Piazza Italia Lake Nona - Orlando

So SO bad! I ordered from this place for the first time. Got the lasagna. Lasagna is supposed to be 9 layers or so...this was maybe 2? It was also so salty and tasted like metal. It was unedible! I searched for ground beef or cheese in it but it was literally sauce and pasta. This place does not care.Food: 1/5

Best pizza in town, highly recommended 100% Italy style

Hard to believe, but so far from Italian. Ordered simple dish of pasta with bits of ground beef. 20.00 bucks. My little cereal bowl holds more than what I received as a portion. Worst portion I think I've ever received at an Italian restaurant. I understand franchise restaurants, not like independents. Horribly small. My girlfriends dish was pasta with a piece of chicken. The chicken was no larger than almost an ice cube. Matted down paper thin. Then she ordered a sangria. Sangria is dark. They brought it, and it was mixed with a carbonated mix. Looked like and tasted like water. We should have walked out and just left the food there. Bread was cold. Dinky pieces. Saturday night restaurant was almost empty. Should have been a good sign to leave. I got home and made myself a real dinner. The portions at panara bread are even better than this place. No salads, nothing. Thank God we didn't stay for desert. Needless to say, our group of five were starving as we left as we'll never return.

I was so excited to try this restaurant after reading reviews. Extremely disappointed. Sauce bland acidic and way too much garlic. My husband had chicken parm and the chicken was extremely tough. I had the paparedelle with shrimp and mushrooms in a creamy cognac sauce. The pasta was not seasoned, the shrimp were so overcooked I could not even cut with knife and the sauce was not creamy at all. First try was pure broth and tasteless. We asked for check and owner made us a duplicate of our meals to take home and it was just as bad and wound up down garbage disposal. The pizza crust was not properly prepared. Never ever put sauce directly on pizza crust. Either use olive oil first or par cook crust and then add sauce. Otherwise it is a floppy and gummy mess, which it was. Unfortunately we will never go back.

Excellent food and outstanding service!! Looking forward to dining here again.