Scarsella's Restaurant

I was in Youngstown and I was surprised by how much Italian history exists here. I assumed I would find excellent Italian food and I did. Great lasagna, great chicken, dishes, and old-school ambience. As good as any Italian food back home in New York.

One of the Yo's treasures and oldest family owned restaurants. Classic family style food. Always friendly staff and amazing lasagna and homemade pasta.

Hands down the best sauce and meatballs in the area. Not to mention the warm welcome you get from the owners. We need more restaurants that mom and pops.

An adorable old school family Italian restaurant made my day! My sister in law and I were supposed to go somewhere else and it was closed. We had a wonderful lunch. The restaurant is small but very inviting. I had the medium size wedding soup with 2 meatballs and their amazing bread. My sister in law got fettuccini Alfredo. I loved my meal and she really liked her meal. I would try one of their homemade noodles and red sauce the next time with meatballs. It was a great find!!!

This place is truly something else! It's not fancy. The menu is compact. But that's the fun part! The food was straight forward and good - fresh and hot. Staff was nice and they have a full bar. The tomato sauce is a topic of debate - some love it some and some say it's too simple. It is a pretty straight forward tomato sauce with no frills or thrills. Probably why some would compare it to a canned tomato sauce. But it also might be home made. Who knows. Maybe that's the kick you'll get out of going there. The cavatelli are more like gnocchi in my opinion but everything we had was tasty and hot and fresh. Portion sizes are not small either and we walked out with some left overs. I would ask for a table away from the back of the restaurant since that's where the restrooms are. If you want to share a dish with your date, there's a slight up charge which I wasn't used to seeing before I came here. So this is a place I wouldn't bring my in laws to meet me for the first time or I wouldn't host a business dinner there because it's not fancy enough but I would bring a date or friends or family for surer or a fun laid back meal.

I truly stumbled upon this place on the way to Pittsburgh last year and now I think about it a lot and cannot wait to go back! I always go with the basics the first time I visit a restaurant because I figure if they can do the basics well, they'll do other things well. Traditional spaghetti and meatballs did not disappoint, nor did the bread or the hot pepper salad. The tiramisu I took home was excellent as well. Do not sleep on this place!

Great family restaurant serving authentic Italian food. I had lasagna with homemade pasta noodles and a rich sauce. Met the owner, Shawn who recently took over cooking from his mother. Restaurant opened in 1957! Very attentive server and FABULOUS prices. Will visit again when I'm in Youngstown.

This place deserves a 0 star rating. The workers were extremely rude and instead of actually doing their job they were just standing around and talking instead of actually bringing the food. I saw that there were a hair in my food and when I asked if I could get a different plate the waitress told me that it was probably my hair and told me I was over exaggerating and I wouldn't be able to get a different plate unless I paid for it. So I asked a different waitress and she said the same thing. The hair in my food was ginger and my hair is black. I didn't catch their names, however, this is absolutely unacceptable behavior, these workers should not be working in customer service.

The service was great...friendly and fast. The atmosphere was nice and the restaurant was clean. The food was pricey and just average. There wasn't anything wrong. It just wasn't the best Italian food that I've had b

The best Italian food I've had in a long time .The service was great. Prices are not bad. We will be going back!