Alla Famiglia

A restaurant that can stand the test of time is all about the food and I promise you will crave it! But its staff and atmosphere is what makes it the place you can't wait to come back to enjoy. Yes it's all about the food and it is fabulous and the best Italian food in the city! It has keep an old school flavor and service and atmosphere and moved forward with the times. Tony led us to our pre dinner bar area. Cliff made the best drinks and Daniel was our outstanding server and professional who made our night the best.Veal is their specialty! Their pasta stirred in the cheese wheel is to die for. So amazing. House salad is fresh a little sweetness and delish, Branzini was excellent. Filet was perfection. Vodka sauce was yummy. It was a birthday celebration so the special dessert and our extra raspberry cake with almonds was out of this world. Wine recommendations from Daniel and expertise with the menu welcomed! Smoked cheese app was one of a kind! Love love love. Even valet parking was outstanding!!! Espresso martini is a must go back for! Old fashioned was the best. Beverage menu excellence! Thank you.

BEST ITALIAN IN PITTSBURGH!Alla Famiglia has been on my list to try for about two years now and I finally had the opportunity to check it off my list. GREAT decision! Alla Famiglia is the best of two words - classic old school Pittsburgh Italian and modern Italian cuisine. Your meal comes with bread and dipping oil, house salad, & pasta a la vodka and that's all before your main entree arrives! The food is classic and comforting but also fresh and incredibly delicious. I got the seafood Diavolo as my main - the sauce was incredible, spicy but not too spicy and the seafood was cooked perfectly - no rubbery lobster here. Also don't skimp on the appetizers or dessert (although it helps if you have people to share with because it's a lot of food) our table ordered the Giant Meatball and Smoked Provolone which were both incredible as well as the Raspberry Tiramisu for dessert which was a refreshing change up from the classic (and I love the classic!) Overall our service and experience couldn't have been better so whether you want a nice date night out or are celebrating a fancy occasion add Alla Famiglia to your must-try places in 2025!

4.5 stars. Alla Famiglia is an upscale Italian restaurant that opened in 1997 and was purchased by the current owner in 2005. Its menu lists foods such as oysters, salads, pastas, chicken, lamb, veal, steak, and branzino. Please see my attached photos for the menu in December 2024. Alla Famiglia also has a full bar and a cigar room. My husband and I ate one dinner here. The seating hostess and two servers promptly and politely served us. We greatly enjoyed everything that we ate. Here are descriptions for our foods and beverage:Free bread - The bread came with a very tasty white-bean dip and spicy-pepper olive oil. Casa Salad - This salad contained mixed greens, roasted peppers, spiced walnuts, olives, gorgonzola, and a red-wine vinaigrette. Hail Caesar Salad - This salad consisted of romaine lettuce, crostini, parmesan, and Caesar dressing. Cavatappi Alla Vodka - This pasta contained marinara, cream, vodka, olive oil, and basil. Cacio e Pepe - Linguini was mixed inside a Locatelli Romano cheese wheel at the tableside. It was fun to watch, and it tasted very cheesy. Seafood Diavola - My entree contained tender lobster tail, scallops, mussels, and clams in a flavorful tomato sauce. Ripieno Veal - This veal was a very large size. It was stuffed with prosciutto, sage, and provolone and topped with mushrooms and a red-wine demi-glacé. It looked like a masterpiece!Raspberry Tiramisu - This tiramisu contained mascarpone, liquor, vodka, and raspberry preserves. White-chocolate martini - This beverage had flavors of white chocolate and bourbon. For the two of us, we spent a couple hundred dollars plus a tip. The serving sizes were large, so we walked out of the restaurant with bagged leftovers. Please note that this restaurant is in a neighborhood that has a high crime rate. As we were departing the restaurant, a vehicle with two people tried to stop my husband and me. I recommend walking far from other people outside.

We really liked the house salad and the Cacio e Pepe. Both were delicious and had wonderful flavor. I got the Gorgonzola filet mignon and my husband got the veal chop ripieno. I liked mine a lot, but my husband said he would not reorder the veal chop - not because it was bad, it wasn't just his taste. We split the raspberry Tiramisu for dessert. It was delicious! Highly recommend. My biggest qualm is that I had booked for Valentine's Day weekend, and though I had looked to see if they were serving from a special menu, I couldn't find that on their Instagram or Website. When we arrived, they WERE service from a smaller, special menu. I just wish we had known that in advance. Also, they sat us in a VERY dark and VERY quiet back room, so it was hard to have a conversation without disturbing the other two tables in the room.

An incredible Italian experience! Could not recommend Alla Famiglia enough.The way the meal works and the way they structure the menu is a little different than most places.First off you're set with a sort of fixed menu, you're going to get a bread basket, their house salad, a vodka pasta and then you pick your main. Depending on your main you've chosen you will pay a certain price.Now you can also choose any of their appetizers which is an additional charge and also upgrade your salad or pasta to a different option as outlined in their respective section. And that's it! Clear as mud.We got the meatball as a group of 4 to share which was great with the bread.The pasta bowl they gave us was quite a lot and we all were able to get seconds/thirds as a group of 30 something men.Several of us got their specials so I cannot comment on their menu but the specials were fantastic. One of my friends got a lamb shank with lobster that was on the pricier side but looked incredible.This place may be on the more expensive side in Pittsburgh but it's well worth the money and not backbreaking respectively. I would make it a point to come back every time I'm in the area!Service was incredibly attentive and the restaurant had a great interior design with a classic American-Italian feel!

It was a fabulous evening and our first experience here and we would most definitely return for one of the most amazing meals we've ever had. Every course was as promised hot flavorful experience for our tastebuds.

Wow, super expensive. Like Jesus Christ this is Pittsburgh. The food was delicious but damn, I am shocked that this city even has a restaurant that has an $80+ plate. For this reason, I saved this restaurant to go to for my birthday. The food was great as well as the service but as someone that was born and raised in NYC, I just knew that there was no reason to be paying $80 for reveal in Pittsburgh.Wine bottles were also expensive but there were some mid range prices as well. Cheapest bottle was $59.The ambience was definitely giving old school high end Italian restaurant. It was nice and quiet on a Tuesday evening. I would recommend this restaurant but only to my friends that have loaded pockets just for the experience

This is old school Italian at its finest. It's a beautiful, dimly lit restaurant, very welcoming when you walk in. Every course was delicious from start to finish. The bread with two different spreads was such a nice touch. I really appreciated them being able to accommodate my dairy allergy as well. The fresh cavatappi with marinara was to die for. I had the tartufo filet for my entree and it was perfectly cooked and tender. The wine list is carefully curated with many Italian varietals and non-Italian as well. Lastly, our server, Beth was so friendly and informative. Thank you, Beth, for adding to our amazing dining experience!

Absolutely the best meal ever! It has taken me SO long to get here and my husband making this my birthday dinner was definitely worth the wait. We started with the meatball appetizer - 12oz filled with mozzarella, swimming in their delicious signature sauce. We both upgraded our salads to the Caesar. The crouton was delicious and the salads were dressed perfectly. Also, weird to note but the salad was SO cold, in a good way, and it tasted so fresh and crisp. I got the vodka pasta and my husband upgraded to the cacio e pepe & we split them both. They make the cacio e pepe table side which was fun to watch. The vodka sauce was simple and amazing. Both pastas were so good, I couldn't choose which one I liked more. Lastly, I had the most tender filet of my life. It was cooked perfectly and practically melted in my mouth. I chose the Gorgonzola preparation and would definitely get it again, although the filet was so good on its own. My husband had the best chicken parmesan of his life. Three huge pieces that were light, airy, and fried to perfection. Our server surprised me with a complimentary dessert which was such a nice touch. She was very attentive, personable, and explained the menu very well. Every course was timed perfectly. The meal was so filling & we had tons of leftovers which I was really happy about. Needless to say, we will definitely return!!

Everyone raves about alla Famiglia. We're from Philadelphia but came with the in laws in Pittsburgh. The pasta was extremely underwhelming and not good. It wasn't the worse but .... Definitely not that good at all and don't have interest in having it ever again. We are spoiled being in the philly nyc areas often and have access to the best Italian restaurants; it's hard to impress us when it comes to Italian. So I'm sure some people think it's great and that's fair. We just didn't like it. If you have to choose I'd get the alla vodka pasta. The cacio e Pepe was bland and very oily from olive oil.... Not creamy at all and lacked authentic Locatelli flavor due to the way it's made. Chunks of cheese block in the pasta - this is not a true cacio e Pepe it was like eating buttered or oiled noodles with some cheese thrown on. The veal was to die for. And I thought the chicken parm was absolutely delicious too. Their meat dishes are top tier for sure. Pasta needs work especially for the "hype" .... Service was less than average. Our waitress disappeared for like 25 minutes after saying hello to us. Took ages to actually order our food; extremely frustrating to me. Then she got my father in laws pasta order wrong. And got my finances salad order wrong. Poor experience I guess but hey we got some good food and liked the restaurant itself. Def in a bad area so just be aware of your surroundings especially women or if you're alone. The restaurant itself was very nice. Overall it was underwhelming over priced and not the best service. I wouldn't return but Glad we tried it; my in laws love it and have gone 4 times so just depends what your taste is!