Raffaele’s

Best pizza around.
Can’t find this pizza in any other state. You can’t describe the flavor of the tomato sauce but it’s original!

My fiancé & I (a professional chef with 30+ years experience, btw) stumbled across this gem of a restaurant by accident. He’s from New Jersey, I’m from the deep South, & we’re buying a home in Tennessee together. We stopped in Kingsport for the night & Raffaele’s was near our hotel.
The pizza here is AMAZING! We both agree that it’s the BEST either of us has tasted in decades, in ANY part of the country! The service was wonderful too, & we’ve already made plans to go back, even though it’s 140 miles from our new home! Believe me, IT’S WORTH THE TRIP!!!

I eat here often! Love the food and the customer service! Friendly atmosphere and the food is healthier than most restaurants in the area. They will make meals that may not be featured on the menu… if you have a request don’t hesitate to ask. Real Italian eatery!

Have eaten here a few times and always had excellent food. I like the Angel Hair pasta instead of regular sized spaghetti pasta and they accommodate my wishes. The only iffy comment is I wish they would put more sauce on the spaghetti; however if you like more sauce (as I do), just ask for it in advance. I will definitely eat there often!

We love this place! Relaxed environment. Friendly staff. Excellent food. Can’t go wrong here!

Love, love the pizza! Thin crust cooked perfectly and so fresh tasting and delicious! This is a casual family style Italian place to eat.

Every time I’m here I get good service and good food! The ranch dressing is homemade, the pizzas are great and the salad is better than any salad in town ! I would recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a nice family environment and good food!

Worst thing ever!!! They charge way to much for what you want to eat. The place is nice and fancy on the inside. But the food taste terrible. I ordered the Alfredo and all I have to say is go to Olive Garden instead.

Stopped here at recommendation of Hotel clerk. Service was excellent food was fresh, tasty and good. My husband had chicken parm and I had chicken cacciatore we both enjoyed. We both had salad which was good and generous. I saw comment about hard bread. Rolls were warm crispy on outside and soft on inside. I would return

Pleasantly surprised — the marinara is fresh — freshly cut Italian parley and real garlic — the penne was al dente and the sausage very tasty– the kids loved the pizza and mushroom bisque soup

We recently moved to Kingsport from the opposite end of TN and were excited to try this local restaurant… well, the excitement ends there. We took my inlaws since they were in town and with the 5 of us all ordering 4 different things, none of us actually liked our food. My husband and I shared a 12″ Sicilian pizza, our son got the chicken fettuccine Alfredo, my FIL got the spaghetti and meat sauce, and my MIL got the lasagna. The pizza had an odd grease flavor. The Alfredo had a very pungent cheese flavor, the spaghetti just didn’t have enough flavor, and the lasagna just had cheese, no noodles? It was really weird. You can read my other reviews. I don’t normally slam a restaurant, but in this case, nothing was good. Even the bread they bring out is hard. The butter they brought us was frozen too! I just don’t know what good things I can say about this place… the waitress was nice, Lol!

Great little local secret! Always consistently great. If your lucky… you get our favorite gal Rosa. :)

Walked in for take out. The thin crust pizza was wonderful. Reasonable prices great service. The chicken Marsala was amazing. Great dinner option when you are just too tired to cook. The family loved it, I will be going back, as well as trying their two other family restaurants in Kingsport.