My next door neighbor invited my wife and I for dinner at Roma Windsor. We have never been to Roma restaurant and we are excited to check it out for the first time. We arrived at 6pm and the restaurant was not crowded at all. As soon as the 3 of us walked in, we were greeted by a young lady hostess with a big smile. She welcomed us in. As she was walking us to our table, I was checking out the ambiance of the restaurant. I noticed that the restaurant is pretty old looking. The ceiling still has the popcorn ceiling design. But, the rest has an Italian accent vibe to it. I checked right away if the dining area was clean. It sure was very clean.
Our waitress was very friendly and professional. We told her that my wife and I first time eating here. She was going over their menu since it was our first time. That's very nice of her. We told her that my wife has Gluten allergies and asked if they have any gluten free options. Unfortunately, they only have one option which is their medium size pizza.
My wife ordered the GF medium size pizza with Canadian bacon topping. I ordered their Tuesday dinner special, which is the full size spaghetti with spicy Italian sausage and toasted garlic bread. My neighbor ordered the Ravioli and spaghetti combination.
Around 25-30 min later, we finally got our food. Everything came out hot and fresh. Our waitress was attentive. She checked on us a couple of times to make sure everything is OK.
Now, let's talk about the food. Unfortunately, my wife didn't enjoy her GF pizza. The GF pizza crust was very hard and the pizza sauce was bland. My wife asked me to try her GF pizza and she was right. The crust was hard and the pizza tasted very bland. And this GF medium size with one topping cost $18.25. Overpriced!!! Also, my wife felt sick when we got home. Probably due to cross contamination. It appears that this restaurant has one GF option, but does not know how to prepare the GF food and avoid cross contamination. BEWARE!!
Now, my spaghetti with spicy Italian sausage dinner. Tuesday night, the full size spaghetti with a choice of meat and 2 toasted garlic bread is only $10.00. What a great deal!! As far as the taste, unfortunately, it was too bland for me. The spaghetti sauce is definitely not homemade, it's definitely a canned spaghetti sauce. The Italian sausage is supposed to be spicy, but there's no kick to it at all. It was also bland. The sausage was boiled in water, instead of flame broiled or cooked in a flat skillet to give it some charred flavor. Very disappointing.
With that being said, we won't be coming back at Roma restaurant. My wife can't try anything else, except their GF pizza options which she didn't enjoy and got sick from cross contamination. read more