I have to say this was the best service I've ever had. Went through the drive-thru, was greeted by a very nice woman and easy process to get our food. The lady working at the window knew what customer service was. She greeted us like she knew us for years, gave us our appetizer to "snack" on while our entrees were cooking, THEN when the food was ready, they threw in an extra FREE order of our appetizer. WOW!! This is the place to go if you want great service, and even better food. Delicious! 20/10 read more

Read some of the reviews and thought we would try it....big mistake. The atmosphere was not inviting. My daughter ordered a cheese pizza. I thought it would be cooked in the big fancy pizza oven they have. The pizza tasted worse than a cheap frozen pizza from a grocery store. I had the lasagna dinner special. I ordered Italian dressing on my salad..I believe it was balsamic dressing instead that was on it. The lasagna had little flavor with a very generic marinara sauce on it. The parmesan cheese was simply store bought quality...not bad. We didn't eat much and just left. Prices were reasonable, but food was not good. It got one star because I can't post it without giving at least one. read more

Very typical homey Italian food. I got the lunch special, which was chicken Parmesan, which comes with a side of salad, a dinner roll and spaghetti in marinara sauce. I quite liked the marinara sauce, it was light and fresh, nothing out of the ordinary and exactly what you'd expect. The spaghetti was soft, more than I'd like it to be and the chicken Parmesan was fine. It was a lot more breaking than actual chicken but I'm not complaining. Everything was piping hot which was great! Would definitely return to try their other options, especially the deep fried calzone like option they have that's filled with marinara, mozzarella and a meat of your choice. read more

Have gotten good recommendations about this restaurant so gave it a try. Rather sorry I did. Granted the prices were good & the marinara sauce wasn't too bad ( I've had much better). But my spaghetti was overcooked & the grated parmesan was store bought quality that was not fresh. I don't believe that cooking pasta to the correct consistency is that difficult. read more

Love this place, reasonably priced for real italian food, the building and setting is beautiful inside and out, the salad bar is fresh and looks beautiful all the time. They take pride in their business! read more

Loved it. Affordable food with a luxury experience. Pasta was great and cheesecake was nice

I don't think I can put into words what I felt from the moment I pulled into the parking lot to this place. When we walked into the restaurant, the gaudy and baroque interior would typically tell the average folk that this restaurant is "Italian." It isn't. It was 5 o clock and the restaurant was empty. Not one person in it, no hostess or staff visible. We walked to the counter to order and ordered simple spaghetti and meatballs. It was remarkably overpriced and came in a small quantity. The tomato sauce tasted like corn syrup and sugar with red food coloring. The breadsticks were stale and gross. read more

We've been there several times and just never had a good experience. The food is ok (though I agree about too many things that are fried.) I love alfredo and I'm disappointed in its lack of flavor and thin consistency every time. Pepsi instead of Coke. :( It's rarely busy (always a bad sign), but If it does fill up, the "ambiance" is terrible. Maybe the acoustics of a former Taco Bell don't make for a nice Italian dining experience? The last time we were there, the owner was mean to us, so we haven't been back. read more

How I miss thee...... One of the restaurants I CRAVE! Wish I still lived in College Station.....Got to go back last weekend for Sister-in-Laws wedding and this was our last stop on our way out of town. Eggplant Parmesan - Absolutely incredible. Lasagna - this is REAL lasagna, not some over-sauced and over-stuffed with meat so you cannot taste the pasta. Good Stuff! Focaccia Bread - not your typical but WAYYY better! Then there is the Cheesecake! Im not a typical fan of ANY Cheesecake, so often too dense, this one is soft and creamy, still rich, but not overly so. Outstanding! Open kitchen allows you to see your food being prepared, so i don't understand some of these comments.... As for the "too much fried" comments, there is plenty on the menu that is not, couldn't you simply order one of those? I asked the owner "how he came up with the Frittella?" He said "It was a speciality of his hometown in Italy" AWESOME! Thought and tradition go into everything I have tried here, it is a MUST STOP for me every time I come into town. read more

I finally tried this for lunch today after knowing about it for the last couple of years that I've lived in College Station. I really enjoyed it! The atmosphere is pleasant and all of our food (I got the baked ziti with meat sauce) was great. My friend who accompanied me got the eggplant parmesan and ate every bite. We got free baked bread with our meal and later a man who I assume was the owner or manager came over with a plate of bread sticks and gave them to us for free (they are usually a priced side item) so that we could try them. They were delicious as well! I'll definitely be returning! read more

I came here at the recommendation of a friend in the Bryan/College Station area. This is a quick, counter-service Italian restaurant that's got a ton of potential. The chicken parmesan is incredible. It's got the perfect mix of cheese, breaded chicken, and warm tomato sauce. Classic comfort food. Here's the hit and miss stuff. The breadsticks are fried and can be excellent. They can also get rather oily, depending on which batch you get. The marinara that came with the pasta could use a bit more seasoning. (I'll need to check the table for red pepper flakes next time.) This a great, convenient, go-to option in the area when you're looking for comfort food with not a lot of hassle. read more

I LOVE FRITTELLA. Throw an eggplant parm down my gullet like a walrus at Sea World. This place is local, awesome, the people are friendly, AND they have a drive through. It's all adorable and junk on the inside, like an old Taco Bell (wasn't it an old TB?) gone to heaven, except that heaven doesn't exist. Good for a quiet relaxed low profile meal, without the overtones of awkward Italian date place. I've seen young people birthdays and old lady parties and stuff in here. Eggplant parm is hands down my favorite item here. There's this creamy ricotta on top, and the eggplant itself is breaded, but not heavy, and doesn't have the same deep fried death that some other local eggy eggy parm parms have. Their red sauce is simple and basically tomatoey, the kind of stuff I haven't been able to make at home because I just muddle it up with a zillion flavors. They've also got a really good green lasagna, with spinach and ricotta and stuff rather than red sauce. No meats! The only place I can get lasagna in town! They've got a pretty good primavera also, all the veggies still have a little bite, but I'm always left thinking there's too much pasta, so I eat all the veggies and just a little bit of pasta. I almost always get the focaccia loaf as an appetizer. It's so soft and warm in the inside, and it's topped with chopped tomatoes and herbs. Perfect. The breadsticks are also fantastic. Rather than being baked breadsticks like every other whatever his name makes, they're fried strips of their frittella dough, sprinkled with cheese and herbs. It's almost like a savory donut strip. Seriously, get some o' them. That dude I live with almost always gets chicken parm, so I figure that's good if'n you like meat. They make their pasta fresh in house - you can see them walking around with it draped over little dowels. My favorites are the ziti noodles. Chomp chomp. They're closed one day a week, and in the off hours of the day, so sometimes you just have to miss out on it. But it makes it that much sweeter when have the presence of mind to check their hours. Which are posted on their website. So check them before you go, get angry, and blame it on them rather than yourself. I typically drive through, and it's not fast - you'll end up waiting a good 10 minutes, but that's because it's not a fast food place, just a place that happens to have a drive thru. You can also call ahead and pick up directly from the drive thru window. They're always friendly. And now I want it for dinner. Stupid new house, being stupid farther away from Frittella. read more

Not really worth the price in my opinion especially for a restaurant where you go up to order & refill your own drinks. Meal portions were average, sorta bland and ordinary. No butter with the bread, nor did side salads come with the $10 dishes. Restaurant was dead at 6pm on a Saturday. read more

Yes, it has a drive-through. Get over it! I am going to address some of the previous reviews. The ambience doesn't suck. It's actually quite nice. Don't know if some of the other reviewers ate at the same place I did. We had their Chicken Parmesan, Spaghetti & Meatballs and Sausage Frittella. They all had the the same red sauce and the red sauce is kind of sweet. All depends on what you like. Bottom line for me, it was nice place, good service and just average food. Sure wish the food was better for me because I was rooting for this place. The food just did not impress us in any way. Also, beware if you are allergic to MSG. The MSG content is very high. Bottom line, I am going to give this place 3 stars even if the food did not impress me because it is an unique and nice place to go in BCS. Your mileage on the food may be more positive than mine. Plus, the service was excellent. read more

Frittella is named for their signature dish, a form of calzone that is FRIED instead of baked. If you know me you'll know that I love fried things and having a restaurant named after a fried food in B/CS is just awesome! This place is great if you want casual Italian food that both tastes better and offers a better experience than a chain restaurant such as Olive Garden or Fazoli's. The prices are reasonable for Italian and there's a great variety of dishes to choose from. I've had the Frittella (of course), Bruschetta, Lasagna/Cannelloni combo, and Spaghetii Marinara. It's all quite delicious. read more

My husband and I love their food. The people who work there are very nice and the ambiance is really causal, yet nice. Great place for meeting friends or going on a date. Now down to the food. I love how they offer lots of vegetarian items. Their marinara is amazing, their lasagna verde is awesome, and their eggplant parm is my favorite. Their frittella's are also pretty tasty. Definitely get their bread sticks or bruchetta... they are both very good! I highly recommend this place. It may not be fancy, but it is GOOD. read more

Dear Bill-the-other-reviewer-before-me, ARE YOU CRAZY?! GO TO CARINOS FOR AUTHENTIC ITALIAN!? FAZZOLIS???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My head is spinning so fast I think my lips may have kissed themselves. So if you want some of the best marinara I've ever tasted (I think it might have apples in there? It's a bit sweet. Mmmmm) served by a guy who wanders around the restaurant SPEAKING ITALIAN then yeah this is probably where you would go. It actually *is* run by an italian family (I have met them) and is NOT a chain unlike the aforementioned establishments (however fine they may be). The prices are high for the portion sizes but it's pretty much the 2nd best place for italian in CS. Pepperoni Frittella is awesome (kinda like a cannoli but different) and anything chicken is exactly what you want. read more

Love this wonderful little cafe! The food is fresh and homemade and the staff friendly. My husband loves the savory Frittellas, Stuffed pasta, & lasagnas. I enjoy the eggplant parmigiana and Lasagna verde. read more

I ate at this place when I attended TAMU several years ago. My wife and I happened to try it again about ten years ago and liked it, but thought the portions were small. Since we are older (ugh), we do not eat as much. We have been going here on Wednesday nights and enjoy the cannelloni special. Not a bunch of seasoning, great cheese and sauce. A bread roll and drink is with the special for $9.95. You can have it at lunch special for $8.95, same thing. We have started doing that as well. You go to the window and read the menu above the window. Order and pay. They will give you a glass for self-serve, utensils are to the left in a cotton napkin. They bring you the salad, then later the meal. The family works the register and waitstaff. Grandpa is in the kitchen or visiting with friends and family. Grandma is at register or joins the husband for a meal. Everyone is polite. There is a steady clientele of repeat customers. They have a drive through that is a pretty good idea as well. read more

The drive thru is super handy and I love their noodles and especially their breadsticks. They often "close the kitchen" early. Even 20 minutes before closing. Which has been very frustrating several times. Besides some service problems, they have the best handmade pasta in town!! read more

Have you ever seen an Italian restaurant with a drive-thru? I hadn't either before today. We drove up not really knowing what to expect. It's an order-at-the-counter type of place with a very meager salad bar. I get the impression that it used to be a Taco Bell, but I have trouble believing any fast food restaurant would go under a mile away from a Division 1 school with 30k undergrads. Not painting a pretty picture so far am I. Good. That was my impression. Then the food came. It turns out that Frittella is not just the name, it's a primary dish that we had never heard of. It's similar in nature to a calzone, but with a much lighter crust and the entire thing is deep fried. It was very tasty, and not at all greasy. I defy you to create a dish with dough, sausage, cheese and a vat of hot oil and make it not greasy. The wife had spaghetti and two meatballs. I had a bite and definitely detected a hint of anchovies in the meatballs. I dig anchovies but that tasted ... off. The red sauce was amazing. So, I never thought I could take off two stars just for atmosphere issues, but I did. I also never thought my Italian wife would want to return to an Italian restaurant with a drive thru, but we will. read more

When I first drove up this restaurant was surrounded by beautiful flower bushes. I was very excited to try this place as it was recommended by a local. Once inside, we walked straight up to the cashier to place our order & find a seat. The prices were relatively cheap ($8/meal) and I ordered the fettuccine Alfredo with chicken & a friend ordered the spaghetti & marina sauce & also a side order of breadsticks. The breadsticks came out first and sadly to our realization they were simply oddly shaped pieces of bread deep-fried which resembled sopapillas at a Mexican restaurant. Next came the entrées: sadly my chicken Alfredo nor her spaghetti lived up to our expectations. The spaghetti did not have any flavor whatsoever and the chicken Alfredo was very watery and also lacked flavor. The waitress was very nice though. Unfortunately will not be returning here. read more

Frittella Italian Cafe - My fettuccine Alfredo with chicken :( - Italian Near Me - Bryan, Texas

My family loves Frittella! Go for the lasagna, it never disappoints! Locals know to eat here during busy A&M events.

I get the fettuccini alfredo every time, and I really appreciate Frittella's simple take on the dish. It has all the essentials and proved to me that the essentials are all that's needed. The portions could be just a bit larger to be 100% satisfied, but the quality of the noodles and sauce still have me going back. read more

Un Nuovo Giorno by the great Andrea Bocelli softly playing. Italian greeting and an atmosphere of Italia. Pleasantly surprised with the Frittella dinner. read more

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What a wonderful gem right on the border of Bryan/College Station! Charming interior- my favorite place to sit is the indoor "patio" with big windows and lots of colors. Makes me feel like I'm sitting in a garden! At night, you can enjoy the fireplace (more so in the winter of course) and dim lighting. Cool family/restaurant history on their website. MORE importantly, on to the food! Pasta is made fresh! Wood-burning oven. My favorites are the Frittella with sausage (great to share as an appetizer before dinner) & the Lasagna/Cannelloni combo. I can't seem to get away from those, but have tasted several other dishes that did not disappoint! (Fettuccini, Spaghetti, Baked Ziti) Bread sticks are made from the same dough as the frittellas-lots of them on a plate for only a couple $! OK, now I'm really craving Frittella's! read more

Really nice try, but... There are two things missing from the food here; Taste and Originality. The spaghetti / marinara might as well be from a can. The Fettuccine Alfredo was not only uninspired, but tasteless...it didn't even taste like cheese. wtf? The pizza crust was flavorless, the sauce too acidic and the sausage was precooked and cut up on the pizza...like LINK sausage. The famed eggplant parm gets a hearty *meh* as well. Frying bread sticks SEEMS like a good idea, until you eat your second one and they sit in your gut like greasy little bricks. Also, for all the pasta we tried, none of it tasted "Fresh" or like it was made in the store. It tasted like it was made in a kitchen somewhere else, put on a truck and delivered...last week. IF these folks make their pasta scratch in house, it's something they should be shouting from the rooftop...it should be all over their webpage (it isn't). Here's the thing; This joint COULD be great. Add some salt and spice to the sauces, cook all ingredients on the pizza, tune up the pasta recipe...maybe even put some pasta dishes in the wood oven as specials. It IS a kind of charming place, too bad we won't be back. read more

GET THE EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA!!! It's so amazing and tastes like nothing you've ever had before. It's their specialty. Famous for it. Don't be skerd. Do it! read more

This is really one of my favorite restaurants in town. It is sort of a guilty pleasure for me that I sometimes escape to after work. My absolute favorite is the baked ziti with a mixture of red and white sauce. However, it should be noted that they hand make most of their noodles. Their only "problem" is that 90% of the time my cravings for Fritella occur the few times when the restaurant is closed. The are closed Mondays (and a long/hard first day of the work week often leaves me desiring Fritella. They are also clised weekdays between 3 and 5pm, so while the tables are a perfect to place to get some work done, don't think you can take a late lunch or cut out early. read more

Here was my experience. Asked for gluten free pasta because of my serious gluten allergy. They had it. Great! Got our dinner and I asked if mine was gluten free "yes" it is. Still suspect because t looked a lot like my daughters gluten-full pasta I went back to the register to confirm. "Yes it is!" Ok. That's two confirms. It must be. I start eating it and then they come and ask for my plate back. Only when I ask them why (I was still waiting for some chicken) do they tell me to give me the right pasta. Now I'm sick and will be all night. "Sorry" and we will comp it doesn't quite make up for the weekend you ruined for me as how sick I'll be. Will not return. Clearly they don't care. It wasn't only that they screwed up but that they made me feel awful by asking to confirm it (and I should have trusted my gut). Also sauce tasted from a can. Pretty gross food overall if you ask me. Rest of my family didn't like their regular food either. read more

Good food for even better prices. My gf likes to rave about this place and how the sauces are like that of what her grandmother would make, who is from Italy. One of the best places for Italian food in town. read more

It's been years since I visited Frittella but a recent dining experience did not disappoint. Our family, a group of 10, dined there on the occasion of a high school graduation. Everyone enjoyed their food which included a wide variety of menu items. The prices are a good value. read more

I have been going to Frittellas ever since I went to A&M. This is not a place to go really dressed up but it is really good Italian food and at good prices. A great place for college kids to go on dates. For their star dish - the Frittella. This is a calazone, fried. But even better. And they are less than $5. They are so good. Lots of melted cheese and really tasty tomato sauce. The dough is so good. You just have to try one. Their pasta dishes are very reasonably priced and I think are amazing. I believe they are homemade. I really like the tomato sauce, its sweet. The alfredo sauce is also great! I really liked the lasagna. The salad bar is a little small but I think it has everything you need for an Italian salad bar, this isn't Jason's Deli. While it was a Taco Bell they have really worked to make it look pretty good. There are lots of comfy booths and they closed in the outside patio for lots more AC seats. I highly encourage everyone to stop here when they are in the College Station Bryan area. read more

I'm not sure this business is still open. I think the pandemic got them and they closed for good.

Nice friendly family-run type place, very nice exterior and interior decor. Food: sub-par, unless you get the Frittella apparently. We ordered two dishes to go: 1. Lasagna was pretty plain, the tomato sauce was slightly sour but otherwise tasteless. 2. The fettuccine had a nice sauce, but the pasta was waaaay overcooked. read more

My family and I have been coming here for years! The good is always fresh and made from scratch. It definitely taste better than anything you're going to get from a chain restaurant. I think my only complaint is the service. You place your order at the window and someone brings you the food. You're responsible for your drinks and refills which is ok. I think it would be a little nicer (fancier?) if someone would take my order instead. In closing, great food. The owner is often there and is very sweet. I hope you like it. read more

I came here just for the cheesecake, and it was a huge letdown. For similar pricing to The Cheesecake Factory, I got a slice of pure sour cream, with not even a hint of cheesecake. I can't attest to the rest of the food here, but don't waste your money on the cheesecake. read more

This used to be one of my favorite places in Bryan. But as of late it seems like the owner just doesn't care anymore. For a middle aged woman she doesn't realize that when she is gossiping and talking smack about employees people can hear her. For the COVID things she has seemingly no regard for it as at their busiest times they don't appear to be doing distancing and are seating more than the governor has announced. Tbh I feel bad there are only like 4 people that work there. I was really glad that emily was helping us though, she was really sweet and it looked like she worked really hard and picked up any slack. I was a little disappointed to not see her there when I went in a few days ago. I heard the owner doesn't care because she's trying to sell. It makes me sad to hear how she talks about and too her employees; when she's there that is... read more

One of my favorite Italian places in town, provided you come at a quiet time in the week. My favorite dish, the chicken parmesan, is the perfect blend of cheese and breading, combined with a lean cut of chicken breast. The salad bar is moderately priced, but good, and the breadsticks are almost always crunchy and excellent. Aside from more expensive endeavours, thia is the best Italian places in town. read more

This is the best Italian restaurant!! Eggplant parmesan is the best. Primavera is really really good to!! You should check out this!