FRATELLINO'S ITALIAN KITCHEN — Restaurant in Orange

Hardly any customers there during lunch hour on Wednesday. Noiey inside, so we sat on sidewalk table outside.

Cook mistakenly made meatball panini instead of meatball casserole, so remade the casserole and comped us both beverages and offered gelato to compensate for the delay.

Meatball casserole was perfect, but the turkey panini was awful. Almost inedible for my guest. Very gracious cashier and waitress. Meatball served hot with plenty of mariara sauce for dipping with bread if desired.

Meatball casserole dish was three meatballs in sauce. Plenty filling for me.

In Italian tradition, they served two pieces of toasted garlic bread right away. Two of us were in the party.

They have a senior discount.

Bathrooms are spacious, modern, and spotless. Shelf for things and changing babies is handy.

One thing to note for diabetics is that the marina sauce raised my glucose reading to over 300 afterward. Ate no bread or pasta or dessert. Could be there is sugar in the sauce, but I wouldn't recommend marinara in case you don't want to chance it. I didn't think to ask about this before I ordered, but I should have.

Pretty noisy inside for hearing impaired with hearing aids. Every surface inside is reflective, so noise is loud and dialog teverbetstes. Drives hearing aids crazy.

Most places are clueless about sound, which misses the whole point of dining with people who want to converse over a meal.

The room should be treated for sound with absorbant wall coverings to deaden the reverb. The kitchen is open to the dining area, so all the kitchen sounds spill over to...

I have eaten at the Brea location for years. The Orange location is near my home so very convenient to run in and grab a to-go order or sit down and eat. Very disappointed in this location. I’ve been to this location 4 times now. 2 dine in and 2 to-go. Dine in is fine. To go needs help. I was allowed one dressing for a large salad. Said it’s extra if I wanted one more. Forgot the bread to the pasta dish. Pizza was undercooked. I was also shocked to learn these employees gave not even seen the Brea location. Maybe they would have a better understanding of what the expectations are if they knew how the Brea location was run. Also, maybe a pizza deal that would include a salad that you don’t have to pay 10...

Tried Fratellino's for the first time today for lunch. Menu offerings are great and have something for everyone (many Pasta dishes, Paninis, Pizza, Soup, Salads and much MORE). We settled on an ALL MEAT PIZZA (12”, but they have 16” too”) with thin crust and we shared a large garden salad. The pizza was excellent with lots of cheese and the crust was great! Salad was super delicious, VERY fresh ingredients and wonderful Italian (many other dressing choices) dressing. Process is to go up and order and food is brought to you. Prices are very reasonable. Restaurant is very comfortably laid out and modern. Plenty of FREE parking right out front. We will definitely be returning very soon to try...