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Adriatic Cafe

4.3 (927 reviews)
Open • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Casual
Happy hour specials
Good for groups

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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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

kids cheese pizza
Veronica R.

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

Greek salad with grilled chicken and Greek dressing
Kimberly C.

I would give this place 10 stars if I could. Doesn't look like much from outside, but it's very nice inside. I had a cozy feeling when I sat down. Our waitress was very nice and gave us the scoop on what to order. We were there for lunch and the prices were great. I got the calzone and got jalapeños instead of olives. It was only 12$ and I took over half of it home and ate dinner tonight and still had some left over. They put ricotta in it and when I say it took it to another level I mean it. My mom ordered the chicken Parmesan. It was a huge portion of chicken and spaghetti. She also got a delicious salad and got the house dressing that had feta cheese in it. Wow she has already told me we have to go back before she leaves so she can eat the Greek salad. Ha ha bread was also amazing.

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

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4.5(206 reviews)
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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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Villa Roma Italian Ristorante

4.0(193 reviews)
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Rooftop seating
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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
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4.2(272 reviews)
6.6 mi
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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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Marvino's

3.1(716 reviews)
6.8 mi
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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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Carrabba's Italian Grill

3.4(275 reviews)
3.6 mi
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Carrabba's is a step above Olive Garden on the Italian Restaurant chain tier list. You can tell by…read morethe fancy way they serve their bread "Yum." My wife and I decided to go to the local Carrabba's. This is an old favorite of ours that we haven't been to in years. I ordered the Shrimp and Filet Toscana with a Caesar Salad. My wife got the Fettuccine Carrabba. The salad was fresh. The romaine was crisp but maybe slathered in too much dressing. The dressing was good though it had that definitive caesar tang. My Shrimp and Filet Toscana was very good. The steak melted in my mouth. The shrimp was cooked perfectly. It had a nice flavor and snap. The Garlic sauce and spinach flavorful. My wife liked her soup. I thought it was too pepper heavy and tasted like a fancy chicken noodle soup with tiny ditalini pasta. She loves loves the Fettuccine Carrabba and always orders it. I like it too, like she says "the peas and the mushrooms add another layer of flavor from your typical alfredo." Carrabba's is a good Italian chain. Its main selling point for us is that it's so close. It's also fairly consistent, you know you're gonna a get a good meal in a nice restaurant.

We reserved a spot for the 7/22 wine dinner hoping for a nice evening, but the execution fell far…read moreshort of expectations. Atmosphere & Service: HVAC Issues: On a 100°F+ day, the restaurant's AC was down. The room was uncomfortably warm, portable AC units struggled, and water glasses were left empty. Overcrowded & Loud: Over 50 people were packed in, leaving standard servers scrambling. The manager had to use a muffled megaphone to introduce courses, making commentary unintelligible. Pacing: Long delays between small wine pours and food delivery ruined the pairing concept. Food Execution: Course 1 (Arancini): More of a fried cheese ball than risotto-based, though flavor was decent. Wine arrived well before the food. Course 2 (Parmesan Crusted Chicken): High breadcrumb-to-cheese ratio, thin and dry chicken (likely held in a warmer too long), and wet salad placed directly on top made the crust soggy. Course 3 (Linguine & Shrimp): The shrimp was so heavily over-salted it was inedible for my wife and other patrons at our table. Course 4 (Cheesecake): Possibly plated too far in advance (soggy brittle) and served partially frozen with noticeable ice crystals while eating. A wine dinner requires an intimate setting (capped at 15-20 guests), working climate control, and synced pacing. Capping attendance and managing kitchen execution would drastically improve this event. Forwarded detailed feedback to management directly as well. Pictures attached show what was not eaten with the exception of what would have been a full cheesecake piece due to son eating it when we got home. We will most likely not eat the rest. We actually won the raffle prize for a complimentary dinner for two at the end of the night, but having already decided not to return, I passed the voucher to another guest at our table. My wife paid our bill knowing how disappointed I was with the experience. I am not seeking a refund, compensation, or free meals. My goal in writing this is to offer actionable feedback so future patrons receive the quality experience a wine dinner should provide.

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Pepperoni Pizza available at lunch & Wednesday Pizza & Pours

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Chicken Caprese Pizza available at lunch & Wednesday Pizza & Pours

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