la Padella — Restaurant in Upper Providence Township

A quick dinner decision to Lapedella. Neighborhood place but always forget it. Seated right away, great server sorry forgot her name. Had appetizer , cypress. Tom and Motz. Mrs had crab and pasta. Plenty of time to eat, not rushed. Dinner was Chicken Marcella. The best I have ever had. My favorite. The chicken was perfect and the paste as well. The sauce was delicious. The mrs had pasta, I owi. And she loved it Coffee and dessert and the dinner is done. Just amazing. We will be back again. I would recommend u try it you won't be disappointed. Even had a appearance from the busy chef Nick. Now I know why it was delicious. Hes cooking. Thank you. After seeing reviews regarding health dept inspections had to comment. Any one who worked in a restaurant when they were younger or even now understands the rodent battle. Every place has issues. Regarding the other the nick picking by a health dept that we didn't need for years and we survived. Just justifying there job..So try the place.before u sit behind your computer and bash them. They are working hard to.support...

I was so excited and optimistic going in..... However, LaPadella gets 2 👎👎. Where to start...I wouldn't call myself a wine snob, but I know my wine and I should have walked out after I saw Canyon Oaks as their red wine by the glass selection (yuck). I ordered the frutti de mare for $26 and I actually had to ask the waitress if it was the adult portion. Anywhere else this might have been called an appetizer. It literally had about 1/2c of grossly over-cooked and tasteless pasta, 2 shrimp, 2 clams, 2 mussels, and 2 really overlooked scallops. The "bass" was nowhere to be found and the calamari was microscopic but I might have eaten a couple? I left ready to eat dinner - I was so hungry😟 My husband had the Bronzino ($24) on some orzo with no additional side and the kids had kid portions of pasta which were larger than my "adult" portion. We ALL cleared our plates and had not a piece of pasta to bring home. I'm sorry but that has NEVER happened eating at an Italian restaurant before. And the bill was over $100 (we also had a calamari appetizer and a glass of wine). So...

Great spot in Media after being everywhere else thrice... Unassuming from the outside but decently well kept on the innards. Lots of geometric wall art and creamy colors throughout. They managed to hide large edible chocolate squares in plain sight that they will randomly carve chocolate off of to atop their desserts (by request only). A little noisy during some of our visit but let the Italians be Italian. 4 stars for ambiance. Their food is really good. I can recommend the short rib for an entree; boneless, tender and cooked to perfection with a generous portion size. 5 stars for foods. Their wine list was fine but their tap list left much to be desired. Their water was ice cold and the glass stayed full. 4 stars for liquids. Our server did his best but he wasn't very familiar with the food menu or the drink menu. Overall I'd say it was 3.4 star service but since Google is on a full star rating system, I must go down to 3 stars for service. 4 stars overall. I'll be...