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| - Food: Pizzutti's offers traditional Italian fare with daily specials that involve ravioli and a bruschetta of the day. There are several options for vegetarians, but most involve requesting meat to be removed from a menu item. Lunch and dinner have different menus (no eggplant on the lunch menu), so check online before you go. Bread and olive oil with crushed pepper is served complimentary and refilled upon request. The last time we went, we tried the mushroom bruschetta, which was very tasty. Salads can be added to meals for an additional charge and they come with the house dressing, which is surprisingly bland. The spicy pappardelle (sans sausage) was good but not great, but was spicy, as advertised. We haven't tried desert yet. The one time we intended to order desert, wait staff issues prevented it from happening (see below). An entree is enough to fill you up, but there won't be extra to take home like most Pittsburgh Italian restaurants. Without ordering the additional side salad, you may leave hungry, which seems to contradict the cardinal rule of Italian dining.
Price: Appetizers range from $9-15 with entrees ranging from $12-$28. Lunch is slightly cheaper than dinner, but not by much. Four of us ordered a single appetizer to share, two side salads, and four entrees for a grand total of nearly $100 with tip; not cheap for lunch.
Drinks: Pizzutti's is BYOB. Free wine is available, although the rules for obtaining it are unclear. The website mentions that complimentary wine is available for 'guests who did not know the restaurant was BYOB.'
Atmosphere: There are two dining rooms with tables to accommodate parties of all sizes. Very standard Italian decor with either classic Italian opera music or Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin playing over the speakers.
Service: We have had problems with the wait-staff on 2 of 3 visits to Pizzutti's. The waiter who provided the best service no longer works there. Even when not busy, waiters have been very slow to take our order and refill the bread basket or water. Another time, we received our appetizer, salads, and entree within minutes of each other creating a table full of cold food. Once, as mentioned above, we planned to order desert but due to an extended delay, we had to request the bill without ordering desert in order to make it out of the restaurant in time for our plans for the night.
(+): salad dressing aside, the food is generally above-average
(-): questionable service, pricey lunch
Would I go back again? After trying Pizzutti's several times, I'm inclined to not return in favor of better experiences at other Italian restaurants in Shadyside and Bloomfield.
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