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    Via Appia

    3.6 (145 reviews)
    ModerateItalian, Caribbean, Pizza
    Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    Fried calamari
    Remy F.

    Service and bartender were great. Watched the USA soccer game here in 2022. Food was solid. Calamari nothing special but for someone from NY was impressed by the pizza. Cool ambiance feels very Italian even while in PR

    I remembered taking the pic after we dug in!  This is half margherita and half veggie - both delish!
    Marie E.

    We have been coming here for over 20 years and they still make the best pizza!! If you like thin crust, New York style, you must try this place!

    Tiramisu, on point!
    Shawn L.

    Great food! Had two meals there, both excellent. A nice, light Italian Hero for lunch and a chicken piccata for dinner. Excellent food, reasonable prices.

    Via Appia Pizza
    Jaime C.

    I've been coming to this restaurant for years. The service, food, and ambience makes it a great place to eat with family. The pizza here is very good. The chicharrones de pollo are a must - get them as an appetizer so you don't miss out. Although the pizza is the go-to here, the entries and daily specials are also very good. The chillo fish filet with white wine and mushroom sauce is one of the best I've had here. They have a comfortable parking area on the back of the restaurant. At night, they have free valet parking.

    Baked lasagna
    Jordon B.

    I've seen this place always packed and finally decided to give it a try. I sat on the patio which I highly recommend. Though they were packed and I had a slight wait the staff swiftly cleared tables. I got the Via Appia pizza which was good and the veggies were fresh and full of flavor. The baked lasagna was hot and cheesy, couldn't ask for it to be any better. Lastly the Ziti was full of flavor and also fresh. The restaurant is of course Italian themed with a wine wall showcasing its offerings.

    Just Your Average Dog W.

    One of my regular go-to places for lunch or dinner. I have been dining here regularly for over 3 years and the food is great, the service is great and the consistency of my experiences is great. I can't say enough about this staple neighborhood eatery with authentic NYC style Italian food and lively local ambiance. I highly recommend and if you're around on a Sunday evening you can pull up a stool to the energetic bar scene.

    Complimentary garlic bread
    Mai L.

    I was in town for a work trip and it was a Wednesday evening. Very convenient and close to Ashford where all the hotels are in the Condado area. It was pretty busy and there was a bar in there for anyone dining alone. I decided to take out so there is a hostess desk right when you walk in. I was greeted immediately and she took my order. I asked how long and she said 15 min. While I was waiting - I was offered a glass of ice to enjoy my bottled beverage I grabbed from the cooler. So I'm felt the service was pretty friendly from the few I interacted with. The restaurant is not fancy and the prices are reasonable especially for the amount of food you get. I asked if bread came with my meal since most Italian restaurants give you a bread basket to begin and she said yes. I ordered spaghetti and meatballs. I got my food in less than 15 min and head back to my hotel to enjoy. Again, I got a lot of food for what I paid. The bread I was given was complimentary but it was garlic bread which i don't mind but wish I would've known so I could ask for plain. The spaghetti sauce was decent and the pasta good. The meatballs were just okay - they didn't see like fresh meatballs. Overall, the restaurant had a fun vibe - patio seating and indoor - very lively. The service was pretty friendly. The food is okay. I can't complain since the price was not bad!

    David M.

    Good pizza and drinks are waiting for you in this Condado area restaurant. We visited on a weekday evening, during a short vacation in February. Party of two were seated right away, on an outside table. We got our drinks within minutes and ordered pizza. It was great - not too thick or thin, just right. In Puerto Rico, it rains every day, and this was not the exception - luckily, although we were outside, the table umbrellas provided the necessary cover. Have not tried any deserts here but, if I am back in the area, I will check them out.

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    Best service anywhere, great food as well. Loved the restaurant location by our hotel on Condado

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    8 months ago

    excellent food, well presented. Waiter was very attentive. And the restaurant was clean and beautiful.

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    Good for food and service . Pizza is very good. Chicken Parmigiana and spaghetti was also very good

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    Wonderful atmosphere and friendly service. Spaghetti and meatballs were very good. We'll be back !!

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    Spaghetti and meatballs are excellent. Outdoor dining is great for people watching. Bread is just ok.

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    Good service. basic salad and pasta choices but we all enjoyed the spaghetti w meatballs and Caesar salads.

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    Great place! The staff made the entire ambience. The food and drinks were really good. Marcello is the man!

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    had a great dinner the nite before but lunch was very disappointing! pizza was undercooked and never saw my server after he took my order !

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    Review Highlights - Via Appia

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    Tavola - Lasagna

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    4.4(205 reviews)
    0.4 km
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    Wow! This came as a referral from a friend and it does not disappoint. The apps are so yummy. The…read morearancini are so good I could have eaten a dozen. The garlic bread was fine, not as good as the arancini. If you are hungry, get the chicken parm, my god it is the largest portion I have ever seen! I ate one of the 3 cutlets they served. Most times when a place gives a ton of food it is ok, well this was fabulous. Super thin, light breading that remained crispy and just the right amount of cheese and sauce. The pizza was good as well. For dessert we had a well portioned flowerless chocolate cake which was paired with some vanilla bean ice cream. Divine! We sat in the restaurant portion near the secret door to the speakeasy so take your pick on what vibe you prefer. The wait staff were super helpful and responsive. We bought the kitchen staff a round for fun. Great experience, I recommend swinging by if you are in the neighborhood.

    Super impressed by this spot! We were SO happy that we got to sit in the speakeasy for dinner,…read morebecause it was exactly the kind of vibe we were looking for! The food was all delicious, and reasonably priced at huge portion sizes, particularly the chicken parm! The pasta was homemade and the sauces were so good. The weakest things were the burrata and the meatballs. Everything arrived to the table quickly, especially the drinks! We would totally come back on a future trip and will be recommending to others visiting the island.

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    Tavola - Speakeasy area

    Speakeasy area

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    Nonna Cucina Rustica - Handmade Pasta

    Nonna Cucina Rustica

    4.3(286 reviews)
    0.8 km
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    I loved everything about this place. It is a classic family Italian restaurant like I haven't seen…read moresince I was a kid. Everything we had was absolutely delicious. I shared the 6 hour Neapolitan sauce and the pistachio pesto gnocchi. Both were wonderful. We had the eggplant parm appetizer and it was the best I have ever had and I have had many different eggplant parms.. For dessert we had pancetta and tiramisu. Both lived up to the standards the rest of the meal had set. I can't wait to come back to Puerto Rico so I can enjoy their delicious food again. Thank you for a wonderful evening.

    We were celebrating our 46th wedding anniversary. Special night. Wrote it on the reservation. No…read moreacknowledgment of our celebration. You can definitely do better. We ordered a bottle of Fiano (a wine we really enjoy and was on the menu). They didn't have it. We settled for Chardonnay. It was good. We asked for bread. They didn't have any!!! (What? An Italian restaurant with no bread?) not a great start. Having said all that, the rest for our food was amazing! The arancini and the eggplant were exquisite. I ordered the steak (yeah I know) but it was amazing. The sauce, the potatoes. Just delicious. Our guests had the lasagna and my husband ordered the pizza. They were very satisfied with their meals. The ambiance is quaint. Old Italian. Clean. I would train servers to know what's available and what's not. Prevent from ordering and being disappointed. In addition, if you don't have bread and make pizza, you have bread. You can make it out of pizza dough in a pinch for those who ask. Italian red sauce without bread... it's a big miss. If your equipment is broken, buy the bread. I think they should have given us the dessert based on the misses. Nonetheless, the entrees were very good.

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    Nonna Cucina Rustica - He'll pour you some wine  and make sure you're enjoying yourself

    He'll pour you some wine and make sure you're enjoying yourself

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    Eggplant parmeggiano

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    Serafina

    Serafina

    3.5(721 reviews)
    0.6 km
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    Amazing Experience at Serafina!…read more I'm visiting Puerto Rico for the first time and staying at La Concha Resort, and Serafina truly made my trip even more special. Last night around 10:20 PM, I ordered the pesto gnocchi to my room and was so impressed the food arrived incredibly fast, perfectly hot, and absolutely delicious. I loved it so much that I came back today! This time I tried the Arugula Parmigiano salad and the passion fruit mojito. Everything was so fresh, full of flavor, and beautifully prepared. The service, the taste, and the overall experience were exceptional. Highly recommend Serafina to anyone visiting San Juan I can't wait to come back!

    I came here to celebrate my birthday because I wanted to try something different from the…read moretraditional Puerto Rican food. I was excited for the experience, but I do want to be honest. The place still look very fancy, but I've been fancier places... First, it is definitely on the pricey side. We ordered three pastas, three appetizers, three drinks, and 2 Fiji waters bottles -- and were also charged for the birthday cake. The total came out to almost $400, service fee of $50! which was surprising. While the staff was amazing, attentive, and very kind (I truly have no complaints about the service), the food unfortunately didn't match the price point. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't memorable or worth what we paid. Overall, great service -- but for the cost, I expected more from the food. Also be prepared cause they took over two hours to bring the food out and I had reservations as well

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    Serafina - The view when you seat at the outside Bar! So beautiful

    The view when you seat at the outside Bar! So beautiful

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    Fruit of the sea linguini

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    Ombra Italian Eatery - Cheese wheel pasta

    Ombra Italian Eatery

    4.6(32 reviews)
    0.7 km

    This Italian restaurant had good reviews so we decided to be heck it out for dinner. It was so…read moregood. The restaurant had some nice dinner lighting and tables that allowed cozy conversations. Service was excellent. Our server walked us through the specials and the menu to help us decide what to order. Husband went with carbonara and I chose the penne pasta. They were excellent choices as we shared our meals with each other. I loved the pink sauce on mine. It was a bit lighter than just red or white sauces. Portions were generous but not obscene in the amount of food. We shared the mixed green salad which was a great way to start the meal. The salad was huge! Splitting was a smart choice. They don't have glasses of wine on the menu but do have house options available. I had the cab and it was delicious. Husband wanted a nonalcoholic option which they didn't show in the menu. Instead, they asked if he wanted sweet or sour, and if there were any flavors he particularly enjoyed, and they created a unique mocktail for him. So fun. This was a great stop. We are so happy we found Ombra.

    The food was great BUT…read more.. We made a reservation for 8:45, when we got there our table wasn't ready and they asked us to wait at the bar. No one greeted us. The "bartender" just kept walking by us, wish we could have waited 15 minutes with a drink. When we were finally set, our service was very dry. Not welcoming at all. He ran down the specials with no emotion or suggestions. Just another day at work. We got a glass of white wine, which was chilled and refreshing, but we had to ask for water since no one offered to fill our empty cups at the table. Decoration? Even though, we sat waiting for our food for about an hour.. we finished our glasses of wine. No one asked us for a refill. We started to ration our water to drink with our food. Sip by sip. We KNEW he wasn't coming back. We ordered two apps and two mains. So delicious!! The pasta was actually so good! The sauce was amazing and the wheel of cheese with the truffle, incredible! After our food was dropped off, NO ONE came by to make sure everything was ok, or if we needed anything else. No water, no wine, just pasta. We watched the other waiters bring waters and dessert to other guests, but we were just left forgotten in the middle. Everyone has a bad day. But we watched him take shots with other tables, clean up tables, walk past us a ton, until we finally made eye contact and he offered another drink. Ha! We just asked him for the check. By this point we were just disappointed. And he cleaned two more tables and finally brought us the check.. and now he got chatty. Ok. We were really wishing for a different experience. Specially for the style of restaurant they're portraying to be.

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    Pirilo - El Pecado

    Pirilo

    4.4(818 reviews)
    4.9 km
    $$

    Killer pizza in an old school Puerto Rican spot. Kids loved…read morethe pizza. Wife smashed a sangria. I enjoyed a couple local beers.

    It was well worth the wait!!!…read more My son wanted pizza and my wife and I wanted to walk around Old San Juan. This was the most popular pizza spot with the highest reviews. A brief aside: If you're driving here, expect a mess. Coming from SoCal, we make forays into DTLA and deal with similar stresses -- one way streets everywhere, dense traffic, extremely limited parking, pedestrians everywhere (many intoxicated and stumbling into traffic), potholes/construction, police closing lanes without reason, and stray cats running through the streets. Ubering here may be worthwhile! We had a 45 min wait, likely exacerbated by Spring break in PR. We used our free time to walk Calle de la Fortaleza -- very beautiful. They called my cell phone when the table was ready (don't forget to turn off your Spam blocker!). The interior is very unique and the place was buzzing. Service was slow, even by PR standards, and our waitress was the worst in the restaurant. She said little, brought us bottled water when we asked for tap, and never came back to check on us. We flagged other waiters for other incidentals like napkins and for our bill. The garlic knots and pizza were great. The pepperoni pizza was 10/10, with a fluffy crust but crispy otherwise. The Margherita pizza was average -- the tomato was sliced too thick and undercooked and the dough was soggy. In spite of some hiccups, the place was really good and I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt that a second trip would be better -- other tables had good service and the other waiters were very helpful. I'm still not sure if we were give bottled water because we were gringo tourists and they figured they'd up charge us or if it was an honest mistake.

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    Pirilo - Beautiful inside

    Beautiful inside

    Pirilo - Caprese salad, was incredible

    Caprese salad, was incredible

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