I took my sister, Bettina, out to lunch here yesterday and instead of sitting in their very cozy…read moredining room, we sat at the quaint bar. Alyssa was our bartender and she was fabulous (friendly & efficient). She made me a yummy Limoncello martini! David, her cousin and one of the owners (it's run by all family members) came out to the bar to do something and we chatted with him. What a lovely gentleman. Bettina started with a cup of their Manhattan clam chowder and I had their muscles appetizer. For our entree, she had their lasagna and I had their cantaloupe, prosciutto & mozzarella salad. All our dishes were scrumptious and plentiful. There were leftovers, which Alyssa packed up for our dinner! We ate it back at Bettina's home, watching a movie. What a fun time I had visiting my sister for an overnight and what an awesome restaurant we stopped at. I highly recommend Macera's Italian Restaurant. It is clean, quaint, reasonably priced, impeccable service, creative cocktails and delicious food. What more could anyone ask for?! :)

When we came in we were quickly seated and our server was nice and friendly…read more We were started with bread and butter while looking over the menu. The bread was really nice and soft with a crispy outside. Some of the best bread I've had . The had a seasoned olive oil which paired fantastically with the bread ( we did have to ask for the olive oil as the bread only came with butter). For appetizers I started off with 2 appetizers , the fried calamari, and the sausage with polenta. For the sausage with polenta The sauce is very sweet, a little too sweet for me and nott what I was expecting. I also wished it would've been fried polenta since the polenta itself was pretty plain. The fried calamari was great. The octopus was nice and soft while the outside was still crispy. Perfectly cooked. It also came with banana peppers which I am not used to getting with my calamari. They came warm and not overly sour. I'm normally not too fond of banana peppers but it works so well with the calamari that I would definitely eat that combo again. For the soup side on the main dishes, we were given a choice between the chicken soup or the soup of the day ( which happened to be white bean that day). Bean soup was pretty good, better than the chicken soup imo but the bean soup was a bit too salty on the throat. Most dishes also came with a side of pasta with a basic tomato sauce. Nothing too special about that. Just very very basic. The Chicken francahaie was decent. The flavor was nice, nothing too special about it but it was good. If you like to chit chat though, this dish did get very salty after letting it sit for a while. I got the Giovanni and it was also decent. The fish and sauce didn't stand out to me as a dish. Fish was cooked alright, the sauce was decent but nothing to write home about. Celitano chicken The celitano chicken was a thin piece of chicken topping with all the veggies. When took our first bite we noticed it was a bit overcooked. Everyone at the table tried a piece and we could all agree on that. We told the waitress and she took it right back and had the kitchen make us another one right away, never dropping her jovial demeanor. When we got the new one, it was perfect. The veggies were good, the chicken was nice and tender, not overcooked, and the sauce was great. I think this was my favorite dish that night. My girlfriend got the spinach tortellini which was alright. The cheese a little too funky for me . Not anythign wrong with the dish ,just a me thing. It was however a little heavy on the cheese and made it feel too clingy and thick. I know my review doesn't make them out to be that great but this is definitely place I would go to again. The food was decent, the service was good, and the atmosphere was welcoming. Not to mention that the portion sizes were big enough that I think I was the only person in the group that didn't need a Togo container ( I don't think my girlfriend was even able to finish half her food before feeling stuffed). I would definitely come here again if I'm ever in the mood for a simple get together with friends.

West Valley Soup and Sauce is a throwback to the old banquet hall that Rhode Islanders remember…read morewell. The meatballs and dinner rolls are my go to favorites but they have so many different options, from frozen meat pies to chicken parm. Their chicken soup is always a good choice for my work lunches. I am usually getting my food to go but they do have a family style dine in dinner on Sundays. The staff is always very friendly and despite being busy, the service is efficient. Just to note, they have limited hours, so do check that online before going!

Great place to pick up and go when you need a good meal at reasonable price. They are known for…read moretheir soup, which is a local favorite. The Portuguese Cacoila is really good, great for sandwiches, omelets, and nachos. You can't beat their family deal for $40...soup, salad, pasta and meatballs with dinner rolls. Great meatballs and sauce. You can't go wrong with West Valley Soup and Sauce.

This place makes the neighborhood even more Italian somehow. I ride by before they open and smell…read morethen cooking everyday....and it smells so good! Great place to go with someone who has different taste than you because the selection is vast, even different style of pizza but stay away from the white Italian one, it's addictive. My problem is that I want all of it. Even their drink variety is impressive. Don't have to read menus at all. You can walk in, see the long glass food fridge and point while grunting. Everyone else does Also, don't tell the Original Italian Bakery, the pizza chips are better here

Cutting Crew was playing over the speakers…read more At an Italian deli with a brick oven and an Italian flag hanging in the front window. (I Just) Died in Your Arms, 1986. Whitney Houston a few minutes earlier. Taylor Dayne before that. Huey Lewis somewhere in the rotation too. Somebody behind that counter was a kid in the late eighties and built the playlist around the songs they grew up with while the food their grandparents brought over from Italy came out of the oven twenty feet away. Lou Umberto opened this place in 2017 after graduating from Johnson and Wales. His family is from Cerreto Sannita, a hill town in Campania. He set up shop on Cranston Street, just outside Knightsville, on the edge of one of the oldest Italian neighborhoods in the city. Lauren and I went on a Monday afternoon. Gray skies. One of those quiet Rhode Island days where lunch slowly becomes dinner without anybody announcing the transition. Before we got inside, one of the guys working there was helping an elderly woman through the side door and walking her back toward her car with her groceries. That told me most of what I needed to know. Walk in and the room is doing four jobs at once without any of them getting in the others' way. Shelves stacked with imported groceries. Rummo pasta. Loacker wafers. Baci chocolates. Bottles of olive oil lined up beside jars of tomatoes and peppers. Along the opposite wall sits a long deli case full of prepared food. Eggplant parm. Broccoli rabe. Pasta in vodka sauce. Stuffed banana peppers. Pasta salad. Roasted vegetables. Then the bakery case. Tomato pie cut in squares with red sauce all the way to the edge and enough seasoning on top to perfume the whole counter. Potato pizza. Calzones. Spinach pies stacked on black trays. The kind of food that makes people walk in for one thing and leave with six. Near the front, bags of pizzelle tied shut with twist ties sat on a wire rack underneath a hanging sign that read Welcome Family and Friends. Normally signs like that feel decorative. This one didn't. And behind all of it, through the opening in the back, sat the brick oven. That being said. The pizza. The pepperoni pie came out raised on a metal stand by the window, the Italian flag moving outside in the gray afternoon behind it. Good looking pizza immediately. No stunt toppings. No overloaded nonsense. Just confidence. The pepperoni was placed, not dumped. Natural casing cups charred dark at the edges. Maybe fifteen slices total across the whole pie. Somebody understood restraint. The crust landed somewhere just outside classic New York style. Slightly thicker, but only enough to give the inside some chew. The outer rim puffed up high in spots and blistered dark from the oven. Flour still clung to the bottom and the back edge from the peel. The sauce tasted bright and barely cooked. In some bites it pushed forward sharp and fresh. In others it melted completely into the cheese. Sometimes all you tasted was crust, and that worked too. The cheese browned into amber patches across the surface that pure mozzarella usually doesn't create by itself. Probably some provolone mixed in there. I didn't ask. I should have asked. And the slice held beautifully. Crisp underneath. Enough structure to fold slightly at the front without collapsing. You could see the care in it immediately. Nothing rushed. Nothing overloaded. Nothing trying too hard. Just a very good neighborhood pizza made by people who seem to understand exactly what kind of place they want this to be. The kind of place where somebody helps an elderly woman through the side door before getting back to work. The kind of place that makes you think living nearby might not be the worst idea in the world. Don't forget to grab a bag of pizzelle on the way out.

I had dinner here with the family on a Wednesday night. Great food, great prices, and great…read moreservice. The restaurant is very clean and well taken care of. We went in at 5 because they close at 6PM. I had the pork Osso Buco and it was cooked with celery, carrots, onions, and Rabe. The pork was super tender and fell right off the bone as it should. It was perfect for the cold winter night. ($19). The veal Parm was made fresh and was very tender. It was one of the best veal Parmesan that I have ever had. The bread crumbs were flavorful and the sauce and cheese was a perfect match for the veal. I was able to cut the veal with my fork! ($18). Veal Bolognese was very good, better than most that I have tried. It was rich and flavorful with plenty of fresh shredded tender veal and finished with fresh parsley. Amazing! We all tried the Pasta Fazool...very good flavor, just the right amount of pasta and beans completed that soup. We even ordered some to go.

They were good but not great. I had their Italian grinder and there was nothing special about it. I…read moreasked for roasted peppers but they didn't have any so just lettuce, tomato, onion and banana peppers it was. The roll was good but nothing special. Also got chicken parmigiana to go and it was good. The sauce nice and chicken tender but nothing remarkable. I'd eat here again because nothing was "wrong", but nothing had me saying "cant wait to go there again". Service was good and friendly. The place was cute and clean. Maybe I should have tried a special because I really wAnted to be wowed here! I think I'll come back because the cases looked good and specials board enticing, but I didn't see it until after I ordered.

First time visiting this deli, and I'm so glad I stopped in! I actually asked ChatGPT what their…read moremost popular sandwich was, and the Atomic was recommended, so that's what I went with. Let me just say... what a great choice! I was also told that their bread comes from LaSalle Bakery, which immediately had me excited because I LOVE LaSalle Bakery. And the bread definitely did not disappoint. It was fresh, delicious, and made the entire sandwich even better. This is NOT your average deli. Everything tasted incredibly fresh, and you could tell there was a lot of care put into the sandwich. I normally have a pretty good stopping point and would probably only eat half of a sandwich like this, but it was so good that I literally couldn't stop myself. I ate the entire thing! I am officially stuffed now, lol, but it was 100% worth it. The Atomic was absolutely delicious, the bread was amazing, and the whole experience exceeded my expectations for my first visit. I will definitely be back to try more of the menu. Five stars all the way!

I visited here after Sonia's Deli had their renovation and I love the look of it! I love the…read moretraditional rug wallpaper they have on the wall, it really gives it an authentic Armenian look. The art on the walls are also a great touch as well as the sitting area with backgammon available to play. I also love the food and drinks they have in the grocery section. I do wish they had more selections to choose from though. In terms of more options of Russian/Armenian food like deli meat, dairy products, smoked fish, fruits/veggies, candy, cookies, juice... The prices here are steep, it's a big reason as to why I don't shop here often. It's a shame because I would love to support an Armenian business.

After a hot day out, I was craving something salty, rich, and deeply satisfying, and nothing fit…read morethe bill better than a steaming bowl of ramen. Located just a short drive away with convenient parking right around the corner, this spot was an absolute lifesaver. I was honestly so focused on eating that the decor was a blur, but the food made a lasting impression: Tan-Tan Men: Spicy pork miso broth packed with rich umami flavor and perfectly balanced toppings. I devoured it in minutes! Fried Squid: Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, served with a unique mango-chili sauce that was incredible. Takoyaki: Spot-on, classic, and made to perfection. Unforgettable flavors and fantastic comfort food!

One of the best places! Every single thing on the menu is delicious. They have a great lunch…read morespecial as well. The service is great every time we go. Love the drawings guests leave that are pinned to a wall. Also love that it's not so huge and overwhelming. It's a perfect size for intimate dinner with friends and/or family.

Best prepared foods! Chicken Soup is great, Chicken Cutlets are absolute heaven. I shop here weekly.read more

Great sandwiches, great people. Stopping here was pretty random. Ended up in Cranston because of RI…read moreDMV, hungry, Deli. So glad we found it. I would get anything here. Note to the deli: When someone asks for a whole pickle cut into quarters, it is cut the "long way". Nobody wants a 2" diameter pickle log!

LOVE LOVE LOVE !!! The staff here are the greatest! Every dish is AMAZING . I haven't had a bad…read moremeal yet. I literally tried almost everything on this menu.

This place is great. Extensive menu, fresh food and a great staff…read more Very quick service

I buy food there on a pretty much at least three or four times a month. And it's always good. And I…read morethink the price is pretty reasonable.

Great service friendly folks. Affordable prices. Parking inside so you don't have to walk so far or…read moredrive endlessly looking around for a Parking. Southeast Asian food for the first-timers. Small shake hidden in the hood.

I finally tried @Luigi's Gourmet Express in Johnston, and WOW... this is easily a 10/10. I ordered…read morethe Sunday Baked Ziti, and every bite tasted like a homemade Sunday dinner. Rich sauce, perfectly cooked pasta, and the kind of meal that keeps you thinking about it after you leave. Service was 10/10 This just earned a spot in my Top 5 favorite Italian restaurants in Rhode Island. If you're looking for a local hidden gem instead of another chain restaurant, put this one on your list ASAP! They even offer quick to go options, and so many desserts!

On Saturday Evening we had a 80th Birthday Party for my Uncle. We had the Amalfi room and the top…read moredining package. It started with a cocktail for everyone, 3 different appetizers, soup, and choice of 5 different entrees, bread and butter,and the most amazing chocolate chocolate cake. Are server Richard was really incredible. He handled a party of almost 30 all by himself with the assist from a busboy. He was so accomadating and we could not have had better service. The appetizers were stuffed mishrooms, calamari and mozzarella- all 3 were some of t h e b est I have ever had. Especially the mushrooms. Soup was excellant as it always is. The entrees were incredible, Chicken Parm was cooked perectly and so was the pasta. I had the pink vodka pasta with shrimp, chicken and Prodcuitto and loved it so much I am going back next week to have it again. Chicken Marsala was really good and the petite sirloin was so tender and delicious that I have to have my husband order it next time so we can share!. Chocolate cake was one of the best chocolate cakes I have ever had. Everyone wanted to know where we got the cake. Luigi's made it for us. By the way the drinks packed a huge wallop. No watering down on the cocktails here. So yes I highly recommend Luigi's not only for dinner but especially for special occassions!