Sapori D’Italia

This was some of the best Italian my husband and I have had in a long time. We had the eggplant parmigiana and the chicken parmigiana. To top it off the red velvet cheese cake was amazing. Tyler our server was really great also. We would return again.

Excellent. We ate at Sapori D’Italia (a taste of Italy) three nights in a row on our annual visit to Barrett Jackson (Gasper’s Wood Fired Pizza, Chicken Piccata, Ribeye Steak) all excellent with all ingredients made from scratch with home made recipes from Italy. Maria’s cheesecake is also home made and we regularly take one back to Milwaukee with us!

After a couple of months, tonight we returned to Sapori. The food was outstanding! The linguine pescatore was out of this world! The presentation and Kathy’s service were A plus! They also had Tom Mein with the guitar and the mudic was great! We always loved Gaspar and Maria, but tonight we fell in love again!

This is a MUST STOP place in Fountain Hills. The cheesecake is AMAZING — save some room! The cappucino was as smooth as the cheesecake! The waiter — the tall guy that ducks every time he goes under the archways — was super friendly and entertaining … That extends to the two owners: making sure everyone feels like part of the family at dinner! real Italian food, wood fired pizzas — can’t ask for more. Join us for happy hour Saturday — we are coming back for lemon cheesecake and some Italian cookies Maria is making special!

What a way to start 2016 — tender, lean and delicious BBQ ribs as the evening special. Sapori D’italia covers all the bases — and never fails to impress.

We love the happy hour and daily specials offered by this wonderful local family business.

The beef tender was amazing. Great happy hour deals at bar and bartender was great. I will go back. My mother got the pizza with salami and capricious and it was amazing!

Good food for FountAin Hills. The lasagna for $ 18 was over priced for a small portion. The chicken piccata with penne is a much better value.

Went here for dinner again last night and as always the food was spectacular!!! They truly have the best Chicken Marsala I’ve ever tasted. It melts in your mouth. As for the service, it is still a big struggle for them. Kathy, our waitress is always excellent but she is only able to do so much with very little help. They have one busgirl but she does very little if anything at all and it is, in my opinion, the main reason this restaurant struggles. If they employed 2 experienced bussers this restaurant would improve on its service side exponentially. But I still give this place 5 stars for the food and the wonderful owners. Maria is always a pleasure and she always makes a point to stop at each and every table to make sure her guests are happy. Remember, «Good things come to those who wait» when you go here you will get some of the best food you’ve ever tasted, take a deep breath and ignore the wait. It’s truly worth it. You’ll see!

This place is Fantastic! We Had to eat here 2 nights in a row, the food was so amazing!!! Everything was fresh and handmade from the breads to the fresh mozzarella, meatballs, and pasta. You can tell that there is alot of love put into this italian cooking! You must also save room for desert. the cheese cakes are to die for, vanilla cream puff was amazing and the almond cookies were from heaven. Thank you so much Maria and Gaspar, we will be back asap.

REAL Italian! Absolutely LOVE this restaurant. It’s home made, Mamas kitchen style Italian, the real deal. I frequent Sapori and they thrive in consistently. Maria is the best, visits the tables, sits down with her customers and treats them like family visiting the kitchen in her own home.
The food has east coast flavor, home made pasta and great portions. They have a great brick fire over for the fresh pizza and amazing specials and Gluten Free options. $ 20 for a pizza of your choice and a bottle of wine?! what else do you need?
The atmosphere is great, nice seating inside with standard tables, bar seating and high top. The outdoor patio is huge, perfect for large parties, its covered with heaters (for the winter) and a hand painted mural by Gasper.
I driver up from Gilbert to get my fix.
I have been in a rush and got lasagna to go, always quick and easy.
HIGHLY recommended from and East Coast Italian that is very picky. If you want AUTHENTIC, this is your place.

Had dinner last night there with my boyfriend !
We both had the specials which we should have shared !
So delicious we didn’t …thank you Chef Habby for amazing dishes once again !
Maria for your outstanding cream puffs & cheesecake …
A must try in the Fountain Hills area …
Open Tues through Sunday night !
Gasper & Maria put so much love into this restaurant & always make you feel like family !
Also great happy hour in bar area :)

Hubby and I recently moved to Fountain Hills and were in search of a close-​by GOOD Italian restaurant (no Olive Garden-​type stuff for us!) so we stopped into Sapori D’Italia, and were so glad we did! The atmosphere was nice and cozy, size-​wise. The main dish was EXCELLENT. I am picky about my alfredo sauce, and they nailed it! The homemade cheesecake was the second best I’ve ever had (hubby’s is the first ;-)) and I am dying to try the tiramisu. The owners are very very nice. We were impressed by how they each came and sat with us and talked for a long while. That proves that they really care about their customers. The service was also great, and I regret that I forgot the server’s name, but I was told she’d been there for a long time.
I would have given 5 stars but the interior noise was almost unbearable (bad acoustics?). At the end of our visit the restaurant pretty much cleared out and even with minimal people there, hubby and I still had to yell-​talk to each other. Also, I would much rather be served warm Italian bread before my meal rather than the bread that was served (like a pita/​wafer type bread). Other than that, everything was sooooooo great, we will definitely be back and recommend this restaurant!

This area isn’t my neck of the woods… was coming out of a play nearby and was STARVING for something to eat. Checked Unilocal and found a few places, but the wife and I love Italian, so here we come. Plus just a few minutes from the play. Place looks nice from the outside, several vehicles parked outside on a Sunday afternoon, so it was a good sign. Friendly greeting at the door and promptly seated. The décor wasn’t very complex, but it looked fresh, inviting… so we took our seats.
We reviewed the menus. Nice solid classic Italian food, nothing fancy. We ordered the salad with the arugula, cherry tomatoes, and gorgonzola to split. Plenty to split. The salad was nice and fresh. A nice «breadbasket» was comprised of something like cut up pizza crusts from their wood-​burning oven brushed with olive oil, herbs, and maybe a touch of garlic. Yum. A few minutes later, dropped in that bowl are some garlic knots, hot and fresh out of the oven. YUMM! We gobble up all and ask for more. C’mon, it’s too good!
After we finish the salad, the entrees arrive right on time. The wifey gets veal piccata, which she says is very good. I got mussels in marinara sauce. We both substituted mixed veggies for pasta. The veggies were carrots, broccoli, and summer squash lightly boiled so as to leave them al dente. Perfect! Everything tasted delicious in the tasty marinara sauce, which I’m sure would be excellent on pizza. I only thought the mussels could have been cooked possibly so as to leave them a little more tender. But they definitely tasted fresh.
For dessert, we split a house-​made tiramisu. This was the real deal, with good flavors of rum, coffee, cocoa dusted on top, and constructed with lady fingers.
Our waitress was friendly, checked on us just the right amount, and came with the check in good time.
Unfortunately, we don’t live near here, so it’s not too likely we’ll return soon, but I highly recommend it to anyone in the area. This is excellent classic Italian food served right.

Wonderful meal here this evening. A little bit of a wait but showing up at 630 on a Saturday it is to be expected. Caprese salad with fresh ingredients was delicious. We order pizza for the kids which came out first and they loved it! Crispy crust and a sweet sauce that tastes authentic and homemade. Eggplant parmigiana did not disappoint with a generous helping of pasta. We took cannoli to go and those were good although not the best I have had. Next time it’s cheesecake and tiramisu. Will absolutely be back for another genuine Italian dinner.

What a fantastic place! Great food and drinks, very nice ambience, hospitable and reasonably priced, and definitely my favorite Bloody Mary’s!!! The chicken Marsala is amazing and the seasoning is the best I’ve had. If you want authentic Italian food in Phoenix look no further. The desserts are the best part. All home made and delicious, do yourself a favor and come to Sapori D’Italia!

This place is fantastic! Gasper and his wife definitely have a passion for authentic Italian cuisine!
The pizzas are hand tossed and the most authentic pizza I’ve had in Arizona!
On another occasion I had a lamb Marsala with fettuccini which was outstanding!
The house made bread bowel. The house made mozzarella. The pizza sauce. The Marsala. All fantastic.
The service? Perfect.
The atmosphere? Well this place is super noisy. The acoustics are such that one loud obnoxious drunk woman can ruin the experience for the entire place. I hope that’s not a regular occurrence as that will keep me from coming back.
Happy to try again! And I’ll gladly get food to go if the noise is a problem for me.

Went again and this was just as great an experience as before. An added attraction was the older gentlemen playing tenor saxophone on the patio on a warmish April evening. Food was excellent. Gaspar was there to make certain everything was gonna be perfect.

This is where you have great Italian food in FOUNTAIN HILLS! First we were treated wonderfully. Service was top notch. Always checking for drinks and the food was great and fast. I didn’t realize that they had a makeover several years ago. They have made a great place I had the pan seared beef w risotto. It was very good. We also had the eggplant parmesan. Freshly made! The happy hour looked like a great deal! Definitely returning and looking forward to having more dishes there. The cheesecakes are made there and are awesome. Super service!
Maria spoke to us and was very welcoming.
And don’t think of leaving this place before having dessert! Cheesecakes, carrot cake and other goodies! All made fresh!

Delizioso! Love Sapori D’Italia — and even more so because I can support local businesses in Fountain Hills.
I’ve been here several times since moving in 2010, and most recently, about 4 weeks ago. I see they have redone their dining room — such a nice, inviting change. Love the color scheme. Feel like I’m sitting in a family member’s dining room.
I’m a bit of a creature of habit and always seem to order their calzones. Why? Because it works for me and meets my needs. That’s why. I feel like I have a 10-​pound brick in belly post-​consumption, but that’s my choice. This only happens when I’m craving Italian/​heavy foods.
Noise level in dining room is up there, just because it isn’t a huge space either. Plus my ears are a tad sensitive.
I dig their fire torch outside of their entrance too –love how it looks at night. Fancy-​schmancy!
Can’t wait to go back.