Verona Italian Restaurante

3805 Halsey St, Alexandria - 71301
214 reviews
Italian Mediterranean
(318) 445-1500

love going whenever I can. Food is wonderful, owner is so happy and has a great personality.

The menu says one price and they charged $5 more. It was good last year when I was in the area, but today was disappointing. I won’t be back.

Hostess was a 8/10 she comped the chicken caccitorie that looked like it was a victim of an oil spill.Waitress or the multiple of them I give a 3/10 one point for each one we had. I couldn't keep up with all the people that came to my table and threw down the next store bought generic plastic food.Free bread I give 4/10 it was just a generic roll that had been heated up and served with your generic butter packets I'm sure they collected from IHOP.Appetizer I give 3/10 I had the mozzarella sticks which you could get better ones from the local sonic. Your basic walmart cheese sticks and you get 4 of for $7.51. Served with meh pasta sauce.We then waited another 15 mins for our main course.Main course mine was 5/10 I had the chicken parm. Chicken was moist but had little to no flavor without the sauce to help. Noodles with sauce just tasted like I could make it for $5 instead of the $16 I paid for the blandest 4 star restaurant I've ever been to. You could get better tasting spaghetti from McDonald's. I just wanted a good eating experience with my partner but all I received was disappointment. And my partner got a lil sickly after taking a bite of the oil spill chicken.The music was louder the regular talking volume so I had to speak up for the person sitting right in front of me. The very rude chef came out and tried to embarrass us by trying to tell us why the chicken looked like an oil spill. Point is if yall can't make good food and have to come out and defend it then you probably shouldn't serve to anyone other then the raccoons out by the dumpster. The chef gave my partner a patronizing shoulder grip as if we were incapable of understanding anything said. No one wants to be touched on the shoulder after being given raccoons worthy food.Never going again and you can count on me telling everyone I know to never go.

First time here. Found this lovely little restaurant simply by accident while we took a spur of moment road trip. Go in with an open mind because this isn't The Olive Garden! We had the stuffed mushrooms, Cesar salad, the hub had veal and I had chicken and for the first time ever, I ordered dessert. Everything was AMAZING! They truly EXCEEDED my expectations in the best possible way ever! Our waitress was great!! The restaurant itself was very clean as well as their restrooms. If we go back down south, I'm definitely going back!!!

Arrived Friday, May 5, 7 pm, and promptly seated. Ordered wine and dinner by 7:15, and wine came fairly promptly. By 8:30, no food. If I eat that late, I don’t sleep and, after that long wait, was no longer hungry. Told them we would pay for the wine, but wanted to leave. Chef / owner came out and berated us, repeatedly. Finally, he said he’d give us the food for free, but if we left, he’d charge us for it. And he did charge us for it. He wanted to charge us for services not rendered, whereas we wanted to pay for services rendered. It would have been an interesting argument. Fortunately, the hostess, whom I think is his wife, said she’d only charge us for the wine. However, she did have the nerve to ask for a tip. Most reviews say the food is great. Maybe so, but when you go, ask them, “How long before I can expect to be served?” They only had the chef/owner, plus 1 helper, in the kitchen. I think he cooks each dish, and each one at a time. He works really hard, and I can understand his frustration. However, he was rude to us, he threatened us with some form of detention. That would have been entertaining. My advice – go somewhere else.

We had a group they charged me 66 dollars for Alfredo fed and a salad was not good tasted like the sauce came out of a jar oh for 2 and a salad the salad was good I asked the manager that He charged me that much for a plate of noodles no chicken just sauce can’t believe they would serve that bad of food

Beautiful restaurant ambiance compares to no other around the area from the minute we walked in we were greeted and sat our server promptly introduced herself and asked for our drink orders , made recommendations for appetizers and gave a detailed description of all dishes that we had questions about . Dana was very personable and professional as well as knowledgeable about every menu item as if she had wrote it herself. Food was astounding and the crab ravioli that the server recommend lived up to our high expectations . This is definitely a five star dinning experience. Thank you tony and Suzanna for blessing our small town with your authentic Italian couisin

The illusion of Italian culture is evident upon arrival. However it comes to an abrupt stop as soon as the first dish enters frame. No bread was served immediately as is the norm. Even Olive Garden got that part right. The calamari was overly battered and tasteless. I believe previously frozen and evidently unseasoned. The linguine and clams without a doubt came from a can. As a New Jersey native it is an absolutely shameful excuse for Italian cuisine. Not worth the trip, nor the price. Enter at your own risk.

Only gave 2 stars because waiter was great. Appetizer was an eggplant rollitino that was poured out on a plate with tough chewy eggplant. My main dish was shrimp and scallop fettuccine and it was not edible. The scallops were rubber bullets and the 3 shrimp in the $19 dish were like gummy bears, and sauce needed salt and seasoning.Never returning

I loved all the dishes that I ordered the food is fantastic everything had a taste on its. they have a wide variety to choose from you want be disappointed with what ever you order. The service and waiter are great they really are very busy but you never feel forgotten they check on you regularly be sure you have everything thing you need 6Stars I'm my book highly recommend this place for a very good experience and great food and service