Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on June 12, 2025.
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We always love a good prix fixe dinner experience, as they can make for a great way to taste around a restaurant’s menu.
But some restaurants only offer prix fixe dining, and Wild Rosemary in Upper Saint Clair is one such spot. But they take this one even further by serving things family style, meaning you are in for a fun evening with new friends, and a whole lot of food.
So check the monthly menu to see what is on, and dive into the feast here!
Four Course Italian Dining at Wild Rosemary
Before making a reservation for Wild Rosemary, we need to re-iterate that this one is a little different than a conventional restaurant. They offer no ala carte dining and set menus are served family style for your party and other guests at your table.
Group sizes here ran between about four to six at a table, so if you’re coming as a group of four you are a bit more likely to get a table to yourselves than if you are a couple. Thankfully, we made fast friends with our table, which made for a fun evening with strangers that ended up feeling like we knew each other for years.
The menu at Wild Rosemary is typically set for an entire month as well, so you can know what you are getting in when making a reservation as a new month begins.
Our menu included Italian wedding soup to start, a surprise selection of Roman pizza added by the chef outside of the menu, Sicilian arancini, bucatini with meatballs, and tiramisu for dessert (which was served in massive, individual portions).
Menu offerings do rotate monthly, making predicting future menus difficult, but often follow a similar style of having a soup, a pasta with a protein, and a dessert- a dining format we were quite used to seeing in menus all across Italy.
Many of these dishes felt like the kind of dining that you would have at an Italian grandparent’s house- homemade, full of love, and in quite large portions that even the hungriest table will likely struggle to finish any given course. Just like a family feast.
Do any of the courses stray far from the mold? Absolutely not, and that’s not the point. It’s just good food, good (new) friends, and dining the way it should be- together.
Of course, that is not without its downsides. We didn’t book a reservation at Wild Rosemary for a few months as some menus seemed like they included nuts, and we didn’t want to impose with adjustment requests for Angie’s allergy in the communal dining space. Likewise, as noted, the menu is set, and everyone is served the same dishes, at the same time. This helps keep costs down and the four-course meal reasonably priced for all.
Finally, it is worth noting that Wild Rosemary does not have a liquor license, and they encourage guests to BYOB for the meal. So we grabbed a bottle of wine from our cellar, paid the nominal corkage fee, and had a great pairing with the meal all around.
Overall, the dining experience at Wild Rosemary may be a bit different from conventional prix fixe menus, if only because the family style service means sharing- even with strangers. But go in willing to make fast friends, and you’ll be in for a fun evening of great conversation and Italian food!
Wild Rosemary is located at 1469 Bower Hill Rd in Upper St Clair.
