Italian Bistro

It’s always a delight to come and visit this family owned restaurant in Roanoke. This is our go to for Italian. Not only the food is delicious but the service is always on point. Friendly faces always welcome us and take our orders. The servers have been there for the longest, and the owners are always on site and make sure you are enjoying yourself. Live guitar music on Fridays is a tradition now. Good wine selection. My favorite dish is seafood pasta, though this last Time I was craving pizza and I was able to choose my own toppings with a thin crust. The spumoni for dessert was so good!

Seen it before, never tried it…. The front of the building facing the street is actually the side , front is to the east facing another building which makes it look like it’s not busy, that’s why we’ve never stopped….. excellent food, this will be our new go to Italian place if I’m not wanting the soup salad and breadsticks from Olive Garden ;) wife loved the homemade lasagna and I had a Stromboli and it was the best I’ve had, next time I will add anchovies ;).

Valentine’s Day, live saxophone, we didn’t like the soup but didn’t complain… a waitress (not ours) notices and immediately removed it from the table and ticket. All the food and drinks were FANTASTIC. Service was amazing. Not a dirty dish left on our table more than 2 minutes. Will definitely be loyal customers as this man cares about his business and is invested in his people. Great experience.

Pretty building with poor quality, overpriced food. I had chicken piccata. Let's start with the salad. Caesar salad and they don't make their own dressing. I can't prove it but I suspect that they don't actually make any sauces from scratch and my dinner companion said he thought his eggplant parm was frozen. My chicken piccata had no taste of lemon, the sauce was thin and it was bitter. There were two tiny chicken cutlets that had been pounded quarter inch thick. They had no color but we're still dry and tasteless. Clearly overcooked. Not even the rolls were made in store. They were clearly frozen dough that they just baked. Three guests at this meal and none of us would go back. Now, as the price my chicken piccata was $18. There might have been 6 oz of chicken on the plate. The food cost was probably about $3. Menu cost should be three times your food cost. This should have been a 10 or $11 meal. Not an $18 meal. I would never spend my money at this place again. Oh, and the service was poor. The waiter actually reached across one of my companions heads to give me my meal and we were seated at a four top in the middle of the floor.

I love Italian Bistro! I haven't been in a few years, mostly because I don't work close by anymore. I happened to be on an alternate route home and knew I'd be near the bistro, so I decided to stop in and pick up dinner. Sami (owner) and Vinny are the best! There's not one bad item on the menu. The sausage pizziola is probably my favorite but the Stromboli is a close second, followed by the chicken florentine. Basically, you can't go wrong here! If you're near Byron Nelson and in search of a great place to eat... stop in, you won't regret it!

I had the Chicken Basalmic and it was ok. House salad was watery just like all the reviews told me. Waitress didn't even offer the complimentary bread until we were almost finished with our meal. We drove 45 minutes to try this restaurant solely on the recommendation of a friend that lives in Roanoke. It wasn't worth the drive. We have way better closer to home.