TL;DR: Owner is awful; food is barely worth stopping for. Don’t risk it.
If it weren’t for me having to select a star to even post this review, I’d not even consider giving my experience at this “restaurant” one star. The woman who owns this place is a terrible human being, and the servers all cower in fear of her. They’re either unknowledgeable or ineffective because they fear her. My food was mediocre at best. I ordered cheese ravioli and garlic bread with cheese. The “garlic bread” was a hoagie bun, and regular “garlic bread” was hotdog buns. We also ordered a pepperoni pizza, and it came out sopping in oil. Even when we dried it off, it was gummy and doughy. The cheese slid right off the top of it. The bottom of the pizza WAS brown, but a naked eye could look at the top of the pizza and see wet pizza dough. After informing our waitress of the pizza’s inedible nature, we further ordered a Caesar salad and 2 pieces of chocolate cheesecake. When paying at the front register, the cashier said she needed to get the owner regarding the cost of the pizza as it continued to remain on our tab regardless of our inability to eat it, and the server’s acknowledgement of the pizza’s quality when we brought it to her attention. The owner, then, instructed a server to grab the pizza off our table, which had been sitting there for a half hour. After, the owner came to the front, disrespectfully flopped the pizza over and pointed to the pizza’s brown bottom, and screamed in our faces that the pizza was cooked and would be paid for. She continued to shout at us even though we did not meet her with rudeness and belligerence. It was a humiliating experience, and I genuinely pity the people who work for this cruel person. Please do not waste your time or risk your mental capacity stopping at this location. What can be confused as small - town charm is realistically podunk motel - lobby - food. At least Waffle House, located directly beside this place, doesn’t act like fine - dining!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Dawn Reitzell
FABULOUS FOOD AND SERVICE !!! We live in Dallas but will be back !!
Angela
I always get the stuffed mushrooms they are yummy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Rolls Made from Scratch
Angelluis Arroyo
Where do I even start at,Lol everything we had there from appetizers,entries,desserts.all and everything qe got was Amazing,Can't no say enough about this Amazing restaurant, we get treated with so much welcome and the staff ufffff are phenomenal, I don't know her name but she's awesome,the food choices are very,very,good amd the flavor is amazing. Thanks to all the members from this Café Italia Restaurant, wish you nothing more then success 🙌🏽 🙏🏽I definitely recommend this place for family gatherings or casual or even any occasion this the place to come always.what we had was 10 of 10.to all the owner,management, chef's and to staff you are awesome.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jim Mueller
I would consider this one of those hidden gems that would be easy to drive by. Once inside, it had the ambiance of a small family restaurant in Italy or other parts of Europe. Decor and lighting were very nice and the cleanliness was excellent. The veal parmigiana with spaghetti was just the right portion size and very good. Warm bread came with dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Madison Lopez
Great gluten free pasta & service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andy Pontz
Our weekly family lunch (brothers & sisters). We have driven 30 miles from LA to Marshall, TX to dine at this great place. Food is great as are employees and atmosphere. Great place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
William Mosca
10-9-25. I for sure judge where I eat especially Italian food because I’m an Italian from NY and the pizza did not disappoint. Good crispy crust on the white pizza. Delicious. The stuffed mushrooms were ehh. The sauce was good.
The best part was that the owner was Italian. Made it that much better. 🤌
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Alex Greeson
Nice place
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Aasteria Dunn
Please eat at the restaurant and enjoy your Food. This is the type of restaurant you take your leftovers with you, but Never place a to-go order. Some restaurants you just don't get your food to go...this is one of those restaurants. I made the mistake of getting my food to go, It was Delicious. It was hot, everything was great. But I should have enjoyed my meal at the restaurant. Nothing bad to say about this Place at all.
Really Nice Restaurant!! Loved the food and excellent service! The Pizza and stuffed mushrooms were our favorite!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mark Popp
Take out
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mike Jones
Great food at a reasonable price. Always fresh and hot, tastes great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pavel Olchovik
Waitress was Vera. She is friendly and took great care of us. The atmosphere is relaxing. The marinara is home made and excellent. It is great on the seafood combo and meat pizza. The pizza crust was perfect. Over all it was a great dinning experience. highly recommend. Pavel
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
E. Araujo
They say they are an authentic Italian restaurant. However, after the meal I asked for an expresso and they didn't even know what I was talking about.
TL;DR: Owner is awful; food is barely worth stopping for. Don’t risk it.
If it weren’t for me having to select a star to even post this review, I’d not even consider giving my experience at this “restaurant” one star. The woman who owns this place is a terrible human being, and the servers all cower in fear of her. They’re either unknowledgeable or ineffective because they fear her. My food was mediocre at best. I ordered cheese ravioli and garlic bread with cheese. The “garlic bread” was a hoagie bun, and regular “garlic bread” was hotdog buns. We also ordered a pepperoni pizza, and it came out sopping in oil. Even when we dried it off, it was gummy and doughy. The cheese slid right off the top of it. The bottom of the pizza WAS brown, but a naked eye could look at the top of the pizza and see wet pizza dough. After informing our waitress of the pizza’s inedible nature, we further ordered a Caesar salad and 2 pieces of chocolate cheesecake. When paying at the front register, the cashier said she needed to get the owner regarding the cost of the pizza as it continued to remain on our tab regardless of our inability to eat it, and the server’s acknowledgement of the pizza’s quality when we brought it to her attention. The owner, then, instructed a server to grab the pizza off our table, which had been sitting there for a half hour. After, the owner came to the front, disrespectfully flopped the pizza over and pointed to the pizza’s brown bottom, and screamed in our faces that the pizza was cooked and would be paid for. She continued to shout at us even though we did not meet her with rudeness and belligerence. It was a humiliating experience, and I genuinely pity the people who work for this cruel person. Please do not waste your time or risk your mental capacity stopping at this location. What can be confused as small - town charm is realistically podunk motel - lobby - food. At least Waffle House, located directly beside this place, doesn’t act like fine - dining!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
FABULOUS FOOD AND SERVICE !!! We live in Dallas but will be back !!
I always get the stuffed mushrooms they are yummy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Rolls Made from Scratch
Where do I even start at,Lol everything we had there from appetizers,entries,desserts.all and everything qe got was Amazing,Can't no say enough about this Amazing restaurant, we get treated with so much welcome and the staff ufffff are phenomenal, I don't know her name but she's awesome,the food choices are very,very,good amd the flavor is amazing. Thanks to all the members from this Café Italia Restaurant, wish you nothing more then success 🙌🏽 🙏🏽I definitely recommend this place for family gatherings or casual or even any occasion this the place to come always.what we had was 10 of 10.to all the owner,management, chef's and to staff you are awesome.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I would consider this one of those hidden gems that would be easy to drive by. Once inside, it had the ambiance of a small family restaurant in Italy or other parts of Europe. Decor and lighting were very nice and the cleanliness was excellent. The veal parmigiana with spaghetti was just the right portion size and very good. Warm bread came with dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great gluten free pasta & service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our weekly family lunch (brothers & sisters). We have driven 30 miles from LA to Marshall, TX to dine at this great place. Food is great as are employees and atmosphere. Great place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
10-9-25.
I for sure judge where I eat especially Italian food because I’m an Italian from NY and the pizza did not disappoint. Good crispy crust on the white pizza. Delicious.
The stuffed mushrooms were ehh.
The sauce was good.
The best part was that the owner was Italian.
Made it that much better. 🤌
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Nice place
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Please eat at the restaurant and enjoy your Food.
This is the type of restaurant you take your leftovers with you, but Never place a to-go order. Some restaurants you just don't get your food to go...this is one of those restaurants.
I made the mistake of getting my food to go, It was Delicious.
It was hot, everything was great. But
I should have enjoyed my meal at the restaurant.
Nothing bad to say about this Place at all.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Really Nice Restaurant!! Loved the food and excellent service! The Pizza and stuffed mushrooms were our favorite!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Take out
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food at a reasonable price. Always fresh and hot, tastes great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Waitress was Vera. She is friendly and took great care of us. The atmosphere is relaxing. The marinara is home made and excellent. It is great on the seafood combo and meat pizza. The pizza crust was perfect. Over all it was a great dinning experience. highly recommend. Pavel
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
They say they are an authentic Italian restaurant. However, after the meal I asked for an expresso and they didn't even know what I was talking about.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
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