Roma Italian Restaurant - Athens (TX)

5 /5 Trish Ernst: Updated review. Tonight we had spaghetti with meat sauce and senior/child lasagna. It was delicious. See photos this is now our third time here and every time the food has been exceptional. The service is also first-class. My husband and I went here for the first time and the food was delicious. In addition, we were asked several times to make sure that we were happy with the food and the appetizer which was garlic cheese bread. We did not try dessert here, but they have Italian favorites. I wish I had taken photos as this will be a place we will come to again.

5 /5 Diana Dontplay: Authentic mama mia italian food DINO was so friendly and welcoming. Wine from Chile was amazing. We had garlic cheese bread, veal and chicken parmigiana. Delicious like my italian mama would have made. Had leftovers for breakfast. Just visiting so plan on going back a few times before heading home. Oh yes and took lemon marscapone cake to go. Delicious! Ok so had to come back again. This time margarita pizza and toetellini alla panna. Pizza was great, crunchy crust and nice amount of garlic. Will make a great leftover breakfast. Hubby enjoyed his pasta and had sone more of the red merlot wine. Frantera merlit. Caesar salad too but the dressing was best part but i am not a lettuxe fan

5 /5 Mr. Tech Review: Roma Italian Restaurant in Athens is an absolute gem, don’t sleep on this place! From start to finish, everything was outstanding. We ordered the tortellini pesto, fettuccine Alfredo, and stromboli, and every single dish was incredibly delicious and clearly made with care. True five-star quality across the board. We started with the fried cheese sticks, which were perfectly crispy and melty, an excellent appetizer. The complementary bread rolls deserve a shoutout too! They were BIG, warm, fresh, and seriously tasty. One thing that really stood out was the sweet tea, hands down some of the best we’ve had. Refreshing and perfectly sweetened. And for dessert, the cheesecake was the perfect finish to the meal. It was rich, creamy, and absolutely satisfying. Overall, this was a 5-star experience in every way, food, quality, and flavor all on point. If you’re in Athens and craving Italian, Roma Italian Restaurant is a must-visit!

2 /5 S Zoë (Zozillahime): Against my better judgment, I allowed my husband to convince me to go to an Italian restaurant in the middle of nowhere East Texas. Being famished and with the preference of the finer things, we went in. Strike one was the fact that no one was in the facility at dinner time save for one couple in a lonely corner booth. I had a few questions to get a feeler for what we were getting ourselves into and sure enough, my fears were confirmed.... this food was about to be mid as L. I opted to make the experience better by ordering a glass of wine.... they didnt have what I requested from the menu, ok, no worries! I understand. Went through a couple more hoops to find something they did have, no prob. As we look over our food options we find that garlic bread is on the menu. Oh, ok, so no free bread. Fine, were at the end of 2025, cant expect to see many things for free anymore. Strange to see in an Italian place though....kind of like no chips and salsa in a Mexican restaurant, but fine. We order the bread and spinach and artichoke dip to find a pink sauce with 4 flecks of artichoke and spinach each. The bred no DOUBT was from a package of dollar general sandwich rolls toasted. Whatever, were hungry and were already here, it wasnt bad, but it wasnt really that good either. Were ready to order our main dishes and we decided to add 2 ceaser salads but request to add red onions. Our waitress confirms they do have red onions and can add them to the salad. Sweet! We get our salads and they come undressed with this tiiiny ramekin of dressing (Im talking the same size as the paper cups you use to put ketchup in at like Wendys) and are LOADED with red onions. No big deal, well just take the extra ones off. When our waitress comes back we request another little ramekin of dressing and i kid you not, she tells us shed have to charge us $6. We sit there STUNNED as she explains that she cant sell us the same sized dressings she gave us but would have to charge us for a bowl of dressing....... ?! The waitress was pretty young, so were not mad at her at all, but things were starting to get a bit ridiculous. We turned her down and continued to eat our dry salads. Our entrees finally come and I hate that the photos give the dishes more flavor than they deserve credit for. My husbands chicken resembled something that would come out of an astronauts food selection in outer space and the slices of sausage in my fettuccine were so thin I feared theyd gut me on the way down...the food was very bland, I dont know when the last time was that I actually had to use the table salt, but we threw that, the parm, and hot pepper flakes at it to make it somewhat edible. By this point Im ready to go,I took about 3 bites and by the waitresses surprise asked for the check. Low and behold theres a MASSIVE extra charge, what on earth could it be??? The onions yall......$6. Ill be darned..... they REALLY wanted that extra $6 out of us.... Im peeved because were civilized folk, so we couldnt not leave a tip, the waitress did her job- and well....so the only way I can feel justice is leaving this review. I wouldnt waste my time or extra $6 coming back here.....but I really should have known.