Tralia Pizza — Restaurant in Florida

We have been big fans of Anthony Tralia's food for some time. His current restaurant offering takes his innovative Italian food to a more accessible level with predictably outstanding results! Despite being in a less fancy restaurant setting, Tralia's attention to excellence in their food presentation, innovation and taste shines through!

Our entry point for this review is through Tralia's menu on their website. The design of the food options are logically laid out with appetizers, salads, pizza, sauces and desserts. Anthony takes all aspects of food preparation and presentation seriously having worked in several fine dining restaurants in both greater Orlando & Sarasota.

For our visit on 04-29-2023, we ordered a Caesar salad, 3 orders of chicken fingers, 2 orders of Suppli rice balls, a marinara sourdough pizza, a supreme sourdough pizza, a Detroit style sausage & peppers pizza and a Nutella brownie for dessert. We placed our order using the online App, it told us when the food is available, we picked up the food at the designated time. A delivery service is also available on the App.

For us, the stars of the dining experience are the attention to detail of each item including the sauces that accompany the dishes. The Suppli rice balls (Arancini balls) are delicious with the marinara sauce perfectly complimenting the appetizer. Equally delicious are the sauces offered with the chicken fingers, some more tangy than others depending on your tolerance for spice.

The sourdough Pizzas are surprisingly light with a perfect combination of high quality ingredients to elevate the pizza experience. Likewise, the Detroit style pizza fulfills a heartier appetite but still delivers flavorful results!

Last but not least, the Nutella Brownie was surprisingly delicious with the Siesta Key Sea Salt elevating the desert to a surprising degree!

We feel fortunate to have such an experienced fine dining team offer their Italian food at an affordable price...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hands-down the Best Italian Food in Sarasota!

I visited Sarasota for a month and had just about given up on finding good pizza, after trying three different spots that all missed the mark. Then I stumbled across Tralia on DoorDash, and it was a total game-changer. I ordered the Classic Detroit Pizza, assuming that Sarasota maybe just didn’t “do” pizza right. Turns out, the other places don’t, and thankfully, Tralia absolutely does.

My best friend came to visit for three nights, and we ended up eating at Tralia every single day. Yes, it’s that good. So good that she took 4 pizzas on the plane with her back to Texas. HA!

Some of what we tried: • Caesar Salad – Fresh, crisp, perfectly balanced dressing • Hot Honey Pizza – Sweet, spicy, and totally addictive • Detroit Classic – Pillowy crust, out of this world red sauce, and just the right amount of cheese that crisps along the edges in the most magical way. **Do yourself a favor and get a side of the Fennel Pollen Ranch for dipping • Ricotta Meatballs – Tender, juicy, full of flavor, nestled on the most delicate plantain goodness and topped with their fantastic marinara sauce. If they haven’t sold out when you are there, this dish is a must-have • Calamari – crispy and seasoned to perfection

The cocktails were fantastic, and the staff was so friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable. You can tell they care about the food and the customer experience. Major shoutout to the chef, who is insanely talented. If I could, I’d open a Tralia in North Texas. You are sitting on a gold mine!!!

If I had to change one thing, I’d say the Cabernet wine selection could be better…but honestly, that’s just me trying to find something to critique.

Final Thoughts: Tralia is hands-down the best Italian restaurant I’ve ever been to. If you're in Sarasota and you like pizza, pasta, or anything Italian, do yourself a favor and eat here.

✅ HIGHLY recommend to anyone with taste...

My wife and I sampled the menu as we have friends that told us to come here. We started with the truffle mac and cheese and that was very good. Then we ordered the detroit-style pizza because I love it and it was exactly what a Detroit style pizza should be. My wife didn't care for it but she doesn't care for thick crust pizza. However if you like detroit-style pizza it was spot-on. Amazing sweet acidic sauce and we had that with cupped pepperoni hot honey and Italian sausage. The other Pizza we ordered which is pictured was the Napoleon style thin crust with spinach and artichoke and it was quite amazing. My wife absolutely loved this and so did I and we love Napoleon style pizza and regularly visit another place for Napoleon style pizza. The price is fair here the service was great and you can tell that the servers actually care about the place. Our server Bree(not sure of spelling) was attentive and very knowledgeable. We each had a drink and the tab for everything with tip was under $100. We could have easily fed four people with the amount of food. The only criticism I have is the menu is printed with the smallest font on earth. If the owner would print it on the front and back of the piece of paper then you might be able to read it. However, we're looking forward to our next trip there. Thank God it's in the neighborhood and there's no smoking unlike too many places in...