Candela's Pizzeria & Ristorante Italiano

The food is mediocre, at best. Have eaten here 2 times and dont plan to return. Service is awful, slow and disorganized. Each time an item was forgotten. Worst of all, dishes are not served to guests at the same time. 2 got theirs, 10 minutes later, 2 more, etc. Most dishes were not hot, just warm. Overall very substandard. I don't recommend this restaurant. An additional caveat: with so few patrons, how fresh are the ingredients? If you want good Italian food, go to Palermo's.

$16 for the stuffed shells and it came with two shells. I asked about this and they said thats just the way it is and always has been. That amount should get you a full meal, not an appetizer

What can I say about Candela’s. This is a wonderful restaurant with family friendly staff and great food. I had the seafood Alfredo and my wife had a pepperoni pizza. Both we super fresh and great tasting. The portion size was enough to take some home and the amount of seafood inside dish was plentiful. The quick response to our orders was fast. We Sat, Ate and paid our check all less than an hour… We did go slightly before the dinner crowd, but the service was pretty quick. I highly recommend Candela’s on Robious road…

The Pinoy & the Pisan are back, checking out Candela’s on Midlothian Turnpike at the suggestion of Mark Goad, with The Good Life RVA! This place is super cute & MADE for big parties! Just in the area we are sitting in, there are booths made to seat parties of 4 & 6 people. Tables for 2, 6, & 10, and a party room right next to the front door! We ordered toasted ravioli for an appetizer and it was GOOD! And there was virtually NO time from kitchen to table, as evidenced by the steaming hot marinara & food. SO good! With my wife’s lasagna, a salad was included. We chose the Caesar dressing, and it was a nice bed of crisp iceberg lettuce with thick slices of cucumber & tomato. We enjoyed it. She really liked the dressing. It’s more mustard-y than any Caesar that I’ve ever had, but it was go

ordered pizza and went to pick it up. the staff ignored me completely for 20 minutes until I had to shout to get their attention in the back. they came out and grabbed a cold, soggy pizza from the top of the oven and gave it to me.