Made In Italy Bistro

Jo Jo

I love this place! Best Italian food period. The chef and owner, Antonio is from Naples and is kind, thoughtful and super talented! I cannot recommend it more! My son loves the homemade gnocchi that he asks for with ragu’. Everyone loves the pizza and I adore the it salads. There’s truly something for everyone. It’s not a fast food Italian , so it’s not cheap, but it’s fair when you know that the chef goes to the market and handpicks everything fresh and the quality go the ingredients is superb!

Brenna Ellis

How have I not been here yet! I loved everything about this place. The service, the menu, the food and the ambiance. We ordered the polpete (meatballs), caccio y pepe pasta, 2 pizzas and the dessert calzone. Everything is just as you'd want it to be if you were in a cafe in Italy. Highly recommend. It's even worth the drive if you are not local.

Cindi Cockrill

Met my friend here for lunch to celebrate my birthday. I wanted Italian food because it's my favorite but also because I just got back from a cruise to Italy and wanted to keep eating Italian food. I was hoping to try some homemade pasta and perhaps some chicken parmigiana or eggplant parmigiana but I felt it was just too hot to eat something that hot and heavy while eating outside in the heat. (My friend and I both love being outdoors so we decided to eat on their patio, complete with umbrellas, despite the heat) We both decided to order the Quinoa Salad and the focaccia bread. OK, I am very picky about my focaccia and this was absolute perfect! It was served warm, a bit crispy and seasoned perfectly! They had a high-quality olive oil to dip our bread in. This is an absolute 'must to order'! Our salad was served chilled (as salads should be served) with fresh, crisp ingredients. The citrus vinaigrette accompanied the salad beautifully and had just the right amount of dressing and didn't make it "soggy". The serving was generous and neither of us could finish ours. After our lunch we ordered 2 affogotos (my first time having one). They brought out our affogotos and a birthday pasty. Our servers sang Happy Birthday in Italian!!! I absolutely loved that! The affogoto was scrumptious and it was perfect in the heat. It was a scoop of gelato with espresso poured over it. YUMMY! The birthday pastry (complete with birthday candle :) ) was flaky with something that tasted like Nutella. It was delicious! As we were finishing our dessert, the owner, Antonio, came out to introduce himself and wish me a Happy Birthday. I told him how wonderful our lunch was and how I just got back from a cruise to Italy. He told us how he grew up on the Amalfi coast and worked in a restaurant in Positano before going to culinary school. I enjoyed our brief interaction with him and knew why I loved this restaurant...it truly felt like Italian hospitality! I plan on coming back for the fresh pasta and perhaps the Branzino and to get a taste of Italy once again! Thank you, Antonio and your wait staff. You made my birthday celebration so special.

Brian Berenty

First, the bad…the restaurant is in an upscale strip mall sandwiched between a bagel shop and gyro shop. We were seated outside (for our anniversary) virtually in front of the closed bagel shop, right next to a trash can. Within minutes the water brought the wine we ordered and as he was opening it, a very homeless person was rummaging through the trash can less than 3 feet from my wife. Angrily he would grab at food in the trash can and threw a few fries in our direction. Our feelings of grief and sadness for this situation did not make for a pleasant dining experience. The service was quick and pleasant, but we seemed to have at least four or five servers attending to our service which created a sense of inconsistency. That said, the food was very good, but the owners might think about improving the logistics to ensure all diners receive the same wonderful experience. The gnocchi was good, but the $27.50 price was quite steep, especially for a restaurant in a strip mall with homeless people scavenging through nearby trash cans.