It's Italia

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401 Main St
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
It's Italia opened in 1997 as a San Francisco style trattoria and pizzeria serving gourmet pizzas, house pastas, and creative salads, always with a California Italian flavor, and a wine list of 10-12 varietals. Ten years later, our menu has expanded to include steak and seafood grilled specialties, artful antipasti, and a decadent array of housemade desserts from our pastry chef. Over 120 bottles line up on our wine list from Italy, California, France, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand. As always, we have remained faithful to a local coastal California Italian cuisine, with its cosmopolitan nature, bringing produce and cheeses from local farms, meats and poultry from quality and organic growers, and seafood from a variety of waters. Most importantly, we are a little local community restaurant that serves locals. Lots of locals! Our advertising is mostly word of mouth. Our energy is inviting, positive, and friendly, and when you come in, you are invited to be part of our family.

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Laurie R.
10/12/2025

Food was excellent as well as the service we received. Atmosphere was very welcoming. Would definitely recommend. Will be our go-to spot whenever visiting Half Moon Bay!!

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Terry O.
8/15/2025

We met a friend for lunch at It's Italia. At 1:00 it wasn't busy so it was easy to talk. This is a family owned restaurant and the owner, who is also the chef, puts a lot of personal touches on...

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alexis a.
7/19/2025

Went for lunch and a meeting with a coworker, and it was such a great experience! Our waitress was fantastic--attentive, intuitive, and really understood the vibe of the table. She offered some...

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Gunnar H.
7/2/2025

It's Italia never disappoints. We went for C's birthday and had a very nice time. For starters we had the fried calamari, and no one does it better than It's Italia. Crunchy and fresh; absolutely...

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Ranisha P.
11/13/2025

We showed up an hour early before opening. Online it says they open at 4 but a host saw us waiting and let us know that they open at 5pm on weekdays which was helpful so we went a couple...

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