orlando's italian restaurant

worst spaghetti and meatballs i've ever had in my life.

terrible. i have never had a dish here that i have liked.

delicious but way too expensive. italian food is not that expensive to make. i had a business lunch with an entree and tea. with a $3 tip it was $25! great food but there are other italian options. they are pricing themselves out of the lubbock market.

love orlando's!  no matter what i eat there i am never disappointed.  great italian food. they are very friendly at the front door and upon check out as well.  the servers are always friendly and very attentive to your needs.  the carry out is awesome as well. just an all around great place to eat.

nice ambiance. food tasted a bit like instant food on a fancier plate. service was reasonably prompt. pricing was good for what you get. i would come back.

i am italian and grew up in lubbock. i know... unheard of! orlandos is something i would describe as tex-italian. the pasta is over cooked and gummy, the sauce is spicy tomato sauce but it's not spaghetti sauce. more like a chili than italian. if you are an italian restaurant and your sauce sucks, it's all over.

i'm pushing 60 years old, i grew up in lbb, and orlando's has been a part of the scene for 50 or so years now.  more of a family dining, locally inspired operation that found a way to make italian work here.  not a high-end establishment, but it seems to have held its own rather well in the face of decades of italian places that came and went.  count me among the many who well like it overall.

i love this restaurant. never had a problem with the food or service. mafia queso is amazing. husbands favorite is the angry bird pizza and i am a fan of the tilapia. kids like the burgers too.

this place is disgusting. the only decent part of the meal was the mafia queso. the pasta was flavorless, and the bruschetta was an oily, processed mess. it's extremely overpriced and altogether disappointing.

two words: mafia queso. this queso will change your life. any time i travel to lubbock, i have to stop here. of all the menu items i've ever had, i'm fairly certain it's impossible to have a bad meal. whatever you do, get the queso, you won't be disappointed!

one of our favorites! it is a great place to take people from out of town to get some unique west texas italian food. the green chili chicken linguine is my favorite! my husband loves the uncle louise chicken caldo- atomic. usually pretty good service but with any place we have had a few bad apple experiences.

i don't think i have ever had a bad meal here but a few things keep this place out of my top tier dirt city restaurants. there are usually hoards of people waiting and there really isn't a good place to wait. the little area where you check in always has 5 or 6 employees mulling around or chit chatting. it just looks unprofessional.
last time we went on a sunday and by we i mean me dofrek and sofrek2. it wasn't too busy and no wait which made me happy. they sat us in the room to the right as you go in. i wonder if the hosteses are trained to judge people and sit them accordingly based on how pretty they are or how they dress etc.
i bet money they do and i probably dont get the best sections because i dont dress that great and i am old and uggo.
oh btw i am writting this from a room at lubbock heart hospital post surgery knee replacemrnt. i am drugged up on hydrocodo and morphine. my good friend dos insisted i have nothing better to do than to write a restaurant review. by friend i use the term losely with all due respect. we have only met once irl and he is afraid to give me his cell numbet and let me follow on snap and fb.

i digress. it was sofrek2 birthday. he and dofrek wanted to start things off with the infamous mafia queso and chips orderve.
yes i speak french. i asked the waitress who was young and pretty and very pleasant to please bring early and not with the meal. frektip 645.
dofrek wanted plain cheese pizza on wheat crust and i split it with her. it was a wise choice and very tasty. sofrek2 chose the cheeseburger from paradise which is also a wise choice. did you know it was rated best burger in texas in an issue of texas monthly magazine in 1999 the year my ford f150 was born?
queso was brought out early as requested. bonus pts. now i am going to get a tad bit picky...the chips were way way too salty. even the queso was really salty or maybe it got that way when the grains of salt poured in as we dipped. there was not as much mafia in the queso also. the garlic bread (2 pieces) were finger lickin good. i think the cost was nine bucks which seems high to me. $7 seems better. i am cheap.
dofrek told waitress it was her brothers bd which was sweet and it totally morified him which made it better. thank baby jesus they did not come and sing a stupid song. she brought a small dessert selection for him meaning dofrek to choose from. i think they chose some kind of cheesecake. i dont know they refused to share with daddy. i want to comme.nd orlandos for doing this. very nice.

overall it was a great meal with very good service and i have very little to bitch about.
less than $40 out the door. 4/5. would have been 5/5 if the chips and queso twernt so salty... its the little things.

449am from lubbock heart hospital on heavy dosages of drugs this is official frekview godbless you and godbless dirt city usa and god bless my new robo knee. shoutout to rva in rehab

so sad. the food is always good. the service is terrible. the music does not go with an italian restaurant. i have dined here since 1977. i won't be back.

way too greasy, i shouldn't feel oil coating my lips as i eat the pasta. overpriced and totally not worth it. better off making your own at home.

the service was subpa, food was bland. we had to get our own silverware. not impressed considering the price.