Italian kitchen of raleigh — Restaurant in Raleigh

This is hands down the best traditional Italian food in Raleigh. We have tried a number of items, and all were delicious, but we always come back to the Raleigh Special pizza. That has fried eggplant and fresh basil and mozzarella on it. We really like it with an egg on top for breakfast the next morning.

I would give 5 stars, except the service can be spotty. We’ve had a few mix-ups on orders and once had an online order not come through, so we always call in our orders now. The nona that used to work the counter was surly and a real bottleneck, but I haven’t seen her in there lately. But I cant stress enough, that the issues with service are worth putting up with to get this amazing food!! The...

I haven't ever written a review for anything before but this place deserves it. My wife and I got a pizza and it was the best pizza I've ever had! Not too greasy, and the crust had a really nice crunch to it. We got it hot and all the toppings were amazing, plus we didn't feel that heavy feeling we usually get after eating pizza. We will literally never being going anywhere else for pizza ever again. We can't wait to go back and try the pastas and other dishes too and the staff were the nicest restaurant staff I've ever met! Can't recommend this place enough, I just told all my friends they need to come...

This was a surprisingly good place! I always am picky about Italian food because I spent a month or so in southern Italy and it high key ruined my ability to enjoy normal American italian food.

Anyway! My friend got a feta and some other type of cheese calzone and thought it was great! (It had real feta!) I got chicken parm. The sauce was super nice and it was a good amount of chicken and pasta. The salad was fresh too!

It's in a little building, and I only found it because of reviews on Google. Make sure you park in the paved lot to the left~

In short, give it a shot! You'll probably be...