Lydia's Italian Kitchen - Salem, Virginia

Emily S.

The Alfredo was amazing base price is $17, added meat is $3-4. It also comes with homemade breadsticks and salad. My son enjoyed his spaghetti and devoured his meatball. We also got a cheese cake for $5.50. I like the prices for the food quality. I forgot to take pictures before we ate!
Parking is not the best, but they said if the parking lot is full we can park in the bank behind them (the signs say otherwise. We did we were fine but be aware).

S P.

Came here with two other people for a late lunch on a weekend and had a good meal. It wasn't busy when we got there, but there are plenty of tables even if it was. Prices were reasonable, our waitress was attentive, and the building/bathroom was clean. Everything we got was good, but I think the side salad could have used some extra ingredients. Overall, a decent place to eat and will visit again.

Blake B.

Lydia’s was an incredible experience for me and my friends. We were told a bit of a wait when we came in but it wasn’t even half of that estimated time before they found somewhere and made room for us. It was the first day of serving for our waitress, Taylor, but she was absolutely incredible. I used to wait tables and my first day I was an absolute mess. She has all the confidence and personality to be an incredible server. The food was great, service even better, and it was such a cute little restaurant. We didn’t wait long at all for our food despite being incredibly busy. Parking was a little tight, but we made it work. We couldn’t recommend this place enough!

Charlie W.

We have dined more than once and each time was a very good experience. Even with a large group in a meeting room our service was attentive and friendly. The pizza is some of the best.

Sara E.

Very clean. The staff was nice and helpful. Will definitely go back next time we are in town.

kelly W.

People are rude don’t like their jobs.
Waitress said she was bringing marina for bread sticks no show hard bread sticks

still for over 30 minutes no drink refill as she walked by as if we wasn’t here

Took about 45 minutes for the food to arrive to the table.

Asked for meat sauce ended up with marinara sauce over pasta told them said they could remake or do anything but offer some sort of discount
Took $7 off lol never again

William C.

Have been to this place previously when it was Pizza Pasta Pit and it was good. Decided to try the newly renovated Restaurant as Lydia's Italian Kitchen and it certainly didn't disappoint. Went as a party of four adults and four children and the atmosphere was still very family friendly. Ordered several of the appetizers and all were tasty. Three adults ordered calzones and all said they were delicious. The one bite I had I would have to agree. I myself ordered chicken Alfredo and the salad served with it was great. The Alfredo sauce was flavorful with garlic and cheese. Got a cheese pizza for the kids and all enjoyed. Had a slice myself and would love to try more pizza on my next visit. Our table also had a couple bottles of wine that were great and the waitress was very knowledgeable about. I look forward to trying more of the offerings of this beautiful restaurant in the near future.

Karlie V.

Went there to pick up a doordash, there was two employees at the counter. One was on the phone and one was at the computer. The one at the computer looked up, smiled at me and said hello. So I smiled back and said “Hello, I’m here” and before I could finish the female employee with a shaved head who was on the phone stuck her finger up, gave me a dirty look and shushed me. Though it was rude and unprofessional, I stood quietly waiting. Once she got off the phone she didn’t look at me or speak to me, she grabbed one of the two orders on the to go counter and tossed it onto the counter in front of me and said “have a good day”. Me being a DoorDash employee this is very sketchy to me because I have no clue if this is the correct order. I go to check the receipt that is supposed to be taped to the bag and there isn’t one. So I ask if the order is for the person I am picking up for (I gave them the name) and got an abrupt and rude yes. So I ask for the receipt because I am to deliver it with the order, she had not even printed it out so I had to wait for that. Then after I took the picture she demanded to have the receipt back. I told her I was supposed to take it with the order and she simply replied “you got a picture right?” In a very rude manor so I repeated myself and told her I needed it to go with the order. I had multiple orders in my car, all from restaurants that use the same brand-less white bags as this restaurant uses. And she simply repeated herself again “you got a picture right?” While holding out her hand. So I gave her the receipt and informed her it’s supposed to go with the order. She was extremely rude and unprofessional. I assume it’s because she thought I was interrupting her phone call but I would have had to be speaking to her in order to do that. I was speaking to her co-worker. This woman with a shaved head could really benefit from some re-training in customer service skills and could probably benefit from some emotional intelligence training. If you can’t block out conversations while taking an order, you can’t perform your job duties. That shouldn’t be taken out on a customer or delivery driver.