Scardino's Italian - Torrance

Good food, much of the time, Lasagna Pumpkin Ravioli are fantastic. Stay away from garlic bread.

The best bruschetta ever. We eat out a lot and there was only one other place in 11 years that we have found that had good bruschetta and we can't unfortunately remember the name of the restaurant to go back to it we're not even sure if it was in San Pedro or Long Beach. So that means that scardino's Italian restaurant is our go-to place now. Use to go there all the time years ago but with going to different restaurants all the time it got lost in the shuffle and forgotten until a girlfriend reminded me of the place. Now my boyfriend and I will be going there again.

Extremely disappointing service. While I'm not a weekly regular customer by any means, I have dined at Scardino's for years. Their food is consistently excellent, and while service is sometimes hit and miss, they hit a new low today. I went in person to place a takeout order, and waited in front of the restaurant along with another lady who also happened to be waiting for her takeout. Everything was normal. The person handling takeout called the lady's name when her food was ready. More people came and went with their takeout order, but they never called my name. Finally, I went up to the takeout booth, and saw that my order was right there on the shelf on the left side behind the takeout booth. I had to glare at the staff to get his attention, so that he could finally do the arduous task of picking up my order from the shelf, turn around, and hand it to me. They clearly knew I was waiting (they could physically see me waiting RIGHT THERE), why didn't they call my name? It's frustrating because the only explanation I could think of is that the staff was acting out of malice. This was well before dinner rush the place was pretty much empty, so it's not like he was juggling multiple orders at once and happened to forget mine. My order was literally the only one on the otherwise completely empty takeout shelf. Was the difference that the lady was white, and I am a minority? Was he upset because he was expecting a 20% tip for a takeout order??? Unsurprisingly, the sauce on the pastas were all solidified from sitting on the shelf for God knows how long. I had added a tip when I prepaid for the order. I would pay $20 to get that $5 tip back he absolutely did not deserve that tip. If, for some unlikely reason, I absolutely needed to order from them in the future, I will have to order via Doordash to avoid all this nonsense.

The first time going food was excellent Service was top-notch. The prices were really good I had the lasagna highly recommend it

I ordered the salmon in lemon garlic sauce with red potatoes and Italian hot vegetables it’s was delicious, then I tasted the LASAGNA and YOU HAVE TO TRIED IT it’s was AWESOME.