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    Franco's Italian Restaurant

    3.4 (142 reviews)
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    Closed 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Chef salad
    Deneen S.

    Saturday 3/23/24 1pm I have ordered (to go) 3x this week. Each time the chef salad. It was very good and the ingredients were fresh each time. Today I wanted another chef salad and since it's Saturday I decided to eat in. I will say I'm particular about my salad. I wanted Romain lettuce instead of regular lettuce. I did not want any green olives and I wanted to add a boiled egg. Not too complicated. It was 1pm and they were not busy at all. It was about 25 minutes later I had to ask where my food was. The young lady, who was VERY nice said they had to boil the egg. My response was it takes 5 minutes to boil an egg. My food came out shortly thereafter. Of course it looks really good and I'm definitely taste delicious but that wait was ridiculous.

    I ordered the tour of Italy however, once I got home, I discovered the order was incorrect. Instead, I was given an order of spaghetti and an order of Angel hair pasta with meat sauce. When I called back to address the concern, the employee told me that she packed order herself and that the chef confirmed the order and there was no way that it could be incorrect. Basically saying she didn't believe me. I told her i would bring the food back to confirm. The older gentleman apologized and recooked my order. However it was the lack of respect over the phone and the immediate assumption that I was trying to get over for free food.

    Veggie Stromboli
    Kimberly B.

    Delicious food and excellent service. We were a large group and Angelica took great care of us, she was so kind and attentive. The food was great and portions are huge, this Stromboli definitely feeds 2 people.

    Baked Seafood Cannelloni
    Justain M.

    Your typical shopping center Italian restaurant. Portion size is good, I got the Seafood Cannelloni with pink sauce but the sauce was far too rich to make it through the meal.

    MED White Pizza, Steak Cheese, Kids Spaghetti (alfredo & side of chicken)

    Franco's food is always delicious! We always get our food delivered or to-go, it is great every single time. Their white pizza & steak and cheese sub is amazing.

    Seafood Portofino
    Diana T.

    I was on this side of town with my boyfriend and decided to give this place a try on a Friday night. It was a pretty busy evening for them for both eating in and take outs. We didn't wait too long to be seated, to get our drinks and order. We also got our salad pretty much right after we ordered. However, we noticed that all the tables around us looked disgruntled because their food was taking so long to arrive. We shortly joined that train as we waited over 45 minutes for our food to arrive. There were no apologies or explanations as to why our food was taking so long, just quite a few "your food is coming out shortly", "your food is coming right out", etc. Just as we were getting ready to put on our coats to leave, our food finally came out. My boyfriend got the spaghetti with sausage and I got the seafood portofino. The spaghetti tasted ok, but I feel like I could have made something tastier at home. The sausage was sliced thinly like pepperoni and wasn't really satisfying. The seafood portofino was really disappointing and unappetizing. The mussels were cut into very small pieces that I didn't even realize what they were until half way through my meal, I just thought they didn't put any in. I will say that their Caesar salad that came with the meal was very tasty and their dressing seems homemade. It's not enough for me to want to come back anytime soon. If I'm craving Italian, I'm sure I can find another place that has it together.

    Chicken Parm
    Tamara W.

    We looooooove this restaurant! The staff is amazing . Our waitress Jessica was absolutely wonderful. We definitely will be repeat customers . The chicken parm, meatballs and Caesar salad was yummy !

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    3 months ago

    Best white sauce and clams with linguine fresh clams in the shell and a great plate licking sauce love it!

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    Giving Franco's another 5 star review. Delicious delicious delicious! The food is amazing and the service was great.

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    Pepperoni and meatball pizza is so yumm. Their seafood cannelloni is outstanding if you're looking for something rich and delicious.

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    3 years ago

    Angelica is so wonderful and made the evening so fun! Food is great!

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    Good food, not terribly busy. Service was also excellent . When the weather is warm there is a patio. Only real drawback is the parking

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