Trattoria Roma — Restaurant in Scotland

Update Oct 23: Still coming here to dine out and still not had a poor experience. Staff remain as good as always and familiar faces are still front of house. Good value - especially with the 12-3 and 3-5.45 set menus. Now also do take away, so can pick up and have food at home, or arrange a delivery.

Original review: We have been coming here as a family for several years now and continue to be impressed with the fantastic food, friendly and super helpful staff and great surroundings. It is a great wee award winning Italian restaurant (2021-22 award winner) and I hope it continues to improve and win more awards.

The prices you pay, for the food you get and the generous servings makes it great value for money. We are yet to have a poor dining experience.

Special kudos to the staff who are genuinely friendly and great with kids. As an example; We had a birthday dinner for our daughter recently and the staff sang her happy birthday and presented a wee cake to her with a candle - all unorganised before hand (we didn't want to create a fuss). It was a lovely wee gesture for us all and didn't have to be done - that they did, shows they care about the customer. They are a great asset to the restaurant and it is telling the turnover of staff isn't regular.

The restaurant was refurbished a couple of years back and is a nice place to dine - think rustic Italian style. Seats: comfy, tables: substantial, crockery and cutlery: good quality and clean.

Make sure you book ahead!

Overall: highly...

We went there with friends for a meal, didn't know of it at all, but it was their suggestion so we went with it, good choice as it turned out.

Situated on the Main St. In Johnstone, it is not hard to find, a pleasant space with welcoming staff and a fabulous smell coming from the Kitchens!

Seated at the window, the table for 4 was a bit tight, but the food made up for it, I had the King Prawn starter, and it was delicious and plentiful, the Minestrone soup served to the others was also a generous portion.

Mains followed, and my pizza was good, but the others opted for Pasta, which i'm assured of was great and smelled wonderful too!

The staff were friendly and attentive without crowding you. They made suggestions where appropriate. The restaurant was busy with families when we arrived but they thinned out as the evening wore on.

We all had good food and plenty of it, decent wine and soft drinks for the driver, and the bill was for 4 (starters,mains,dessert+drinks) was less than £120, try getting that in Glasgow.

I would recommend this place and will go back soon. Parking is ok, but you have to watch the signage for the Lidl Carpark as they have a 2 hr limit if you use their bit of it, and the fines are...

I have been here for dinner lots of times and also have had a lot of take aways from here. We went last week for dinner and it was not great. I ordered the bruschetta for starter and they gave me half the usual portion! Usually it's 2 slices of bread with the tomatoes on top. This time they served one slice with tomatoes. Yet still charged me £6.50! I got the chicken caesar salad for my main and it was absolutely awful. Wayyyy too much dressing. Massive plate of leaves, drowned in a shop bought tasting sauce, with a few stingy bits of what looked like leftover chicken. My husband got a burger and it was bland and falling apart. What's worse is that tiny flies were all over the food. Couldn't get peace to eat there were so many. My husband killed 8 but more just kept coming back. Then there was the very wobbly table. My husband had to keep his foot on one of the legs so our drinks didn't spill. The young boy who served us was lovely and pleasant. I really doubt we will be back though, to be honest. They're not exactly cheap and when you're not getting what you pay for plus having to contend with a swarm of flies and a table that needs repaired - it's hardly an enjoyable experience. Hugely...