Catania Ristorante Italiano – Pioneer Plaza

What nice surprise.
For a semi fast food restaurant the food is impressive. We tried the Chicken Parmesan which was very good.
Being married to an Italian isn’t easy when it comes to trying new places.
For a quick nice lunch, large portion and good quality Catania is pretty hard to beat.
Service is quick and with a smile.

Great food and lots of it, my favorites are the Chicken Marsala and the Chicken Parm. You really get your money’s worth and it is so tasty!

Same owner as the other location on Bishop Street. The original woman is running this location. This location has been open since February 2014.
I ordered the special if the day which was the chicken carpacio over spaghetti noodles. I give this a 5 star has the sauce can taste the butter and white wine.
My mom ordered the pea salad. This is my mom’s s t and are salad to order at the other location. My mom said it tasted different this time.
I did notice the Pepsi did taste a little flat.
All in all, the service is still great and I would definitely return. Oh, and they have a pass sign.

This is one of my favorite under-​$ 10 meals, especially if I’m craving a big salad. And by big I mean there’s no way you can eat the large size salad ($ 9) in less than two sittings. The woman working here is so nice and friendly, and always greets you with a smile. She piiiiles on the salad (there are a bunch of choices but not every salad is available every day) atop a small bed of greens. Around lunch time it’s often crowded on the tables scattered around pioneer plaza, so it’s a good takeaway lunch for the office (and later for dinner too)!

OMG the portions of their food are huge! The first time I ate there, I got the penne & ricotta — the container used is the size of a regular plate lunch plate without the dividers. I must have only eaten a fourth of it and decided I’d eat the rest for dinner with my BF that night. It doesn’t come with meat, and he needs meat, so I just fried up some spicy Portuguese sausage and threw it in … perfection! It was still too much for the both of us.
I’ve also gotten the «mini» salad which is far from mini — you get to choose two of the six or so choices they have that day and they load it on! Like so much, that it’s kind of scary to open the container because the food might fall out! I’ve gotten the salad twice and both times got the curry chicken and pea salad ~ so tasty! I saw someone getting a large sized salad and it seemed the employee was just scooping on every salad choice they had! I asked him how many choices the large came with and he said at least four… not sure if it’s extra for more than four though.
I’ve only seen two people working, and since it’s fairly new — it is kind of busy at peak lunch hours, but they’re pretty fast. The garlic bread is just OK — it’s pretty thick and the flavor is not all over, so I only got it once.