Giuseppe’s Ristorante

Great Italian food cooked by a chef from Naples and served by a friendly and competent staff at a reasonable price… whew! The veal is tender and the lemon sauce divine (like being in Capri). Seafood pasta, mussels, and good Sangiovese. Not elegant; comfortable.
Try it, you’ll like it!

This is a wonderful restaurant with delicious authentic Italian food and friendly, attentive service. From start to finish, our evening was superb! Highly recommended!

Seriously flawed. The only good thing about this restaurant is the location, which is directly across from the movie theater on Main Street. Otherwise, both experiences were lousy, especially this evening when our party ordered the broiled calamari and one of us choked on plastic wrap (obviously that the calamari was wrapped in before cooking). After bringing it to the attention of the waitress, the owner came over and said, «what, you no like my calamari?» and obviously made no reference to the fact that one of us choked on plastic. He substituted it with a caesar salad, which was bland and tasteless. This is a pricey place, with mediocre food, and obviously a very bad attitude. With all the restaurants in which to choose along Main Street, skip this one entirely. Even World of Beers (next door) has to be a better option.

Eccellente! Authentic Italian. Best eggplant parmigiana we ever had. Best vitello limone. Best Marsala. Excellent marinara. Stopped in here after our first choice did not serve what we were looking for. Will definitely eat here again before we leave town. Wish we lived closer.

The Carbonara !!! Must have it. The best… The staff was awesome also. real authentic Italian.

The service was terrible. We felt totally forgotten. We called over a server more than once. The food? OK, but nothing to be excited about. Wouldn’t go back.

Food wasn’t really impressive. The owner was really nice, so I feel bad giving it a «bad review». I had an Amazon coupon so that’s the only reason we came. We wouldn’t have eaten there just by walking by.
The waitress was nice. The guy that brought us our food was slightly creepy. Almost thought he was hitting on me when we said we were on our anniversary dinner. They brought us bruschetta for free… Not sure why.
But the food was bland. The broccoli was overcooked. Portion was very small. I left and was still hungry. Maybe I got the wrong thing on the menu?

This place has amazing food. You can’t really go wrong with anything you order. Italian dining at it’s finest. Most definitely the best authentic Italian eatery in Sarasota, Fl. If you’re a local, or just visiting, you owe it to yourself to check out this spot. Great food, service, and atmosphere.

I must be in the minority. I found the majority of the food we got to be less than stellar! The mussels fra diavalo had no spice, the lentil soup needed salt and some flavor. The pescatore pasta was good. Seafood cooked well, but not a place I’d hurry back to!

Love coming here! Just walked in on a Friday night and «Lady Jazz» was singing her Ella Fitzgerald type music. Such a nice accompaniment to dinner out!!! Aside from
always ordering the grilled octopus, tonite I had the Shrimp with Gorgonzola Sauce. So, so good. It’s a must! Ask for Marco the waiter!!!

What a find! Charming staff and excellent food! I’m not sure if I’m remembering the name correctly, but I think I ordered Fusilli alla Eddie. It had arugula and shrimp and tomatoes, and it was delicious! My husband ordered a chicken dish that had some grilled vegetables, and he loved it. Dessert: profiteroles. (YUM!) They gave us some complimentary bruschetta before our meal (amAZing) and limoncello afterwards (mmmm). We will definitely be going back.

OK, I’ll admit that I seek out the small Italian restaurants that are usually located in a strip mall, or in this case a small downtown store front. I have found that these places almost always have the best food, and Giuseppes’s is one more proof of that. This place can be easily missed, so make sure you enter the address in the GPS to find it. Once there, you will be greeted by a friendly wait staff. I ordered the veal Marsala, which was as good if not better than any that I have had anywhere. They have a little different take on the Marsala sauce, which is very tasty. My wife order the Salmon which was smothered in a tomato based sauce and served over spagetti noodles. A note here, my wife is not really a pasta person, so to see here eat all the spagetti, was a first. The sauce was that good, and the salmon was cooked to perfection. Don’t miss this place if you are vacationing in that area, as we were. It is worth the drive in from Siesta Key for this great food.

This was our first time there and it not be our last. The service was excellent and the food was better then excellent. We spoke with the owner abscess told the chef was from Naples Italy and you could tell by the way he cooked. We both had an appetizer the grilled octopus and fried calamari both done very well for main course Veal Milanese and Chicken Parm also done to perfection. Owner Giusseppe sent over a piece of home made Ricotta cake that was the best I ever had. All this and a bottle of wine and the bill was less then $ 100 I will definitely return…

Truly my favorite local Italian hangout! I love the cappuccino and Tiramisu, mais bien sur! Every time I’ve been there I have felt like I’ve received the most gracious service. If you’re not on a no carb diet — EAT HERE!

The food is exceptional, but if you are lucky enough to have Marianna as your waiter then you are in for a treat! She will make you feel as if you are dining in Italy. Six people in our group and everyone was very impressed with every aspect of our dining experience.

Words cannot describe how amazing Giuseppe’s is! I was skeptical reading reviews of the best Italian in sarasota, but I have to say I’m a believer!!! And finding Italian food anywhere near as good as we are fortunate enough to have in providence, RI is extremely difficult, but this restaurant absolutely exceeded my expectations!
To make our dinner experience even better, our server was OUTSTANDING! She was so sweet, funny and personable I swear we’d be best friends if I lived here. Put that with the strawberry shortcake dessert and meeting the owner and I’d easily make this my number one go to spot in the state of Florida.
For reference we had the bolaganese, the spaghetti alla chacce, and fusilli with broccoli and sausage in Olive oil. Each dish was made to perfection with fresh made pasta and fresh ingredients.
Thanks so much for our meal!!!

My husband and had dinner here tonight after it was recommended by a local hair dresser and by our college age daughter. The food and wine were were excellent. We shared the mussels for appetizer and they were fabulous and the sauce was delicious. Great bottle of chianti too. Sharon our server was great as was Giuseppe the owner. We had told them that our daughter had been there recently and after seeing her picture totally remembered her, Sharon actually remembered her name and what she ordered. We will be back every time we are in town.

Loved this place. Food was amazing! Great service & great fun all around! Will definitely be back. Highly recommend. Thanks, Giuseppe!

We WILL be back! Although the service was spotty at times, the server ‘s cheerful attitude made up for that and the ONLY reason I am not giving 5 stars. Kristen WAS the only server in the room @ lunch and we were a table of 5. Two of our party ordered from the Savor Sarasota menu and the balance from the regular lunch menu.
None of us had any major problems with the entrees except that I ordered the penne dish with a red tomato sauce and it came with a white wine sauce which was cheerfully remedied in short order.
The two veal dishes (one parmesan and one with lemon) were rated excellent. The spaghetti pescatore was very good except for slightly overdone calamari. I had the penne with mushrooms and home made sausage. The tomato sauce was nicely spiced, the sausage had a slight bit of heat and the penne just over al dente, which I prefer.
Some house made bread with olives and a dipping sauce was hot and tasty. A bonus bruscetta made its way to the table in between courses. Nice touch.
The two who had three courses choose one regular tiramisu and one profiterole. The tiramisu was the lightest I’d EVER had and the clear winner until Giuseppe graced us with a HUGE glass of dark chocolate mousse. Each one of us forced at least two spoonfuls in a already overfull stomachs.
All took much of the lunches and two takeout dinners home.
Put this downtown gem on your dining out list now!

By far the BEST Italian restaurant in Sarasota and the entire state of Florida!
My wife and I sort of stumbled in here on this pre-Mother’s Day Saturday night and man we wish we had not waited so long to try it. The food is beyond incredible!!! It’s an awesome find and we will come back very often and would recommend this place to anyone living or visiting the area.
We moved here from Dallas and I am originally from Chicago and I have had some great Italian food and this one tops them all. Pasta is made there fresh daily and so are the sauces and desserts. We had a nice chicken with asparagus and pasta with a very tasty white sauce but we could not stop our mouth from watering and anticipating dessert: fresh made tiramisu but this was a strawberry tiramisu. It was the best, freshest and lightest tiramisu ever.
Giuseppe’s stopped by our table and introduced himself. He is very friendly and mentioned his new chef is from Naples and he has been there a few months. Well the food was by far the best we have had within 500 miles and we will now be regulars.
Don’t waste your time and money on other places… Please stop in and give it a try like we did. You won’t be disappointed. We even ordered a tiramisu to come home with us and also got a nice sample of the red sauce for later.
Great service, fun live music and cozy, clean atmoshphere and the food is not to be missed.