I had the chicken parmesan on November 3rd 2024. The worst chicken parmesan that I have ever eaten. One thin piece of chicken that was not properly prepared and very tough. I had a hard time just trying to cut it. When the manager asked "how was my meal" I told him that the chicken was very tough but all he did was say I have to speak to the chief. I won't be going back to Romano's read more

All the food is great. My favorite is the Sissy Pizza. The deep dish is like lasagna. The tots are perfectly crispy and ranch has a great from scratch flavor. read more

So after catching oceans 8 we decided to give Ramano's a try, seeing that it was across the parking lot from the theatre. The atmosphere is very casual. Lots of baseball memorabilia. (Somebody there is big into baseball) The food was quite tasty. I had chicken fettuccine and my husband had a sausage sandwich. Lots of food we had to get to go boxes. I will say this, that fettuccine was Devine the next day. My daughter and I had a field day with it. My only concern was our server. Not sure if she was having a bad day, or this was just her. We cut her slack because we all have those days when life just isn't going our way. Don't get me wrong she was nice just not enthusiastic. Anywho, I would definitely go back there. read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

So disappointed, the staff alone made this a bad experience. Ordered it n the phone, was told 20 min. Showed up couple in front of me was seated and hostess ignored me, went and had a quick chat with the waitress that was at the cash register who also said nothing with me standing at the counter, hostess then grabbed 2 menus and took the couple that walked in behind me to seats, lady at cash register walked away. THEN the hostess comes and asks me what I need- explain picking up, gets my pizza which has been sitting there ready.. I hand her cash- she makes a face and states she needs to go get change, I wait longer... she comes back opens the drawer to tell me she has no ones and no coins. So what was the point of getting me change?? And making me wait. I could have paid with a card and not given almost $2 tip for crappy service. Pizza ended up not even being cooked the whole way and was raw in the middle. this use to be a great place. read more

I have no idea why Yelp shows only 3 stars... this pizza is delicious... you need to get the Chicago style deep dish pizza!! So so good and so cheesy!! We spent Mother's Day there and it was perfect!! read more

This was our first time. We needed to kill time before our movie. So we walked here and boy were we glad we did. From the moment you walk in everyone was so nice and friendly. We ordered a salad, wings, calamari a Chicago dog and pizza. All 10/10! I definitely recommend this place read more

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First time here. Last time here. Decided to go with the Fam to have lunch before our showtime at the theatre. Was not greeted upon entry. Waited a few minutes and was told we would be seated shortly. Ordered a medium deep dish pizza and was told it takes 40 minutes!!! They where not even busy, only a couple of tables with a few people. Walked out and went to Ohana Sushi instead. Never again!!! read more

We have been a big fan of this restaurant but it seems mismanagement of it is causing it to go downhill. We showed up for dinner the other night and stood by the front door waiting to be seated for 30 minutes while there were open tables. Workers kept walking past us without acknowledging that we were there. Finally, we were seated and waited another 30 minutes before we actually talked to a server. We tried to order drinks but everything was out. Finally just went with soda. We ordered a large pizza, 2 salads and 2 soft drinks and our bill came to $84 with the additional fee for using a debit card!! The pizza was soggy and tasteless but the salad was good. Just wasn't $84 good. We can get a large pizza at Antonios close by for $20 and its better! Sorry to see this place go downhill. We used to love eating here and the one in Canyon Crest that closed. Both used to be packed and very good..Not anymore. It just seems like the people who own it just don't care anymore. read more

My family is from Chicago and we are always looking for a good deep dish pizza. I ordered a Romano's stuffed pizza and what I thought was a layer of cheese, was a layer of raw pizza dough. I'm not giving up just yet because the flavor is perfect and I may try a thin crust. Just disappointed I spend over 70.00 dollars on a deep dish and a salad and it was not cooked throughly. My son was in the restroom for the rest of the night. I traveled the next city over to get it so I was not going to drive back up there. read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - Raw pizza dough - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

Pizza is fine. I do not like that it's dirty there. Canyon crest was messy. After they closed that location we decided to try Alessandro. First what I saw walking in - used napkins on the floor. I would spend more time on keeping restaurant clean. read more

Eeeeh....so far...whatever....I got here plenty of time not many people...TV's ok...not big no 4k...sound not to loud....they have a bar side and a dining and some small arcade place for kids....restaurant not the prettiest...patio looks really nice but no one is using it....it's located in a really nice plaza right next to the Galaxy theaters....prices....a little pricey...haven't tasted the food yet....cause it's taking forever so I have plenty of time to write this review ..I guess I'll keep you guys updated on how the food tasted once if it ever comes out.....la la la la la So here's the review....pastrami sandwhich was ok....the manicatti was whatever....I guess I hardly ever try the manicatti so I don't have much to compare it to...it came with a salad which was blah....had white onion..I guess I prefer red onion..sweeter and more colorful...it didn't taste very fresh....I got some pictures on the food.... Hard to think that such a promising place is not quite cutting it....they depends on those football games to sell pizza and beer...forget quality and cleanliness...this place needs a remodel...look at McDonald's they've revamped all their restaurants...sure not as kid friendly happy as they were but certainly more attractive.... read more

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Devin's service was the best. The food has always been great but his service put them over the top. Thank you, Craig and Abbie

After looking at other reviews, I had to make mine. I also noted poor service. Perhaps they have not been properly trained? We had to flag the server down to let her know we were ready to order (there was only 1 other table seated). When we got our food she did not check back until we gestured to her again. The food was high-priced, but tasted well made. I won't come back to spend $60.00 and have to beckon the server to do her job. Finally, when we left the server did not acknowledge us (by this time she had 3 tables including us). The only person to give a smiley good-bye was the young woman behind the counter (assembling food). Romano's please train or manage your front better. read more

Wonderful pizza! Great quality dough and they loaded up the toppings! Exceeded our expectations!! We will definitely order here again!

The food is good but the "manager" Kelley is rude and condescending. I will not go if she's there. Everyone else is wonderful and friendly

I had an issue I spoke with Dave he was very understanding with the situation that occurred. He apologized for the things that came down the evening. We ordered our pizza and assured me that he was going to speak with his staff about the situation. I enjoyed their food. it's amazing and I highly recommend it. read more

Romano's is a Family favorite. Came here with a large group of people, none of which tried the pizza from Romano's before. The service was outstanding, I couldn't get over the delicious taste of the deep dish dough & sauce. I worked as a line chef for a Chicago style pizza place. The pizza at Romano's are more authentic and delicious than anything I've tried. read more

GREAT PIZZA, THE THIN CRUST WAS AMAZING! Great service, and the young man with curly hair at the counter was great help! He had great hospitality, and I will be returning soon! read more

We came here few nights ago and loved it pizza was great, drinks were stiff and beer was cold, our server was super attentive and personable, we couldn't ask for more really, great job read more

First time here and probably the last. The stuffed pizza is fair nothing special. We ordered the large Romano's Combo Signature Chicago stuffed pizza. First thing we noticed was the pizza was swimming in a layer of liquid on the pan making the crust soggy. I asked the server of all the stuffed pizza's come like that, he said yes because of all the vegetables on it. What????? This was the third stuffed pizza we've had in the last two months, the other two pans were dry with just as much tomato sauce on them and pizza were not swimming in liquid. If you want the best Chicago stuffed pizza go the Rance's in Costa Mesa. We also ordered the Bruschetta with the optional fresh mozzarella cheese. We really enjoy that, but the same thing the bread was soggy. I guess that's their Signature soggy crust. read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - Romano's Combo Signature Stuffed Chicago Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

So I've always liked this restaurant but I strongly suggest don't do grub hub or door dash the restaurant is notorious for canceling the order after you have already been waiting for 45 minutes . So far, it has happened 2 times. I thought the first time was a fluke, but nope, they did it again!! read more

Monday early evening dinner. the restaurant was semi empty and we were totally looking forward to having dinner at the Riverside location after hearing how good their pizza was in Redlands. We got there after watching the Barbie movie @the galaxy theater across the way from Romanos. We got there at 6:45p and After waiting there for over an hour, with still no dinner to eat (just two pitchers of beer in our belly's) we decided to leave and order pizza from BJ's. What a sad, sad experience as we were looking forward to trying their spaghetti and meatballs and pizza...no luck. We left after waiting for over an hour for our dinner. Paid for the two pitchers of beer that we didn't finish which totaled to $53. read more

Food was alright, pretty good customer service though. The waitress really took care of us so I appreciate that.

Ordered online and they made me wait very long time at the restaurant for pick up. (Told me it will be ready in 15 minutes. THREE TIMES!) ) Then they blamed it on online service. No apologies. Didn't care for service. read more

It's a shame a place that has good pizza has such horrible service... also how does a pizza place who does Take out orders not have Paper plates?? That was issue number one. We ordered a to go order and plans changed and we asked to eat on the patio. We were told No, I'm sorry you can't eat a to go order here. So just so I understand.. I can't eat a pizza that I bought from you on your premise? Makes total sense. read more

Food was just not good. Soggy, flavorless. Took way too long to get our food and it wasn't even busy. We had to go searching for our own silverware. read more

I was craving deep dish pizza and found this place on yelp and thought I'd give it a shot. I'm not one to write reviews but this place was bad. I walked in and sat down for a party of two and it took the waitress a long time to even acknowledge us, their beer tap system was not working so no beer available. I ordered buffalo wings and a pizza, when the wings arrived they were dry and I had to ask for more sauce which ended up tasting watered down. The pizza arrived next and it was cold and undercooked. The bill was 80 dollars for a med pizza, salad and wings which i don't care to pay if the food was good but this place has horrible food including the service that was provided by the waitress who literally ignored us the whole time. Go somewhere else! read more

Saturday 5/13/23 my husband, son & I came by about 6ish was told there's a 30min wait there was a few people ahead of us & a few more people came after us we sat by the game/ restroom area to be called, I checked the status of our wait after 45mins & the waiting area was cleared everyone was seated, so we moved up front to wait there was a few tables empty but just needed to get cleaned as we we're waiting few people were leaving I asked how much longer young guy said soon. Finally got seated 1hr later ordered two appetizer's one was buffalo hot wing that the sauce was far from buffalo sauce & our pizza we order was wrong. pizza crust tasted like biscuits dough, yes pizza was taken off the bill but didn't not offer to redo we spent almost 4 hours there we left at 10pm . Young kids, running the restaurant they were careless. Wont be going back read more

I went out with some friends for dinner and was excited to have some Italian food. We ordered and then waited. And waited. One person's appetizer came out and we were told there was a large group before us. During this time, we watched a group that got here after us receive their food (with similar orders to us). When our food did arrive, it was not at the same time and in an inconsistent order. The pizza and calzone were first, then one salad, then a soup, then another salad. At this time, I told another server to please cancel my order as I no longer wanted or needed it after waiting so long. However, my pasta, after more than an hour and a half of waiting, finally showed up. When we got the bill, I was charged for a garlic bread that I never received. We did get cash back but it shouldn't have even been an issue. Was the food worth the wait? No. My carbonara had scrambled eggs in it which told me they did not correctly make the sauce (not mixed correctly). The day after I had stomach issues which hints that it was something in the dish that was not ok. I tried eating leftovers and it absolutely did not sit well with me. What a waste of 20ish bucks!!! I couldn't fully enjoy it the day I ordered it or the leftovers. One of our friends actually left early after seeing the wait and ended up buying food from another restaurant on her way home. If I was not here to be with friends, I would have left way before that hour and a half. I am very disappointed and do not plan on returning here. I hate leaving bad reviews but this was truly a bad experience. read more

Love coming here for lunch great specials. Friendly service. If you have some time to relax and grab a bite this is the place to go for that Italian fix. Lunch comes with soup or salad. Plenty of food! Restaurant has high pitched noise. Not sure where it comes from. But if you can get passed that then it's great! read more

Romano's Chicago Pizzeria - Lunch special - so good! Comes with soup or salad - Pizza Near Me - Riverside, California

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First we had to go to the bar to get drinks then we had to go to the bar to order our food. One hour later we got our thin crust pizza.

I think management needs to reconsider how they run these weekend shows. My wife and I showed up for dinner at 8pm on Friday night. We like to sit in the bar area and enjoy a bite and some drinks. From the second we walked in we had a person asking us if we were there for the show, to which we responded no, we only wanted dinner. No lie, we were there for an hour and that same person and what I assume was security guard asked us about 4 times and tried to get us, and everyone else sitting at the bar top, to pay to stay for some show. Sucks because I counted at least 5 other couples at the bar, with food getting the same treatment. These concert people emptied your bar area by 9pm, only to let about 20 concert goers in. When we walked out at 9:15ish, you had more staff than customers outside at the entrance. I bet you would have made more money from all the bar patrons that were pushed out than you did from that little concert. read more

Terrible customer service!! Do not waste your time staff is super rude theres a reason they have such bad reviews. Whoever is the manager you need to re train your staff and have a better system for seating and customer service. Your in a nice neighborhood treat all people who walk in with respect. Food is good but I will not be back to this establishment read more

This use to be my favorite place to go out on a Friday night. The servers are terrible!. you have to be white here to get any kind of service, i patiently waited to order and watch our server take everyone else's order before us. not only do i not recommend it, i will never come back to this establishment. That is not a good look for an establishment! read more

I felt pretty much discriminated, the waitress never came back with our drinks, and after 40 minutes we had to ask to a different waitress where were our appetizers. And he told us they were sitting down for 40 minutes.What an awful experience. read more

The quality of food and service is no longer desirable. This restaurant has been the only Italian-ish food place for locals to come to for years (and they are lucky the choices are few for eateries in the area these days), but there is no reason for me to return. Bland food. Higher prices. Servers and bar tenders seldom smile anymore. Sorry folks. read more

For the 3 time in a row my order was wrong and when talking to the manager they blame door dash. How they only pick up and deliver what to package. Plus when you stop giving Brea on the side at least let us know so we have an option to order some. They feel the error is in door dash and won't stand up to their own mistakes. I have supported you since Covid. I guess it's time to find a business who values their customers. Too bad food is good if you can get your correct order read more

What a wonderful experience! Service and food was exceptional. We were seated immediately and our waitress was very attentive. Salads were fresh and dishes very well prepared. Our selections included lasagna, pizza, cheese bread and a calzone. read more

Our server, Lily, made our visit to Romanos really great! I read the other reviews and was a little apprehensive about booking a reservation, but right from the start, Lily provided the very best service. She was attentive, prompt and fun. Our food was good and the restaurant was clean. read more

I was disappointed the past 3 times I've dined at Romano's (in the Mission Grove area). The staff is always great, however, the food has left a lot to be desired. The past 3 visits have included: barely warm pasta, lasagna with very little meat, and stale pizza crust (it tasted like it had been frozen then thawed and reheated). As far as beverages go, sometimes they are excellent and other times you get flat sparkling wine and very little alcohol in your mixed drinks. It makes me wonder if they are cutting costs in the kitchen and bar and/or if they have new management. read more