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    John's Italian

    3.1 (121 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    JOHN'S ITALIAN ATMOSPHERE

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Cute front entrance
    Helen N.

    Stopped by for gas and saw the resturaunt right across. We were hungry so we stopped in. Everyone was so kind and understanding with whatever we needed. Prices are reasonable and proteins are huge! The ravioli was the best with beef and pork stuffed in them. The fettuccine Alfredo had smooth and silky noodles but the chicken was a little too dry/tough. The chicken in the parmigiana was good though! The free focaccia bread was unexpected but yummy! Great addition to the meal. Clean bathrooms and a great dinner to keep going with our 12 hour drive home.

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    Alexander V.

    It sucked, most of the food was not fresh nor eddible because there were too many toppings. I ordered a pasta with white sauce and I thought it was nice but THEY PUT LOTS OF FUCKING BUTTER AT THE END OF THE PLATE basically made me MAD. It was nothing like Italian food It was more of like sucked American food that tried to make normal Italian food. But the reason I put 2 stars is the service it was pretty good

    Goat cheese and strawberry salad
    Michael G.

    Came here for some lunch while on a weekend away with my best friend. Overall, it was just ok. The restaurant appears to be a converted diner, but they have a lot to offer within the menu. Directly left is the pizza area complete with oven. Facing the rear right side is the kitchen, and then there's plenty of seating with tables and booths for the restaurant. If you go to the right through the main door, then you're in the bar, which I did not check out. I started with the spinach and strawberry salad with goat cheese and almonds. I think the spinach must've been on its last freshness date because it tasted bitter. The goat cheese was nice and the almonds were supposed to be toasted. I then had a meatball parm hoagie. I was very disappointed. I really need to start asking if the meatballs are homemade or not. These were definitely not. Four small Chef-Boy-R-Dee tasting balls in a hoagie roll that made them look even smaller. The roll was too soft and should have been toasted like a grinder. The sauce and pizza cheese were plentiful and made this sandwich. I only ate the meatballs and a quarter of the huge roll. I also had an Orange Creamsicle "drink of the month." This was nice and strong with the alcohol. My friend had a Stromboli with ham and peppers. Again, he was satisfied but not thrilled with it. He even got upcharged a buck for tomato sauce in a cup which he did not ask for. But it did improve the Stromboli. Pepsi products here. Ugh. With so many choices on the menu, I'm not sure if anything is a real winner or everything is just average. Overall, we were full at the end. $56 including tax and tip for one appetizer, one drink, and two entrees. Oh yeah, I also picked up some of the "famous wings" with Caribbean Jerk rub but I brought those home and can't tell you how they were as I haven't had them yet. Hope they're better than what we had for lunch. They have over 20 flavors of wings and the waitress said they sell a lot.

    Calamari marinara over linguine
    Evelyn D.

    The outside is not much to look at, neither is the inside really. The staff was friendly and very attentive, they definitely deserve more than two star. However the food was fair. To start the salad came very promptly, however the tomato vinaigrette was not tasty. My husband was unable to even eat it. The bread that came was also tasteless, however the breadsticks were very good. I had the chicken piccata. It was very tasty with a lot of sauce, a bit on the watery side. Served with fresh spinach and a side of my choice of a baked potato. There was a lot of chicken, enough for two servings. My husband had the calamari marinara. The seafood tasted tinny, the sauce was very watery, and the overall taste was not great. The linguine was slightly overcooked.

    Hot Wings
    James M.

    Stopped here for a late dinner because all of the other area restaurants were closing at 9:00pm. We ordered the French Onion soup, some wings and the baked stuffed clams. The French Onion soup tasted better than it looked. It was unlike any French Onion soup I ever ate. It tasted a lot like vegetable soup and all of the cheese melted and sunk to the bottom. I don't think I'd ever order it again. It was strange. The wings were decent. Not good and not bad. Nothing more to say. The baked stuffed clams were not good. Not sure what the stuffing was. It was like a clam on the half shell with stove stop on top covered in butter and broiled. Not good. The service was friendly but not what I'd consider professional.

    Chicken Parmigiana

    Went here for my birthday and had the best meal. Great service and really yummy Italian food.

    Our order showing the calzone, listed after the rest of the food. Probably why we did not get it.

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    This is such a waste of location. The food has hit rock bottom. My family was sick all night ‍

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    my family and I have getting food here for probably for over half a decade, good food, good people, and a very friendly delivery driver.

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    It's been pretty good lately but it seems to hit or miss . The staff is always polite and fast

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    Usually a good meal. Reasonable prices. Nothing fancy but very nice staff. Not many options in this area.

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    3 years ago

    Loved the food, the workers were very friendly and nice, I recommend going here. I loved the decor, looks like its straight out of the 90's.

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    Food is delicious, I love the marinara sauce and plenty of it, very reasonably priced and great friendly service!

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    when all else fails head to john's exit 20. best bar and pizza and wings you'll ever have.

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    Walking in the door the restaurant reminded me of an Italian family restaurant I used to work in…read morewhen I was in college. Initially it brought back some good memories and a hope that the food would be as good. As we walked in and were seated though, we were put in a narrow back room with no windows and an old noisy A/C unit. Somewhat claustrophobic. The table itself was sticky, and had a wire bread basket that had two small ramekins with pesto in one, and what we were told was a tomato bruschetta in the other. The tomatoes looked old from the refrigerator with a hazy gray sheen. When bread finally came, it was like a supermarket bread that was heated in the oven, but cold, so it seamed stale. Got up the nerve to try the bruschetta which was overpowered with parmesan. The pesto was overpowered with garlic and there was only one pignoli nut visible in the dish. The server was a very nice young woman. Polite, attentive. They had the policy of waiting until everyone was ready to place a full order with appetizers and mains which was fine, but it took about 45 minutes before the appetizers came out. The appetizers I tasted were good. A caprese salad with olive oil, pesto and a balsamic reduction. Fried Calamari cut in large pieces, but cooked tender. Then came the mains. My meat lasagna was dry on the inside with little or no sauce. It tasted as if it had been frozen previously, The ladle of sauce was not enough to freshen it up, and the cheese on top was burned. My younger son got gnocchi with pesto that arrived looking more like a pesto soup swimming with oil. I lived in NY for 60 years, worked ten years in restaurants through high school and college, and married into an italian family. I've never seen pesto like this. The gnocchi itself was dense and chewy. Not soft and pillowy like it should have been. My wife had abgel hair pasta with shrimp in a fresh tomato sauce. This they got somewhat right. The shrimp was actually cooked just right, the sauce was good, but still a little heavy on parmesan cheese, and some of the pasta was stuck together, so it didn't cook properly.. Overall, it was very disappointing and overpriced for what came out of the kitchen. Definitely will not be going back. As far as the 5 star reviews go, maybe we went on a night that was too busy for the kitchen, or maybe these were friends and family trying to help out and prop up a mediocre experience. Our local Pizzaria does better and for much less $$$.

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