Best Italian Restaurants in Hamden

The food and service at Caffe Bravo are consistently excellent. The specials, however, can be extraordinary. They feature creative culinary pairings that taste even better than they read. Last night's example featured a swordfish dish with eggplant and more. The atmosphere is "neighborhood" comfortable-friendly and unpretentious

The experience at Gioia is always a great one, especially since they have their own parking lot in the very busy Wooster Square area. My friends and I ordered the Salumi and Cheese platter, beets, cauliflower, and meatball appetizers. We decided to split two desserts: the sticky toffee pudding and the almond torta. The best bites of the night were the anchovy yogurt sauce with the cauliflower and the sticky toffee pudding (it’s SO good). The mocktails are also special, DELICIOUS, and a very good surprise feature on a large drink menu.

Great food and great service. Only thing was upstairs was very very warm but still had a great dinner.

The server we had was absolutely amazing. I do not know how name but I recall he was bald. He made the entire experience for my brother and I amazing. Thank you so much! Everything was super clean including bathrooms. Loved my lasagna and meatballs. The tres leches cake good. Thank you! Overall great experience. Parking we found in a paid garage not too far from the restaurant but there is also paid parking across the street I believe.

Great food, impeccable service and very nice atmosphere. We have been going for years and we never had a bad meal. We love LaLupa 😍