La Traviata Italian Restaurant — Restaurant in Long Beach

Where Italian elegance throws a party with old-world charm and invites your taste buds to dance.

Picture this: A Saturday night in Long Beach and the historic Willmore building glowing like it’s holding secrets from a century ago. My wife and I strolled in, dressed to impress and ready to celebrate our daughter’s birthday like it was a national holiday. La Traviata didn’t just open its doors, they threw them wide, popped some bubbles, and practically sang “Benvenuti!” before we even sat down.

We had reservations, but the way they whisked us to our table, you’d think we were visiting dignitaries, or at the very least, folks with an unhealthy passion for pasta. Within minutes, we had a round of sparkling bubbles in hand, fizzing like little Italian fireworks. Cheers to birthdays, bubbles, and food that flirts with your soul.

The Salad: Crisp. Fresh. Balanced. The kind of starter that makes you sit up straighter and believe in leafy greens again.

The Pasta: Oh, mamma mia. This wasn’t just a dish, it was an edible love letter written in cream, garlic, and perfectly cooked noodles. It didn’t just fill the stomach. It healed wounds I didn’t know I had.

And then, cue the spotlight, James and Celeste Alcantara began serenading the room. Their music didn’t just float through the air. They wrapped around the evening like a velvet ribbon. When they sang “Happy Birthday” to our daughter, we all went from “enjoying a nice meal” to “excellence in the candlelight.” It was a Hallmark moment… but with better sauce.

The service? Impeccable. Present without hovering. Friendly without being fake. Like dining with family, if your family was really, really good at timing.

The ambiance? Flickering candles, vintage accents, and cozy corners. This place doesn’t whisper romance, it croons it.

We left full, glowing, and already plotting our return. La Traviata doesn’t just serve dinner. It serves story-worthy evenings. The kind you replay in your head during Monday morning meetings and sigh out loud about.

TL;DR: Historic building. Italian magic. Pasta that hugs your soul. Live serenades by angels in disguise. If you’re not already booking a table, I’m not sure we...

My work holiday party was here. 🤩😍love the decor, we had the whole back room with a bar. Loved the art, Christmas decorations. The staff was great. I had multiple appetizers,pastas and desserts. The key lime cheesecake dessert was amazing. Lasagna was great,I also loved the sausage fettucine. Most of my peers preferred the penne pasta and lasagna. The drinks were impressive, you gotta try the chocolate martini. There is some type of cranberry drink,I forget what it is called,but ,yum! Order is with a sugar,instead of salt rim, you wont regret it. The downsides, parking, there is slim pickings around the restauraunt. Some of us ubered there,the rest drove around for 20 minutes looking for parking. The staff were amazing,except we had one incident. We were getting our food to go, and the staff brought our penne to the next table,and dropped off the to go boxes to their table. Ignored ours. My coworker asked a server,can we have the penne back,she apologized and said she will ask the other table to get it back,said some guy will bring us boxes. When my coworker pointed out that the penne was ours and everyone,not just one table gets to take food home,the server repeated herself,in a hostile tone. Later tge server wordlessly threw down a big serving of penne in front of my coworker,didnt even look at her/ make eye contact,and about a minute later the to go boxes were dropped off,two seats away from my coworker. I thought that was very petty and uneccesary. I was thinking wow! That was passive aggressive,and as I was thinking that,a few others were mentioning how passive aggressive that was. So yeah,the inappropriate behavior was noticed by all, not just my coworker and I. The rest of the staff were awesome,food,drinks were awesome. Sure, one rude server,but this place is outstanding,I definately will eat here again. I highly recommend you eat here. Plan to park in a nearby lot and walk,to uber or valet park. You are going to love this place, it's your favorite Italian restaurant to eat at, you just dont know it...

Most people would say I’m the most positive person they know! The owner of the establishment profiled my group of friends tonight. A group of atleast 15+ paying clients were turned away from using the private room in which prior reservation was made because his assumption was that the group coming would be one to spend money. Under the assumption we would not have the money in our accounts to pay he refused to accommodate. Mind you, we had not yet been seated in the room and the group had every desire to spend money but because we appear “ethnic” we can’t afford the place?. How dare he assume because of our skin color that we would not spend money. We walked out after finding out just prior to arrival he had refused another friend of ours of using the restroom. This was because he assumed he had walked in off the street however he had in fact already been a paying client in the establishment for over 2 hours. Mind you our friend is very well dressed, respectful, and established so the owner was purely profiling and assuming due to the color of his skin that he had just walked in. In conclusion according to my calculations this restaurant is not for those the color of a brown paper bag or darker. He lost out on 15+...