The Italian Joint - Spring

We have eaten here many times. This is one of the best little gems in Old Town Spring. Great food, great service and BYOB...

We are thrilled to find a great local restaurant that prepares food from scratch. The chef is very talented, food is beautifully prepared and creative while remaining true to traditional Italian. The place is still young and a bit unprepared for proper service; hopefully the staff will be trained soon. Just be patient because the food is worth the hang ups in service. And BYOB until they get their liquor license which we hope takes a long time

My husband and I celebrated our year wedding anniversary at The Italian Joint on March My husband made reservations thinking they would be busy but to our surprise we were the only table that evening. We were greeted promptly by Lauren was very attentive to us all evening. Lauren gave us many recommendations all of which we chose for dinner and dessert. We were very happy with our visit and will return again very soon. It is great to have such a wonderful restaurant so close to home

Service is slow and disorganized, interior of "joint" is very disappointing. Appetizer of stuffed mushrooms was devoid of flavor and lukewarm. Pizza was reason for three stars, crust was good and came out hot. It seems the owner just doesn't get what people are looking for. There are aggressive notes on the wall for the wait staff, the joint and black sheep are owned by the same individual and I have noticed similar notations in the black sheep. The staff seems stressed, almost as if they are expected/enslaved to do a good job(or else) but haven't been trained at all

Pizza was good but served with paper plates. Considering that they are trying to present themselves as upscale restaurant, I would call that a no-no. The service was atrocious. We were forgotten often on Valentine's Day and when the waiter came to fill our glasses with water, his attention was elsewhere and ended up spilling a lot on the table — without noticing and then walked away. The table bread was burned and the table next to us was served bread that was burned BLACK. Not sure why the couple actually started eating it. ? My wife got spaghetti and meatballs, which was mostly meatballs and a little bit of spaghetti. I think she was hoping it would be the other way around. But she did say the sauce was okay. Don't order the lemonade — it is heinous. Unless you like heavy honey drinks like mead. My daughter spit it out and said it was "gross". Uneventful