Ladles of Springdale

Ladles is a little restaurant . It was my first time here and in my opinion the food was just okay. The service was great.

It would be 5 stars if it weren't so expensive. It was $22 for pistachio penne, which was delicious, but it was just Alfredo with pistachio. The tiramisu was delicious also. I loved the decor inside. The patio was closed because they were short staffed so that's not really their fault but it would have made the $22 no protein entree worth it. Overall, I really liked it. I wish I could give it 5 stars.

Back to Ladles today, after Covid, glad they are still in business after a period where they announced permanent closure. My food: a fresh salad that was atypical, nicely mixed greens and one of the best blue cheese dressings in Pittsburgh. I had the Chicken Parmesan sandwich. Nice marinara (did you know Ladles serves pasta too?) and we were surprised by the "Fancy Ketchup" not being the Pittsburgh staple: Heinz. My co-diner had a mushroom and cheese omelette. Portions were great. Waitress said her favorite dessert is the "Ho Ho Cake" but we didn't indulge. Mancini's bread.

I've always enjoyed Ladles Restaurant and frequent this restaurant often, especially because it's in my own back yard . However, I just ordered pizza from their NEW menu. We ordered the Greek Pizza and also. Pepperoni Pizza. Wow.. delicious!. I think I'm pretty much a pizza snob. And will travel far and wide for delicious pizza. And here she is... a new menu and amazing pizza. You will not be disappointed. YUMMY.

Second time here. No complaints about the first trip, that being said, this time was the exact opposite. We had a fairly large group but made reservations well ahead of time. Our food came out piecemeal, the child's chicken and fries was inedible. The waitress gave the wrong plates to people and messed up the bills. The soup was terrible. Definitely won't be going back.

I love lobster and have eaten it cooked many ways but I have to say the Lobster Scampi Pasta at Ladles was out of this world delicious! There were also many other options for lobster. My family had a half of a grilled chicken salad which was huge; a whaler which was a giant piece of fish and a cowboy grilled cheese sandwich. We all enjoyed Ladles very much and I will add it to my must eat restaurants when visiting Pennsylvania. The service was excellent too. We liked the ladles all over the walls. Overall it was a very pleasurable experience.

Food was pretty good. Service was good. First time there. I would go back but not right away. The chicken dish my daughter had was only partially cooked and she had to send it back. They did make it right. They were apologetic about it

I ordered fillet and lobster for $38. The steak had a spoiled meat taste to it. When I notified the waitress immediately after the first bite, the manager threw my entire entree (including the lobster which was fine) in the trash and told me that there was nothing he could do for me. I was told that my options were either pay the $38 and have nothing to eat or pay additional price for another entree.

Tonight I went with my friend to ladles.As I have not been there, I like to get chicken parmesan when I go to different places. Tonight I ordered chicken parmesan and it came out burnt and crispy. I asked the waitress if this is how it's supposed to be served and she said she would take it back to the kitchen. Well a little while later they brought me out the chicken parmesan and it was perfect. Now, what I want to know is why would they even serve that why would they even send it out of the kitchen burnt!

Chicken Romano: one half sliced so thin barely any chicken among the batter coating, other half had thicker chicken that was still pink! Menu says it is drizzled in wine sauce should have said drowning in sauce. It was accompanied by cold masked potatoes. We had to ask for regular Italian bread with our dinner as the stale , dry herbed type of bread they served was horrible. We splurged for chocolate cake with peanut butter icing, good but at least a day old if not more. I was so disappointed as it had been at least a year since we ate there, when it used to be good. There is no reason to return.