la roma

the construction on preston street is over as of spring 2010. this is an excellent restaurant. i eat there once a week for lunch with my bni group (business networking international). it is agreat group to join is your business is referral based. while we have a setmenuit is always very tasty. my favourite is the alfredo. the upstairs private room is excellent for meetings or other functionsand maria and her family are excellent hosts.

not good at all. we rarely go out and the reviews on urban spoon were good but boy were they wrong. service was spotty to be kind. we had to ask for bread which was stale; practially no butter; a tablespoon at a time. bruschetta was serve on cold wet bread like some one had forgot how to make it. the lasagna was a cheese lasagna with a meat sauce no salad or greens and thankfully i and another memeber of our party only ordered half portions. the veal canelloni was ok but nothing to exact the 16.00 dollar price it cost. two small canellonis in the same meat sauce that came with the lasagna. the chicken was tasty but tough. the desertmenuwe had to ask for twice .the waitress just forgot us again.one item was no longer available the alaska ice cream covered by a crepe in chocolat sauce was good and so was the ameretto ice cream; we had to ask for coffe three times re only served us half cups each time and the cups are small,no sweetener was at the table and the cream came in a very small cute litte mug not enough for two people let alone more ;no relfill were offered we had to ask. at one time we were told that they were making more coffee, twenty minutes later we asked again as we wanted to maibe pay up and leave.as for one of the waitressspilling parmesan on me she seemed anoyed and very tired or the fact we were never offered pepper or actually made to feal welcomed or even cared about.no italian should be proud of this place. i would not recommend this restaurant

good food, but way too much.. this place is a typical italian restaurant, it reminds me of some kind of bad movie mob front restaurant. themenuis large and has variety. the winemenuis also large and great variety.

the food is good, however nothing original or anything you haven't seen a million times before. the service is great, but the prices are way too high.

not gluten-free friendly. i came here b/c it fell under the gluten-free friendly places in little italy and it had pretty good reviews. well, our server didn't even know what gluten was, so it was a little challenging trying to order safely. i felt i was a burden asking all those questions that celiacs need to know before we can safely eat out-- the server was not forthcoming of information due to her lack of knowledge, but did know enough to ask the kitchen. in the end, i was not even provided a gluten free dinner, as i had a reaction next morning. this makes me very angry. i would have up and left before ordering, however, we were with other people that don't have food issues. there were not very many choices on themenufor one that is also dairy free. my husband's meal was an ok meal, but nothing to write home about. the price was up there as well. it might be a great spot for people who do not have dietary restrictions but i would not recommend it for those who are gluten and/or dairy free. i would take this place off the gluten free friendly list.

terrible food, overpriced, mediocre service. the prices may have been easier to swallow if the food had been halfway to decent. it was not. my entire party of 15+ had uneaten appetizers and entrees. none of us are picky eaters in the least so the fact that so many plates were left almost untouched should be highly embarrassing for the restaurant. wait staff was not very attentive, not very polite. our party was required to order off a choice of fourmenuselections and when a guest requested a simple salad as she couldn't eat anything off the menu, she was charged 10$ and then a $3 off themenucharge. $13 for a plain salad. i can say with full confidence that i will never go back. my dinner was 20 dollars and i couldn't stomach the sauce. chicken was dry. i, like many others at the table, did not even half finish my meal.

save yourself the trouble, trust my review. i don't know who these people are giving it a good review but don't risk it. any restaurant has better food than this. any.