Cantina D’italia - Fairfax

Cantina has been our favorite restaurant for over 2 decades. We go there for both lunch and dinner; they serve a wide variety of excellent Italian fare at all times. The founder/owner is an Italian master chef whose high standards are carried on by his staff several of whom have been with him as long as we have been patrons, and he kept them on at considerable personal cost during COVID. Can't recommend highly enough!

Ate here for the first time today. Such a great spot for Italian food. We had the gnocchi and mozzarella caprese. We were craving desert after we left and they gifted us the tiramisu. Such a nice gesture! It was absolutely delicious. Excited to try other dishes next time.Food: 5/5

My girlfriend and I were talking about the best Italian we've ever had and I remembered this place from when was on a trip to the DC area about 15 years ago. I ordered the Penne Sunrise and it was so good. When I go back to DC, I plan on stopping by here again.

These guys know how to make spaghetti. Recommend the Chicken Parm.Chicken masala was bland. It is definitely missing something.Fried calamari was good. The breading on the calamari was very good.This place is a little pricey. Uploaded receipt so you can judgeFood: 3/5

A few good dishes, such as the penne the house salad . Good service.We basically only come here because it 's close to home and we can sit outside. Unfortunately, we 've noticed that recently they don 't seat tables outside anymore since they don 't have enough servers because, as the manager(owner? said, Everybody 's rich now, no one wants to work. So they 're probably not willing to pay a fair wage to servers in order to have enough staff to seat outside. Bummer. If that 's the case, we 'll go somewhere else where we can sit outside until they can figure their stuff out. Cheers!