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Serving house-made sauces, the freshest pastas, and Italian specialties in a bar-centric, white tablecloth Italian Bistro inspired by your favorite NYC Italian restaurants. Our combination of old favorites and new flavors await your next visit. We look forward to sharing our love and passion for Italian food with you.
The menu pays homage to the essence of the great Italian-American restaurants in New York City. Where delicious, exceptionally well-prepared food is served in settings that are simultaneously elegant, comfortable and unpretentious. Familiar dishes like Classic Chicken Parmesan, Bucatini Bolognese, and Spicy Vodka Rigatoni are elevated to a new level.
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4.6
4.6 based on recent ratings
4.6Food
4.6Service
4.6Ambience
4.5Value
Noise • Moderate
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Sarasota / Bradenton
Hot spot
Sarasota / Bradenton
Lively
Sarasota / Bradenton
Most Booked
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Bar Italia in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, is celebrated for its "excellent food" and "friendly, attentive service." The restaurant offers a vibrant atmosphere, perfect for both lunch and dinner. While noise levels can be high, the quality of dishes like their "delicious pizza and pasta" keeps patrons returning.
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Ken VIP
Orlando114 reviews
5.0
Dined 1 day ago
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 4
We had an enjoyable lunch at Bar Italia. Not too busy so it fairly quiet. Peyton, our server, provided us with excellent service, and as always the food is very good.
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Susan
Orlando7 reviews
3.0
Dined 2 days ago
Overall 3
Food 5
Service 2
Ambience 3
The food was excellent. The noise level was very high. The server needs more professional training.
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Lori VIP
Indiana73 reviews
4.0
Dined 2 days ago
Overall 4
Food 4
Service 5
Ambience 4
Had a great evening and loved the chicken parm, Caesar salad, and pepperoni pizza. While. ERT busy or server did a great job!
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Angelo
Greater Boston2 reviews
4.0
Dined 2 days ago
Overall 4
Food 4
Service 5
Ambience 5
All great except Wedding Soup not authentic at least in my experience. Small meatballs tasted like sausage instead of the light ones made of veal. Rest of ingredients look like thrown together.
Halibut, salmon, risotto, salads , bread, cocktails all outstanding
Server Dillon outstanding. Noise level little too high
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Fred
Chicago1 review
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 5
First class, very professionally run restaurant.
Very good food quality, very good food selection.
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Christopher VIP
Tampa14 reviews
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 5
We enjoy dining outside at Bar Italia, and have had many very enjoyable meals here in the past year. Very flavorful dishes, well presented and creative at reasonable prices.
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Bruce
Tampa6 reviews
5.0
Dined 4 days ago
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 5
Great quality and service. Very reasonable prices!
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Sharon VIP
Tampa10 reviews
5.0
Dined 5 days ago
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 5
Our server Drake was absolutely the best waiter I have ever had!!! He’s a keeper!!!
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Eileen
New York City7 reviews
5.0
Dined 5 days ago
Overall 5
Food 5
Service 4
Ambience 5
Food was really good. Caesar salad was chilled and tasty. I had zoodles with mushroom bolognese and I loved it. Sauce was really good.
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Dawn
Tampa10 reviews
4.0
Dined 5 days ago
Overall 4
Food 5
Service 5
Ambience 3
Food was outstanding, service was wonderful. Parking was pretty bad, even at 5:45 p.m. Had to park in the next lot over from the restaurant. The noise level is astonishingly loud. Baffling is needed to help mediate this. If you have any hearing issues, this is going to be a challenge for you. We made a reservation and were seated immediately. Overall, the food will keep us coming back. Maybe more for lunch than dinner. It is not as crazy at lunch.
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FAQs
Bar Italia Lakewood Ranch, Florida is rated 4.6 stars by 790 OpenTable diners.
Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.