La Parolaccia Osteria - Long Beach

"Warm inviting family restaurant. Some of the best traditional preparations of Italian food you will find. You can make reservations or show up and wait. We chose the latter option for an early Friday dinner and waited about 25 minutes to be seated. The service is a little on the spotty side. Our server had difficulty telling us much about the dishes on the menu. Several times we had to ask for refills of water. But it was a packed house and the staff were clearly scrambling around. I love that the restaurant appears to a multigenerational crowd. Lots of families, but also plenty of couples and friend-groups as well. We enjoyed everything that we ordered from the Suppli (Roman rice croquettes filled with beef ragu) as an appetizer, to the main pastas such as the Bucatini and the Tagliolini. We also ordered a slice of the delightful pistachio cake which was fluffy and nutty, and not too sweet. We would certainly come back to experience more of the pasta dishes and try a pizza as well."

"Everything about this place is amazing. We came in around 4:20 PM on a Friday no wait. It gets busier around 5 and after. Drinks were delicious, food was amazing, and service was incredible. We can’t wait to go back"

"This is one of the best pizzas I've had in the LA area. I've been to a lot of pizza spots in Italy and this pizza really reminds me of the pizza I've tried in Italy. They use high quality healthy ingredients in this pizza. I got the Sofia and Italiana and they were both great. They also had good customer service."

"Went for a nice solo dinner and mostly enjoyed my visit. Started with an Aperol Spritz and well cooked calamari. My main was oxtail bolognese; pasta was cooked well but either the pasta water or sauce needed a little salt and the chop on the veggies was pretty rough. The star was the bread pudding. Incredible. If I'm ever in town, I'd love to give them another try."

"We bring all of our friends here to eat because we love this place! We always get the same server and he is great- his name is Austin. The pizza has always been amazing and we never had anything bad here. My husband is a chef so we don’t eat out much. This is 1 of the few!"