Small family Italian restaurant in Gulf Gate, Sarasota specializing in authentic Italian food. Established as a fine dining restaurant in 2010, the restaurant’s origins come from Ischia in the Gulf of Napoli. Our menu has a wide range of Italian classics, family recipes, and creative specials. Our specialties are in the Trenne Dolce Italia, our signature pasta dish, and our Linguine Seafood. We have a reputation for warm hospitality, homemade bread, decadent deserts. The inside of the restaurant brings a warm ambiance of an Italian trattoria with a sculpture of the Aragonese Castle as the centerpiece. We welcome our loyal locals as well as visitors alike. Our home, is your home. La nostra casa è la tua casa.
Casual restaurant with a menu of Italian staples served in a warm, relaxed environment. Based on 422 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.7 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
6551 Gateway Ave, Sarasota, FL 34231
Phone: (941) 921-7007
Website:
Social Profile: 
Hours
| Saturday |
5–9 PM |
| Sunday |
Closed |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
|
Closed |
| Tuesday |
Closed |
| Wednesday |
5–9 PM |
| Thursday |
5–9 PM |
| Friday |
5–9 PM |
Menu
… View more
Menu Photos
Photo Gallery
Order and Reservations
Reservations: opentable.com
Reviews
Kali Quinn
A steady choice for basic Italian. Excellent service and good food. However would skip for a special occasion for someplace with more atmosphere and variety.
… more
Elise Asher
We are visiting from IL with our exchange student from the South of Italy. She LOVED Dolce Italia!! Our server Bernard was wonderful, and we met Anna from Italy. She took time to visit with our exchange student in real Italian! It was the highlight of our trip to Sarasota.
… more
scott preston
A great meal! We went with a group to try this restaurant for the first time and loved it. A small family run restaurant with great food and good service. Delicious fresh bread, home made pasta and lots of happy birthdays to patrons celebrating the occasion. Will return.
… more
brad congress
Dolce Italia is a very special bistro!! Tonight was our third visit to this fine eatery and it certainly did not disappoint! The owners and staff are attentive and personable. The food is impeccable. From appetizer to main dish to the variety of exquisite desserts! This is the little Italian bistro you’re looking for. Thank you Mathew for making our Anniversary so very special for us and our friends. We look forward to our next visit to Sarasota so we can come back and enjoy another fantastic dining experience!
… more
Ryan LeJeune
Best Italian food I’ve ever eaten. Each different food was a new great experience. Service was excellent in preparing our table to explaining the menu to just asking where we were from. The flavors were those I had only imagined how Italian food should taste.
… more
L. Yang
Unforgettable meal, course after course. Attentive service featuring a family feel and a resoundingly authentic menu. As a NYC foodie, I didn’t expect the best Italian food I’ve had in nearly a decade to surprise my palette in Florida of all places, tucked away in an unassuming location. Exceptionally high and raving online reviews can sometimes be a sign of trickery and lead to disappointment, but NOT here. If you have the opportunity, visit Dolce Italia for dinner with friends. Bring an empty stomach and be sure to ask for the chef’s recommendations. You absolutely cannot go wrong! We ate (no joke) every single morsel of food off our plates, from appetizers to dessert – of course, we had to share entrees to confirm our choices were equally delightful in their own way. I look forward to returning in the future to explore more of the menu. I hope an investor will discover this gem and enable a second location to NYC, so that our reunion can come sooner! Thank you for a delicious memory.
… more
Mikaila Roberts
Visiting from Ohio. Wonderful experience and great food! Thank you to the staff for bringing out ice cream for my dad for his birthday! We will definitely recommend this place to others and hope to be back in the future!
… more
Kate LaVoie
We came to this little gem after getting a gift certificate from family. Everything about our experience was delightful. We were warmly greeted and attended to. The food was delicious and filling and fair for the cost. We’ll definitely be back.
… more
Maria Maiorino
This little place exceeded our expectations! We ordered their famous eggplant appetizer and it certainly did not disappoint! The staff was exceptional and the service was on point. We will definitely go again. Grazie Matthew from the Canadians new to the Sarasota area!
… more
John Sparks
Mind blowing experience. Food was on another level, and service was on another level. Came all the way from Jersey and tried this and won’t miss eating here again unless the world comes to a complete end or seizes to exist! An absolute authentic Italian MUST if you’re in the area.
… more
… View more
