Ferrante’s Pizza and Italian Restaurant- Mechanicsburg — Restaurant in Lower Allen

Stopped in for dinner with my lady and was greeted promptly by the young lady waitress and seated in the dining area. Brought menus and ordered drinks. Beer was over 5$ a bottle. The entree's came with a choice of soup or salad, we both chose salad. The salads came quickly and contained an iceberg lettuce bed with red and green peppers, tomato, onions, and a cucumber slice. Our choice of dressing came in a convenient pack. Salad was nice and cold however it would have been a nice add on to have a cold bowl as well. The entree made it to me before I could finish my salad. I ordered the lobster ravioli and my lady ordered the eggplant and pasta dish. We both thought that the entree's were nicely prepared and plated well. We also agreed that both entree's tasted exceptionally well. My Ravioli included four shrimp, but my personal preference is to not have the tails on. The ravioli were well made and very flavorful. My opinion was, better than Carrabba's . Two garlic rolls also accompanied our salads. Refills on drinks were offered in a timely manner and other guests seemed to have enjoyed their meals as well. Kind of on the high price I thought for myself but the quality of the food is incredible. Generous tips are definitely earned by the friendly attentive staff. They do have a little bar area with wine/ liquor selections and soda options. I would definitely recommend this little place if not too busy as seating is somewhat limited. Our second visit was just as enjoyable as the first. This time my lady ordered a salad with ranch dressing and the buccatini primavera. An excellent choice which she thoroughly enjoyed. I had the meatball appetizer, which as you can see from my photo was plenty. They were perfect juicy meatballs with a beautiful tomato sauce with parmesan on top. The muffin I chose was the French toast muffin which came beautifully plated with caramel and whipped cream. An after meal espresso was also enjoyed. Good luck to the owner and hope to see you again for...

I was staying at a local hotel and decided to stop by for breakfast in the morning before heading out. I was looking for a new place to eat breakfast as I often travel through this area.

When I arrived, there were a couple customers already there. I walked up to the counter, and was trying to find the menu, but could not find one. A gentleman assisted me by pointing to a menu that was on the counter. I scanned over the short menu and ordered what I thought was a breakfast platter. I was looking for something cold to drink, but quickly realized that coffees and teas was all they had. After some confusion I did notice they sold smoothies so I decided to order a smoothie. So after ordering, I stood waiting, thinking they were going to hand me my food shortly, but realized this was a dine in setting. Nothing stated this I was only made aware after being told by a waitress. I made my way to my seat and was shortly brought my sandwich, not a platter and a small mason jar with my smoothie. My smoothie consisted of crushed ice and a unique tasting syrup poured over the ice. I was disappointed. From the menu, high pricing, order, confusion, lack of drinks, and generally OK tasting food I was not impressed. I quickly finished my food and a small portion of my smoothie before needing to hit the road. I wished I had a drink for the road but they did not offer soft drinks or anything that you could take. I do not plan to eat there again and would not recommend this place...

After having pizza here twice that was pretty good, we decided to try their other offerings.

Unfortunately we were in for a let down.

The garlic bread had hardly any garlic or butter on it, some pieces were just bread. Most had only a hint of either. Our food - cheese ravioli and manicotti for meals, meatballs for appetizer - suffered from a similar problem. While the pasta and cheese itself was good, it was brought severely down by the marinara sauce itself having been reduced to essentially tomato water. With a bit of actual sauce the plates would have been praise and return worthy as the pasta and cheese themselves were good. Right now I'm just glad I didn't try the fettuccine Alfredo and gotten watery cream sauce. The meatballs were a little difficult to enjoy too from a lack of any real sauce, beyond the thin water beneath them. The cheese was dalloped next to them rather than on, which meant they cooled a little faster than otherwise and needed a bit of help to get a taste of anything other than meat.

Next, the dishes were a $13 each, for not a lot of food and watery sauce too. Had the sauce game been even a little bit stronger I'd be less offended by the price.

Their pizza is good usually and the pasta itself tastes good, so I give it 2 stars. The lack of anything higher is for some very obvious cost cutting measures that left us confused and disappointed. The serving staff is excellent and...