Romeo Cucina

Food 3 / 3 Decor 2 / 3 Service 3 / 3 Tonight was my second time being at this fabulous place. My first experience was 9 months ago, when I went to see my favorite pianist Giovanni. The music was fantastic, and the food, matched the music. We have decided to drive to Romeo Cucina on Thursday night, for the second time. The traffic was awful it took us 2 hours to get there, but a nice pasta and veal picata erased all the bad driving memories. The desert was unbelievable. If you go there, please try 3 layers gelato, with Italian liquor. I looked at my wife's eyes, while she reached for the last peace of this fantastic desert, and realized that its not that hard to make a woman happy. All you have to do is, to take her to a great restaurant, like Romeo Cucina, and after dinner... use your imagination. more

The food was excellent! Sergio was very kind and professional. We will return for sure! Thank you. more

Great food!!! The best customer service, wonderful waiters. Very good entertainment. I love you Romeo Cucina! more

Romeo Cucina is famous for its hospitality! Unbelievable cuisine and happy hours. more

5 Stars! Our service was amazing, friendly and efficient. We all loved it! more

We had lobster pasta and we could not believe how delicious it was!!! The vodka pink sauce was the perfect touch . Not to mention the extra touch of shrimp! We can keep going, but this card is too small to write! Romeo Cucina, we love you! more

Lovely dinner! Superb service! G.M. more

My Family has been eating at Romeo for over 5 years. The food is excellent , they are 100% authentic Italian. They make there pasta from scratch and not from a box . My family was born in Italy and moved to US 8 years ago, We can tell the difference. In addition to there homemade pasta there bread is delicious and made from scratch. These are only two things that I have mentioned to you but you have to try other items on there menu, The quality and freshness of there food can not be compared. I give them 5 stars. You specially have to try my husbands favorite Linguini with clams My favorite Tortelloni with pesto sauce and my sons is the steak. The service is excellent and they treat you like family. Thank you Romeo Cucina more

My favorite Italian restaurant in Laguna Beach more

Pizza - Pasta grilled Fish - Vegetables- Meat you name it no matter what it is it's always good, I read a comment on a glass off wine been old and flat ??? more

We have been coming to Romeos for years now and never get tired of the food. We gladly make the long one hour drive to this gem when we are craving Italian food because no other restaurant beats their authenticity and excellent service! Every pasta is delicious, the ingredients are always fresh and home made. It doesn't get better than a real Italian chef cooking your meal. The bread they serve before the meal is the best, freshly made in the oven everyday!The ambiance is great and you feel like family as soon as you walk into the place. If you're craving Italian food this is the place to go, don't look any further! more

I WAS TOLD FROM ALL MY ITALIAN FRIENDS TO CHECK THIS REASTAURANT, WELL FINALLY LAST SATURDAY I WENT IN ROMEO FOR DINNER AND LET ME TELL YOU...IT WAS THE BEST CHOISE ,BEATIFUL RESTAURANT...GREAT SERVICE AND DEFINETLY CULINARY CREATIVITY REIGNS AT ROMEO CUCINA. CAN WAIT TO GO BACK more

i went last week with my girlfriend to this restaurant. it was our first time in laguna beach and we walked past this restaurant at first. then we turned around because we were hungry and it looked good. i am not much of a typer but let me just tell you the food was amazing! for starters we had the caprese pizza and it was great! then i had the salmon and she had lasagna. we tried each other's food and it was just delicious! we both have italian backgrounds so we have a taste for good italian food. the service was surprisingly good because it was packed in there! but we were not in a hurry so we just enjoyed the atmosphere, the wine and of coarse the food! overall, i highly recommend this place if you like great food and just a nice atmosphere right by the beach. more

I LOVE IT! If you?re in the mood for pasta or just about anything you will find it at Romeo's! I have to say the seafood is GREAT! My favorite THE SALMON! Steak is not far behind; my family loved the Filet Mignon! more

After vacationing last year in Italy it was hard to decide where I could find REAL Italain food. Come to find out Romeo Cucina is actually run by a southern Italian family with real-Italian chefs!! I must say I was still skeptical after reading a terrible review, but I felt the restaurant was attacked at a more personal level, then professional. more

I had my wedding dinner at Romeo's. We were a small party of 12. The owner and the staff were wonderful and treated us like family. The food was delicious and the restaurant was beautiful. There was live music and the singer even took requests. I coud not have asked for a better dining experience for my wedding dinner. Thank you Romeo Cucina! Pros: Great ambiance, delicious food and wonderful service. more

I went there on a dinner date prior to seeing Pageant of the Masters. The service was excellent. I didn't have to ask once to have my cup refilled and my dish which was a Penne with an olive oil based sauce with chicken breast was delicous and brought out quickly. The bread is excellent. Please dip in the olive oil mixed with balsamic vinegar and a little salt. Yum! more

My girlfriend and I had reservations to go to Las Brisas for her birthday dinner - but as we walked by this place, we were lured in by the smell - and they were able to seat us right away, so we decided on a last minute change of plans. Big mistake. The server - Bryan - literally made his entrance by giving us a dirty look and clearing his throat due to the fact that we had our menus open and he couldn't readily set the bread plates down. I kid you not. He then sat the plates down and walked away - I assumed he was a bus-boy, but when he appeared 5 minutes later and said ""What can I get you to drink?"" (No hello, no introduction, nothing) I deduced we were stuck with him. The service didn't get any better - it took me 25 minutes to get a glass of water, 40 minutes for our salad, and 60 minutes for our pizza. As a former server myself, I am an extremely generous tipper - but not for Bryan. As we were ignored, I saw him litereally standing there having in depth conversations with the tables that were drinking bottles of wine. Can you say tip pandering? That douche deserved the 5% tip I left him. The pizza was by no means worth $15. My girlfriend got one with some feta cheese and other good stuff on there, and I got one with chicken on there. Mine was a 1 star pizza, hers was a 3 star pizza. By the time you got our $10 salad on there and a glass of lemonade for her, you were up to a $50 meal, which is completely ridiculous. Don't be lured in by the smell (as we were) or these other reviews - this restaurant is NOT worth your time. Avoid. Pros: None to speak of. Cons: See below. Poor service, overpriced, lame food. more

I was surprised to read the poor reviews. I've eaten dinner at Romeo Cucina a dozen times and never been disappointed. Most recently, we met friends before Pageant of the Masters. Even though they were busy, the host prompted seated us. No sooner were we seated, then warm hearty bread, olive spread, yummy, and water were delivered to our table. My salmon pasta was outstanding, as was my ceasar salad. My husband loved his 4-cheese pizza, warm from the pizza oven. Our friends enjoyed their meals and the service too! Pros: warm bread, olive spread Cons: parking can be tough more

What can I say, we're locals and we know where the good places are to eat. Cucina's has a rep of high priced poor food but it's been years since we've been. Service was terrible, took 15 minutes on a slow saturday evening for us to get a waiter to come by. My wife said the restroom was filthy dirty, wine was old and flat. So when the caesar salad came with no dressing and just cheese on top, we told the waiter we'd had enough already and left. He didn't seem very disturbed. Pros: Found a table right away Cons: Found out the reason why they were so slow on a saturday night. more