Strings Italian Cafe

1971 W Caldwell Ave, Visalia - 93277
241 reviews
Italian
(559) 739-7113

This is for the Manager, Our very first Dinning experience on Mothers Day weekend was a Nightmare. My Husband n arrived early 330 pm you opened up at 4pm, we were first in line to request a Table for 13, our Children n Grands were on there way within in minutes to celebrate Mothers day with the family. 4PM came People were lining up behind us, Waitress open gate ask how many I told her 13, she said where are your 13 people I said on there way, she told me, I cant not seat you at a table till all 13 have arrived. I said they will be here any minute, we came early to reserve a table no reservations on holidays, no you have to wait outside when they come I will seat your party, blew me off, told all the customers behind me to go in front of me n my Husband, i went told my Husband n he said they be here any minute what is going on with not seating us!?? I went back inside, she said they change there Party rules, as the night before they had a party that sat for a hour waiting for all to show up, so now that's what the Rules are! Are u kidding me, what kind of Restaurant are you running? You cant treat every Customer like that cause your previous Party had some issues. Not my problem. Like you dont trust or Believe in your Customers. Within minutes all our Family showed up, lucky they still had a large table to accommodate us, after letting at least 30 people go ahead of us. It was mothers day I didn't want to be upset, we enjoyed our Dinners food was very good, the whole situation put a damper on our Evening. In all my Years I have never been treated so rude n poorly, it doesn't even make sense, have you ever seen a party just Show up at exact time n March in Restaurant together all 13 no a few minutes here n there, they will be arriving, it's not realistic, Hopefully you will re think this new policy you enforce on us. Tell me how would you feel if this happened to you? Please Be Kind to your Customers they Help you all make a living wage.

I could eat the salad all day. The creamy Italian dressing complimented the salad beautifully. The spicy sausage soup had the perfect amount of spice, it was just a little too salty for my pallet. For the entrée we ordered the pasta sienna and meat and cheese lasagne with stuffed shells. They really don't skimp on the food here. Reason I gave it 4 stars is I was not a fan of the Alfredo sauce and the ricotta that was in the stuffed shells. Other than that I've been here before and will continue coming here.

Really great little Italian spot. The food is top quality and they give you a pretty good amount of it. Their menu is pretty straightforward, it's pasta. I highly recommend the artichoke dip, it has slices of pepperoni in which is something I didn't know I needed it my life until I had it. And at the end of the bill you aren't hit with a huge bill, Italian dining can be on the expensive end but dinner for two with an appetizer and drinks came out to about 48 dollars before taxes which these days isn't bad. Check this place out!

Not was I was hoping for. This was our second time, and we will definitely not be going back. I do not recommend the salad. It’s drenched in ranch. The sausage soup was interesting. It was sausage in broth. The pastas were not great either. My husband got the shrimp and chicken carbonara and he could not eat it. I got the chicken Parmesan and I wasn’t impressed. The flavors just weren’t there. However, the bread was actually good. I wish I would have gone to Olive Garden instead. :(

Don't really have a complaint, it wasn't bad. My mom and I waiting for almost an hour, our server was Lacee, I remember only because that's my name as well, she was great. We were not impressed with the food, it wasn't bad but it didn't seem "homemade". I would compare it to The Olive Garden. We got the Artichoke dip, Stings Carbanara and Artichoke and Chicken Ravioli.

5 stars with a small caveat.Food is pretty delicious for the price. Portion is pretty good, on the large side. Definitely will fill you up.Waitress is friendly.Wait time for takeout is pretty bad (>45min for 3 items while the place is only 1/4 fullGot baked ziti, lasagna & shell, and chicken Lombardy. 99cents house salad. All were pretty tasty, just on the salty side. Would Total recommend baked ziti to everyone. The meat sauce is pretty good even comparing to $$$ restaurants. Total was around $55, which is reasonable considering the inflation and it's portion.Biggest downside was the waiting for takeout food was more than 45min while the restaurant were only 1/4 filled.

Holy wow! Blown away by this place. The bread.... phenomenal. The spicy sausage soup ...I want to buy gallons of it so I can swim in it. I cannot wait for the entrees because if they are anything like the starters I'm never going to leave. I will be making the 45 minute drive to come back at least 3 times a month from here on out. Y'all have made yourselves a regular customer. Thank you for this. I haven't had food this great since I left italy.Okay, follow up. Entrees. Well I got 3 lol love it.

I wont be going back. The food was not that good. The salads were made with raisins,onion,and sunflower seeds. We had a party of 6 and 4 of us didnt like our meal. Olive garden is much better. The only thing good was the bread that taste like it was pizza crust.

Service was great and the bread was delicious; it reminded me just bit of pizza crust, which I loved.I had the Pasta Sienna and added broccoli. The vegetables were tender and well cooked. The pasta was a good texture and softness. I really loved the hint of curry in the sauce.Overall a wonderful experience.

Wow! I loved my dinner date. The service was good everyone was polite and helpful. On top of that our food was amazing. We had the artichoke dip and the muscles with spicy red sauce for appetizers and they both were amazing, and I had the egg plant parm with spaghetti. The portions were so big we all took most of our entrées home. Yes I will definitely go back.