Joseph’s Trattoria Bakery & Cafe

Great food and service! Love their half portions. Great food.

Always have a great meal here and the servers are very friendly. We do go here often, and wish they would update their menu a little more frequently. But we have asked for protein substitutions and they are accommodating. The bread, pizza, filet, crab ravioli, always good!

Excellent restaurant and very consistent over the years! Menu is great and there are new specials every day!
The grilled Salmon (Gremolada) is the best around and the Penne Arribiata is to die for!
Easily the best Italian restaurant north of Boston!
Great desserts and a bakery there too!
They offer lunch-​sized portions as well as dinner-​sized, too!

I’m a transplanted New Yorker, and first generation Italian, and this is my favorite Italian restaurant in the area, hands down. The Arancini appetizer is outstanding, set on a bed of their light, delicious gravy (sauce, if you prefer). Their pasta dishes, panini, and pizzas are terrific. The entrees are large and you will not leave hungry. I do lunch there frequently and always feel I get my money’s worth. Excellent restaurant!

Hands down — best butternut squash raviolis a with butter sage brown sugar sauce. Promise you won’t be disappointed. Lovely restaurant and ambiance. Great energy and polite wait staff who are very attentive.
Highly recommended.

An excellent Italian restaurant with great old fashioned Italian food. I am of Italian descent and very fussy about Italian food. Joseph’s, where the owners are of Italian-​Sicilian descent, has real Italian food that can’t be beat.
The pasta was perfect with a great Pomodoro sauce that was light and tasty. The portions are large so I recommend the half portion if you have an appetizer.
The appetizer was a salad with grilled calamari was fantastic! I love calamari but most of the times restaurants serve it fried which completely ruins it. They captured the real flavor you would get in Sicily.
The bread was fresh warm and soft. My wife had the eggplant Parmesan which she thought was good and a little bit lighter than the eggplant served in some other restaurants.
The wine was good, the service was good and the prices were reasonable.
Overall, this was a very pleasant experience.

They only take reservations for groups of 5 so a double date has a wait time of about an hour. The food is amazing. 4 different dinners and everyone had that omg look in their eyes with each bite. Drinks are expensive but this is that type of resturant. Drove 45 minutes from the South Shore and it was worth it

Place was highly recommended by a few locals so we came here for a work dinner.
Started with apps – calamari was by far the best I have had, perfectly seasoned and crispy. I honestly might order for my entrée next time. Mmm. Antipasto was fine, the fresh mozzarella was delish and I am a person who does not like cheese. We also had the rice balls. My first time trying them but I thought they were good.
My entrée was butternut squash ravioli, which is my go-​to. It came with cranberries and candied nuts which was a nice touch. I ordered without the Gorgonzola.
Everyone enjoyed their plate. Several people ordered the filet minon and they seemed happy. Two people ordered the chicken saltimbocca which looked amazing. My co-​worker ordered pan seared crab ravioli with lobster and veal, this is definitely my next entrée. She loved it!
I don’t typically order dessert but I couldn’t resist the Strawberry Zabaglione. It was light and the fresh cut strawberries made me feel like I was being healthy.

Service-​good
Presentation-​good
Food-​pretty darn good
Drinks-​cranapple martini… tasted like a diet drink, not spiced and had a cherry in it so not so good
Other than that an excellent experience

The pork chop definitely hits the spot. Great balance of flavors. This is authentic as Italian gets.

Easily some of the most delicious Italian food north of Boston. We split the ‘trio of pastas’ appetizer– we were not disappointed. Any place that offers gnocchi has got me. Husband had their take on a chicken parm & loved it. I had the portobello ravioli with roasted garlic cream— AMAZING. Didn’t even feel like I was eating a vegetarian dish. ;-) Worth a visit. Stupendous service from the whole crew. We will be back!

I wish I’d gotten a picture of my dish before diving into it. Went to this place on my boss’s suggestion after a day of meetings and WOW… homemade pasta that is so good, fresh and tasty. Red sauce is amazing. So very fresh and the quality, presentation and TASTE is better than places in the North End that are 3x the price. Also brought home tiramisu for my husband from the bakery and that was amazing as well. I got the mozzarella stuffed chicken over fettuccine. It was absolutely delicious! Even the steaks were great as 2 of my co workers got steak and raved about it. Wonderful, quality, hidden gem of a place!

Favorite pasta place around! Love the butternut squash ravioli. Get it almost every time. Also, they have a bakery selection of breads & desserts.

Both my wife and I are weekly fixtures at the bar where Chris and Matt have always taken great care of us over the years. My wife always orders the salmon and I get the chicken saltimbocca with mushroom ravioli. They both do each dish so well, we look forward to it every time.

Great spot, will be going back.
Nice bar area, no reservations needed but when we went on a Sat night it was packed.
I had veal saltimbocca, tender and tasty. It came with mushroom ravioli which by itself would have been a great dinner.
Wife had Gnocchi con Salsiccia, mother in law had lobster ravioli (she always gets the most expensive entrée when I pay haha)
service was great deserts were very good.

Inventive and delicious. Calamari arabiatta was fantastic. Chicken & spinach ravioli was toasted with a light balsamic glaze, served with fresh summer vegetables stewed with tomatoes.
As good as any place we have been in Boston’s North End — but not as pricey!
Gets crowded at night — go for Saturday lunch on a nice beach day and have the place almost to yourselves, as we did.

Love this place! Everything on the menu is wonderful but I would suggest always trying a special of the night. The owners are always there helping the servers and interacting with the guests. The servers truly care and give great service. The wine menu is excellent. The bar is good too!
Lunch is awesome too!!!
Bakery items are delicious! The almond macaroons are to die for!
Love this place!!! Lisa is one of the best servers ;)

Don’t ever go here if you have allergies to food. I let them know I was algergic to wine and some other things the server noted it on the order but the kitchen did not pick up on the fact the there is wine in Dijon mustard. The server was careful about making notes but the kitchen dropped the ball. The manager Kevin who was on duty was not helpful when a customer explains they have compliated allergies a manager should come and talk with the customer to make sure everything is right this could be someone’s life any questions just leave it off don’t guess!!!

Fantastic dinner tonight! I’ve never been to this restaurant before and what an awesome restaurant.
I had the salmon and my hubby had the veal porter house. Both cooked to perfection. The waitress was so attentive and our food came out so quickly! The restaurant was bustling and it’s nice to see. This is a well oiled machine and for this tired mom, it was a real treat!
I will be back!

Love their bakery! I ordered a bday cake and it lasted a few days! Fresh strawberries! My friends loved it! Want to try the restaurant as well!