La Tela Pizzeria

We had an outstanding experience at La Tela Pizzeria! We happened upon this restaurant and it was super busy, but we were able to take a seat at the counter. We had great service and we enjoyed watching the kitchen in action. The star of our dinner was homemade lasagne …from scratch mozzarella, noodles, sauce and etc! Such a delicious dish! Our pizza was amazing as well! I can highly recommend this place!

It's been a while since we last had pizza from La Tela Pizzeria. We have eaten here multiple times in the past. We were always pleased with the food and the service. Unfortunately, this last time we were highly disappointed. We had ordered two pizzas take-out: one was the mushroom pizza and the other was the sausage pizza. The mushroom pizza had an excessive amount of mushrooms - more than 1 cup per slice (arugula in a separate container due to take-out order). The sausage pizza had minimal sausage, at least compared to the amount of mushrooms on the mushroom pizza. While we appreciate the interesting pizza combinations on their menu, it is not well-rounded overall. Disappointed - we will not be back.

I’ve enjoyed every restaurant I have tried in Kiawah until this one. We saw the mixed reviews of this place and didn’t know what to think. But on our last night (Friday) we were willing to give it a shot. No online ordering offered (welcome to the 21st century!). Ok fine, only option was to place a to go order at 540pm by telephone for a 20 inch cheese pizza. Lady on the phone repeated back, “20 inch cheese pizza.” No way to mess this up right? Wrong! An hour and a half hour later, everyone starving for “real Italian pizza.” What I got instead was a 14 inch pizza (that only measures 12 inches across) that was paper thin and had almost no identifiable cheese. Eight tiny slices that only fed one adult and two children for 20 bucks. At 715pm the lady answering the phones was still telling callers an hour and a half wait for pizza. In the age of AI this sounds like a very unscientific prediction of a business that is lost in their own spaghetti sauce.

Gluten-free options were super limited. They did have GF pasta but my only options were eggplant Parmesan for $26 (which I didn't order) or a very small salad for the entree and ice cream for dessert. The butternut squash salad was really good, just very small - very pretty center of the plate, not filling. The food was really good but I left hungry due to few options. I thought the prices were very high too. Restaurant was very crowded and noisy on a weeknight. Service was great. In their defense, the menu doesn't mention gluten-free at all - I was going by the previous reviews and others had said they had options.

La Tel proved itself to be a wonderful place for food, drink and atmosphere. We came here after listening to music at the amphitheater…great choice!

Really great food and service. It was a little loud and there was some trouble accommodating our larger group but they did a good job managing that. Not giving 5 stars because there was no place to change our infants diaper. I tried both bathrooms and ended up moving some decorations to change my son’s diaper on the decorative furniture. Pictures are from both of their bathrooms and the diaper changing options.

We were visiting Kiawah and heard great things about this place. It did not disappoint. They were packed when we showed up (which is always a good sign), but the staff handled it like pros. Super friendly and on top of it even with the craziness. The crispy calamari and pizza were great too. Fresh toppings and the perfect amount of char. The wait is long but worth it! We will be back.

This was a great experience. This is not your average pizza stop. Everything was made from scratch. The noodles were amazing. We ordered a pizza and chicken parmesan was amazing. The sauce with sausage ground up was awesome! We would defined go back.