La Dolce Vita, Italian, North Carolina 🇺🇸

Melody Stevenson

over 1 year ago

🇺🇸 North Carolina

La Dolce Vita

Italian

Delicious lasagna with a sweet marinara sauce! Russ liked the seafood Diablo but would try something different next time. The rosemary bread was good but not always necessary and the old-fashioned was very basic and $20 so not worth it. Definitely well made food so we’ll be back! 2026: the lasagna was very good again (next time ask for marinara to be on the side!) Russ really liked baked ziti and then tried a red drum special that was perfectly cooked but had too much lemon. I didn’t love the mozzarella sticks (too crispy and a bit greasy like Sonic). The burrata appetizer was fantastic!!! And I got a cheese pizza with pepperoni and ricotta. Next time ask for light sauce but other than that, it was very good. The strawberry, bourbon vanilla sauce on the cheesecake was mind blowing! The tiramisu was also very silky and good

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