Zarra's Restaurant - Pittsburgh

My husband and I with our friend Ron had been looking forward to visiting Zarra's on our trip to Pittsburgh and it did not disappoint. It was a wonderful evening filled with laughter and the best Italian food I've ever had. We ordered the Calamari antipasto and Rolentini di Melenzane for appetizers. It was the best calamari any of us had ever had. Both dishes were amazing. The crusty bread and salads were also very good. I ordered the Linguini di Contasta and the guys both got the Zarra's Sampler. I can't rave enough about the freshness and perfection of preparation of the seafood. Simply out of this world!

We we're staying at the hotel across the street from the restaurant and just happened to stumble in for dinner. We were immediately greeted and welcomed by the owner Johnny who was so kind, especially to my little son. The food was amazing. Everything was homemade and delicious. My son, who at times is a very picky eater, devoured his spaghetti and the bread. He even ate some of his salad which is very rare. Our waiter was so polite and was great with our little guy as he tried to explore the entire restaurant. At the end of our meal Johnny came to see that everything was to our liking, which it was (especially my canoli) and he gave my son a bag of suckers to take home. I'm so glad we stopped in. It was a wonderful meal and experience. I would recommend this restaurant to everyone.

We just left five minutes ago but my family and I all agree this was possibly one of the best meals we have had. Food was delicious, decor was lovely, and our waitress, Sarah, was the best waitress we have ever had. We will make this our first stop whenever we are back in Pittsburgh :

We have never been to Pittsburgh and really enjoyed our meal at Zarra’s! The eggplant and ricotta noodles were delicious!

We were in town for the Tool concert last night, and stayed in the hotel across from Zarra's...the hotel didn't have a bar, so we walked over for a few beers. The friendly staff engaged us in conversation about music, and showed us all the history surrounding the old Electric Bananna punk club that used to reside there, even showing us the closet where bands like Henry Rollins used to put their stickers on the wall! Wish we would have had time to try the food, but what a great staff great ambiance!