“ Great food. Friendly service. Reasonable prices. The atmosphere is very cordial. They are happy that the customer is in their place. ”

“ Was there for a friends birthday . Food was great and server was efficient and pleasant !! We were about 10 women!! ”

“ A little taste of Italy. A family atmosphere with good food! The grilled octopus is delicious and the artichokes are huge! My favorite is the salmon entrusted with pastachio. Service is great. ”

“ On entering La Strada, we found a bustling and apparently very popular Italian restaurant with an animated and fairly noisy loyal following of many local families and groups of friends. After a brief wait we were seated and discovered that the noisy bustling was also coming from the motion of a professional and well-oiled machine, where both kitchen and dining staff work together in a coordinated effort at delivering consistently excellent food to its clientele. All of the food prepared and served was truly superb and the service was both adept and attentive to our entire table of three couples. We'll happily be back. La Strada is well worth making some noise about ! ”

“ We consider Lastrada to be our go to formal Italian restaurant in Merrick. The food is consistently excellent including their pizza which we often order as Take Out. Because many others consider this restaurant a place to celebrate it can, during busy hours, get quite noisy! ”

“ I haven't ate at the restaurant, I've only done pizza take-out, so that is what I'm basing this review on. Ordering was easy, just call and pick it up 35 minutes later. There's a huge parking lot behind the building, so parking isn't an issue. It's apparent that this is a higher-quality pizza, from ingredients to execution. It's almost on the artisanal side and it eats a little heavy, but I find it to be pretty good. I'd say it's above average Long Island pizza and if someone were to say it's their favorite pizza I'd respect it. The pizza's come well done, no need to specify that when ordering. There's good char, good crisp, and the dough maintains a slight bite. The ingredients are quality. There's really not much more to say about it. I'd give it a strong 7.9-8.1 out of 10. Pictures below are the regular, white, and meatball/ricotta pies. The meatball ricotta was my favorite, with my least favorite being their white. That doesn't mean the white was bad though! If I'm ever in the area I would get this again and I'm glad I stopped by to try it. ”

“ Excellent place!! Ask for Marybeth!! She was friendly and helpful. The salmon was great. The peanut butter mousse was delicious. Sweet ambiance. ”