Feb, 2026. Louisa, VA. My husband and I visited Roma Italian Restaurant on a Saturday for lunch;…read morethis was our first visit to this restaurant.
We were greeted quickly, and shown to our booth seats quickly. We asked (and were accommodated) to move over one booth as the original booth had a speaker with loud music directly over our heads.
Food (3.5/5). We would be sharing our entrees, so I ordered a Mediterranean Salad ($11.95) to balance out my husband's heavier choice of the Tour of Italy ($21.95). The latter was described as a plate with lasagna, manicotti, cannelloni, and a shell, with meat sauce and baked cheese, served with a homemade roll and your choice of soup, salad, or French fries. The large oval plate arrived with three pieces of tubular pasta and a slice of lasagna covered with sauce and melted cheese (but no filled shell). The tubular pasta pieces were filled with a variety of meat and/or cheese fillings. Overall, the taste was very good; we especially liked the meat-filled pasta. However, the consistency of two of the pastas were very dry and were lightly cracking and the size of the lasagna slice was on the smaller side. My husband selected the French fries as his side; they were excellent -- and were served hot and crispy before the rest of the meal.
As mentioned, I ordered the Mediterranean salad, which was described as having mixed greens, tomato, feta, green and black olives, onions, and mushrooms, with choice of dressing. I was already surprised that a Mediterranean salad wouldn't have cucumbers and garbanzo beans, but was even more surprised when the salad arrived with cold cuts (salami, pepperoni, ham) and mozzarella cheese slivers (and no feta). It resembled more of a chef salad (sans the eggs) than the Mediterranean one described on the menu. Upon asking the waitress if this were a Mediterranean salad, she went back to the kitchen where she was assured that it was. I am not a vegetarian, but some family members are, and this would've been a big problem if served to them. Overall, the salad was okay but I WAS disappointed by the substitution of mozzarella cheese for the feta, the use of canned mushrooms in lieu of fresh, and by the lack of some ingredients (cucumbers, garbanzo beans) that generally are associated with a Mediterranean salad. On the positive side, the salad dressing, served separately, was homemade and tasty. [The restaurant makes seven varieties of dressing which are available for purchase for $7.95 for a pint].
Overall, the portions were generous (except for the lasagna piece) and we took home leftovers to eat tomorrow.
Service (3/5). Our waitress was sweet and tried to be helpful, but it seemed that she was rather new and not sufficiently trained. For instance, she had to return to the front of the restaurant to find out what the specials of the day were, and couldn't answer some questions about what entrees would be served with.
There was free and plentiful parking in the strip mall's lot. Access was easy off E. Main Street.
We will return again, likely to try their pizza and cheesesteaks.