Pizzaioli - Chino, California

Big Fish Dive Club

Update: after years of dining here, I’ve finally tried its pizza. I ordered the sausage pizza at $22 for a small one and it was excellent. It had medium thickness crust with plenty of cheese and garlic in the sauce. Fresh meat sausage wasn’t salty like other places. Definitely would recommend it. I also tried chicken Marsala for the first time and it was pretty good as well.

This has been one of our favorite Italian eateries in Southern California; though we haven’t been here for a while due to all the new restaurants opening up here in Chino Hills/Chino area. The steak was excellent and true to medium rare with mash potatoes, crispy onions and spinach topped with mushroom sauce. The quality of the meat was very good. The pasta was excellent as in the past. For desert, we had the chocolate ganache with ice cream, which was a molten lava cake. It was very good, but very sweet. The service was wonderful and friendly. This is actually a rare find in a shopping plaza. It’s definitely worth checking it out.

gaurav kamath

Service is really nice. They took their own time to explain and answer all my questions and customized the food based on my request.
1 star less I gave for food taste.

Gina Makkar

The evening ambiance (7pm) on a Saturday is fun and cozy. It seems to be a very popular restaurant because there weren't many tables available (we had a reservation). Inside (on my way to the restroom), it was quite loud. I'd recommend sitting outside, we did. Their outdoor heating lamps were very efficient (in the cold weather). They kept us comfortable. Our waiter, Emmanuel, was very kind and attentive. THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS! Appetizers were yummy. We had the shrimp and scallops in a scrumptious butter sauce. The bread was soft, and the bruschcetta was perfect. All of the food was served super hot and tasted authentically Italian. We had one of their specials that night it was a seafood pasta, so creamy and delicious. We also had clams, chicken parmigiana, and an arugula salad with walnuts, cheese, and cranberries. For dessert, we had Tiramisu. I can't wait to go back and try different things on the menu.

David Molner

Drove 40 miles to try something new. We heard good things about this place. We had reservations but only had outside. Probably due to the holidays.

Anyhow it is a smaller place within a shopping area. Owner and family work on site and that is something we like.

We were sited quickly but had to wait a while for someone to get a drink order. After the drink order it took about 10+ minutes for them to arrive. When taking the drink order, while waiting for the drinks and when drinks were delivered, dinner specials were not announced. Another 5+ minutes when arriving to take orders the specials were announced. It had been so long it was time to order new drinks along with our order.

Salads came quickly then our food soon there after. It was hat and presented well. After food was delivered we had to wait a while to see someone to ask for red pepper and parmigiana. We got it about half way through our meal along with our second drink.

Overall the inside ambience is very nice. Drinks were good once served but very slow. Food was hot, presented well and flavor was pretty good. We were a party of 4. We each had 2 drinks, a house salad and a pasta entree and the total bill was just over $300. My 4 instead of 5 rating is due to slow bar, long times between checking with us outside and a little high price for what ordered.

We will give it a try again in the future and when we do we will update accordingly. We are hoping for a better experience next time.

Kathy Van Horn

My husband was so excited to take me here and it was honestly a frustrating experience. The fresh baked bread they touted came to us refrigerator cold and with nothing to put on it like butter or oil. And the place was plenty busy so it wasn't like the bread had been sitting awhile.

The big issue was that our waitress had two big parties she was dealing with which means she took our order... And then we never saw her again for 45 minutes. We finally asked someone else to check on our food and our waitress came out with plates that had obviously been warming. She also seemed upset that we had said something, but we had tried to get her attention several times and she and all the other employees kept walking past us and avoiding us.

When we did finally get our food, it was legit delicious. And she did check on us at that point and get my dessert that I had ordered going. However, she didnt ask if I wanted more wine, we struggled to get my hubs iced tea refilled, and it was just not the best experience.

Tiffany Cloud

Visiting from Texas and we were very impressed with this restaurant. The food was fresh and the server, Kaylie was very attentive! When we're back in town, we will definitely visit again.

Trinidad Medina

Great 1st time here and great Customer service from our Server , Nathan he went above and beyond to make sure our dining experience. I forgot my cell on the table and greatly appreciated he found it and I got it back , Thank uou to the entire staff. Spaghetti 🍝 and meatballs was great.

Jass

It was great food i have ever experienced in USA. Especially the AZ salad was really great and salmon was also good!. The vegetables was very fresh and it is properly salty each vegetables. Thanks alot.
And!!! Bread also great.