (Even my picky mom!!) Don't tell her I said that. HA-HA!

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    Steve P.

    Excellent service food was good, cayenne shrimp was THE BOMB! Good Margaritas, very friendly crew and great atmosphere! It's not a 5 star restaurant but definitely worth trying

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    The Sunday lasagna special is truly exceptional. This establishment is my favorite Italian restaurant in the valley.

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    DELICIOUS !!! Homemade Italian pasta and food. Fresh and tasty! I get delivery from them regularly.

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    Food and wait staff was five star. A great gem for Italian food. I will eat there from now on for a good meal!

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    Great food and the price wasn't too bad. Inside has good ambience and is casual. I'll definitely be going back.

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    Wonderful small Italian Restaurant with a great Happy Hour menu!! Off Happy Valley & Lake Pleasant! You won't be disappointed...

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    The food here is awesome; service was great; wish location was closer as would frequent more often.

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    Party of 8. Service very friendly and the food was very good. Small intimate ambiance. This will be our go to place for Italian.

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    Phenomenal food, great service, and great overall ambiance. Perfect for a date night or special night out!

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    Nice little restaurant with good food and decent prices. Service was good too. Would eat here again

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    Ask the Community - Twisted Italian

    Someone posted a photo of the menu and it shows pierogis do you still serve them? Please let me know! Thanks!!

    Yes we do! We make a cheese & onion and a spicy pierogi .

    Do they have gluten free pizza spagetti?

    Hi - We offer two gluten free pizza crust. A 12 regular and a 10 inch califlour crust. I am not a gluten free person but do really enjoy the califlour crust. We also have… 

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    We don't often get to go out because we are parents of a three year-old and she doesn't do Public…read moreplace as well. We came here for dinner the night of my birthday not necessarily for a birthday celebration but just happen to wanna go out get something to eat and for myself, I wanted a nice cocktail. That's one thing I I look forward to my birthday. However, when we came in, we were surprised to find that it wasn't very busy, and I honestly expected to hit hardly their service knowing that they weren't gonna be making a ton of money that it was absolutely the opposite. Upon entering, we were greeted with faces and engaging staff. We had never been here before, but had wanted to come here for several years since before we got to adopt our child and I finally had a place where we thought yeah, let's try it out. Couldn't have gone better. The man who sat us gave us an amazing and how thought out introduction to the menu and how the restaurant worked. The woman high believers man was incredibly well with us and you all happen to share birthdays right around the same time. This only came up because he was talking about our daughter's birthday, who was coming up in a couple days. Through that conversation, the topic of both my birthday tonight and my husband's birthday in three nights was also mentioned. We went onto the graded by a waiter. That was absolutely incredible compassionate, warm and personable. Let us know that they want to recognize my birthday and was very sweet and offering some options for dessert. Upon speaking with his coworkers later, he came back and offered us all to enjoy our birthday. My husband tried to cocktail that even Mike and they were very quick to replace it with one that he unfortunately also didn't like they were very quick to make everything right and give us the experience that we didn't even come hunting for this is one of the best birthdays for me and years because we don't do anything out of the ordinary for my birthdays. This whole experience has been incredibly heartwarming and overall appreciate all of the effort staff went to just to give us a nice dinner! The food was also really incredible. We got the antipasto board which was amazing. You got the Caesar salad for two we split the lasagna. It was massive and absolutely enough for two people and then our daughter got the chicken Alfredo kid meal. For cocktails we tried the passionfruit Garibaldi, which was amazing. The best one. We also tried the Margo Maloney, which was really really good. I liked that, my husband didn't. but just because he's not a drinker anyways not because it's a bad drink. And finally, the Lemon Tartini was absolutely the best way to end the meal!

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