Armando's Italian Restaurant — Restaurant in Cartersville

Hopeful!.... But left wanting

First of all, the service earned the fourth star.. the three or four women on the floor serving and running food were spectacular. They were on top of everything!

The kitchen was not at the top of the game. My pizza was out 7 or 8 minutes. Maybe more... Before my wife received her pasta.

Earlier in the meal we ordered cheese sticks and meatballs. We ordered bowl soup as well. I enjoyed the meatballs, but my wife did not. The soup, tomato, was very thin. You could taste the cream and ingredients. The flavors were there, but I guess they were trying to make it stretch... So we didn't even consume a third. It was just like water.

I had pepperoni pizza. It tasted good. The crust on the bottom was a little thick for the style. The cheese was good quality, the pepperoni was decent.

It is WORTH stopping in and supporting your LOCAL restaurant. There are many patrons waiting for seats when we are leaving. It was nice to see it that busy. When we first came in, we only waited momentarily before being sat.

After both of us ate and tried everything and shared the meal... There were some items on the menu that we agreed that we wanted to try however... Our experience tonight with the food and the kitchen, just left us wanting.

We might try it again. And we might not.

However, this might be just an off night. The local patrons had lined up. Maybe there's something...

We tried this Italian restaurant after hearing good things and I am glad we did. My wife and I came for dinner. We started with the fried calamari and the fried jalapeño poppers. We liked both of them. The marinara sauce was really good to. Perfect mix between sweet and tangy. I added some crushed reds for spice. I ordered the Chicken Marsala and my wife had the Red Salmon. My wife really liked her salmon. I really enjoyed my chicken marsala. The chicken was cooked very well. My preference for the sauce would have been just a little thicker maybe, but it was so delicious. I asked for extra sauce, but then I did not want to bother the chef because I was told it was made from scratch and I didn't want to make him go through all that. I got the Greek salad on the side which I was a huge fan of. We also ordered the fettuccine alfredo between the two of us. The pasta is a must try. Definitely has to be fresh house made as good as it was. Perfectly tender and the sauce was some of the best I have had. My only preference is that I would like it a little spicier, but I downed that whole plate. The staff is also very pleasant. The dessert was the cherry on top for the both of us. My wife got the tiramisu and I got the turtle cheesecake. She really liked her tiramisu and i loved my turtle cheesecake. I will definitely be back on for...

Went here today just based on location and the star rating... I'm honestly shocked how it has this many good reviews. The place was decent looking cleanliness wise but the booths are all old and cracked. The food however is not good! The salad dressing is just store bought that is way too thick and gross. I don't think anything is actually made there just heated up and served. The chicken Francesca was awful and way too lemony. The chicken was at least moist and not dry. It other than that it wasn't good. The chicken Alfredo was just okay but nothing to write home about, the sauce was very strong with the pepper but other than that not well seasoned. Had to add a lot of parmesan to make it taste okay. Also ordered mozzarella sticks as an appetizer which never came and when asked about them the waitress said we never ordered them and she opened her ticket book and said oh you did whoops. If this is considered "Italian" you're better off going...