Rodolfo's Cucina Italiana — Restaurant in Hemet

Let me start by saying I don’t intend to drag the restaurant I just feel for there to be correction you have to know the issues. Brought my husband and kids, the kids didn’t eat their meals my husband and I had some. Today my husband and I are dealing with food poisoning. Idk what exactly could have made us sick but we ordered fried calamari, ravioli in basil pesto, capellini with meat sauce, cannoli, tiramisu and lemoncello. The pasta sauce could have been homemade but tasted old. Every dish had a pool of water in the bowl which diluted any possible flavor. The pasta itself had an odd texture I wouldn’t call al dente. Desserts were bland and didn’t feel traditional. Hate wasting food so I ate what I could against my judgement and today I’m ill. I saw positive reviews so I decided to give it a chance because in the 10 years I’ve lived here I hadn’t tried any of the Italian places in town until now. I feel bad for leaving this review but I want to prevent others from getting sick eating here and for the first time felt grateful my kids didn’t want to eat their food 😕. Server was kind but the experience didn’t feel personable it felt black and white took our order brought our food out, no real dine in experience or explanation on the making your own pasta menu. Loved the old timey Jazz music playing. Place has potential. Feels like a place that was once “the place” for Italian but might not be anymore. Again...

My family and I wanted to try something we hadn’t before here in town. I love Italian cuisine so we said let’s give Rodolfos a try. The inside of the restaurant is gorgeous compared to the outside and surrounding area the restaurant is located. Once I seen the menu I noticed the prices were on the higher side. Close to Gourmet Italia in Temecula which is very elegant and serves very good authentic Italian food. So I had hope that if the prices were high that I would receive outstanding food………NOPE…… I ordered Calamari fritti which was OKAY. The mozzarella sticks were a joke $13 for 6 sticks that I can tell were frozen prior. My son ordered a water which we were charged a soda price which is absurd!!! We had calzones and 1 small pizza. Not even the pizza tasted fresh or authentic. I really feel like it’s overpriced and the quality is just not there. $109.00 plus tip I feel bamboozled. I would say go to Datillos in town if you want good food for the price. Sucks because I was hoping to find a great authentic Italian restaurant to regularly go to but this was not it. Sorry for the long rant but...

I could not agree more with the customers who gave Rodolfo's a one or two star review. The salad and bread were excellent. I got a generous pour of chianti. Service was friendly and efficient. The restaurant is decorated nicely and is clean as a clean can be, right down to the restrooms. The food was mediocre at best. My wife and I are foodies to the max. She graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Napa and I'm from the East Coast where ethnic cooking, especially Italian is held to the highest standards. The ravioli was obviously from a frozen package and the sauce was bitter and tasted like it came out of a can. I had the cioppino and again, the seafood had no taste and was like that frozen pack you get at the grocery store. The sauce was just ok. I don't mind paying a premium price in a sit down restaurant as long as the food is of high quality. The bitterness of the sauce was a bitter disappointment. In this area, we would have had a better shot at excellent food at one of the many taco stands cookin' up a storm on...