Il Pizzico

The best Italian restaurant in DMV. I’ve been here many times and all the dishes that I had here were absolutely phenomenal. Seafood pasta and rigatoni are delicious and I highly recommend the squid ink pasta. They have great appetizer and dessert menu too. This is a perfect place to celebrate any special occasions. I would make a reservation for dinner service and come early since they don’t have a lot of parking space.

Food was good. Ordered pistachio ravioli and seafood pasta with first coarse of melanzane alla parmigiana. Ordered drinks too which were awesome. Everything tasted great but the bread they served with food was very hard and didn't taste fresh. 😕 . Restaurant was crowded and loud so not for a quiet dinner.

I went to this restaurant so many times and was always very satisfied with the food and service. A few days ago, I went with my friends again. But this time, was so funny. All of us agreed that the waitress who served us was not well trained. She was a sweet girl. But she lacked of basic sense of serving. At the beginning, she asked us if it was our first time to visit the restaurant. We answered that we were very familiar with everything in this restaurant. She said good then started introducing the special of the day. It was not new to us. But still, we politely listened and ordered couple of appetizers as start of meal. Then she started introducing the chef specials in the menu. We said that you don’t have to ‘cause we are very familiar with the menu. However, she still recited everything… but forgot refilling the water. The carpaccio was my favorite in the menu. It is available as an appetizer. But each time, I always ordered carpaccio at a dinner meal size. I was always satisfied previously. However, this time, when carpaccio was served, unfortunately, it was an appetizer for sure, a tiny portion in the plate, please see my photos. It is delicious as usual. However, I was starved. My friends couldn’t help laughing when seeing my plate. Anyway, it is still my favorite restaurant. I wish this waitress would grow soon.

Really tasty but really expensive. $20+for a tiny bowl of pasta. The name of the place translates to ‘the pinch’ Service is top notch but for such a small space maybe 5 waiters isn’t needed and you could lower prices

HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEK!! Acknowledging the impacts of the pandemic on the restaurant industry, il Pizzico held the standard high for a quality dining experience. Professional and confident staff, timely service, and delicious food all await you on your next date here. I enjoyed the Capriccio di Mare (highly recommend if you like seafood; see pic) along with the Super Tuscan wine. You will be most fortunate to be taken care of by servers Marcus and Milton, so make sure to ask for them! And I hope you enjoy as much as we did. Thank you, il Pizzico - you've got something really good going on here, keep it up!

I was blown away—this food was incredible! I ordered the mushroom & pistachio cream ravioli, and got a fried squash blossom appetizer and cannolis for dessert. My wife got some sort of pasta with prosciutto. Everything was absolutely amazing, I was blown away not just by the food, but by how quick my food was prepared, and the service. All around, very impressed and will return. Pricing was reasonable, definitely not a casual eatery, but not outrageous either.

Food is REALLY good. Best Italian I've had in Maryland since moving here from NY. It's also a cool plus to take someone there and see the look on their face when pulling up and then talking about it after they've started eating. So amazing that a gem like this is where it is. Service is also very good.

I thought Il Pizzico was one of the more authentic and better Italian restaurants in the area and have dined there 4-5 times. Last week, when we brought our daughter there for a celebratory event, we were loudly berated by the maitre'd for being late, the soup was barely lukewarm when served, there was some gross particulate matter floating in the ice water, and we had to ask twice for a vegetable side order that didn't come until we had finished eating. The owners should focus more on quality of service and hygiene and less on trying to pack the restaurant with more customers than they can handle.