Cucina Rosa Italian Restaurant

The food as always was spot on and so delicious - that never fails to amaze us. The only reason we gave it a 4 was the waitress we had treated us badly and I know she is a long-time waitress but we feel because we only ordered a meal no appetizers or drinks or desert we were not worth her time - this was Mother's Day and was trying to give my wife a nice meal for that day since both out daughters live out of town. We still made the best of it but her attitude could have ruined the day. We don't understand this treatment

Lovely, small, old-school family-owned Italian restaurant with generous portions. This is near my folks and it is obvious why it is one of their favorites. Quality of the food is excellent, pasta appears to be house-made as is everything. Garlic dressing for the salad is excellent. I recommend you get a flight of cannoli to take home -- because you will be stuffed. I would advise reservations - and expect to have a relaxing long meal as hand made foodie quality shouldn't, and isn't, rushed.You can fully expect to have leftovers for another two meals from a serving of most pasta dishes unless you're a gourmand instead of a gourmet.

My boyfriend and I had dinner here and everything was so good and FRESH!Great service and intimate setting.I highly recommend the grilled Salmon w/ asparagus.?? I'm looking forward to going back very soon!!

If you are in a hurry, do not come here. You have been warned. It's a very slow dining experience. If you want to try it and you are time constrained, order ahead and make a reservation, walk in and eat.We ate here last night. The food was excellent across the board. Filet mignon served italian style with marinara over pasta, Lobster ravioli, Braciola, and Spicy calamari and shrimp over linguine. Fried calamari appetizer. Soups were excellent. Portions were mammoth. Two meals easy. Bread was also very good. Drinks were poured strong and very good, as you would expect at a nice sit down restaurant.The Tiramisu was disappointing. Way too much whipped cream, nearly no flavor, no ladyfingers, no coffee/chocolate. I hope they read this review, because this needs to be addressed. Simple fix, get a better recipe or just order from a vendor. The flight of cannoli's was very good though.Last point, and it's important. This is an Italian family joint. The value for the money is excellent. Paper table cloths like any good Italian family joint. A few Italian women as hostess and server. Some of the reviews complain about the service. This is a small family restaurant, the service will be slow. You can't afford to have servers sitting around for a dinner hour that's unpredictable with a small seating area. And it's an Italian place, so sit down and shut up! Ha ha ha......If you are looking for five star service don't go here. If you are looking for a solid Italian family joint, with good food and huge portions, where sometimes the meal comes with an attitude and you are not a snowflake that melts when the wind blows, give it a try. We loved it.

Where to start, as soon as we didn't order alcohol the waitress had an attitude. We were going to a concert after and decided it best not to drink early. We ordered some calamari and their "risotto". As soon as the calamari showed up and I saw the color of the pasta sauce I knew we went to the wrong place. It was acidic and super salty and I have sadly had better canned/jarred sauces. Calamari was okay. We got a soup and salad, it was a red pepper soup and salad with their house dressing. Those decent. Next comes the seafood risotto. Seafood was extreamly overcooked. The most rubbery octupus I have ever had. And the risotto was a mix of overdone and underdone weird cruncy mushiness. Pretty much unedible. Our waitress never came back to check on us. The girl bussing tables was really sweet but, we didn't even have the chance to tell our server about the bad dish becuase she never came back to the table. We then waited for thirty mins before deciding we would go to the front and just ask for the check. No point in explaining our dissatifacation at this point because we will never return. For the first time in my entire life I said "do not tip her 20%" and frankly the only reason we left a tip at all was on the off chance that our waitress tipped out the busser. Would give negative stars if I could. Worst food and service I ever had in my life. Save yourself the trouble and order a stoffers becuase that will be more edible than this trash food.

The food was okay for the most part.One of the meals was so overly salted, the person who ordered it couldn't eat it. When it was brought to the servers attention, she didn't seem to care.So another in our party attempted to eat it, but requested more bread to help cleanse the pallette. The server denied the request, insinuating that we only wanted to take bread home, but she happily allow us to purchase another roll.Then after suffering through the overly salted dish without bread, the bill comes with a bread roll wrapped to go, and an extra charge on the bill. And, no one wanted bread to go.So, of the opinions in or party. One thought the food was awful and another thought it would have more enjoyable with bread or alot less salt. And the whole table found the server to be relatively rude & presumptuous, with more interest in insinuating the bill than actually caring for her customers meal needs.Two of us won't be going back. The other members, who didn't experience the overly salted dish, would be will to give it another try, theyd just be hoping for a server who actually cares about the experience the guests have at the restaurant.

Came here to eat for my nieces birthday and I knew the moment I walked in that it wasn’t going to be a good experience but i stayed because she wanted to try it. The restaurant was pretty dead for being around dinner time. Atmosphere was very dark and the cleanliness of the place was subpar. So was the decor. We were seated and waited for about 20 minutes or more before the waitress even came over to say hello or take a drink order. Luckily the bus girl came by with a cask of water and loaf of bread or we would t have had anything. Waitress finally comes by and takes drink and appetizer order and then doesn’t bring our sodas over for another 20 minutes. She finally returns with drinks and our appetizers and then takes our order. We ate our soups, salads and appetizers and they were all awful. Cold and bland. My son took one bite of his soup and pushed it away. I took one bite of my salad and pushed it away. Same with my mother. Bruschetta was soggy and over seasoned. Another 20 min goes by before waitress returns and we ask for refills on our drinks. I think you see the pattern here. Brings out drinks with food. Every few min while we were eating the bud girl kept trying to take our plates while we were still eating off them. Had to tell her to stop and go away because it was rude and intrusive. Our dinners were just as awful as appetizers. My veal dish was just breading and no seasoning at all. Just flour and it was drowned in a watery sauce that was pretty much soup. They also put on about a pound of garlic on it that it was overpowering and pretty much inedible. We all pretty much just picked at it and asked for to go boxes. $150 for low grade food. I could have gone to the local diner and paid a quarter of the price and had better food. We will never be returning again. I expected more from an “authentic establishment” for shame.

Love this place! Food is incredible. Obsessed with the mussels. However it’s says your open til 9pm, came one day and closed by 7:30pm :(

Had a Horrible Experience from the moment we step into the door. Waitress was very rude and argumentative. We asked to move tables due to lack of room to be comfortable eating and one of the waitresses told us to pick another table. When we sat down and waited to be served our waitress came over and rudely stated that we should not just move table without asking or without talking to a waitress and that she's not suppose to be our waitress. Mind you this is even before she Greeted us or took any order. BUT WE DID ASK TO BE MOVED and she still had an attitude and was aggressive about it. When we were served our food it was Terrible lacking flavor. Over cooked chicken parm and undercooked pasta. We approached the waitress about the issue she made a huge deal about it with another waitress (more argumentative) infront of the entire Restaurant. Terrible service and food. DO NOT GO HERE.

Very good italian faire. Could use a little more seasoning for my taste. Had lasagna and chicken parmesan. Calamari appetizer was one of the best ive ever had, light and crispy..

The food and the service here is always phenomenal. I brought my parents here for my birthday and they fell in love with it too. One of the most underrated places to eat in McHenry!

Did not have reservations on Saturday night. but they gave us a table in the corner. Amazing service and meal (special was ravioli lobster with shrimp)Salad with the best garlic dressing I ever had. Naturally warm homemade bread, oil and parmesan

Got a large take out order from them. No mix ups, ready. I imagine the good is much better when served hot on real plates instead of plastic take out containers.

The restaurant is a small, casual, and friendly environment. Don’t come here if you are in a hurry. Plan plenty of time! That said, the Bruschetta wasawesome! Theminestrone soup was a bit cold, but tasted great. An hour and a half into the dining experience, we still haven’t gotten the main course. So far, it has been worth the wait. I had the Chicken Sorrentino. Man! That was a lot of food! I didn’t even get to the side pasta. Excellent food with enough left for another meal. My wife had the build your own pasta and only had one complaint…not enough sauce. The crème brûlée was t die for! The workers were all fabulous!!!!

I had covid a months ago and was craving soup and pasta. I ordered over the phone and explained that I was covid positive. They had me call when I got there and had someone bring my food outside and placed my bag handles up on a small bench outside the door. I was able to grab my meal quickly without touching their door or being on contact even for a second with another customer or their staff. I appreciated this so much and will never forget their kindness in going the extra mile for their customers.