L’isola
“Rooftop is great, food is yummy and the service is attentive but not annoyingly.”
“We ordered a large pie, half purgatorio, half vongole e pancetta.”
“For comparison sake, the delivery pizza from L'isola is superior to Fornino or any of the other Bedford Ave places.”
L’isola
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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My 300th post (finally) 🙂
This place is awesome!!!
Came here with the bf after perusing some possible dinner spots in Williamsburg. We got here a little earlier than typical dinner time around 6pm and there was plenty of seating to choose from. We originally wanted to sit inside, but we were given a chance to look at the rooftop seating and decided to go with that.
It was beautiful out with a nice view and fresh herbs grown all along the edges of the roof. In the inside part of the rooftop, there was also a TV. The tables had umbrellas and the place looked like it could be used as a venue for an outdoor bridal/baby shower or private event.
The waiter we had was Liu and he was awesome!! Really nice and efficient! We also had Roberto, and Christian who was was super friendly and attentive!
We have since been here 3 times in the same week and again with the parents. We tried the mozzarella e corozza which was deliciously fried and filled with fresh mozzarella with a side of pesto sauce, black linguini with mussels, shrimp, clams and calamari, the shrimp and lobster pasta, the appetizer made with chickpeas, the mussles in red sauce, the clam appetizer, 2 different bottles of wine and of course the pizza!
Not a thing we didn't like! Everything was so great! The sauces made here are so authentic and fresh tasting and really separates this place from others. We look forward to coming again!!
This place is definitely going to become one of our go-to places! 🙂
TL;DR: beautiful rooftop, huge portions, nice place to watch the sunset
Environment: why stay inside when there's a rooftop? It's breezy past 6, overlooks the east river and has their herbs growing on trellises and pots around the roof. Service was friendly but not overly attentive.
Food: enormous. A friend and I ordered the walnut and pear salad to start and shared the eggplant rigatoni and Margherita pizza. We took half the pizza home because we couldn't finish. The walnut/pear salad was delicious – just a bit too much goat cheese – the eggplant rigatoni was very rich, and margherita pizza a little burnt and thin (or just too much sauce and cheese?), but still tasty.
Made a special trip and the pizza was worth it. White pizza with very fresh and tender clams and pancetta (though no arugula, despite what it said on the menu) on a very thin, almost see-through crust. Yum. Except at the edges, the crust was floppy rather than crisp, though that might have been in part due to the extra cheese I asked for. Caesar salad was standard-issue. Bomba tartufo was a satisfying dessert. Service was timely but a bit gruff and indifferent in attitude.
The wait staff was relaxed and offered personal suggestions, something that i always appreciate. Virgin strawberry mojito was on point.
The food takes some time to cook but you can't rush perfection. For our entrées, we order the clam pizza and the clam sauce pasta.
[inhale] ahh, the smell of wood burning from a oven. I really like L'isola's wood fired pizzas and they also offer other italian dishes. A must to start out with is their calamari which was crispy and not oily which left us eating every morsel and crumb. Okay, so we were hungry but it was good.
We ordered the margherita pizza with pepperoni and it was delish with the perfect amount of toasted dare I say burnt crust. What would be nice is if they offered a happy hour for their beers and wines as the area competes with their spirit prices but we came to EAT not drink.
Came here last night for dinner. I previously bookmarked this restaurant because I noticed the cute upstairs outdoor seating. The main attraction here is the pizza but there are other options on the menu. I tried the margarita pizza and the Cesar salad. Everything was amazing my only complaint is I wish the salad was bigger. Delicious!
I came here on a double date on a random Wednesday. It was a nice, cute, and quaint restaurant. They have a main level and a rooftop area. We reserved a table on the rooftop area and it was so beautiful. We saw a beautiful view of the buildings in Williamsburg. It is a nice italian restaurant so we ordered the Italian classics. We ordered chicken marsala, lasagna, lamb chops and gnocchi. We also ordered white sangrias, coronas and stella. All very good food and drinks. We were very satisfied and also the service was good. They were attentive and sweet. The only improvements it can use is more modern furniture would make the place look more fancy. Other than that, this place is highly recommended!
The entire experience was very disappointing. Not only was the waiter very slow and needed several reminders about our orders (he was nice though) but the food was way below average.
The cheese and meat platter we shared as a starter came with three mini slices of baguettes. One tiny slice for each. Somehow I thought bread is included or that we would even get some bread and olive all for the table.
The pizza had a nice thin crust but was waaaay too oily. And speaking about oil: That seems to be how the chef imagines Italian food should be. We also had the Gnocchi as well the Tagliatelle. The Gnocchi tasted a little less than ok but the Tagliatelle was awful. The pasta was so oily that I actually used the spoon to get rid of the oil.
The cocktail contained nothing else but alcohol. I agree that for some people that's all that matters but others like us prefer to enjoy the drink rather than getting drunk as quickly as possible. One couldn't drink the cocktail.
We left very disappointed.