First time to this restaurant in the old "10" sushi location. Actually looks like they kept the exact same interior which is fine with me, although a bit noisy when there are a lot of big groups like when we were there Friday Night. Our waiter was very friendly and prompt, and not too pushy but then again didn't disappear when we took our time deciding what we wanted.
Overall the food was very good in my opinion. Seemed that everything was made from scratch from the bread on the table to the pastas and desserts and it was all good. I started with the chicken minestrone and it was very good. You could taste the fresh herbs and garlic and the fresh baby spinach added just before serving was a delight. My husband had the meatball appetizer. This could have been a entree with a little pasta! Best meatball I've had in a restaurant hands down. Three medium veal, pork and beef creations that were flavorful and light with an excellent tomato sauce. Yum!
On to the entrees. I had the Giardino with homade spinich linguini and fresh vegetables. This was overall very good but I would have wanted a little more sauce for my taste. My husband ordered the Con Pollo Salsiccia Tagliatelle which was a wonderful homade black pepper pasta with chicken sausage and a tomato pesto. This was good if a little on the spicy side. Note to diners, if you aren't used ot homade fresh pasta it is much thicker and heavier than traditional factory made pasta and therefore you don't need as much to fill you up.
For dessert we shared the pana cotta which wwas heavenly. Nice and smooth, with a crumbly carmel crunch on top. Plenty big enough to share.
So overall a very good experience. Don't let the name "pizzeria" fool you (God knows you can't swing a cat without hitting a pizza restaurant in Phoenix/Scottsdale). This place serves up some pretty fine Italian fare as well.