Excellent experience, good food with abundant portions. We started with the Fried Calamari, a platter of lightly breaded and fried calamari served with our house-made marinara sauce. The batter was one of the lightest we have had and was delicious. My wife had the Chicken Piccata, tender chicken breast sauteed in our made to order lemon and capers butter sauce served over spaghetti pasta, very well done, slight bit of 'heat' on the back end. I opted for chicken Parmagean. Portions were huge and flavorful. If you want good food, large portions, would highly recommend. They have a full bar and wine list that compliments the menu. EXCELLENT experience.
This is my favorite Italian from living outside of Raleigh. I highly highly recommend the Seafood Fra Diavolo for anyone who enjoys spicy marinara and seafood. Every Italian restaurant I go to has fallen in comparison on this dish. Additionally, the cheese garlic bread is delicious. This restaurant has the best marinara around. Kudos to the chef!
Me and my woman love Italian food. Found this place on a Saturday night and the rest was history. Amazing food! Definitely hitting this place up again in the future.
Paolo's is one of my top 3 favorite Italian restaurants, for the food, not the ambiance nor the cocktails. My four guests and I enjoyed our meals very much. Cheers.
It is the best authentic Italian food in the area. The tomato sauce is superb. You've got to try it for yourself.
It's difficult to make bad Italian food, but that's certainly what we had at this place. I can't explain the positive reviews on here. We ordered four different dishes. One was bad. Two were very bad. One was not even close to being edible; the person who ordered it at our table retched after trying to eat it. That kitchen has absolutely no idea what it is doing, let alone what it is making. Certainly one of the most horrible meals that I've ever had in my entire life.
Paolo's is one of my top 3 favorite Italian restaurants, for the food, not the ambiance nor the cocktails. My four guests and I enjoyed our meals very much. Cheers.
This restaurant before the pandemic used to be 5 stars!
I got the chicken parm and it tasted like cardboard. My daughter got the eggplant parm and it was all mush. The ice tea tasted smokey. I'm not sure what they used in it but it was bad. The whole experience was awful. I'd give less than 1 star if I could. I'm sorry I hate to say something so poorly but I cannot recommend this place.
Pretty delicious Italian food! Service is hit or miss, but worth it for the food.