La Strada at 4716 East 2nd Street, Long Beach, California.

Very small Italian restaurant with all fresh food. Been here a dozen times and service and food always been amazing if have party of more than 4 always good idea to give them heads up so can get two tables ready for you. Highly recommend this place

What an experience. Our server had a big Christmas party (that had already eaten) and about four other tables besides us, so as a server I knew she would be a little slow. She had a pleasant attitude (Kelley I believe is how she spelled it?) and was quite nice. So we get our order in and wait and wait about 40 minutes on our food which was a little longer than I'm comfortable with (over 30 minutes in my restaurant and the meal is on us) and Kelley apologizes to us and tells us dessert is on her if we are interested. Thank you Kelley! Well, this is where is goes down hill. The food was mediocre and Kelley never returned to the table. No refills offered. No free dessert as offered. And some random kid hands me my check with a "discount" of $2.50 which I didn't even ask for. I met the owner and didn't even know it since she never introduced herself, just awkwardly rearranged plates on my table. I asked my SO who she was when she left and that's when I found out so I didn't even get to congratulate her on her success or restaurant. The whole situation was awful and we won't be back. But good luck to that place! I love local owners and wish them the very best of luck! I'm sure your experience will be better than mine, Friday nights are difficult.