La Casa Di Norma — Restaurant in Crystal River

Husband and I wanted Italian food and had heard about this restaurant, so we gave it a try and boy am I glad we did!! A small quaint place tucked away in a shopping mall next to Claw Daddy’s restaurant. We went on a Thursday at 7:30PM and had missed the busy time and we chose a booth which line one side of the restaurant. Cheerfully greeted by this very sweet and cheerful lady, AKA as Norma, who along with her husband who is the cook are the owners of Casa del Norma!! She was so helpful with all our questions about the numerous dishes on the menu. Good variety, something for everyone. Got our beverages and a basket of warm baked bread. Hub had a salad, I chose Pasta Faziole soup, both were very good. For dinner I ordered Chicken Parmesan and it was just the way I prefer, the chicken pounded out thin, thin layer of bread crumbs sauté til golden brown, sauce was light and tasty, not that thick wall paper paste consistency. Topped with delicious mozzarella cheese, it was one of the best I have eaten, Hub had house dish Chicken Moschello which thoroughly enjoyed. We both chose side of pasta. For dessert we split a piece of Lemoncello Mascapone layered cake, awesome!! Service was good, prices reasonable and Norma and husband bend over backwards to please their customers. We waited a short time for our meals to be served, but it was so worth it. A great meal that we really enjoyed! Highly recommend this hidden gem of a place. No valet parking, no snooty waiters wearing tuxedoes, just a relaxed and homey atmosphere under the watchful eye of sweet Norma and her...

Valentines Day was the 2nd attempt at this place. Went for New Years Eve dinner and they were out of almost everything. The answer we got was they were closing for a week and didnt stock up on most items. People, this is New Years Eve!

After trying to call 2 or 3 times, leaving a message each time, to make reservations for Valentines Day with no respponse, my wife finally went throgh Facebook and someone respnded that our reservation was confirmed.

when we arrived, yep, you got it, they didnt have our reservation. After showing them the response from over a month ago, they agreed to seat us when a table opened up. Taht took about 30 minutes. We were waited on by a very young, inexperienced girl who I assume is they owners daughter. She was clearly in over her head. 30 minutes to receive drinks, an hour to receive bread.

They were once again out of Sea Bass. the seafood pasta was littered with shells and completely inedible. When dinner arrived, i asked where my side of meatballs were. The young girl said we dont sell them. After showing her they do sell them she went on to tell me they were out of them. An Italian restaurant out of meatballs. The table next to us had them and they were seated after us.

I just dont know what to say. I really want to like this place. The food is good for this area. But every time i try to like you, you slap me in the face.... Save your time and money.... grab a pizza somewhere and enjoy...

So disappointed. This was our second trip to this restaurant, first trip was amazing with homemade pasta and the sauces were so delicious. Move on to the second trip and we won't be back. Pasta is no longer homemade though the sauces are good service was horrible! Took almost 45 minutes to get someone to take our order then everything came out so slowly and in stages. We asked for parmesan and was surprised it was not freshly grated but out of a jar, that took almost halfway through the meal to even receive. The wine list is absolutely pitiful for an Italian restaurant. We then ordered espresso and a cannoli for dessert they brought the espresso and a half an hour later the cannoli which was not a cannoli and we now had no espresso left and didn't dare order another one because it would take far too long to ever get. Anyway back to the cannoli which was a puff pastry with a cream filling - huh??? Overall just a bad experience and with so many good restaurants we won't be back.

Thank you for trying to explain the unbelievable delay in receiving all food but the place was busy and those around us (some with the same dishes) did not experience the same service. I do wish you had reread my review prior to commenting, you may have explained or realized other deficiencies. As for the cannoli, I have had them all over the world and this is not a cannoli. Quite honestly it...