Simone's Wood Fired Craft Kitchen

This is a great place! We live not too far away but haven't been here before. Absolutely the best calamari and pizza (the only dishes we had) in St Augustine , excellent service, nice modern bistro atmosphere.The things we didn't have but saw other people eating - such as the lasagna - looked great too. We're from new you're so we know good modern Italian! Crust was great! Good by the glass wine list too (along with beers and cocktails, of course).

Overall a good experience.We got there early, before the crowd and were seated immediately. Our waiter, Mica, and an associate,Sam, attended to us.They took time to explain the restaurant and shared the specials. Love the craft to table concept.We ordered the caprese salad as an appetizer. It was decent. Unfortunately, it really isn't tomato season here so it wasn't as good as it could be.For dinner, my wife got the mahi special. I got the shrimp diavolo. Both were good but a bit salty for our palate. Portions look small, but really have a lot to them.Before we were done, the restaurant was packed. Fully understand why so many come here.

Really good brick oven pizza! Very tasty. We always opt to make our own and they offer lots of options. Have only ordered take out from here so can't speak to the dining experience but the restaurant itself looks very nice and we've always had someone greet us when we come in to pickup our order. It can get very busy on weekends but at least there's plenty of parking around.

Simone's is the perfect local spot - it's one of our family's favorite Italian location, so much memories here. Everything is freshly made, the lasagna is a meal we always get. Pizza is perfection and that right touch. Dinner is always packed so come before 7pm, but it's worth the wait!

Dinner at Simone's Wood FiredCraft Kitchen in St. Augustine, Florida was amazing! This place had great ambience, upscale vibe and every table was full! The wine, appetizers and food were excellent! We started with the freshly baked artisan bread basket with oregano and basil dipping oil. The Salsiccia Toscana Pizza (san marzano sauce, sweet and spicy tuscan sausages, balsamic onion confit-fresh mozzarella and ricotta cheese) was absolutely perfect! Service was exceptional! Finding parking was a little challenging but worth it. I would definitely recommend!

My favorite meal during our trip to St. Augustine. Terrific pizza and a fantastic salad!! The service was friendly and the atmosphere is family friendly, a little noisy.

Home made pasta is worth the drive, excellent menu, great pizzas, never had a service issue there.

Wow we enjoyed this place! We stopped at Buccees today and on the way back home decided to try something new. It's right next door to Woofs Bakery (another review!) and has an outdoor patio, serves alcohol and has a wood fired oven. Checks off all the boxes! We ordered two apps and a pizza to go. The apps came out really quickly, we got calamari and goat cheese bruschetta. Both were out of this world good! The calamari was really tender, the breading was flavorful and the pomodoro sauce was a great complement. My fave was the bruschetta, everything about it worked!Tonight we reheated the pizza, we got the e funghi and the crust is probably the best one I've had in a long time. I also thought the prices were really reasonable. Our server was very friendly and personable. I'm looking forward to going back!

Arrived here about 7:00 PM on a recent Saturday evening, there were people waiting outside the entrance but I decided to check with the hostess to see what the wait time was going to be - it looked like at least 60 minutes so I gave her my cell number to the hostess and was told I did not need to remain onsite but would need to check in within 10 minutes after they send a text saying our table was ready. As soon as we agreed to this I noticed two open seats at the bar which was open seating so we decided to take them which eliminated the wait time entirely looks like this experience was starting out the right way.Once seated Ashli who was tending bar greeted us and offered ice water while dropping off the menus and taking our drink order. The service was friendly and attentive. Some have mentioned the difficulty in reading the menu the color scheme in low lighting makes it challenging, they really need to revisit this, as classy as they may appear they aren't very functional.We decided to start with fried calamari and peppers with marinara sauce, the calamari was crispy and tender and the peppers added just enough spicy this is definitely a great starter. We also order the 13" pizza with pepperoni and ground spicy sausage, the crust was incredible and the toppings although may have been a little sparse compared to most pizza restaurants this was gourmet and very creative and delicious - these two dishes were perfectly portioned for two and the ice cold Peroni draft and Pinot Grigio paired well.Overall this was a great dining experience and I highly recommend taking a seat at the bar if available, I'd definitely do this one again...

Sat at the bar early on a Saturday night. Place was full and met some people who eat here every week. Bartender was very attentive and friendly. Wine list by the glass and bottle was typical for this area (meanjng pretty weak and not a great selection). Bottle prices looked ok and so did the glass prices but the pours were metered and tiny. I ordered a jaialai beer instead and was told it was 12 oz. Ok sure it's 7.6 but I10 came in a proper pint at 6.7 pct I ended up with a Malbec (pretty light one sadly) then ordered an i10 once the food came. Lasagna was good with lots of sauce and the sausage pizza was nice but the Mediterranean looked much better (I ordered poorly). No bread served which would have been nice with all of that sauce. All in all a decent place to go but the small things bother me so we won't put this on the weekly rotation.