La Gastronomia

So sad! Because the new owner has kept the same name of the restaurant (smart move on his part) his reviews look better than they really are. This little boutique restaurant used to have a great following with delicious food choices. Not so much anymore....read the reviews. Here's my take from two separate visits...First visit: I ordered the Lamb Shank....tasteless tough and dry. I love Mediterranean food but I've had better Baba and Hummus elsewhere. Not a draw here. Husband ordered Chicken Shawarma... ugh... he didn't like it shredded and tasteless. We've had lots of Chicken Shawarma elsewhere to die for so I trust his judgement. Ok, we thought, let's give it one more try with friends. Maybe the Italian would be good. Nope, the Eggplant Parm was lumped into a little soup bowl and drenched in cheese. Ugh....so SALTY! Almost inedible. That seems to be a them if you read other recent reviews.Vegetable Calzone....nope... burnt thin crust, hardly any cheese and NO Sauce...what? And tasteless!!! I passed it around and all of us agreed that no spices were used rendering it tasteless! Oh, did I write that twice?Save your hard earned money. Safeway sells great dough for a quick Calzone at home. Ooh, snap! In addition, the other peeps at our table received their orders before me and were DONE eating by the time the Calzone came out. REALLY? We gave them two visits...not going back. There are plenty of great Pizza places in Grass valley and Nevada City. Great Italian restaurants here... and a couple of really good Mediterranean restaurants so support the good places that deserve your dollars in this very difficult time. We don't want those places to fold.

One my favorite restaurants, changed ownership. Took home, my all-time favorite pizza and it was so salty I couldn't eat it!So sad to see this development

Just went there for dinner for a pizza and gnocchi. A complete disappointment. We have been here multiple times but there was something weird this time. Apparently we found out, they changed ownership.Gnocchi were absolutely terrible, with fake Parmesan on top. Freshly grated Parmesan was La Gastronomia signature, just like we do it in Italy.Pizza margherita - the dough was good but they literally put 3 slices of mozzarella on the whole pizza. Everything else was tomato sauce. On top of that, I requested the Aperol Spritz, which is what I always order. The waitress didn't even know what I was talking about. Great. This place gonna fail in less than 3 months .

Now under new ownership the pizza is not the same. Too salty, too much cheese, dough texture is tougher, presentation appeared rushed with uneven distribution of ingredients across the pie. We are heartbroken as we used to love this place for its authentic high quality Italian pizza.

Not Italian at all. Mediterranean pretending to be Italian. They use bleach to clean the tables around you while you're eating. We heard nothing but great things about this place but clearly that was before the new owners. Very disappointed to order fresh bread and mozzarella to receive one mozzarella ball sliced up, oil, and cut up pita bread. Pasta had no flavor to it and the Parmesan cheese didn't melt a bit the whole time. Mostly dry. Pizza was decent but it's really hard to mess up pizza. Very sad we didn't get to try this place before the new ownership. Short staffed and unfriendly. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone.

Such a nice Italian spot in Grass Valley! It was our first time eating here & we did a take out order. The restaurant itself is older but is really cute and you can tell they have put a lot of effort into authentic Italian art & decorations. It's sad that there wasn't anyone in there dining. I'm not sure if it was due to the weather but this place deserves more in person diners. Next time we will be dining in! The service was fast & they were all super nice. The food was amazing! Everything tastes very fresh and the quality is top tier. We could not stop being in awe on how delicious it all was. I would recommend giving them a try as your tastebuds will be really happy.

This used to be one of my favorite place. Sadly, the owner sold it and the reviews are coming out, absolutely horribly. We just pray that Rita will be able to someday get another place. If you are going there and expecting it to be the way it used to be it is not. It's definitely not Italian anymore. And some of the reviews make me wanna throw up. la Cucina, Sergios, and Cirino in grass Valley are wonderful.

Ordered the Hills pizza. Took home Tiramisu as well. Both were Wonderful! Friendly people and a nice ambience. Will definitely be back!

Ordered the Moussaka, Honey Lamb, and tzatziki. Brought all home for a dinner with friends. ALL were fabulous - authentic ! Each dish was perfectly seasoned and fragrant. So glad to have these choices available in our area. Will certainly try others on the menu!

Yummy pizza, very fresh. Stick with the pizza. The pizza was great. Eat the pizza. Definitely the pizza.