joseph tambellini

best food in the country. i love fine dining, but joe the chef, adds special touches to all of the meals. i just enjoy the meals and the service. it is always perfect.

finally. i have been meaning to try this place for some time now. i usually don't seek out italian restaurants because i am generally disappointed. we had a lovely meal, and the service really made it feel special. oh, and a miracle has happened; i loved his sauce. i never, ever love anyone's sauce. we will be back.

fantastic dinner. on mother's day, my husband, daughter, and i had a lovely dinner at this quaint place. our server was excellent; the food perfect. i had twin lobster tails done to perfection. they have the thinly sliced zucchini appetizer of yore, and it did not disappoint. all of the entrees were enjoyed. highly recommended!

mixed impressions. it's been a while since i dined here, but i remember a pretty decent pork chop and a pasta appetizer (served with an alfredo sauce on that evening). my wife and i were charged $10 ($5 ea) to substitute a red (meatless) sauce in lieu of the alfredo on what was probably a 1.5 cup bowl of cooked pasta!

i arrived with a bottle of 2005 clare luce abbey estate cab. sauv. (which by my 27 year old standards was a pretty nice ~$80-90 retail bottle of wine) and got an annoyed vibe from the waiter. not wanting to be unfair, i checked with my wife, who picked up on the same feeling.

i'd go back, but i must have been in a pretty tolerant mood that evening after looking back at the overall experience. it's been too long (2-3 years) for me to remember other details of the evening.

a little defensive?. as a larger party for a bachelorette dinner, we were put in a private room on the third floor; we were all first time guests and looking forward to trying a well respected restaurant. as we walked through each floor on our way up, the ambiance was very nice and it was a comfortable, cool temperature to combat the 80+ degree day we just had. when we arrived to our room, however, it was a sweat box with a teeny tiny, very loud fan blowing some air around. upon asking if the air was on, and if it would cool down soon, our server ken assured us it would be "super chilly in just a few minutes!" it wasn't until about 2.5 hours that it started to feel a little more comfortable, although still quite warm. the room was nice, with a little seating area with leather couches to one side and a nicely set group table to the other side of the room. we had a private bathroom and an attentive server. the zucchini appetizer we had was average, but the sesame calamari was absolutely amazing. our non-pasta entrees included a salad, a pasta course, then the main course (not very common in this type of restaurant, everything is usually a la carte) dinners were good, my pasta course (described as an 'almost' vodka sauce) was my favorite and the chicken romano was good, but not stellar. overall we had a really good experience (minus the heat issue) until our check came. we were charged $2 a piece for cheese on our salads. we were approached with, "would you like soup or salad with your entree? salad? ok, what kind of cheese would you like on that?" the $2 dollars isn't going to kill me, i pay more than that for a coffee, but it was the principal of it. i have worked in a very comprable restaurant with a very well known chef and we would use the phrase "up-charge" for those little additional things. or be given the choice of, "would you like to add cheese to that?" there was more cheese on the tables and added to our pastas that we weren't charged for, than was on our salads! when we asked the server about it, he got extremely defensive, talked so fast you couldn't understand him, but at some point we heard, "in places like this people don't talk about prices!" "that's how i was trained!" and my personal favorite "stuff isn't free!" also, where i had worked, regardless of whether or not the server/guest was right or wrong, the guest was always right and we would have apologized, removed all questionable charges, and even sometimes brought out desserts or coffee for the table. our otherwise enjoyable experience ended with an insecure server almost yelling at us about something so easily fixed or addressed. should i expect a $5 charge for my bread basket next time? if i learned anything from ken, nothing is freeeee!

just awesome!!!. what a great experience. chef joe was awesome. food and atmosphere was fantastic. everyone treated our family great and our special occasion dinner was a memorable evening!

i will highly recommend this experience to everyone i know!!

this restaurant is a 10! the food and service was outstanding! the owner mrs. tambellini introduced herself and made sure we were 100% satisfied. the dessert was to die for!!

i heard about this restaurant on the marti griffin show. i immediately wanted to support a family owned business that was doing so well. i bought my in-laws a gift certificate to dine there. so, when my dad said that he needed to treat my mom to a nice romantic birthday dinner, i immediately recommended this restaurant. i made the reservations and called to confirm. i purchased a bottle of champagne and their infamous volcano dessert. i was so happy, and my dad was delighted. i received a call from the owner (5 hours before the reservation), and was told that they would be closing early due to some cancellations. he reported that it would not be worth sticking around..."sorry." currently, all restaurants are open, i know that it would "suck" to "stick around," but it seems that a business should honor their hours. there is no hurricane, flood, family emergency and/or anything that warrants an early closing. they were aware that this was a special occasion, but still decided to shut down. i am so disappointed, and i will never go there. i am not doubting that they have great food, but customer service is more important. i am really in shock that a restaurant will cancel a special dinner because a "couple people" cancelled and it is "just not worth sticking around." i really thought i was dreaming.

nice neighborhood restaurant. my husband and i had dinner at tambelini's for the first time this evening. the service was great and food was excellent! i had the mufalda caprese and the roasted potato and garlic soup. both were wonderful. my husband had a 16 ounce pork chop with peppers. he also had the tomato caprese salad. he loved both. he had a jumbo lump crab cake for an appetizer. also very good. definitely recommend this restaurant. we will return

margaret koren. i would definitely come again! new years eve is a bad time to judge a restaurant and be fair. the food and service were very good. our table was not a good place to sit. we were close to the computer and someone was always walking by, also the restrooms made it a busy place. with the door opening frequently it was a bit cold. we did enjoy our meals and made it to the hickey came!

surprised. went for dinner this past weekend for the first time. i was pleasantly surprised! i loved the cozy dinning room and home like atmosphere. everything was great. i had offerings from their features that the server described to us. their version of the caprese salad was wonderful. the lamb and risotto were both cooked to perfection. bottles of wine were reasonable priced as well. finally, dessert was great. will be back in the near future!

best food in pittsburgh. the best food of any kind i've had in pittsburgh.

i'm not from pittsburgh and have been puzzled at the large number of italian restaurants in this city which are "homestyle" and which serve large portions of mediocre food. at many i can't find veal (or even chicken) marsala. i had the veal marsala which was as good as any i've ever head. the meatball appetizer and pasta were excellent as well.

highly recommended.

quality food and service!. service can really make or break a restaurant. the staff is all amazing and so welcoming. i felt like i was in joe's personal kitchen because the staff was so warm. adam is absolutely wonderful!

on top of the fantastic service, the food was delicious. i love italian food and believe me, i was glad that i was so hungry when we went because the portions are huge and it is difficult to stop eating because it is so tasty.

we had the chicken parmesan and the meatball parmesan. we were fans of both! also, despite the fact we were stuffed, we decided to pack up the leftovers and share a piece of tiramisu - best decision ever! amazingly light piece of heaven.

this place is pricey, but you get good quality food and service and this is a great place to celebrate, especially because they have some gourmet cocktails! the atmosphere was very romantic and taking someone to this place would be a sure fire way to impress them.

i was quite impressed with my family's visit to joseph tambellini this afternoon for my mother in law's birthday party. the upstairs party room was very comfortable for all of us and very accomodating of our children (ages ranging 8 months through 7 years.) service was outstanding and food was delicious. i was especially appreciative of their gluten free pasta option. we also enjoyed the special attention that joseph gave the older children in our party, as he let them have a special part in preparing their grandma's birthday dessert. it was a wonderful experience and we will certainly be returning!

it's worth the trip. the service was top notch (adam) and the food was good too. we started with the crab balls app and they were good. the chicken padrona soup was excellent. my fiancé had the chicken romano and it was the best i've ever had. i had alfredo it was good, but had a uncommon twang to it and wouldn't order it again. i will likely go back to try another chicken dish!