Romana's Italian Kitchen

It was another Tuesday and we were not in the mood to cook and as usual every place you wanted to eat at was closed. We had not been to Romana’s in a year or so and that was a shame because I wish I ate this dish yesterday. She had the Eggplant Parmigiana and I had the Chicken Mediterranean. Her Eggplant dish was very organized and plentiful with nice breading and sauce that tasted wonderful with a bit more finesse and flavor than you would normally expect. You will probably be bringing half home for another delight later. I was going to get the chicken Mediterranean salad and the waitress thought I meant the dinner so I corrected her and she then described the dinner dish and I switched my mind from the dinner salad to this dinner dish. Hands down it is 1 of the very top and best dishes that I have ever had. It Melted in my mouth with an explosion of lemony butter and a hint of white wine which enticed my pallet over and over. Just look at the pictures! I had intended to eat half which in reality you could have eaten a quarter but no way! It was magnificent and cosmic with explosions of well developed textures and flavors. The price is not to be looked at because they could charge more and you would still say wow! this is a lot for the money. Thank you for reading and remember, tell them “some Guy” sent you.

Food is decent. French fries are consistently over done and taste like the oil is in need of changing… Several weeks ago when we ordered I received a over cooked, half dollar sized “chicken tender” in my order. We shrugged it off figuring it was a one time thing. Fast forward to TODAY and it’s happened again! (See picture) Now I feel obligated to say something about this, no one wants to pay roughly $12 for six pieces of chicken and over cooked fries then receive bottom of the barrel chicken pieces.

Upon arriving in Johnstown, NY the family owned and operated Romana's Italian Kitchen has been our go-to spot for a family-friendly environment with a home cooked meal that is quick and satisfying. We always walk away with food for the next day - and we are family of SIX! Our kids love the vibe and we love the service. Even if the item we requested (Buffalo chicken calzone) wasn't on the menu - they made it happen! It is a diner and the apps are quick to cook and easy to eat. Are we looking for perfection? No. Are we looking for a place that loves our four kids and serves us well? Yes. It fits the bill for us and we highly recommend it.

The food was quite awful. I think pizza is hard to mess up but this was really bad. I couldn’t eat more than one slice and if I weren’t pregnant and starving I probably wouldn’t have finished the slice I did have. We are new to the area and the first place we ordered from (which was amazing) was unfortunately closed. So I figured an Italian restaurant would know how to pizza- right? Wrong! The pizza came cold (over an hour when we were told 45 mins, a mile away), there was hardly enough cheese to cover the sauce. The boneless wings?? Looked like chicken was just pulled off the bone of a regular wing- there was not breading on them and they were in strips mostly. $32 for a large pepperoni pizza and one order of wings seems far out there for the quality we received. I’ll never order here again- or recommend anyone else to. Large chain pizzerias have better pizza & wings than this place.