My wife and I have been coming to Osteria since the owner/chef first opened it over 15 years ago. The quality of the food never varies. It’s always top notch. The wait staff makes you feel like valued guests. It’s our favorite restaurant in Anne Arundel County. If you’re looking for superior
Italian food with a creative flair, you can’t do better than Osteria.

Wonderful meal. Excellent service from Dimitri and team. Gracious hostess. All around fantastic dinner. Ambiance is lovely. A full house, but still plenty quiet for easy conversation. Very comfortable banquet seating. Octopus appetizer was among the best octopus dishes I've ever had. Tortelloni with wild boar ragu was similarly excellent as was the Snapper Livornese. We were told the menu had been reduced in 2020, but it remained full of more than enough great options for all tastes. We'll be back for sure. Highly recommend.

The food was wonderful and creatively plated. Our server was from Italy and explained the dishes and recommended a great wine to go with our selections. He was also attentive as well as the waitress that keep our water flowing. We would highly recommend anyone visiting Annapolis to make reservations and experience a lovely dinner.

Delish pasta-great cocktails-nice wine selection

Overall a great meal! Jon, our server was outstanding! Best restaurant in Annapolis, no question about it. Authentic food, followed by outstanding service equals a perfect recipe for a great restaurant.

Everything from start to finish was just superb! The waitstaff and the attentiveness without being at all obtrusive was first rate. The entire staff was friendly, helpful and SO pleasant. The setting was perfect- spacious, quiet enough to hear our conversations and above all, the food was absolutely wonderful! The BEST veal parmigiana I have ever had, hands down! The presentation was lovely and I just can’t say enough wonderful things about our meal and our experience there!
Sue L.

I really loved the food and service. The only thing that bothered me was that I mentioned to the waiter that it was our anniversary, I thought they would have brought a complimentary dessert or something small but there was nothing. I was a little upset that they did not do anything special. Other than that everything else was wonderful! The waiter went out of his way to suggest a different dish when he realized the steak had way more fat. He suggested a different dish because from his experience he knew that it would not have tasted as tender and amazing as it normally would be. Also one of the hostesses was setting up a new table next to us and when she shook out the table cloth dust particles landing into our wine glasses (we purchased a bottle for the table) the waiter without a question got us a new bottle. While they really gave us great service, we just wish they wanted to celebrate our anniversary in a special way.

Best meal we’ve had in years. Already making plans to go back, and we will make sure we sit where Dimitri can be our server.

Enjoyed the food; well seasoned. Will try to visit earlier than 6 pm next time; a little noisy.

The rigatoni with truffle is literally the best pasta I’ve ever had.

Timely service. Not rushed. Great wine. Delicious meals.

Incredible service. Amazing food.

Had a wonderful dinner. Good service and wonderful food! The bar was hopping but not so loud you could not have a conversation. I will eat there again when I am in the area.

Best restaurant in Annapolis. Everything could be prepared exactly as you prefer.

Food is always excellent. Great place with unique food in Annapolis.

What a wonderful dinner ! The food is incredible and Dmitri (waiter) is amazing .

Our meals were amazing, and our waiter could not have been more knowledgeable and helpful. Our window seat view of Annapolis was an added bonus!

Outstanding as always!

This used to be our favorite restaurant. Service was slow. Food was average except for the pasta which was excellent. Dessert was beyond disappointing.

We've had the great fortune to live in Italy and have thoroughly enjoyed the cuisine and hospitality in the various trattorias and ristorantes we had visited. From the moment you walk in, through the warm hospitality and of course the incredibly well presented and flavorful menu items, our experience at Osteria 177 was superb and truly like stepping back into a high quality restaurant in Florence or Milan. We had the great fortune of having one of the owners host us and we thoroughly enjoyed reminiscing with him about life in Italia. Osteria 177 is a must visit .... and for us a must return. Thank you.

Spectacular! Incredibly knowledgeable staff with regard to the hospitality, menu, ingredients, technique, wine/pairings, etc. Menu and wine list are large and diverse. Kitchen staff perfectly executed our meals on a busy Saturday night. Truly a meal to remember.

We ate here Saturday, 7/10/21. Food was outstanding! It was crowded not packed. Don’t leave without ordering dessert. This is one 2nd time we have had dinner here. Make reservations especially on weekends.

Osteria 177 was an excellent choice for an Anniversary dinner in Annapolis. The service was fantastic as was the food and wine. The ambience was upscale. Would definitely choose this restaurant again.

Arrived in on a Friday evening from nyc, party of 4 we were starving. We had the best meal & excellent service. So enjoyed everything. Will return

The food and service is always terrific. In our opinion, it's the best restaurant in Annapolis

Good Italian food, better than some places in Little Italy NYC even! But of course, the prices are beyond affordable. Still, good food and good service. Would recommend this restaurant.

We had a lovely meal with excellent food. After initially believing that our waiter was going to be stuffy, he turned out to be very attentive and not condescending. Service was prompt and efficient. The burrata was very fresh and the veggies that went with it were done just right. My branzino was outstanding--just a hint of sweetness from the crab and a very light and delightful sauce.

We didn’t like that we had to purchase either bottled still or sparkling water rather than having tap water. Seems like the restaurant was padding their pockets with this requirement. Otherwise, the food was fabulous!

The food was out of this world and our waiter was so extremely knowledgeable about wine! Great experience!

One of the best meals I've had this year. Top notch service and cuisine. Highly recommeded!

Do not save this restaurant for only special occasions. This was a random Monday night and it was made special because of the food and service. We'll be back again and again!

My husband and I dined with another couple, and we all raved about our dinners. I had the gnocchi, which was the best I ever tasted, and the sauce was so light and flavorful! Our waitress was very attentive.

Inflexibility with reservation time and zero acknowledgment of the situation put a sour note at the start. We made it anyway thanks to not changing for dinner and traffic stars aligning. Then our waitress laid out a matter of fact water policy which felt needless; she brought it up, not us. I’d say that the staff could demo more empathy for their guests’s experiences based on those starts. The waitress was also was positive, encouraging. Food was very good— lots of made in house quality items. Slight skin on a sauce was followed by delicious tastes, so I focused on tastes. Good food when traveling is important— the food is very good, the restaurant is very nice. Perhaps fancy city restaurants have the luxury to call all the shots, however, as a guest, whether I show up on the phone or in my travel togs, I’d prefer a dash of empathy to a lecture. And I’ll take good food over a less than perfect start. I’d go back, but to become a regular, they would have to up the empathy quotient.

Great food, great service! Highly recommend eating here when in town- make sure to make reservations as this place gets busy.

Some dining experiences are not memorable than others. This was terrific. The salad and tiramisu were amazing but the meatballs were the best ever.

Outstanding food and service.

Excellent overall. Austin our server was great. Highly recommend

Superb food and many options on the menu including some unusual foods, excellent service.

Couldn’t ask for anything better. One of the finest restaurants in Annapolis.

my order: oysters - superb; duck breast - tasteful and overcooked
his order: pastrami smoked salmon - wow; lamb - delightful