Probably the best Italian restaurant I’ve ever been to in America

I think OP was looking for outside of Boston. 

I must have gone on a bad day because I found it pretty underwhelming. The red sauce was good but the chicken was very tough and flavorless. A lot of reviews praise their big portions but it’s disappointing when the food you get a ton of is just okay.

I have been wanting to feast there for years & years...

Someone just recommended this to me today.

Did I write this!!!

Carbonara is from Rome! I think your Italian was just being a jerk haha. There are plenty of great places in Rome to get carbonara. Hell, carbonara in a crappy tourist trap restaurant in Rome is still better than 90% of what you get in the US.

u/True Warning WHAT?? you missed this?

https://ristorantelacarbonara.it/en/

It was magical on the square

Hard agree. You can get great ingredients like guanciale in North End at a place like Monica's Mercado.

I was going to say this too. My husband ordered it from a restaurant and somehow it congealed so much I still think about him slicing through it like a casserole. I just make it at home, and it's such an easy pasta dish to make.

I agree. I think the nature of carbonara doesn’t lend itself well to American dining settings because basically nothing can be prepped in advance.

I also say Disotto

Went there for the first time a few weeks ago and it was so good!

The pizza is incredible. Dont let the corporate park vibe fool you

All their pasta is made from scratch

This place knocked my socks off. Total sleeper. You’d never expect this kind of quality from a hotel restaurant. The Westin itself is due for an update though.

Great for Sunday brunch too!

Their Alfredo will be the death of me 😂

+1 on Forno Rosso. Had a super Margherita pizza from there last week.

Just went to Quartino last night. Great place to go with a small group, very shareable sizes. Everything we had was delicious. I particularly recommend the shortrib. The penne alla vodka was perfectly cooked as well. Save room for tiramisu and don't forget the lemoncello!

I second Quartino. Never been let down, stellar service.

No particulars I just feel like I haven’t had any truly satisfying Italian food in I don’t know when. It came to mind about a month ago when my dad and I were driving past a somewhat well known Italian restaurant and my dad mentioned that he liked Olive Garden better than them. I laughed out loud and explained to him that Italians would probably see that as an insult because of how bad OG is, but then I realized I couldn’t really recommend a really good Italian place to go to.

Daisies gnocchi is so good

Actually now na lang uli nakabalik. Their pasta dishes are good, wala pa ata akong naorder na sumablay. But the other food on their menu, meh...

It's slightly floppy but then again this thing was so loaded with delicious toppings... refreshing change as In the flavor and crumb of the dough is unlike many others. I enjoyed it, my first time there. I really wanted to get a plain cheese slice for true comparison but had other places to try.

$4.75 or so..

Strategically placed haha plenty of variety

Everytime I eat at another Italian place since I first went here, all I think is "I wish we were eating at Osteria la Buca..."

the spaghetti cacio e pepe is divine

Agree. House made ricotta slaps

Love Uovo! My boyfriend was almost licking the plate.

Felix Trattoria is mind blowingly delicious.

Looks amazing. I may go here for my birthday

Yeah this is a great spot for an anniversary dinner