Randazzo's Little Italy

Quirky place (red sauce Italian in the Gables?) but it works. We went during Miami Spice months (fixed price) and truly enjoyed the experience. If you love garlic in everything, this is the place for you. more

We visited Randazzo's for my husband's birthday this week. He was very excited to have dinner here as he has had his eye on this establishment for some time now. We were quickly dissapointed...\r First: Our server didnt even allow us to finish placing our order before he quickly walked away. I hadnt even requested the temperature of my steak, nor my side items. We had to call him back to finish ordering.\r Second:We didnt see our server again for quite some time, apparently he was busy with a larger party and another server had to take over and get us refills on our drinks, additional items, etc. \r Third: The steak I ordered was delicious, unfortunately, I was full from the appetizer, and I wasn't able to finish it. I asked the new server to wrap it up so that I can bring home my more than half left over portion as well as the leftover pasta that my husband had. We ordered coffee and one dessert, and our leftovers were no where to be seen. I asked the server for our check and my leftovers. The check came, but not the food. We watched as the server argued with a bus boy (obviously about our leftover meal) and after about 10 minutes, the server popped up with a container in a bag saying "they had accidently taken our food upstairs". I immediately opened the container and sure enough that was not our almost $40 leftover steak. It was a container full of pasta (not even the pasta we ordered that included prosciutto). After our complaint, the server removed our steak dinner from our check. It was obvious they had thrown it out and werent expecting us to notice it until we got home. \r This place may have good food, but the service is certainly no where near it. The worse part was that the owner was sitting at the bar the whole time and this type of service is still taking place right under his nose. \r We will NOT be returning. more

Simply said "This place is amazing!" My favorite and only place for Itillian gravy. more

We ate at Randazzo's the night before a friend's wedding since it was nearby and we had heard good things. The good thing is that the food is fresh--the peppers are hot, the bread is baked, the sauce comes from a pot not a jar. The bad thing is that the prices are through the roof for these things, and they don't taste phenomenal, only okay at best. Maybe I am biased (okay, I am) since this is the type of food I grew up with, but $30 with the tip for a plate of spaghetti and meatballs? Seriously? Yes, they stuff the meatballs with ricotta, but that's not worth the markup, especially when that's about all they do to this "signature" dish...it was still just gravy on spaghetti. Sausage and peppers are around $15, and that's street food you can pick up for $5-$8 up north depending on the place, and it will taste better. I feel like since there are so few "authentic" Italian places, they can charge more for less quality food. It was just very disappointing since at those prices I was expecting a meal to taste very good or homecooked, but it was just lacking. My pasta was too oily with very little flavor, hubby's sauce was too sweet, and there was not enough balsamic on the caprese salad for my liking (though I love that stuff). This isn't a place that we will be back to if we can help it. more

Great place!!! They treat you like family!!! Portions are huge and delicious!!! more

The meet balls were great. more

The Italian food is good here, and it's not frou-frou crap with snobby, disappointing foodie ingredients. The sauce is red, the pasta is white, and that's all you need to know.\r \r They play Godfather movies continuously on flat-screen televisions on the walls.\r \r Big portions. more

Amazing Meatballs! Love the pasta, the sauces are to die for, the veal parm is spectacular, the calamari is my favorite EVER, soups are delish, wine selection is great, loud and friendly, fun and cool!! Marc Randazzo is amazing!! You feel like family....GREAT PLACE more

Tried this restaurant today at lunch. The food is forgetable, Olive Garden style. Very loud, small. The absolute worst service, waiter got the order wrong. He blamed the kitchen saying they don't know how to read. Then he disappeared and we had to get\r help service from other waiters. I do not recommend this restaurant, It is American style Italian food, just edible. Calamari for appetizer was soggy, horrible, flan was very sweet and hard, the worst part, the service. Stay away. more

Great location and for the most part friendly service, and very generous portions. I had my first experience mother's day last year and by 6pm they had run out of most of their seafood menu items and we do not eat meat so my mother was dissapointed. The second time we sat outside; the service was lacking, the bread was hard and the waiter did not bother to come and check on us enough to let him know before we got our meal(wait time is not long once you order), and the last time the bread was cold and when we asked for it to be heated we got back half of our basket burned...like giving us a new batch of bread after burning ours was going to break their bank..not satisfied, i don't think we'll be going back. more

Great food in huge portions so you can share it family style. Every time I have been there the service has been great. Real Italian food. more

Good food, fun atmosphere, poor service. Waited 15 minutes once we sat down for the waiter to bring menu's, plus the service was just all around non attentive. For the the pricy menu I expect decent service. One order never even came so we just cancelled it. Meetball plate was huge and tasty, definitely enough for two. more

We had a 9:30pm reservation and we still had to wait 20 minutes to be seated when there were empty tables. Our server took another 15 minutes to take our order and the only reason we went there was to try their famous meatballs of which they were out. Our server didn't even try to convince us to try something else and we sat for over 25 minutes waiting for our drinks. We finally got up and left. Will never return. They might have great food; but the service is lousy. Definitely do not recommend more

Great Italian food and the portions are pretty big. I had reservations and still had to wait but worth it. The calamari appetizer is a must. more

i had a reservation at 8:30 and they told me they couldnt sit me until 9:15. I am never going back ever again. Try seasons 32 right next door,,better service and food more

Amazing! You must try the meatballs!!! more

Once you go in you feel like a paisano, you kind of expect to find Vittorio Corleone, eating at one of the tables. \r Pastas are cooked to perfection, the sauses are to kill for, the service was good and very friendly. Our waiter told us a story about when he used to serve mafia boss John Gotti at a restaurant in New York, true or not, it was a very entertaining story that added to the ambiance.\r The calamari fritti with red tomato and gorgonzola cheese sause is a can't miss and the best calamari I have had. The veal marsala was perfect, portions were huge which is great, because you are going to want more after your first bite. Everyone in our table was satisfied, and not a single complaint was made.\r Don't forget the cannolis as dessert.\r This was an excellent dinning experience, I will be back soon!!!\r This visit was on a Saturday Night at around 7:30 pm more

Huge portions, fun menu and atmosphere, but consistently lousy service. It's unfortunate because otherwise a nice place. more

Top notch corner miracle mile location with a newly remodeled building. Food portions are large which is very UNCOMMON with Gables restaurants. Excellent tasing food, i did not find the service good or bad but in between. The sharing fee is a MAJOR drawback since there pricing is already HIGH. My favorite Gables restaurant for excellent italian food, service & pricing is Villagio in the Merrick Park Mall, though I would return and recommend Randazzo. more

I am terribly disappointed with the service, or better said, lack of service. I called the restaurant for 2 days in a row to make a reservation for a large party on a Saturday evening. After waiting for two days for the individuals I spoke with to send me emails on the details or a call back, I called again and was told if I could move my dinner to a different day because it would be difficult to accomodate such a large party on a Saturday evening. more