Little Italy Italian Family Restaurant — Restaurant in Killeen

Just OK. I am stumped as to how this place has a 4.3 star rating.

The place was empty when I walked in. I was seated right away. Sway was my waiter and he did a pretty good job. All the staff seemed pleasant.

At one point I had to go to the bathroom and there was a really foul smell back by the bathrooms. The women's bathroom smelled like cigarette smoke. I did notice later that one of the staff was spraying some stuff around back there probably to mask the odor.

They have an okay wine menu. The beer menu was rather lacking as all of the beers are a light Pilsner type beer. It would be nice to have one Amber or some sort of beer that's a little bit on the dark side as opposed to just all light beers.

They bunched all of the patrons in the same area. It is always nice if they leave one table or one booth between guests. If you have to listen to people's conversations next to you typically it's because the restaurant has a lot of people in it. I had to listen to the table next to me complain about the waiter. He was actually doing a good job but they were personally insulting him.

I ordered chicken Toscana. The prosciutto was overcooked and was like shoe leather. I was wondering what the brown-gray piece of meat on top of the chicken was. Once again the sauce was just okay. There were two chicken breasts. The chicken itself was really pretty good. There was one Medallion of mozzarella cheese on top of the prosciutto which was on top of the chicken breasts.

The pasta itself was very bland. There was no flavor to it. They brought parmesan cheese in a shaker to the table and I opened it and added parmesan to the pasta and mixed it together which made the pasta taste a lot better.

The meal came with soup or Salad + 2 rolls. I chose the salad with blue cheese dressing. The salad consisted of the equivalent of 2 leaves of iceberg lettuce ripped into pieces on a plate. There was a small chunk of purple cabbage, a half a slice of tomato, and a slice of cucumber. The blue cheese dressing tasted like blue cheese but had no chunks a blue cheese in it at all.

I was given two rather large dinner rolls that tasted like french bread. They were served with small containers of real butter which was a plus. I actually added some of the butter to the pasta as well when I added the parmesan cheese to make the pasta taste better.

I opted to try the Italian beer on the menu. Once again, it was okay. I had two of them and was also brought a large glass if water. The water was really good.

The food portion for the entree was large. It could easily be enough as an entree for two meals if not three. However, they should cut their menu in half and focus on quality.

It is November 15 and they had Christmas decorations up to include a Christmas tree already. I am not a fan. Fall and Thanksgiving should not be glossed over.

My total bill with entree, two beers, and a tip was...

Update !!!! Down below is my first review for this restaurant that was based on some of thier desserts only. My opinion has not changed as far as the desserts are concern. As promised I tried other items on their menu. I ordered the Combo Specialty, which consist of lasagna, chicken parmigiana, and fettuccine alfredo. Also I ordered garlic butter rolls, raspberry tea and strawberry cheese cake for dessert. I have to say sadly I was not impressed with the meal. The entree was good not anything to brag about, on top of that the garlic rolls were little hard and the raspberry tea was bland. I must also state as with most of my reviews it's about the food only dont know if a sit down experience at the restaurant is better or not. With that I have to drop my review from 5 to 3 stars. This review is during the lunch period so maybe that was factor so next time I will try a meal during the dinner period. 😴

So to start this review off, I must say I haven't tried any of the entree on their menu, this review is only about their desserts. As I was standing around the hostess counter waiting on a delivery pickup I noticed the dessert display directly across from the counter. Inside the display I saw cheese cakes, red velvet , chocolate mousse and cream coconut cakes. So those of you who don't know I have a serious sweet tooth so I couldn't resist the temptation to try out a few of these enticing desserts I mean seriously they were calling my name. I tried the chocolate, red velvet and cream coconut cakes. I enjoyed each flavor I tried. Everything was delicious and tasted homemade, definitely a treat for my taste buds. Will be one of my go to places for dessert. Now the five stars that I gave for this review is for the the desserts only so this could change once I try an entree on their menu, until then give those cakes a try if you happen to be...

Incredibly disappointing first and last time DINE IN experience this evening. Took my sister for her birthday dinner and spent $100 for 3 adults and a child. Our waitress, Morgan forgot to put our order in and told us 30 minutes after receiving our appetizer. When she checked in on us to see howf(whicwas hardly touched by all of us) she asked what we did not like, as I told her she only said she was sorry and made the statement “I take it we do not want any to go boxes”? Did not speak with anyone about the experience nor were we offered anything different. Upon walking out My brother in law was so upset with the terrible experience that he asked to speak with a manager. He spoke with an elderly Italian woman with an heavy accent and said that when he showed her the lack of eaten food she acted as if the problem was with us and not the food/service.

We ordered the combination special (fettuccine Alfredo, chicken Parmesan & lasagna), chicken & shrimp caprico and lobster/shrimp ravioli, kids cheese pizza and a sampler appetizer.

The Alfredo sauce did not have a flavor, my daughter actually stated “mom this pasta literally does not have a taste”. The chicken Parmesan was soggy and the lobster ravioli had a Very strong fishy after taste. The chicken/shrimp caprico sauce was so watery that it looked like a thin soup, I literally ate one bite of chicken, shrimp and penne pasta.

By no means, am I writing this review to be intentionally malicious to a small business, we order at my employer very often and have never had an undesirable food experience until today. It’s just very disappointing that no attempt was made to try and make the...