Castucci's Italian Restaurant 4332 Long Beach Road Southeast, Southport, NC 28461

"Superb service. Luscious sized portions smothered in delicious sauce. The specials all sounded scrumptious so we had to try both! I’ll have to let me jolly good friends in London know! Jessica was an outstanding employee."

"Best Italian meal of our lives. Hands down. We got grouper over risotto and the lobster ravioli…don’t skip this place!! I will be thinking about that ravioli till I return"

"Best Italian food I’ve ever eaten! Edit!!! Here again and again amazing food and everything about this place the small feel feels like a family environment it’s worth the wait but call ahead and get a reservation."

"This might very well be the best tasting Italian food that has ever been conceived. All of their food permeates every receptor in the brain and has a savory initial taste with an explosive aftertaste that gets the taste buds jumping around like a kangaroo. Edit. Went there for the 3rd time and it was stupendous. This is hands down the best Italian food in the whole state of NC. Update: food was amazing last time as always, but the service was terrible, and the waitress had an attitude. It's super cramped in there, they really need to expand it to a larger restaurant"

"Friends brought us here last night (25 June 2023). I had not heard of this place at all. Glad our friends invited us out to dinner. The building is small and parking is tight/limited. We had to wait to get a parking space. There were people waiting outside to get in. Must be a good place, I thought. We had 6:30pm reservations and ended up waiting almost 30 minutes. My friend was told two tables had not been cleared as those guests had finished their meals but were just hanging out. Hey, if it's a packed place with people waiting with reservations, how about some courtesy and moving on? Finally at our table, we ordered drinks. I had a tasty lemoncello martini. Their martini's are $14, al little on the pricey side, but very good. Other drinks that were ordered; a red wine, a Manhattan, and a dry martini. Everyone liked their drinks. Fresh bread and butter was served. For our meals, I had a special, a chicken sorrentino with proscuitto, sliced tomatoes, mozzarella and a light and flavorful marsala sauce; and angel hair pasta. Small Caesar salad too. DH had the broccoli rabe with sliced sausage and penne pasta. Friends had the eggplant rollatini and Veal Sorrentino. The food was fantastic! Big portions too. We all had leftovers! Yum! Our server, sorry I forgot his name, was excellent. Despite every table being full, we didn't wait long at all for our drinks and food. Overall, an excellent dinner with great service. I look forward to going back soon!"