ragazzi bistro italiano‎

best italian in edmonton. my husband and i are regulars here, we keep coming back because we are always happy with the food and service. the food is fresh and delicious - especially the spaghetti carbonara (my favourite!!!) but everything is alwaysgreatappetizers, pizza, pasta, entrees, desert. very friendly and welcoming ambiance and staff. we will continue to be regulars for many years to come :) thanks ragazzi!

average italian food but atrocious service. we waited 45 minutes for a table after being told we would be next. several favourite clear regulars were seated ahead of us. once seated, we waited 25 minutes to be even acknowleged by the waitress. it was explained thatbshe didn't realize we were in her section. simple orders took over an hour to arrive and then came staggered so we all (4) ate at different times. the wait was so long that a kind gentleman took pity on our children and gave them each a piece of his pizza while we waited. the wait staff all stood around drinking grappa and having agreattime while the customers all stewed in silence. i have no idea how this place stays in business, treating customers so poorly and i would never go back! avoid this place unless you have at least three hours to waist on average food.

2nd time. good food: caneloni and lasagna. dry and tasteless tabvle bread, which are actually sliced stale buns. but thgey're complimentary so no loss.greatprice for the food and wine. two diners and two vino glasses were $42.00. we'll shall return.


-----06 jan, 2013-----

good food and service. can't say nothing bad about this place as the food was pretty good and so was the service. everyone enjoyed the meal. it was my birthday and they presented me with a complimentary tiramisu. definitely would eat here again.

this pizza is awesome! not greasy, thin crust - so good!greatprices - a fav for pizza nights. their soprano bread is so good and the servers are polite and friendly.

went expectinggreatitalian food but left having only experienced mediocre pizza at a rather expensive price. however, the saving grace was the soprano bread, brilliantly spiced with a fluffy pull-apart texture. 5 stars to the soprano bread but 2.5 stars to the food.

this is my all time favourite pizza place in edmonton! why? first, it's a family-owned restaurant and the owners are always present to personally greet you. every time i come here i always feel like i'm eating at a warm, comfortable, classy family-like setting. second, the owners are involved with preparing and creating the pizzas and dishes. you know a restaurant is serious about making their dishes when the owners are directly involved. lastly, the quality of the food at this place. their pizzas all have agreatbalance of fresh ingredients and the crusts have a nice crisp crunch to them. other pizza places i've tried either load up on too much cheese, make their pizzas with too much dough with very little toppings, or make their crusts way too chewy. i like my pizzas well-balanced with a nice crisp crust. i usually get the bronx and add bacon, red onions, & 1/3 the spice. this customized bronx is the best pizza i've ever had! other must-try dishes are their antipasto di salsiccia, calamari, and original soprano bread which are to die for!!

second review
came back for a second visit. things have changed and not for the better. service is slow, glasses are dirty on on the table and the second set of glasses arrive dirty as well. waitress seems confused and frustrated throughout our stay ( restaurant was not busy) pizza took over 50 minutes to come out of the kitchen and was disappointing in flavor. disappointing meal and service . we will not be back.
first review : greatservice, with homemade italian flavor dishes at affordable prices. for 14 years they have madegreatpasta and pizza in a quiet strip mall location. we had soprano bread, lazanga, and ravioli all outstanding and a bottle of wine.greatevening. we will be back.

the food wasgreatand we thought the service was good but when we went to pay the bill, the wine was $15 more expensive then the waitress said. when i mentioned it as i paid the bill, the waitress lied outright and denied her pricing. the manager or owner almost didn't seem to believe me. he eventually/reluctantly charged me the price i was quoted even after i told him it was fine and that i'd just pay the bill. it's been a while since we've gone back.

we've probably been here more often than any restaurant in the city.greatingredients, friendly service and excellent food. it's always been great.

it can get very busy on the weekend, so a reservation is good to have.

good but notgreat!!!. went last evening after talking with friends who raved about the place.greatlocation, lots of parking, very nice decor and service. our lettuce salad was more than tasty, extremely tasty actually, but the lettuce and other veggies that made it up were a bit "limp" like they had been sitting out on the counter for the afternoon. my wife's wine was fine, they must measure the portion with an eyedropper though, it looked a bit borderline on the amount poured. we ordered a 14" bronx pizza, maybe a wee bit pricey, next time i would just order from the choose-your-own toppings list, i think it would be cheaper. once again, the pizza was delicious, very tasty but the crust was burnt (which i didn't mind but some people might raise an eyebrow). my biggest complaint was that the pizza wasn't really hot out of the oven, sort of just "warmish" would be a good word to describe it. overall though, i'd rate the evening at 7/10 considering all facets of what we experienced.

my hidden secret. fresh italian, well priced withgreatatmosphere. staff are happy workers, owner is usually on hand. in my top five of favorite places to eat. get the godfather pizza as it does not disappoint. the only issue we have here is sometimes they run out of items if you are a late diner. like tiramisu???? and calamari. the next time we were sure to reserve early. fantastic tomato sauce,greatfor a family dinner as well as quiet and romantic.

ask to be sat away from the front windows as it gets extremely drafty there.

delicious pizza place for thin crust pizza. i ordered the raging bull today for lunch loaded with pepperoni, ham, sausage, salami, bacon, fresh banana peppers. this was delicious and not at all greasy!greatpizza! i would recommend this to anyone looking for an awesome thin crust pizza!

loved it!. we were craving for pasta but good pasta and were having a hard time coming up with ideas when my husband remembered this place that we drive past all the time. we stopped in on a friday night, no reservation, with a baby. they found us a table, gave usgreatservice and the food was delicious! i ordered the penne arrabiata, it wasn't quite spicy enough for me (but nothing ever is!) and my husband ordered the lasagna and he really liked it. the half pint ate so much penne alfredo, we couldn't believe it. everyone was so friendly, dessert was delicious...we will definitely be back!

weren't even served lunch. we arrived on a wednesday at 12:10pm for lunch, just two of us. ordered water and paninis with salads. at 12:45pm we were told our lunch was going to be up in 2 minutes. at 12:58pm, we finally had to ask for it to be wrapped to go because we had no more time to waste for lunch. they packaged our lunches separately based on the two different paninis that we ordered but still managed to mess up the order. i get back to my office to eat my long-awaited lunch, and instead of the italian panini i ordered, i chew down on tough-as-leather chicken. i have been to ragazzi for dinner and it wasgreatbut i will never be back for lunch again. hire more people to work on the floor and in the kitchen. we didn't get a refill on our drinks until 20 minutes after our glasses were empty. unreal.


-----28 jul, 2011-----

ordered two pasta dishes and the bruscetta for take out and picked up the order as it was coming out of the kitchen. bruscetta was alright but the tomatoes were under ripe and the entire thing had a bit too much oil. the pasta dishes were just alright. i'm still looking forward to trying the pizza.

i can't even comment on the food because the service was so terrible we didn't even get to sit down. we arrived and were not even acknowledged by anyone for nearly 20 minutes. there was one server for the entire restaurant and a dishwasher bussing tables. a couple who entered behind us and admitted to having no reservation were seated before us. when we tried to order a pizza to go after waiting almost 40 minutes we were told they would have it in about 25 minutes. the manager or possible owner was aloof and unhelpful.
most of the poor reviews have to do with the poor service. this restaurant would benefit greatly from additional staff. terrible service will trumpgreatfood every time.