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    Adriatic Cafe

    4.3 (927 reviews)
    Closed • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Boss M.

    Fantastic. I came in town for work, was craving some high quality Italian food and wow did I find it. I may have ordered too much food, but it's okay, the bill was very very affordable. This meal would have been double back home on the west coast. Service and ambience is top tier.

    The Adriatic Special
    Karan S.

    Came back after a while and it was just as good. House salad was very refreshing to eat and tried The Adriatic Special pasta. Honestly it was more meat, sauce and other ingredients as opposed to spaghetti, but it tasted really good with a little bit of a spicy kick so no complaints there. The garlic bread was a little more on the tougher side to eat and had lost some of its flavor that I remembered it had. That being said, loved the food and cant wait to be back again.

    No dressing, and parmesan cheese out of a bag. Not really a salad without dressing is it??? Not really sure what we're going to do with it

    It was okay, kids said something missing in the vodka pasta and the tomato sauce was just a bit too sweet, biggest disappointment was I ordered a caesar salad and they forgot the dressing which means I basically got a garnish. The restaurant didn't want to do anything about the delivery being wrong, doordash didn't want to do anything about the delivery being wrong. Mom's the only one who didn't get dinner, of course. I'll have to cancel my charge with a credit card company and we won't be back

    Rex C.

    I will start off by saying this, I think Italian food is the most overrated food there is and I will never suggest this type of food because it's just not my favorite. However, this place is simply amazing! The customer service, the prices in the food are simply the best! I was blown away, And this is coming for someone who doesn't really even like Italian food. Food: where in Houston Texas can you get lunch for $11? It's homemade and simply amazing? The fresh bread they bring out is probably some of the best bread I've ever had from an Italian restaurant. We got some sort of appetizer that was like mozzarella cheese with a tomato on top and some capers. Very good. The Caesar salad was amazing. The lasagna was simply amazing. I cannot believe they serve such a huge portion for $11 and the best part is it's simply the best! I was blown away by their lasagna. Last we tried the tiramisu cake and it was so good. Everything was good here. Customer service was pretty good too. If I ever crave Italian, which is very rare, maybe once a year if that I'll definitely come back here.

    Chicken Marsala
    Gina D.

    Small restaurant but very friendly staff. Huge portions! They bring you out soft, buttery garlic knots before your meal that are so good! We tried the Chicken Marsala, Chicken Parmesan and the Tortellini. Everything was delicious. For dessert we had the strawberry cheesecake and the Limoncello Cake. Both were heavenly. I just love this little place.

    The Alex Special

    Flavorful pasta, lovely garlic bread, and good/friendly service. Tried the lunch special with the Alex special pasta, salad, and the garlic bread. Plenty of seating inside, nice sit down place, quick for full service pasta! Try it out!

    Caesar salad with shrimp and chicken parmigiana with Alfredo

    I was craving a Caesar salad so my husband treated me to some food from Adriatic Cafe, the grilled shrimp on top was delicious and he enjoyed his chicken parmigiana with Alfredo on the side. Jennifer was also an AMAZING server! We will definitely be back.

    Chicken Carbonara
    Nancy A W.

    We've gone here twice in a month and we love it! The service is very attentive and food is very delicious. People are always coming and going so the atmosphere feels great here. We love it!

    kids cheese pizza
    Veronica R.

    delicious and friendly service!!! Clean, prompt and delicious large bread appetizers! so delicious

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    The food was delicious and the service was amazing and took the time to review the menu with us as it was our first time eating there.

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    Food amazing! Dani was great friendly, 10 out of 10 will be back . classy inexpensive.

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    Everything is good. Their yeast rolls will leave you craving for more. The red sauce is rich, tomatoes flavorful, meat balls are ENORMOUS.

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    Are there any vegan options? So no meat, eggs(in breads), dairy(butter)? Normally most dry pastas are at least.

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    Luigi's Ristorante Italiano - House salad, would have liked a bit more flavor punch in the creamy Italian dressing.

    Luigi's Ristorante Italiano

    3.9(149 reviews)
    4.7 mi
    •$$

    Honestly one of the best chicken parm that I've had. The chicken was the biggest I've had with this…read moretype of pasta compared to other restaurants. I also loved how they were not stingy with the cheese. They give complementary bread with what I believe is pesto sauce/oil and it was so good. Service is fast! And you get acknowledged right away. Would go back again if I lived in Houston

    I was first skeptical when I went in for Sunday lunch and there was no one there. I honestly…read morethought it was closed but luckily opened the door and Glendy the waitress was there. The ambiance is beautiful like a traditional Italian restaurant. White table cloth linen, napkins, and pesto with the warm bread. I could've lived off the warm bread and yummy pesto alone lol. I will say the house salad isn't bad but I'm not a fan so next time I'll try the Caesar salad. I do love the Chicken Marsala. I love that she asked what kind of pasta I wanted with it and brought the bowl of fresh Parmesan cheese to season my meal. You don't get that often. I will say two more families showed up while I was there and one family are regulars and praised the food there. Glendy was wonderful bringing me my peach tea refill and checking to see if I was good and asked several times how my food was. We discussed how much we love the bread and Chicken Marsala. I will definitely come back to try some more meals.

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    Luigi's Ristorante Italiano - Medium beef, mushroom and onion pie

    Medium beef, mushroom and onion pie

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    Luigi's Ristorante Italiano - Cannoli, they make their own filling which is always a plus.

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    Cannoli, they make their own filling which is always a plus.

    Trattoria Pizza & Pasta - Shrimp Modo Mio! So creamy.

    Trattoria Pizza & Pasta

    4.5(206 reviews)
    6.1 mi
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    This place is ABSOLUTELY amazing. The food is fresh and authentic. I worked in multiple Italian…read morerestaurants when i was young, from national chains to fine dining and this place beats them all. Wonderful atmosphere and genuine staff. Must try.

    The short version is we really liked the food and the service! Great flavors/taste, timing was…read moregood. Prices were pretty normal for a sit down Italian place. Honestly the worst thing for me was they serve Pepsi products and Im a Coke guy! Haha!!! I got over it fast with the great food and service. More details below, but I recommend you stop by if you haven't yet!!! Trattoria is in a nice strip center, so frankly we have been passing it by for years, not really thinking about it. We decided to change that and to check out a new to us place. When we arrived we noticed the place was nice and clean, waitstaff was friendly and sat us immediately. The restaurant was maybe a little over half full. We ordered an appetizer of wings and caesar salad, then a pizza and chicken parm with spaghetti, and a Tiramisu for dessert. In going to get picky here because its hard to find anything that was bad. Wings were good, pretty standard, probably could find similar in restaurants throughout the city. The pizza was a bit greasy, I just held it over my plate for a few seconds and let that drip away. My wife didn't like the caesar salad, I did. So I guess thats a toss up...idk. One thing you will notice consistently, our pictures were mostly taken after part was already eaten because we would dive in to the yummy food before we got the picture!!! We'll be back!!!

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    Trattoria Pizza & Pasta - Wanted some Italian food, so here we are.

    Wanted some Italian food, so here we are.

    Trattoria Pizza & Pasta - Lasagna. Yummy!

    Lasagna. Yummy!

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    Villa Roma Italian Ristorante

    Villa Roma Italian Ristorante

    4.0(193 reviews)
    6.2 mi
    •$$
    Locally owned & operated
    Rooftop seating

    What a treasure I found at this restaurant and their rooftop cocktail lounge. The restaurant…read moredownstairs, with is lowered lighting, white tablecloths and welcoming ambiance had excellent servers and delicious food. The manager, Donnie was very cordial and visited the table several times to insure I and my two friends were enjoying ourselves and the food. I'll be returning very often, and am glad to know I can also dine in the rooftop lounge.

    I really wanted to love this little neighborhood restaurant, but NO. Unfortunately everything was…read moreso salty. I started with Minestrone Soup. It was served almost like a stewed bowl of overcooked vegetables. Very little broth and salty. I did not eat it. For the main entree we both ordered just a simple Spaghetti with Meat Sauce We both had a craving. Both of us could not eat it. Again too SALTY. Meat sauce, salty?! What? Neither of us ate it. We did not say anything to the restaurant. At this point why? I guess that's the chef's palette. Idk ‍ We then shared a Crème Brûlée. Score?? Nope!! Ugh. Sadly it was runny and not set like a custard or Crème Brûlée should be. It was sweet and taste good. Just runny. The bread is good and served with a nice garlicky tomato bruschetta. The Aperol Spritz was yummy. I wanted this to be my neighborhood spot. I'm sorry to say, it was a huge disappointment!!

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    Villa Roma Italian Ristorante
    Villa Roma Italian Ristorante
    Villa Roma Italian Ristorante

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    Campioni Restaurant - Caesar Salad

    Campioni Restaurant

    4.2(271 reviews)
    6.6 mi
    •$$

    Still very much 5 stars! Took my don tonight and he had one of our favorites...chicken manicotti…read moremade with herb infused pasta, and talk to the Parmesan cream sauce...excellent as always! I had the Veal De Vino. The real is grilled and talk with her red wine mushroom sauce, and was extremely good. We will be back very soon. The restaurant as usual was very clean, service is excellent and they make you feel so at home. If you haven't visited you really need to try it

    I know this is going to upset those who love this place. But, I have a duty to be honest…read more This restaurant sits on a beautiful piece of property with ample parking. Been around since 1991 and it appears to have had no updates since that time. There is a funky old smell upon entering. The tables are all spread out for antiquated covid mandates. In fact, the booths still have the plexiglass dividers. The booths are old and uncomfortable. It's an Italian restaurant and they charge for bread. The bread is nothing fancy. Just sliced thin bread with some salty herbs on the top crust. The Caesar salad was tasty. I appreciate the homemade croutons (but those were too salty for my liking). They were out of the beef tips (at 5:30 pm), so we had the pasta with sausage. It was just ok. Nothing great. The bean soup was just ok. At first, I tasted "metal tomatoes" and then I thought Olive Garden's soup is better. I pause - haven't been to Olive Garden in about 30 years. Anyway, there was nothing wrong. Just not what was expected for an established and locally loved venue. I truly hope the owners appreciate my opinions and work to recharge and refresh their restaurant. I'd like it to be around for another 40 years. And I'd like to revisit in a few years and hope it's a better experience.

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    Campioni Restaurant - Pork Caprese

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    Marvino's

    Marvino's

    3.1(715 reviews)
    6.8 mi
    •$$
    Family-owned & operated
    Takes reservations

    I ordered my meal for Houston's Restaurant Week and I enjoyed the Beef Carpaccio, Chicken Marvino…read moreand Tuxedo cake. The portions were great and enjoyed every bite. The beef carpaccio was wonderful. The Chicken Marvino was hearty with the shrimp, chicken on top of mashed potatoes and green beans. The tuxedo cake was rich with chocolate. The service was impressive and the live music was excellent. I loved the various dishes and different seating available. Great spot to check out. The price for the food is expensive so this is a place for special occasions.

    (In response to Rachel L. Replied comment) Since I received…read morea notification that my review is on Spotlight here. "We are sorry you had such a negative experience with us." The lack of accountability is disturbing The negative experience came from horrible service. Snatched my son's plate due to my report of the chicken tasting like SALMONELLA; while he was in mid eating around it. Fork in hand only eating the noodles. Ran off just To dig out the chicken. Without any explanation. Even when I said "wait" he ignored me, & ran away. Then returned & slammed the same EXACT plate with the EXACT noodles down in front of my son. You don't do that shit to a dog. When asking for a box for his remains/food, he said yelled and screamed "FOR THAT LITTLE NOODLE!?!" _If I'm paying for it yes, for that little noodle. I canceled my ordered that hasn't yet been delivered and ask for my ticket. In reality I shouldn't have paid for tampered food. "We're always looking for areas to improve and appreciate your feedback very much!" If it's that huge of a deal to remove a protein (chicken) that a customer dish, bring another plate for the customer remove it themselves. Otherwise bring a fresh plate with fresh PASTA ONLY. DON'T EVER TAMPER With a CUSTOMER FOOD. Which results in making customers physically ill. Extra deets: Marvino's give me the energy of Texas Roadhouse (spitting in black families food that's shown all on the News). They also give me a store front. As if this is a cover-up for the MAFIA. and they cleaning currency. Theirs to many poor reports on this place to continue to stand in business. Plus theirs no headquarters. Plus they dgaf about their horrible service. Eat here at your own risk.

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    Marvino's
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