19 Italian Bistro — Restaurant in Virginia Beach

My family arrived at the restaurant while they were open for takeout only because their waitstaff did not come in until 4pm. We decided to wait outside for the rest of our party to arrive since the restaurant was our meet up point. I asked if I could take a chair outside for my MIL because she is disabled and it would be helpful for her to have a place to sit. The manager said yes. About a minute if that the manager came outside and asked us to come in and have a seat inside. He proceeded to give us menus and take our drink order. This was not expected as we all could understand that they did not have the staff to accommodate us a party of 8. The staff on duty was extremely busy working fulfilling pickup orders. We all enjoyed the family time as we can take a while deciding what we wanted to order. The young lady who came in at 4pm was early and gave us her immediate attention upon arrival. I will fully admit we can be a handful but she was nice, patient, and extremely helpful. We ordered Ceaser salads, mozzarella sticks, and hot wings as appetizers. These items were served promptly and were delicious. For our entrees we had the Chicken Alfredo, Steak and cheese subs, and a large Supreme pizza. All of these items were served hot and fresh. Everyone's food was delicious which says a whole lot. As time went by they became very busy and I can understand why. Our family will make this a restaurant that is on our must eat list when at the beach. Not only are they reasonably priced, great tasting food, large portions but I can not say enough about the kindness and...

Where have I been this place has been opened for 2 years I found out!!! Well let me just say this was my first time here (I ordered a Togo) I did a little research around the area becauseI was looking for a chicken parm sub and I have not had anything close to satisfying in the million years I've been here. Well I found one here!!! That I've actually loved. So there either the sauce is not good the bread is not fresh or the chicken is mostly breading and there's no chicken or it's processed chicken which is the worst. I was hesitant because trying new things is hard but I made the phone call and I ordered my chicken parm and some mozzarella sticks. the person who created me on the phone with absolutely sweet I've had no problems and she was very accommodating because I asked alot of questions. took my food again everybody was great it was really late I was probably their last order hopefully not but when I got in the car the first thing I did was open up them on sorella sticks and not too bad typical mozzarella sticks the sauce is really good I ate to close the package. when I got home to my amazement I opened up my chicken parm sub and noticed home bake fresh bread. Then I looked at it I was so excited I took a bite and there's the chicken was real the sauce was good the whole sub was great!!! I cannot wait to go back to this place and I might come back tomorrow. This will now be my go-to. this I was so big I could not finish it I cannot wait to have it tomorrow...

We went on Friday, Jan. 5. It is a small place, but it was not crowded. All employees were busy at the moment, so we grabbed menus off the counter and seated ourselves... but someone arrived in short order to, well, take our order: 2 small Greek salads, meat ravioli, and sausage, peppers and onions with penne pasta.

Our salads arrived first, and I thought that a mistake had been made - they were big, and loaded with romaine, tomato, green pepper and cucumber chunks, rings of red onion, cubes of fresh feta cheese, and several unpitted calamata olives. The dressing was spot-on, and the salads were tossed with just the right amount.

I got through perhaps half of my salad when the mains arrived: the ravioli were cooked just right, and they were served with a very generous amount of delicious, chunky marinara. The sausage came thinly sliced and sautéed with lots of green peppers and onions, mixed with a large quantity of penne in marinara, then coated with mozzarella and baked until melted - it was prime, and I had to take half of it home after eating the "small" Greek salad.

Of course it all came with bread, still warm from where it had been stuck in a roaster for a few minutes, necessary (and perfect) for sopping up the extra sauce.

I don't know if dessert was available, because we were so full that we didn't / couldn't even think about it. Suffice it to say that if we return to the area, we will...