It's Italia

My husband and I dined at It's Italia for our 10 year wedding anniversary. Our waiter was very attentive and friendly from the moment we sat down. He made sure everything about our evening went smoothly.
We had a couple of the house specialty cocktails, all of which were great but I especially liked the lavender lemon drop.
Our food was excellent - everything was well executed, from the side salad to the gnocchi.
The dessert was delicious as well
I highly recommend It's Italia if you're looking for a nice dining experience.

Great, knowledgeable server, excellent food, nice presentation, fast service, good selection of wines

Our Anniversary Dinner was wonderful, our Server, Ben was a delight and our meals were delicious!
What a great place to celebrate!

A lovely Italian restaurant with great service and delicious food......we sat on the back patio with our new dog and it was a perfect evening.

We were very disappointed with the service!!
It took a long time for the bartender to find the bottle of Rose champagne, listed & suggested on the menu.
Waiter didn’t bring a simple club soda, had to ask for it 3 times, while the rest of us were waiting for the champagne.
The waiter took our orders, but the focaccia bread my aunt ordered came first, way before the rest of the food ordered.
No one bordered to tell us that was what she ordered till the rest of the food showed up!!!!!
We are very disappointed once again!
And we don’t plan to return again. There are a lot of better restaurants in HMB!!

A glitch occurred as our wait on our order was quite long. We thought perhaps we had made a mistake in choosing to dine here. Once management became aware of the issue they couldn’t have been more accommodating. Both the chef and owner introduced themselves, apologized for the delay and handled the resolution quickly and professionally. The food was wonderful and we’d return in a heartbeat. Great experience.

This is consistently one of our favorite restaurants in the entire Bay Area. If you live in HMB, I think it's a standard go-to place, but we come down from San Francisco, to sit on the patio, for special occasions. The food and drinks are always superb, and the staff is outstanding. Great Gluten Free options across the board as well. Highly recommend.

Oh yes, It's Italia is my favorite restaurant in Half Moon Bay. Lunch or dinner, the menu is interesting and the dishes are cooked/prepared just right. I love the Pumpkin Festival salad at lunch; the dinner menu has great appetizers and even better specials. YUM! And, I asked for a table by the windows at Main Street and got exactly what I requested. Thank you, It's Italia!!

Great food and charming waiter Eduardo.

Both meals were sent back. The swordfish was served in two thin very dry slices basically too dry to eat. The filet mignon was also a thinner cut, it had been ordered rare, the center was more medium rare to medium and the outer ends were well done. I have had this dish here previously and it had been great and cooked to my liking. Owner came over to tell us the steak had been cooked correctly and suggested ordering a different item. When I asked if the steak could be cooked less the owner insisted it had been cooked correctly and would come out exactly the same and again suggested ordering a different item. We ended up asking for the check. It took 10 min to get the check and then waitress came over apologized knowing we were there to celebrate a birthday. She wanted to make sure we got the locals discount on the appetizer which was very nice but took another 10 min plus another 10 minutes to take the payment. Very disappointing experience! Will not be back.

We went for a nice dinner after attending an event. Several of the people in our party had not been here previously. They thought there was a good selection on the menu and just loved the bread that was served prior to the main course. The food was very tasty and delicious. The service was efficient and helpful. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a nice meal.

Excellent dining experience. Great pizza with fresh ingredients, perfect crust. The beet salad with pistachios was superb! Welcoming friendly service topped off the evening.

The menu has improved, more items and good variety. Food presentation was pleasing and perfectly cooked. The bread is a good addition.

It was a most enjoyable night. Food was great as was the server

Would love to see a steak selection in between the 16oz ribeye and the 8oz Filet Mignon... say a 12 oz NY strip? The 8 oz is just too small....

I have eaten here many time over 9 years. The food is always great. Nice patio dining when the weather is good.

Always great food and enjoy their specials. We drive in from the city and make a day of it in HMB --- great place for lunch and /or dinner.

The octopus appetizer is delicious/a favorite of ours but this time, it was mostly fennel (very few and small portions of the octopus) so we were sad about that!
Our server was nice but didn’t know the specials...had to check...that wasn’t a problem but thought I should say something...
And we LOVE the food and the staff but honestly, the music is SO loud and with such a big restaurant/so many people, we could hardly have a conversation :-/
We will come back because we’re local but we need more octopus :) and the music turned down a bit please 👍 Thank you!

We have been to It's Italia dozens of times, and service has always been great, but not this time, as server was indifferent and not well organized. Even the food was a bit "off" for some reason - omelette was OK but lacked something... mushrooms were not fresh? No cheese? No salsa? Complacency?

Great food!

The food, service, and ambience was fabulous! We went there two nights in a row and invited our daughter to join us the second night. It was wonderful! We look forward to returning when we are in the area again. Great restaurant!!

A beautiful place with very good food and a very pleasant courtyard.

They need to hire more help everything seems to take forever to get served Nd that’s after you wait to for them to take your order.

We were a party of 9 and started the evening at the bar. The bar tenders were friendly and the drinks were great. Our table was in the main dining area - very nice. However next visit, I want to be out on their absolutely lovely back patio area!

The service was spectacular. The food - OMG - so good.

I honestly cannot wait to go back.

We ordered through door dash. A $20 burrata pizza that didn’t come with any burrata cheese, and worth about $8.00. I thought it would be bigger, and more fixings. It was just dull. However, the pasta with the vodka sauce was delicious. We had to eat the pasta with our fingers though because they did not provide any to go silverware.

Fun atmosphere. Excellent service...waiter was friendly, professional and considerate. Room was a bit noisy, but OK. Filet mignon was perfect. Chicken marsala was tasty. Side dishes - spinach, green beans cooked just right. A fun birthday dinner for my wife. We'll be back.

Great place for either to sit at the bar or with a group of friends. Food is always delicious and parking is easy.

It’s Italia never disappoints. The food is excellent and the service also. Nice, relaxed ambiance, perfect for a date, a special occasion, or just a night out.

Had a great experience! Wonderful and attentive server, I believe his name was Ben. He made some great recommendations and had an outstanding meal as a result. The minestrone was the best I ever had! If we are every in the area again we will definitely return.

I live down the street and this is my go to place for amazing food. The owner always knows me. I can’t eat the same for the waitress. She often forgets to bring what we ask for and never remembers me.

Excellent as usual. Great service from the hostess at the door, the waiter, and the bussers. Excellent and well-crafted, locally sourced food. Plenty for vegetarians like me, fish-eaters, and meat lovers alike.

Celebrated an anniversary here with my wife and we got the best table in their patio, right by their fireplace. Very romantic! Our waiter Ben was very kind and even offered to take a picture of us. I ordered the Red Light Negroni it was really good and came in a fancy light bulb glass. For food we got the lasagna (good sized portion and yummy) and the slow roasted short ribs (delicious and flavorful!). Overall amazing and romantic experience. Will definitely come back!

Started out ok, but the bar service was so slow we were finished with appetizer when our cocktails came!!
2nd drink ordered, one was wine to eat with dinner
That dinner was consumed before wine came, and he ate very slowly!! All and all a very negative birthday experience

First time for the friends. They really enjoyed the food and derive and said they’d be back.

Food was excellent but the service was on the slow side. The restaurant was not crowded when we ordered so we were surprised that it took so long to receive our first course. This is not the first time I had been to the restaurant; this seems to be a pattern. Good news is that the food is excellent and almost worth the wait!

Food was great. Service was slow.

Very spirited! Enough vegetarian options to please us, great chocolate dessert. All wait staff were super nice and attentive. Shout out to Sevina's smiles!

We have had several very enjoyable meals here. The menu is interesting (not just the usual selection of traditional Italian dishes found at most Italian restaurants in the U.S), and everything has been well-prepared and attractively presented. Most dishes have been outstanding and none has been a disappointment. The waitstaff has also been friendly and responsive. My wife and I often skip appealing restaurants because of the excessive noise level. We've not been bothered by the noise level at It's Italia, enabling us to have a very pleasant and enjoyable evening conversing in normal voices without straining to hear or be heard.

Eduardo is an Excellent wait person.
The management staff is on top of everything.
we were well-cared -for and will return.

Nice place, good food and service - good for lunch or dinner before or after walk on the beach.
We have been to It's Italia a number of times and have always had a good experience. The seafood is always fresh and well prepared, the salads are interesting and one can add a piece of salmon, chicken or prawns to any salad for an additional charge. The service is gracious and friendly and the ambience is very pleasant. Highly recommended!