Coletta's

My favorite is the round the world pizza. The hot wings are big in size. You receive large portions of pasta. The cheesecake is good.

Very good authentic Italian style cuisine with a laid back atmosphere.
If your not familiar with the area do not stray from the restaurant parking lot unless leaving and then you should go straight to the interstate, it is located one block from a very very dangerous area that has seen 7 shootings in the past 6 months in a one block range.

Pros: awesome decor, decent prices, good hot wings, not too loud.

Cons: we were greeted with the smell of marijuana when we walked in the door, our waitress was on the phone when she came to our table to bring our appetizer, our pizza took 30 min to bring out, and the pizza wasn’t anything to write home about.

Overall, not a great experience. I’ll probably try somewhere else for Italian food next time I’m in Memphis.

It's been here since 1923 and still doing business with the original family owners.
Price was reasonable and the portions were large... I couldn't eat it all.
The owner (Mr Coletta) stopped by our table as we were finishing up to ensure were had a good visit. The staff was friendly.
And... let's not forget that Elvis used to come in here to eat in the 1970's. Be sure and asked to be seated in the "Elvis Room" where he would dine.
Only down side is the place was dated and could use some freshening up.