My family has been eating here since they opened in 1972. I was 2 years old. I had birthday parties…read morethere as a child and my now 24 year old son had birthday parties there as a child. My parents have passed away now but this was one of their favorite places to eat and they did so 1-2 times a week. We also had baby showers there. They always treated us like family! Really good people who consistently served really good food! I can't say I have ever had bad food or service there ever! I have so many memories there that I could go on and on about. I also grew up knowing Harold that now owns it and we love him too! Such a good hearted person. Some of our favorite dishes there are the pizza. Best pizza I have ever eaten, their regular and baked spaghetti, lasagna, stuffed shells, their Italian sub, all of their salads are good. I know I am probably forgetting some things but the point is for our family they are 5 out of 5 stars in every category! My youngest son's 18th birthday is coming up and all he has talked about for weeks now is wanting to eat there for his birthday! I have a lot of photos from there from over the years and as I find them I will add them here. Our whole family just loves them!

First time here, and here are the highlights:…read more Lots of seating areas so great for groups but even for small parties. Since they do have different sections, if you are with a group you are not disturbing others. I was with a group of about 23 including some kids and we had the whole room to ourselves which was great! We had two servers taking care of our group which also was great! They did a wonderful job! Now food...the standout was the complementary bread! It was nice and toasted. I had two slices! The Italian salad combo was a little lackluster but it was nice that it came with provolone and salami. My pizza slices came out cold but it wasn't bad reheated at home in the air fryer. Not what was really bad and i actually threw it out was the Italian wedding soup! It also came out a little cold but I had to run so I thought it would be better heated up at home. Nope still had a very off flavor and couldn't even eat it. Not running back here when there are other Italian restaurants to try and eat at in the area!

For 15 years, I've been living in Newport News and never had the chance to eat at Al Fresco. I…read morelive blocks away and always shop at the same shopping outlet where it's located. I'm not big into Italian food so maybe that's why. But just this Friday, a friend in a social group celebrated her birthday. So I decided to join in and finally check out this spot. Let's see how the night went, shall we? Our party had a reserved table up front by the check-in booth and the bar. Inside the decor is a bit dated, but everything was clean and tidy. Overall, it's not that big of a restaurant, but it can fit a decent crowd. After enjoying some salad and garlic bread, we were all ready to order. My meal was Pollo Marsala. Overall, the dish was good. I preferred slightly bigger chicken breasts, but what I had was good enough. The protein was cooked nicely and there was enough spaghetti to mix with the chicken and mushrooms. I also had some grated parmesean cheese which added some flavor to the dish. What a wonderful night for all of us. Table service, hospitality and good food. You couldn't have asked for anything more. Yours truly will be back soon :)

This place is a local gem with great service and food. The food is tasty and in large portions. The…read morecarbonara had a great flavor and the perfect amount of sauce to noodles ratio. The cheese sticks were very good and had a gourmet quality to them. The bread was also great, very soft and flavorful. It had it cheese and other herbs and was complimentary. Our server was great, we had our waters filled right when we walked in and throughout the dinner. She was constantly checking in on us. The restaurant is fairly upscale, dinner had candle lights and the tables were a little close together. Definitely a good spot for a date night. Highly recommend.

They have the best oregano EVER!…read more ............................................................................................................................

We visited on a Friday night, the weekend of July 4th and had a great food! We ordered a Chicken…read morePhilly and a Turkey and cheese sub with a side of fries. Everything was made to order. We did call it in and picked it up. The establishment is a good size. The staff were very friendly and attentive. There is plenty of parking in the plaza. They have ample seating if you would like to sit inside and eat. Their menu is vast as well. The food was delicious! Try them out!

Food - not only was my father's hamburger burnt black & very dry, my brother and I found small bits…read moreof bone in our pasta!! I bit onto one hard and the pain was so excruciating, I held my jaw in tears and couldn't speak for a few moments. My brother then said he felt something hard in his pasta dish as well. Then he fished out the sharp edged piece of bone. Needless to say, he and I did not eat the rest of our dinner. Service - On the way home from dinner I stopped in to ask for the manager and tell her what happened. I had the uneaten pasta & bone in a baggie. She said, it must be "just chicken" that's the way we get it. I asked her to examine the piece of bone, hard as a rock. I repeated to her the extreme pain I had been & was still in 15 minutes later. She looked at me perplexed, saying "It's just chicken." I suppose, even with evidence, she did not believe me. I was at a loss for words. It was as if I was speaking a language she didn't understand. She never even said sorry. I will never go back, and I will tell everyone I know my story & to beware!

The place was clean and the staff was pleasant and professional however in paid an up charge for a…read moresalad which I didn't receive. They did offer me a credit but I'm sure I won't return. The Meatball Patm sub was basic and plain...cheese, plain white bread and maybe ketchup. I should have looked before I left the restaurant. If I could give less stars I would. Almost $20 for...I'll be nice.

Love the pizza. Subs were really good and full but got one today and have really cut back on the…read moremeat, bread still very good just to much bread not enough meat. Salad is small for price. I know things have really gone up . Will still get my pizza I Love them but not sure if will get another sub, like to taste the meat.

Wow! This is the best pizza I've had in awhile. Perfect crust, great sauce, yum yum yum!read more

OK, I will not lie. I only had pizza here but let me tell you if you love New York pizza like…read moreauthentic New York pizza like the Bronx, New York pizza you would love this pizza. I have been at at least three times probably in the last three weeks and gotten my usual little combo for lunch with a double slice and the soda I'm never going anywhere else from my slice. Thank you soprano for the best.

Sopranos is our go to pizza delivery place! The pizza is always delicious and delivered hot by…read morevery friendly drivers. The subs are also great! We highly recommend Sopranos!

I waited to do this review for about a month, as we did not have the best of time. It was our first…read moretime there, a friend recommended it and it was our date night. We canceled driving to Williamsburg to try it. Nice interior and we caught them literally minutes after opening with us being the second table in. Overall the interior is nice but within minutes of sitting I heard a server complaining about Sinatra and "F" Sinatra. I normally wouldn't care but the lack of professionalism comes up again later and often. Our server, who immediately points at the board to the left of us and says I can't pronounce it but there are the specials, and that she is new. Newness aside now, we place our orders and more people start to arrive. For some reason she is taking every table after us. Except a family that I guess had requested the gent that hates Sinatra. He gave them great service but ours not so great. Weird he wasn't helping her like a service team should, especially since she was new. He only had the family of four. Our dinners arrive from someone else (manager) and the app finally gets cleared, we weren't offered additional drinks at any point. The food, the mushroom chicken was decent, the vodka sauce with my shrimp was the spiciest thing I have had from an Italian place, ever. I enjoy Thai food at medium +, my wife is no slouch for spice and this was borderline Thai hot. It caught me so off guard we switched food as she can handle it better than I can. She gave up on it too, we doctored it up later at home to make it eatable. I also ordered a mushroom/pancetta pizza To-go, we still haven't seen our server back, pizza arrived missing a topping, the pancetta. It takes 15 minutes to get the pancetta in a box separately, to put on later I guess. During this time, my wife visits the restroom, I guess a back of the house employee comes in and one cook in the back yells GTFO we are busy. Right within ear shot of the family with kids next to us with the Sinatra hater. I wish I was making this up as the pasta was obviously made in house and showed promise. But we finally get our server back "Do you want the check?"and weren't offered desert/coffee and it takes over 10-15 minutes to cash out. One of our worst date nights we have had in recent memory.

Came out here with my twin for our birthday. Very cute, hip environment in the heart of Phoebus…read more The menu is modern Italian, with a large selection of food, including artisan pizzas, pasta dishes, and sandwiches. My favorite food is of course lasagna and that's exactly what I got. It seems like a boring choice, but the thing is, everyone makes lasagna different, and I've been making a point as of late to try lasagna at different places. This one certainly does not disappoint! The pasta is fresh, there are layers of cheese between thing sheets of pasta, so soft that it almost melts off the fork as I slide it in. The Bolognese sauce that's piled on top is heart and robust, but not overwhelming. The whipped Burrata cheese adds a rich touch. For dessert I had olive oil cake. I've never had it before and I was on a mission to try something new, so what better time than on my 42nd birthday, right? It was delicious, with a fruity, herbal, floral flavor topped with a dollop of fresh citrus icing. Service was very fast and friendly. Our server was helpful when I made my selection and I was so happy with my birthday dinner.

The best pizza, I always ask for mine to be cooked well done because I really like a crispy pizza…read more Service is great inside and at the drive thru, funny when I call and they know I always order the same thing - small pepperoni and pineapple pizza with extra cheese cooked well done.

Lowest star today that ground up meatball with no tomato sauce angel hair pasta was not fresh and…read morethe bread was on its way out. Caesar salad all went out wasted $20. We will not be back! Even the bag did not have the same aroma of garlic herb tomato sauce it smelled bad.