Adriatic Cafe Italian Grill Spring TX — Restaurant in Spring

Went here on 5/14/2021 Friday at lunch. Have to say it is much nicer inside than I thought it would be! You see mini mall strip & think generic tables & chairs..no way here! Very nice inside! Nice decor, booths, tables & bar. Decor is right up there with any main stream restaurant! Waitress was Lara & we didn't have to wait long for food. We are retired so no rush. But great service! We both got sodas (coke products! Yes!) Husband ordered a 12"pizza w/2 toppings. I got lunch Spaghetti w/the works. Also a ceasar salad ($1 extra) since not house salad? Anyway, ceasar is more of an oil base not the creamy base. Not great. I suggest they go to creamy, oil isn't great. But it was a good size & fresh. You also get bread free. Big basket & hot! Buttered but not to the extreme which I like! Ok the spaghetti w/the works...if you LOVE MEAT - this is for you! Carnivores rejoice! When I say meat sauce I mean MEAT! Not the meat sauce in some places where it is all sauce & maybe a meatball or specs of beef.Theirs has meat sauce, meatball, sliced sausage, mushrooms over marinara sauce w/spaghetti marinara sauce & Sherry wine (their description). OK IT WAS A LOT! More meat than pasta, which is rare! I took that home -boiled more spaghetti & put that on it-another whole meal! I don't eat a lot. I am sure there are people who would eat it in 1 sitting! And this was LUNCH! Husband liked his pizza! Thin crust but enough "crust" at the end like we all like it! Just right amount of sauce (have your choice of sauce too, look at menu pics). Overall, very happy we stopped! A friend highly recommended them! Our bill for all that was $25.42. Say what! AWESOME! My only mild concern is the tables are very close to each other. I don't like being squished (has zero to do w/covid). I prefer a booth, but all were taken. Wasn't a problem since it wasn't at capacity...

I am very mad at my friends and followers for not telling me about this place for 4 years now! We live close to 1960 so that means we travel to go out to eat since it is a food desert for acceptable food (with VERY few exceptions). Everything about the place is top rated. It is an actual restaurant with well trained and abundant staff and great food. The house wines are both very good. Who else has good house wine? No one. Half price appetizers, M-F with $4 beer and wine and a sizable lunch menu that is 7 days a week! I could write a whole writeup on just the garlic bread that is made like mini braided challahs and a bowl of real butter on the table, not whipped margarine oil that is loosely based on the color of butter. This is a real restaurant that has 3 other locations but the Spring Adriatic Cafe & Italian grill is easy to get to and very affordable. If I had to give a note, it would be cloth napkins instead of paper but that is it. The website even has a 360 view of the inside. Our waiter was Anastasia and couldn't have been better if she tried. Even the bus staff were very attentive without interrupting. Frequent checks and plates disappear without conversation or instance. Looking throughout the restaurant I saw that there were plenty of staff, a full staffed wine bar and a full staffed separate bar. Great atmosphere. Even the children were attended to by parents and not just let loose to run and be wild. No screaming kids! Kids day is Monday. I am so happy I get to write a positive review for a restaurant that is so close to 1960 for a change. I am having my left overs for lunch today. The bread re-heats...

Elena D - waitress dropped off our food & she never acknowledged us until it was time to bring us our bill. She never asked if we needed our drinks refilled or if we needed anything else or if we needed napkins etc. She should have asked if we would like a desert and try to upsell to get us to buy more, I never been a waitress but I do know about providing excellent customer service because I work in the customer service industry and she lacked it here. She had a table right next to us and went to that table about 5 times and never turned around and asked us was we ok or needed anything. She should be a hostess or a greeter NOT a waitress. You don’t drop off food and then don’t say anything to the guest until it’s time for the check. I even tried to tell her excuse me for some napkins but she acted like she didn’t hear me and we sat there without a refill & napkins.

I use to be a fan of this place but to pay $82 for mediocre service & food is what makes me not want to return. I could have went to Houston’s 10,000 other places and spent $82 & had a better experience & better food. The only thing I love about the Alfredo is the sauce but I’m sure that can be found anywhere.

Shrimp Alfredo had about 4 little curled up shrimp in it. Looked like boiled shrimp. Would have been nice if they were huge plump shrimp with a char grilled on one side and some...