Romano's Restaurant

2718 B St, Julian
(760) 765-1003

Recent Reviews

Sort by
Miguel Olea

Great cozy place, big plates, excelent service. And they saved us cuz it was the last place open

Brennen Lee

One of the best dining experiences I’ve ever had. Thank you for making our Honeymoon dinner perfect!

Isaiah Wilson

This place was an absolute pleasure. I went with my family for my 31st birthday. As we got to Julian, we went walking and stumbled upon this place. We both love Italian food, so it was a no-brainer to go there. We went inside and you could tell it was a home which made the atmosphere even better. We were helped by a friendly young chap whose grandpa founded the place I believe. Anyways he recommended the special which was bread crusted veal with pickled cabbage and other veggies. And omfg he wasn't lying when he said the flavor would be held within the crust cus damn good entree! And my lady got the pesto pasta and Cesar salad. And by far this was the best Cesar we ever had tbh!!!
And to make it even better we informed him of my bday and without expectation he surprised us with canoli, which we both have never had and oh God, it was so gooooood. We will be back when we stumble upon Julian once more!

SLB

Amazing food and wait staff. We went on a Saturday lunch time and it was busy. The solitaire chef made us wait for our main courses but it was so worth it .. ordered for two but there was enough food for four!

Chris Melingonis (The RealtorDad)

My wife, 9yr old and myself had a great experience! Very warm Spring evening out on the patio with our small dog. Service with a smile! I had the seafood and linguine dish (shrimp, scallops and breaded fried calamari) finished in butter, wine and oil. Absolutely delicious! The only thing I wish they would replace the breaded, seared calamari with fresh. The charred breaded flavor didn't go with the indended profile of the dish. Side salads were flush with traditional options like olives, roasted red peppers etc. Not your boring side salad. The chicken cacciatore was a surprise! Half of a chicken with skin and the carrots were great. A surprise and delight... The cannoli was SPECTACULAR! A must..

Jordyn Gentry

Came out incorrect at first but was a quickly fixed and they don't play with their toppings our was loaded up just how I like it

Becca Gale

Delicious food! This place is incredible!

T Salo

No reservations. A bit slow, but we were there to visit. Delicious food.

Robert Westerman

Quaint & cozy house serves traditional Italian with good service.

Ron Chandler

Some fantastic Italian food, where you would not necessarily expect to find it.
I highly recommend Ramano's!
Eat in or take-out.

Zee Garcia

Started with mussels appetizer. Was delicious 😋. Soup of the day was chicken vegetable, to salty for my taste buds. For dinner, I had the Sicilian Sauce. It comes with short rib and the portion was amazing. Other plate was Veal Milagnese, the special of the day, and it was okay. But I definitely recommend the Sicilian Sauce.

Claudia Campos

Two weeks ago I had a terrible experience at this restaurant and I do not recommend this place if you want good service. We went on a hike and after we decided to stop there to have Italian meal, but to our surprise, we waited over an hour and a half for a table and then they didn’t assign one and when we asked for it, the owner or the manager refused to provide a table and said that if we don’t want to wait we should leave.. I never experienced this treatment before and I was so disappointed. I’ll never stop by this place and I’d suggest to review the code of conduct and service guidelines if they want to continue attract customers.

Mari Marques

Everything was great! The restaurant is very cozy, the food was delicious and the service was very attentive (was a very nice blond girl). We had a great time and gonna be back soon!

Lisa Duran

Be prepared to wait for a seat on the weekend in the winter as the restaurant is small and a town favorite, our wait was a bit over an hour. No reservations, but you join an online wait list when you arrive that lets you monitor your place in line. Our entrees however, were served in a reasonable amount of time with our bread and starters arriving very quickly. The minestrone was excellent, as was the bread, the vinegar with the olive oil for the bread was a bit strong though. I had the lasagna which was awesome, some of the best I've had. My husband had the chicken cacciatore and didn't enjoy it as much. It was different than cacciatore he was used to for starters. Then the chicken was pretty dry. The vegetables and sauce were very good though he said. I had meant to try the zucchini frittata and forgot, it sounded and looked awesome. I enjoyed Romano's and would recommend. Our bill was $63 which included one soda and one glass of house wine.

Peggy Stackle

Our 1st time at Romano's. Post lunch rush, service was good, server was personable, calamari was great. Just off Main Street, across from Wolf Center.

Loading...