Ale Roma Cucina

Excellent food everything is extremely fresh and never frozen; all meets are Halal! Cheeses are top quality. Wonderful experience, great customer service. I will definitely come back again.

Tuesdays back in April ’09 was GSROC night at Ale Roma Cucina!
I remember, my friends and I arrived at 700 p.m. The night was a little cool and the weather forecast called for a light drizzle and we didn’t want to chance it. We proceed through the entryway. A wrought iron fence
and twinkling lights at the front of the restaurant. The décor inside had a warm glow to it and nice Italian music played in the back ground. The place was filled with happy couples (some of which were there to support German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County, former adopters, i.e. current dog-​parents). We were quickly and warmly greeted by the host who sat us down immediately and the server took our drink order. I decided to sit and visit with everyone that was there to eat for the dogs. I caught a waff of aroma from a nearby table and other recipes eminating of the kitchen. The food looked wonderful and pleasing to the eye. My fellow doggie lovers ordered hand tossed, thin crust pizza. I ordered the special, Gnocchi with Bolognese sauce, my bf orders stuffed mushrooms and lasagna. The endless supply of freshly toasted, home made bread melted in your mouth. We laugh at the fact that no vampire within a 10 mile radius of Ale Roma Cucina would dare come by! My dish was served warm, spicy and tasty with parmesan cheese and loads of garlic! YUM! I remember always feeling satisfied and well stuffed after every meal at Ale Roma Cucina.
Prices for pasta are always in my opinion a wee bit high, and you could save a lot by cooking at home, but if you lack the time and don’t mind spending a few bucks every now and than, give this place a try. Ale Roma Cucina is definitely a neighborhood gem!

I have the gonna drop my review as we wait more than 30 minutes for mail to arrive. The service is extremely and attentive and slow. I am reading the Groupon as my mouth waters regarding these succulent on train is that the chef off more than 30 years prepare, however the reality of this place is far different from the glamorise world ever Grouponism. So far, I am nothing less than disappointed. I am starving and it took 15 minutes just to get some bread delivered to our table. We see me on trip your entrée coming out for our neighbor and able, it yet we have not received anything not even so much as an ackknowledgement.
This nightmare experience was made worse by the AWFUL food and the HORRIBLE manager. Each dish we ordered was worse than the last, and the owner threatened to call the police if we didn’t pay for the horrible food that was completely inedible.
I have never experienced such a lack of professionalism from a restaurant. PLEASE STAY AWAY unless you’re a fan of horrible food and an evil owner. The manager had the nerve to say that I couldn’t «afford to pay for a meal without a discount, so it’s my fault.»
My only prayer is that they are out of business sooner than later.

We purchased a Groupon and went on Friday, 3÷29÷13 and the place is no longer opened. The inside was empty and there was a sign on the door stating «FOR LEASE». I went online to call to see if they moved locations and there was not a phone number listed on their website. I did fina a phone number listed online and when I called, the number was disconnected. I notified Groupon and am awaiting my refund. I should have checked Unilocal before purchasing the Groupon. I would have not purchase in the first place!

Arrived here at 6:30 with groupon discount offer.
Bread arrived at 6:50, awful it tasted like they buttered it with the oil from the sautéed mussels. Returned it for basic bread and butter.
Entrees arrived at 6:58 looks good so far.
I ordered the linguini with cream sauce and she ordered the gnocchi with asparagus I would give them both about a 70% I’ve had better and I’ve had worse.
Over all I don’t know if ill come back or not.

*Warning: AVOID this place @ all costs!!!*
Stopped by this place last Saturday w/​my sis & we both ended up being extremely disappointed. Service was terrible, food was disgusting, & the owner (Rob) had an awful attitude! Grrrr! :-/​
We hadn’t eaten all day so we were starving by the time we got to this place. We walked in around 7ish on a Saturday & there were only 4 full tables. We should have known better cuz that’s always a bad sign, right? It took about 15 minutes for them to bring us bread and it was hard & stale. We ordered a seafood pasta dish & the risotto. You can tell from the pics that the risotto looked like watered down throw up so my sis ordered chicken & broccoli instead. Sad to say the chicken was burnt and tasted awful!
Most places will simply remove a meal from the bill when the customer isn’t satisfied & doesn’t eat it, but for some reason, that proved to be too much of a problem for the owner. When my sis went to show the Groupon to the owner, he said to mark it as used & he would take it off the bill but that was a problem because he didn’t want to honor it. By this point, we were beyond feeling discriminated against. We never did figure out why her was working as a server either??? Eventually, the owner finally agreed to accept the Groupon to cover the uneaten meal but the post-​tax total ended up being $ 6.53.
We were both SO disappointed with the entire experience & didn’t eat the food, so my sister explained to the owner why she felt the entire meal should be comped. Of course the owner refused to comply & threatened to call the police if we didn’t cough up $ 6. Instead of kicking the owner’s butt, my sis stormed out of the place, so I took care of our humungous $ 6 bill and decided we’d NEVER RETURN to such a horrid place. I urge you to STAY AWAY too because you will be disappointed. SMH

This place is … confusing. We came here because of a Groupon — not always the best driving force. We paid $ 15 to get $ 30 of food (so, basically, they just subtracted 30 bucks from our total bill). I’d never been to the place or even seen it, so I looked it up online first. It looked nice — great menu, upscale feel. Then we got there. Talk about a disconnect. It looks like there have been 5 other restaurants there before this one. It has that generic feel. There was no air conditioning (and this was on one of the hottest evenings of the year) and there were TVs mounted in all four corners of the restaurant with sports playing. Um, yeah, not upscale.
My boyfriend ordered a pasta dish with asparagus and was told, «Oh, we’re out of asparagus.» He changed his order and then asked for a draft beer from their list. The waiter said, «We’re out of that.» And they were out of one of the 6 Italian wines on their menu too. I wanted to say, «Um, you are a restaurant, right? Has someone explained to you guys how this works?» I got the feeling that the owner is never there and just hires subpar staff to run the place.
All that said, the food wasn’t bad. Wasn’t great, but wasn’t bad.
Bread: Very garlic-​y, buttery sourdough. I was starving so this was delicious to me.
Appetizer: Carciofi tostati (toasted artichoke hearts, white wine, lemon, garlic, olive oil, reggiano): Sounds fancier than it is. These were basically breaded artichoke hearts that were likely from a can.
Entrée: Vegetable panini (grilled eggplan, bell peppers, onions, spinach, goat cheese, balsamic reduction): Really good. The portion size was great. It filled me up, which isn’t easy to do. No complaints here.
Wine: I got a glass of the sangiovese and a glass of the chianti. The sangiovese was warm – like, hot. Like it had been sitting in the back of someone’s car for a while. It was very vinegar-​y. The chianti was good.

Service wasn’t too bad. (The Unilocal reviews scared me since I was going in with a Groupon.) The food was something I could make at home.
The Groupon required you to make reservations, so I did for 2 at 6pm. We felt a bit silly for making the reservation since the place was empty. The garlic bread that they provide complimentary was greasy, but pretty good. We got a mushroom appetizer. While it tasted pretty good, the presentation was horrible! I could do better at home. They were 6 – 7 mushrooms tossed on a dinner plate with some spinach. The salad was fairly wilted, tasty, but not fresh at all. The pizza was actually pretty good. We got the one with the artichoke hearts.
The bill would have been about $ 40 for just those 3 things. Quite expensive for the quality of food. Good thing we had a Groupon. So, we paid significantly less.

The food here is uninspired. Everything tastes like it was previously frozen. In addition, the service can be really lacking. We once waited over an hour for two pasta entrees.
I think a really good way to measure an Italian restaurant’s quality is to taste their marinara sauce. I did this at Ale Roma Cucina, and their «marinara» sauce is nothing more than crushed tomatoes. Very disappointing.
We’ve tried pizzas, pastas, salads and appetizers at this restaurant and the are nothing you couldn’t replicate more quickly and probably more satisfactorily at home.
We went here twice with 2 Groupons and there is no reason for us to return.

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse –King Charles V
What would the King speak to my son? Is there a dialect called California Pre-​Teen? Tween-​glish maybe? I learned a new definition for the word Troll. It is using the word Control… making it trol/troll…but the definition means something like Pone.
Had a Groupon for this place…3^rd or 4^th time I have come here… updating review. Son loves the pizza and it is definitely 4 stars. I like the pizza better than nearby Wise Guys… son loves Wise Guys better because they have garlic dough nots although he loves free bread here. The pastas are just A-​OK, 3 stars. The chicken was very good with my parmigiana, the pasta too salty. Chocolate mousse dessert was tasty… I also enjoy the Prosecco splits for $ 7 – 12 (there are two types).
I wish the neighborhood would support this restaurant. It was a slow night surprising because their Groupon ends on Wednesday.
Recommended.

You know, the food was wonderful, but as soon as I opened my mouth to present my Groupon, the server’s demeanor completely changed and we were treated like subpar customers. Upon my revelation, all he said was «oh, you have a groupon. The grilled and specials are off limits» and abruptly turned around. Off limits? Nice choice of words. Oh, I can tell these people have fantastic customer service.
Despite the fact that there was only one other couple in the restaurant, we weren’t checked on and my bf had to call the one and only server over for boxes and the bill after we were so obviously done.
You know, if you think Groupon customers are causing you to lose money, DON’T SIGN UP TO BE A GROUPON RESTAURANT! Many of us use groupons to try out restaurants we wouldn’t normally try and if we like it, we become regulars. I, myself, discovered The Seafood Shack in Westminster through groupon and have since gone back several times… amazing service and amazingly good eats! That’s the idea of a Groupon – to hook more customers! Thanks to the BS and snooty service we got here, on the other hand, you can be sure as hell we’re not coming back and YES, I’ve already filed a complaint with Groupon. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE PLEASE!

My husband came here for lunch with coworkers and told me it was good, so I agreed to give it a shot. What a surprise! Even though this place is in a rinky-​dink shopping center, it’s quite nice inside. I was surprised when we walked in the door at how inviting and modern it was. I was expecting more of a generic pizza place atmosphere. It was almost empty, which makes me wonder if everyone else passes it by because of it’s location (like I did).
The service was prompt, attentive and very friendly. I had a great little caesar salad to start. The anchovy dressing tasted homemade! I ordered the ziti portobello with goat cheese. It was rich and delicious, as I had hoped it would be. My husband had the risotto with scallops, clams and shrimp which he enjoyed very much. The children’s meals were large and it was obvious the same care went into their food as ours. One son ordered the fettucini alfredo and the other ordered a pizza. The pizza was as big as the dinner plate and was handmade… not frozen. I kept stealing bites of his crust because it was so good.
It was well priced for the quality and quantity of food. Entrees average $ 10 – 15. children’s meals are $ 7 (includes a beverage and ice cream).

We got a Groupon to Ale Roma Cucina, confusing it with another restaurant my girlfriend loves. Figuring that out, we had our reservations. Upon arrival, we were surprised at how mismatched the exterior and interior is (it’s much nicer inside than you’d expect). The service was friendly and attentive, and the pizzas (one pesto and one tomato… olive…thing) were good, but not great. My party loved the complimentary (the first place, anyway) garlic-​y bread stuff, but I found it just to be a medium for balsamic vinegar. My favorite part was probably the $ 14 pitchers of Kona Fire Rock.
To be fair, my girlfriend and friends would probably give this place four stars, but for me I think three («A-​OK») is appropriate.

As everyone else on here, I had a Groupon. Upon arrival to restaurant we were told to wait to be seated even though there was barely anyone there (2 tables).
We order the fried calamari, some artichoke pesto penne pasta with chicken, and a ravioli puttanesca .
The calamari was, not crispy, and somewhat undercook. I love calamari, and this was a big disappointment .
The pesto was not great either. The sauce was watery, not even green in color.
The raviolli seem microwaved, hot at some spots but no others, unseasoned, and tomatoes taste like can tomatoes .
I really hope this place gets better, it has great location but a new chef is suggested.

The food is great, very tasty. Their pasta is very special.
But the sad thing is that they have bad customer service. We came at 7pm and there were empty tables and not many people but they asked us to wait outside ???
30 mins wait then they called us, it takes another 30 mins for the waiter come to take order. Then another 30 mins for the coming food.
They seemed to be busy but there were only 6 tables serving at that time. The waiters kept pointing at the screen behind the counter and let us wait even when we call them.
90 mins waiting for dinner — Never come back!
The fastest thing that they can do is giving you the bill…

I have had 2 of their Groupons from 6 mos ago that CLEARLY state. «15 for 30 of food and drinks» states that food must be purchased. 1^st time.. .. nothing that we ordered on «today’s lunch meny» was acceptable for Groupon offer (after we already ordered it) food was so so.
2^nd time decided to not take any chances and order off the regular menu. Had a pizza and a glass of wine and a beer.. .. .came out to 30 $. .. Then we were informed that Drinks were not included as per the owners orders.…
When I showed it (the groupon) to the waiter. .(same guy all 3 times I have gone there, trying to give this place a shot) he said.. «well you are supposed to call ahead and make reservations.. . REALLY!. .. We were the only people there! then just before we left at 1:00 another party showed up.…
I have tried but ended up just asking Groupon to refund the money spent.. This is the first and only time I have had this kind of experience with a Groupon business and I use Groupon and the Unilocal coupons a lot! Avoid this place they do not deserve your business!

How I got here: First, we walked into Maggiano’s at South Coast Plaza, almost had an panic attack with the amount of people waiting to be seated. Oh lawwwddy lawwwdy, insanity! Ran to the car, pulled up the Unilocal app and type in, «Italian» as we drove towards home.
I made a quick call to make sure there wasn’t a ridiculolus wait on a Saturday night for dinner, then we made our way off the freeway at the Chapman exit. Almost fooled by the exterior and the surrounding businesses, we almost opted not to go, but we decided to be adventurous and glad we did!
Ale Roma Cucina is a quiet and cozy little place. Not quite intimate but you can tell they are striving for elegance and sophistication. The garlic bread they set on the table is awesome, the waiters are dressed in tuxes and are so mannerly, polite and quite attentive. Plates were always cleared, water glasses filled and they always said, «may I»? Ahhhh, I love it!
The Bruschetta was so flavorful and perfect! We ordered Caesar salad, homemade chicken vegetable soup, pizza, chicken parmesan, and some dish I ordered (can’t remember the name) shells with eggplant and a bolognese sauce — ALL PERFECT!
A really fabulous meal with better service than one could imagine and a Custard Cake to end the evening — so delicious!
Nice little small business find in Orange!

Awesome food
Highly recommended!
Perfect for today November 26: SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY!
I went there because they have great Groupon NOW deals (check them out $ 15 for $ 20)
When we arrived the place didn’t look like much, a lot of parking space in a strip mall.
Upon our arrival our opinion changed, the place is quite nice and cozy inside,
and we were immediately greeted by Marcos.
Our server was Martha, she is AWESOME! super nice, friendly and attentive.
**Disclaimer:
I asked her to pose for me and if she allowed me to post the picture, she agreed :)
The food was great! not greasy, quite flavorful but not sickly.
All pasta was al dente.
(SUPER IMPORTANT for me, I HATE mushy — overcooked pasta)
We Ordered:
Linguini Tutto Mare
Capellini Pugliese
Then we chatted with Marcos, he was really nice and knowledgeable. He told us that they are going to have a pairing event on Jan or Feb (I won’t miss it!)
TIP: for checking in with Unilocal you will get a free dessert. We got a delicious tiramissu,
since we were talking to Marcos about wine tasting, he was quite gracious and gave is a taste of Porto that goes with the dessert.
YUMMMMMMMM
** I’m telling you: I WON’T miss the pairing event that they will have **
I’m definitely coming back here, even before the pairing event.

I didn’t know this place had
coupon until I was @ the restaurant.
The place was kinda empty when I got there. Ordered linguini tutto mare.
Linguini Tutto Mare: shrimp, clams, scallops, pinot grigio, tomatoes, olive oil and garlic. It came with caesars salad and complimentary garlic bread.
The best part of my meal was garlic bread. Food was meh but at least the service was great. I would not go back again even with the coupon.
2 stars!
Ale Roma Cucina is not yummylicious!!!

I ordered the pasta with sausage and artichoke. It was AOK. I did like the garlic cheese bread. I thought the food was slightly over priced. Our waiter was kind of off. They have a display with garlic sitting out. The «Fresh Garlic» was marked «Made in China.» So, I guess I had chinese italian food.
FYI…Best garlic comes from Gilroy. That’s a fact.