Island Italian Restaurant

15370 S Padre Island Dr, Corpus Christi - 78418
261 reviews
Italian Seafood Pizza
(361) 949-7737

Don’t let the looks outside keep you from going in. The staff is super friendly. Our waitress was awesome and gave us each a hand painted shell. The food was good and fast. We had lasagna, eggplant parmigiana and fettuccini. All good. I would definitely eat hear again.

This is good Italian food. A nice low key dining experience. Friendly staff. Live music. Family friendly. We will be back!

Wonderful food variety. No cheese veggie pizza on cauliflower crust. ( For me ) my partners love their cheese and meat specialties. Great food for everyone, and superb service.

So I was recommended the wings by a local. Ok I know what you are thinking "wings at an Italian place?" But stay with me here. They were fried perfect. They had the "Italian" flavor that was promised. Not heavy with grease not burnt. Just done right. Neat little place that has been here for decades. Rule of thumb if the locals eat here it must be good. I see why there are many cars every time we drive past.

Really super good !!! The waitress who served us ( lady with the sea shells) was awesome !!! Absolutely amazing customer service !!! Everything was awesome and even the price was great. Honestly if I was her boss I would give her a raise immediately just because of how friendly and professional she is !!! This is the second time I've been there absolutely for sure I will go back !!! Awesome place for Father's day !!! Best restaurant experience I've had in a long time.

We had the baked lasagna and gnocchi. They were both delicious. When we asked the waitress if we could customize our order (add chicken to gnocchi and do white sauce instead of red as well as do less sauce in one of the lasagnas) she said yes, no problem. She was very efficient and just all around great service.

Had a great meal there today! Service was awesome!

Terrible food, absolutely NO pride from the cook.Pizza is the most basic process, and it was the worst I have ever seen or had. They put WAY too much sauce on, and cheese wasn't even laid on the entire pizza, just the center.Also ordered mussels, and they were dry and overcooked.Maybe they need to hire a better cook, but the problems were not isolated to just the food.We waited 38 minutes, after we were seated, for a server to come and ask for our drink order. Immediately after that, the manager (at least she appeared to be) also asked for our drink order, as she noticed we were getting upset. I mentioned this is unacceptable, and she merely apologized and said "it's better to come during our lunch time" and also mentioned "it's always crazy around dinner time". Mind you, it was 5:12 when we arrived, so still a bit early for dinner rush.

This was a fun find. Great food with large portions! My wife got a half portion and still had to get a box. I really appreciated their garlic bread and wished I had room for more. The parking lot was packed so we were worried about the wait time, but we were sat immediately and the food arrived quick. We'll definitely come back the next time we're in the area.

I'm new to the area and walked in to order take out. Approximately 1PM on a weekday and had a decent amount of customers so I knew it was well liked by locals. I can see why. Friendly staff and food coming out of the kitchen all looked great. I ordered an Italian Sub and it had a good ratio of meat/veggies, good flavor Italian dressing and bun was like a ciabatta. Very pleased and will be back to try other foods. They also have a Happy Hour I'm going to experience next time.