awesome strawberry shortcake, lots of whipped cream, strawberries and hot fresh shortbread with a savory crisp crust. their garlic bread and tomato soup was the best I ever had

Boccali’s is a great place to eat if you like doughy pizza, being ignored for a while, and waiting about an hour to get your food served. While it has quite a reputation among Ojai locals and tourists I’m not sure it’s deserved. The meat sauce on the eggplant Parmesan was so over-seasoned it was almost inedible. Many locals go just to see and be seen. No thanks.

We were passing through on family vacation. We saw the restaurant away from everything and it was packed so we were excited. We were quite disappointed.

We ordered Alfredo, spaghetti with marinara, and a pizza. It was not great. The pizza had entirely too much sauce on it and the cheese was falling off as a result. The sauce was dull and lacked any distinguishable flavor profile. The Alfredo was soupy and the only flavor we could pick up was garlic...and a lot of it. We are very used to a thicker cream/butter based Alfredo so this was not enjoyable. The spaghetti was good but not memorable.

The strawberry shortcake we got was delicious. It was enough for our family. The shortcake is $10.

All in all, we would not eat here again if passing through and I probably would not tell our friends in the area about it. Also, the flavor profiles we didn’t find could be a geographical difference as we are not from California.

I specifically ordered a thin crust on my Pizza, which was not the way I received it. Also, they leave so much bare dough around the sides of the pizza, which is a real waste, I felt like I was eating more dough than sauce or cheese. If I wanted bread, I could have ordered that. It is a shame that they even bother to make pizza, because honestly I am from the East Coast and this was the worst pizza I have ever had!

I was unable to put the correct date when I visited because the system didn't go back that far, but I believe it was in 2019.

They never let us down with their pizzas and fresh grown herbed meatballs...simply unparalleled, even by my Italian grandmother (sorry, Nana!) AND, you must save room for that fabulous strawberry shortcake. This is an infallable destination for our beautiful motorcycle ride from Valencia. So happy the patio dining is open. We would go more often, if they were pet friendly.