Roma’s Italian restaurant — Restaurant in Pleasanton

We love Roma so much that we come from Stockdale (40 miles) just to eat here. The fried ravioli appetizer in that sauce is just heaven! Everything is freshly made to order, including the garlic knots, so expect to wait a bit. This is not reheated commercial kitchen food, this is like an Italian Nona’s home kitchen. We have tried nearly everything on the menu .Last night I had Linguine with Clams in the white sauce. OMG! Fantastic! Last time I tried the Stromboli, and it was excellent as well. My daughter loves the chicken parm, with its tender juicy chicken cutlet, expertly crisped coating, and not greasy, or soggy. The only complaint we ever have is with the waitstaff. They tend to be totally inattentive. Even when there are only 4 people in the entire restaurant. We started last night with a lovely server that seated us, took our drink order and appetizer order, and put it in, then returned for or dinner order, and brought us bread. She smiled, and was very engaging. We were happy the owner found a keeper. Alas, she was finishing her shift, and the server that took her place just brought our dinner plates and left us hanging. We would have ordered dessert… ( Chocolate mousse cake and Italian cream) but after waiting, we just went to the register to pay. We will always come back. The food is amazing, and the portions are decently sized, and of great value for the price. We just hope the owner finds the right fit for his...

Small family run place with excellent Italian food tucked into a strip mall. Don't let the location fool you, there's good food inside and the ambiance is small bistro with good music at a low level and they've done a good job of making it a low key place that you can bring a date or your family to.

I've enjoyed pretty much everything they have to offer, but I'm partial to their pink sauce. The combos are a great way to dip your toe in, and they'll customize the sauce for you. I love the tortellini and have enjoyed several of their baked pastas. The salads have house made dressing, though they're mostly iceberg lettuce. I've yet to try their pizzas, but they always look and smell so lovely. Maybe someday they'll tempt me away from their delicious pasta.

I can not recommend the meatballs enough. I usually don't bother with spaghetti when dining out. My husband ordered the spaghetti and meatballs... Holy cow that was the best meatball I've ever had. So tender and...

First and most importantly, I want to say they do have amazing food. However, as someone who has been going here for 3 years now, the service has went down hill tremendously. We placed an order tonight at 7:30, we were told it would only be 20 minutes. After arriving, we waited until 8:40 just to be told someone else had gotten our food. Totally understand that mistakes happen, though, their solution to this was to give us the food after the customer returned back with it. Anyone who works in a restaurant knows this is not okay for many reasons. I will admit, the server tried to make it right by having the cook remake our food but instead he yelled at her, telling her to get the food back from the other customer. We ended up leaving the food and getting a refund. This is the third time in a few months we have had problems with extremely long wait times. As much as I love their food, I sadly will not...