Cafe Italiano Pizzeria - Orchards

I would highly recommend Cafe Italiano! The pizza was very good, as was the salad and soup. Service was great! Our server was friendly, knowledgeable, and attentive. The restaurant was clean and cozy. One of the best meals we had while vacationing in Maggie Valley!

Great food and great service and consistent hours (learned that this last one cannot be taken for granted in Maggie Valley). Talking with the staff was always fun and the food was always great. We returned multiple times during our stay in Maggie Valley!

2 days ago we went there again after being there a year ago on our vacation. Boy, what a disaster. They were busy, we expected it on a Saturday dinner time. Was not told how long of wait. We waited AN HOUR. For a party of 6. All the while listening to a waiter go on about his homeless brother making national news about a few years ago by murdering another homeless man with a samurai sword in southern Fl. Not a very good topic to be broadcasting in a restaurant on a weekend night. Ok, we knew how good the food WAS. After finally sitting we gave our orders at the same time when she asked for our drink selection. Our salads and soups arrived about 15 minutes later, no biggie Them and the bread was fine. But then we waited a good 20 to 25 minutes for our drinks. We finally got our drinks which were wrong but at this point we were thirsty from the bread , soup, or salad. At this point the place was getting empty from everyone finishing their meals and leaving. We then finally received our meals after asking our waitress if our food was going to be coming soon. This was after ANOTHER half hour. YES, WE FINALLY HAD OUR MEALS PLACED IN FRONT OF US AFTER 2 HOURS. The pizza we ordered was a pepperoni. Had no flavor, it was like a frozen pizza with awful cheese. The chicken parm I ordered which came with spaghetti that was dried out after sitting too long and the chicken was so hard I couldn't even cut it with a knife!! We will not be returning here and not recommend it to anybody.

Best pizza in the Smokey mountains honestly best I’ve had in NC, Girl that was working in there was alone, she needs a raise for sure! Super cheap too for what you get, Just a great experience I’ll definitely be coming back next trip through. Sold me!

A-aron was FANTASTIC great recommendations for entrées. Really took care of our group. We were visiting from out of town. Highly recommend this stop ?