Sal Vitale's Italian Restaurant And Pizzeria — Restaurant in Muscatine

First time visitor. Small restaurant setting, tables were close. Family restaurant and for a weeknight they were busy. This meant the noise level was up too. Bring cash for dine in, they do not accept cards for payment.

Salad is basic...romaine and dressing and a small sprinkle of diced tomatoes. Rolls were good, tasted a bit like pizza dough. Good for sopping up sauce.

I ordered the chicken parmigiana, my husband ordered the Tour of Italy (stuffed shell, lasagna and fettuccini alfredo) and my daughters shared the ziti aviano. His dishes were tasty. Of his, the shell and lasagna were the best. My daughters' ziti aviano reminded me of the fettuccini Neapolitan that Pizza Hut used to have way back when. (YUM!) The chicken (and this is more of a preference) was not as crispy as I expected it to be but the sauce was nice.

Restaurant is wheelchair accessible. Watch the second doorway, it is not completely zero entry and (my error) I caught the front tires on the lip of the threshold and gave her a good bump. The tables are close and the only open spot was near the door where the best spot was for the chair out of the choices. I don't know how we might make another table in that part of the restaurant work due to the handles sticking out (always bumped by the waitresses it seems.) I did grab one waitress at the end to inquire about the other room (party room) and she said if it didn't have a party we could request it for spacing but that is something we wouldn't know until we got there.

Waiter was a young man and based on the Facebook and website I think it is a son of the owners. He did a nice job. The owner popped in and around the restaurant to ask the tables how they were doing.

As we sat there we saw other dishes come out to other tables and there will definitely be more we want to...

This place is hands down amazing! I don't even know where to begin. The first time I ever stepped foot into the building, Sal was so friendly right off the bat! Along with all the other staff, the atmosphere is one unlike any other. We've been here numerous times and I will continue to bring everyone I can right along with me. This family ran business is by far one of the best resturaunts I've ever been to. We had a group of roughly 16 people, when we arrived the tables were ready for us, and we were instantly greeted by everyone with kind smiles. Our waitress, who we've had 2 of the times we've been there, is outstanding. She always has a smile, and she's great at her job and making sure everyone has what they need. When we ordered our appetizers, we ordered bruschetta, tomatoes, and fried ravioli. They're all equally amazing, but the fried ravioli has my heart, and i will order it every time I come back. Onto the main course of our meals, we ordered a chicken bacon buffalo panini, baked ziti, and stuffed shells. Each one had a different, genuinely amazing taste! I'm so thankful that muscatine has such an amazing, family oriented, quiet calm place to have a nice sit down dinner with family and friends. I will continue to come back here every...

We are from Marion, Iowa and we were visiting Muscatine last Saturday-Monday and on Sunday evening we came here for dinner. I just googled best food near me and saw tons of amazing reviews. So we headed there and ordered Stuffed Pizza (like Chicago style) & Fettuccine Alfredo. It was BEYOND amazing. Super delicious. One of the best restaurants we have ever been to, and we are the “foodie” types so we’ve visited several when we’re out traveling. Honestly, the food was so good, but what made it even better was the service!! Sal (the owner) saw we had been waiting for a little while (stuffed pizza takes longer) and brought us some kind of tomato appetizer and it was delicious. Even the tomatoes were amazing, and really creamy cheese on top. Then as we were finishing up eating, Sal came over and talked with us. We talked for probably almost a half hour. He is one of the NICEST most genuine, caring people I’ve ever met! We had a great conversation and he went out of his way to treat us well! I would HIGHLY 100% recommend this place, and we have to come back just for the specific purpose to eat there and visit with him again!! If you haven’t been here, it’s a MUST! What a wonderful person and...