I'm not sure why all the negative reviews and I'm questioning if some of these people have the correct place.My experience was great! The food was phenomenal. Everything was fresh and prepared to order. The owner Sam came to the table to introduce himself and tell us about the special of the day (pictured). It was a chicken and spinach cannelloni with julienne vegetables. It was AMAZING! You could taste that it was prepared with love. My entree came with soup or salad.... the salad was fresh and crisp. The garlic bread was good.Service was slow because they only had one waitress but she did her absolute best to accommodate every diner. The food more than made up for the delaysThe decor was cute... nothing too fancy but still very cozy and charming . All in all I'd definitely come back
Worst experience I have ever had anywhere.. owner told me that if he had been in my shoes he would have sat in a Corner and shot himself to death!!!! Tonight was to be a night of remembrance for our family. We came to what was once my parents favorite restaurant to celebrate their anniversary. The first one since they both have passed away. We had a very sweet witress. I explained that I have celiac disease and needed to know if they had gluten free pasta and what types of pasta they had. She explained that she had not worked there long yet but would be happy to check on that and check on if they could do the caprese salad without toast or bread. We watched her walk over to the kitchen. To ask. She was told that the type of pasta would depend on what was ordered. We placed our order. Mine for spaghetti and meatballs. I ws told that would not be a problem. We ordered the caprese and fried green tomatoes. 30 mins later she came back to inform us that they could not make the caprese and that they didn't have fried green tomatoes. We then ordered the fried mozzarella sticks. I could not eat of the mozzarella sticks because they have gluten. I skipped appetizers and just ate my side side. 2 hours had passed. The witress kept going to the kitchen to check our order and apologizing to us because it was taking so long. A short time later our waitress then came up to us and explained she was just told that they were out of gluten free pasta. She said they might be able to run to the store to pick some up and that I would just need to wait longer for my food. We asked to speak with the owner because this was crazy to have waited 2 hours to tell us they were out of the pasta. The owner came out and went to the wrong table. We had to call him over. He tried telling us tht the food was ready. He said he had just gotten there (This was a lie we wat he'd him in the kitchen looking at us each time the witress went to ask question.) He also said he was thinking that we had already eaten and was wondering what ws going on. We told him that we were leaving. He started to argue with us saying thst all the food was ready (another lie my gluten free was not ready) I asked him how he would feel if it was him in our place how would he handle it. He said he would "seat himself in a corner and shoot his his head off". We got up to leave on the way out we apologized to the waitress who told us not to worry she is walking out right behind us because of how they had treated us and her tonight. This place does not deserve even 1 star. Between the dirty silverware, pair service, rude and manipulative owner, we will never be back. We will celebrate elsewhere frome here on out. None of the organizations I work with will ever host any event here either.
This was once my entire families favorite place to eat, but we have stopped going. Service was excellent but now it’s mediocre on its best day. The back breaker for us happened over a year ago(yes, this is an old review). My wife ordered a pasta combo and there was a piece of plastic about the size of a JFK piece in her sauce. I ordered pizza and it was burned on the bottom. I wasn’t happy at all and the server didn’t seem to care in the slightest. Never saw a manager or the owner, which once was a certainty for every visit, just to say hi. I sent them a message through FB messenger as well, telling about our experience. It was read but no response. Obviously, we haven’t been back. And we won’t be.
The restaurant is dated. But you're not eating the decor, right? It's really strange, but every time we have dinner here, we are one of only 2 or 3 tables in the dining room. It is weirdly empty for all the delicious food they have. This particular visit we had pizza. Now, I am a pizza connoisseur. And this was some good pizza. The crust was freshly tossed, toppings were plentiful. Will definitely be going back for pizza again.
The authentication of Sam's cooking. Sam himself is a true Italian Angie knows how to run the house. The 6 of us felt like we were in Sam's home kitchen. We look forward to introducing friends and family to this wonderful establishment!
By FAR some of the best food I’ve had in a very long time. Living in Italy for years, I missed my authentic Italian cuisine and if you’re looking for that, this is the place! The owner is AMAZING, and you can really tell he loves his restaurant. The waitress was FANTASTIC! She was very, very personable and was able to answer any questions we had. Will definitely be coming back, and you should all be checking them out!
We had a great dinner and the service was awesome too. I had seafood cannelloni and husband meat lasagna. We also had zucchini fries. The owner came out with different wines to try, brought a sample of the sausage he makes because we wanted to buy some if they sold it. The bread is freshly baked with parmesan cheese and balsamic vinegar for dipping. The salad was also good. We will definitely go back. Sam the owner makes everything from scratch. He makes cheesecake too which we tried and that was delicious.
This is the food dreams are made of! Everything is freshly made and absolutely delicious:) The staff is amazing and welcomes you from the second you walk in. Even our picky eater loved it and didn't want to leave. We stumbled on this place and tried it to go first and decided this time to dine in. We were not disappointed as everything was beautifully decorated, clean throughout, the food was delicious, & the staff and owner went above and beyond for every guest :) We will definitely be back, very frequently!
Definitely a hidden gem of Orange Park, Sam (the owner/ head chef) is so nice and personable. He made me a salmon that wasn’t even on the menu and oh my goodness was it delicious ? The restaurant was decorated so nicely for Christmas and this was so refreshing too. I can not wait to bring my fiancé because she will just LOVE that bread, WoW is that bread good. I got a cheesecake (which I found out is house made) to go and I’m about to go devour it!PS Italian normally has me feeling very full and lazy however I just feel full, happy and surprisingly energized. (Probably the freshness and quality)
The food was good and the new lady waitress is sweet. But after I had already shook a bunch of pepper on my pizza, I ate a few pieces, then realized there was a bunch of little bugs that looked like red tiny beetles moving in the pepper shaker. In it there was also little white larvae, most likely babies of the beetles. I only saw them moving around cuz I had shook some pepper out onto to the plate. There was a lot. I really wanted to throw up. Told the lady, she said she’s new and will throw away the pepper shakers. But I didn’t even get a discount or anything for already eating them and having to throw the rest of the food away that had pepper on it..