Ancora Cucina Italiana - TARZANA

Very good Italian Food. Home made pasta’s tops it off! The service was very good even with a full restaurant. Very lively atmosphere.

I have been going to Ancora since it first opened as La Finestra in around 2000. The owners are true restaurant professionals, and serve guests with gusto. The food there is really good, and the service is typically very effective. Go there and you will know why the same people have been going there for dinner for two decades, of good eating, at a fair price.

Fabulous Italian restaurant that walks the line between formal and casual. Great takes on common pasta dishes and salads. Good wine and beer list. Still a great restaurant with great staff. But skip the pizza. Get pasta at Anchor and any attachments without reading or saving get pizza at a pizza shop.

Some great authentic Italian cuisine. This place is not too fancy and service usually takes a while. They more than make up for this with their awesome food.

Cozy little Italian restaurant that totally hit the spot on a chilly Friday night. They seemed to be quite overwhelmed, between takeout orders and a full dining room. We had reservations so they seated us within a few minutes. Service was very slow (25 min to get our order and another 35 min to get our food), but honestly, we weren't in a hurry. The wine came out pretty fast so we just hung out drinking wine for a while. Food wise, they had at least 10 vegetarian pasta options, which is incredible to me. I ended up going with the Rigatoni Boscaiola and it was one of the best pasta dishes I've ever had. Perfectly seasoned, the right balance of creamy and acidic, and pasta cooked al dente. Portion sizes were good too; I always struggle with those olive garden-sized monstrosities that some places serve, but not here. Overall they were very sweet and very apologetic about the wait times, but the food was so good that I didn't mind.