Cafe Roma

"Well this feels familiar. It's like Il Porto without table cloths." As a long term customer of both Il Porto locations, it was obvious they were connected. Located in a strip mall behind a McDonald's. There is plenty of parking. Upon entry we were created by the friendly staff and quickly sat. Drinks and bread were quick to the table. We ordered a few of our old favorites. They were all spot on. The calamari had just the right amount of batter. My Veal Frances was excellent as usual. Lee enjoyed the chicken parmesan that always results in leftovers. A large party a few tables over, was celebrating something, and was having a good time. It never slowed down our server or dragged on the kitchen. Will definitely stop in again. Now that we know it's here.

Service here was flawed but fine, and the venue is spacious and nice, but every dish except literally the salad was disappointing. We tried the spaghetti bolognese, the fettuccine alfredo, veggie lasagna, crab bisque soup, and the mushroom ravioli and they all fell short. Just tasted so incredibly average, and not remedied sadly with punches of salt, pepper, or more cheese. Even in MoCo, there are much better Italian spots.

The food was a little bit greasy, but the place is nice. It was very quiet and a little bit weird mixed feeling but in general we had a good experience. The service was a bit slow. My food didn’t taste very good so I asked them to bring some sauce and then I find out they charge me for that.!!

I wanted to go to a non-chain Italian restaurant. I had the short ribs ravioli and my wife the soft shell crabs. We were really happy with both. The service was great and parking wasn't an issue. Would recommend grabbing some really good Italian food here.

First time dining here. I didn't eat the bread, but my daughter had two pieces. It looked like nothing special, like Wonder bread truthfully. Butter was in those little hard to open tiny square packages - a ramekin of softened butter would have been much nicer. Service was extremely attentive. Best thing about eating there. Caesar salad at $10 was extremely average. My pasta dish, penne with chopped clams, was just ok. Should have been enough for a doggy bag, but definitely wasn't. My daughter's veal parmesan was much better. Wish I'd ordered that instead. Decaf coffee came with the little creamers you'd get at McDonald's. The cream was probably sitting around for a while, because there were splotchy specks in my decaf. Not pleasant. Overall, I'd give food a B- or C. Service wa