Puglia Italian Restaurant

My experience at this place was really awesome!! I had the privilege to meet the owner he's really welcoming and likes to share about where and how the food is made, from his home town in puglia Italy. I had the opportunity to try out the lasagna. All food is made the traditional way of how they cook and make it. Best place to go for a date too!! So go try it out you'll love it!!

They forgot to add salt to the food. Tried to make up for it, brought tasty salted meat sauce so I could mix it with my food and added free desert at the end, but still, not the best experience. People were amazing and friendly though, that's why 4 stars instead of 1.

DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS! Nice and quiet, plus the staff is super friendly. The owner will even come up and talk to you and make recommendations. Great experience from beginning to end!

It's absolutely awesome! Traditional Italian food from authentic Italians. Specials are unbelievable. It can get busy but we came in on Monday and for right in.

For my birthday dinner, my BFF brought me to this quant little Italian Restaurant situated in Blue Jay that had just recently opened. We were warmly greeted as we entered by the owner, Antenello Zito. The atmosphere was very warm and cozy. The restaurant did not appeared to be busy at the since we were there at 8pm on a Thursday night, but was told that if we were ever to come at 5pm, we have to make reservation because at that time it is very crowded, and it their busiest time. I took our waiter's recommendation of his personal dish there, which was the Cannelloni. It was the best I've ever tasted! The sauce was excellent!!! I highly recommend their Cannelloni dish! You will be pleased that you did! My friend had ordered the Braciole Pasta, which she had also enjoyed greatly. Our waiter had topped our dishes with fresh grated imported Parmesan cheese from the displayed cheese wheel in the other room where the bar stand is located. We were told that the cheese wheel has to be wiped every day so it will aged properly. We finalized our dinner with the waiters bringing in a Tiramisu and singing happy birthday to me. I've tasted many Tiramisu, but this was the BEST EVER!!! I highly recommend that you come and taste it for yourself. We were educated regarding wine also. Puglia Restaurant carries the most exquisite types of wine. They have wines that are produced from 110 years old grapes. My friend and I are not really red wines connoisseurs. However, upon Antenello's recommendation we had tried the wine he had recommended, which was the Muro Sant' Angelo Contrada Barbatto's Gio del Colle DOP Primitivo. It was voted the Best Red Wine 2017 Gambero Rosso. Well in our opinion it was the best testing red wine we have ever tasted! If you are a wine connoisseur, you MUST come to Puglia Restaurant or Puglia Coffeè (it's not opened as of currently), which is located next to the main restaurant. I was told by Antenello that he has planned Puglia Coffeè's grand opening date to be the beginning of May, and its hours of operations will be from 6am to 5pm. Puglia Coffeè will be serving Espressos, cheese, coffees, wines, croissants, and cakes as I am told. You will have to visit there to see for yourselves! I am looking forward to this new establishment in our town. In summary, I highly recommend that you visit Puglia Restaurant! Lake Arrowhead and its vicinity has finally acquired a great fine dining Italian Restaurant to add to add to the map!