Tonmoy Ahmed

For my birthday dinner celebration, we chose this restaurant , and the experience was delightful. We began with focaccia bread and a quinoa salmon salad as appetizers, followed by pasta and a ribeye steak for our main course. Although the initial steak was not cooked to the requested temperature, the chef promptly corrected the issue with a fresh preparation, ensuring it was perfect. The food was well-crafted, flavorful, and thoroughly enjoyable. To conclude our meal, we indulged in desserts—Tiramisu and Affogato. The Tiramisu, in particular, stood out as a favorite. Beyond the cuisine, the ambiance was inviting, and the open kitchen concept added to the overall experience. It is truly a commendable destination for Italian cuisine in Astoria. I look forward to returning to explore more of their offerings.

+4

Benjamin L

For your local Italian spot in Astoria at a reasonable price, this is the spot. Fresh pasta and fresh made pizza in a pizza oven to order; this place is one of the few I will actually eat the crust. The pizza was flavorful and crust a bit soft. The pasta to meat ratio was great with tons of meat, not skimping here! Cute spot with a date night vibes, but nothing too fancy. The tiramisu was also pretty good! Clean bathroom friendly staff. Will come back to try the other pasta/pizza!

+1

Justin Epps

Very good experience. Came here for my birthday dinner and everything was really good. The pizza in my opinion was the best dish of all. The pastas were good and the sauces were done well. If i had to rank best homemade pastas in the city im not sure this would make the list but would definitely get an honorable mention. The kitchen is open and you can watch them make your pasta. It was very busy when we went and the staff handled it well. Would recommend this place for a date night, special occasion or just a night out.

+1

What a lovely gem we stumbled upon! The Lime Gnocchi with raw shrimp was such a nice departure from the usual. The Fritto Misto was cooked perfectly. And the staff - lovely and attentive. A really nice airy space as well. Highly recommend.

Mike Amber Shai Grant

We got take out for lunch. The gnocchi was very good. The breadcrumbs and lime flavor was delicious. Everything tasted great.

Edna G

I chose this place to have my bday lunch because they offered the cheese bowl pasta performance. Haha. Have always wanted to see it and try it. Getting here by google maps was easy taking the train. This was located in Astoria, NY. If driving, you can find parking but I would not drive in NY. This was a nice quaint spot for locals. Very beautiful inside with lots of green plants and big windows to see through. I saw there is outdoor seating if it’s possibly crowded inside. I can tell it would be more busy with locals in the evening. It’s a nice spot to have a date or have a group dinner. We made reservations for our family of 6 but it was not crowded on a Friday late lunch. The staff were very welcoming and attentive. Everyone chose a different dish to try out. I had a Peach Moscow Mule cocktail to start. It was good and strong. Choose: Casio e Pepe (****) - spaghetti with pecorino cheese and black pepper. The cheese bowl soaked in pure cheese and probably a little pasta water. They gave a lot and my daughter and I both got this. We should have shared. Margherita pizza (***) needed more cheese. Haha Calamarata pasta (****) - ring pasta with small bites of salmon. Would have been good if it had bigger pcs of salmon. Gnocchi (***) - gnoochi with cherry tomatoes and raw shrimp and cheese. I just didn’t like the raw shrimp but that was me. Ragu (***) - fettuccine with fillet mignon. The meat was more than the pasta and needed cheese. They had other dishes I wanted to try. I love pasta and cheese! They also gave us a round of shots but not sure what it was but it was delish. All in all, the service was good, location and restaurant were nice, prices were decent for an Italian restaurant, and some of the dishes I would get again. I would recommend it here.

+16

Valentina.

Beautiful place, very complete menu, with a lot of variety. The drinks and desserts were ok but for the price and location it’s worth going. Yes, I recommend it and I’ll be back!

Ariana D.V.

Very nice spot for dinner. The pizza was good, I just wish the slices were cut a bit smaller. I had the best panna cotta here, I highly recommend getting it!! The food is more expensive than a regular pizza joint, but the restaurant is more upscale. We paid around $80 for two people. The service was quick and efficient. It’s a little loud, so it was a bit hard to hear my partner sitting across from me. The tables are also very close together, so you will be squeezing to get to your seat, but everyone was nice and patient.

Jennifer

I came here for dinner with my husband and sister unfortunately on a 95 degree day. The restaurant had no air conditioning. If we would have known that we would have went someplace else and dined here on a different day. We started out with the arancini which was AMAZING! The rice inside was so creamy! We also had the insalata cici for an appetizer. It sounded good, but it was too dry to eat. It needed way more dressing than it had. We all had homemade pasta dishes fettuccine with filet mignon, granchio, and cacio e Pepe. The were all very good, but the cacio e Pepe was by far the BEST! It was one of the best cacio e Pepe pasta dishes I ever had! We didn’t stay for dessert because it was way too hot! I recommend Sotto La Luna in Astoria!

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L.

Get $25 off your bill using the link on my profile! A nice neighborhood restaurant with plenty of seating. If you order cacio e pepe they plate it at your table, which the kids seemed to enjoy. The pasta wasn’t as hot as I would’ve liked it and a little hard texture-wise; but the croquettes were tasty. A $11 glass of wine tasted pretty good too. One thing to note is that there’s a daily menu that changes. We went planning to get risotto based on previous menus but it wasn’t there on the day we went.

Kathy Wu

Everything was delicious and I love that the pastas are homemade! The only critique I have about the pizza is that I wish the crust was crispier, but the flavoring and variety of topping choices were great. The servers were extremely friendly and professional, and the ambiance would’ve been good for either a date or a large group of friends. I would come back to try more of their dishes!

Too loud, stuffy environment. The food is mediocre to say the least. Took 25 minutes for appetizers and another 35+ minutes for the main entree. My mixed grill overcooked, the breaded lamb chops were seasoned well, but the meat itself had zero seasoning. The risotto looked more like a congee rice, the shellfish was just thrown in there, no seasoning whatsoever. The desert was made by a 2 year old literally.

Big Wolf

It took about 40 min to receive our appetizer ( calamari ) which was delicious but took forever. I ordered the duck pasta which was wayyyy over salted. I couldn't even eat a 3rd bite 30$ down the drain. My wife orders the filet mignon pasta and she thought that she would receive slices of steak on top of pasta but it literally looked and tasted like regular ground meatsauce that didn't taste very well. The pizza looked good maybe I should have ordered that instead because people that came in way after me ordered pizza ate and left before my appetizer even came out.