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    Mama Rosa

    3.4 (47 reviews)
    ModerateItalian, Pizza
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    Shrimp salad

    Working in the area and stopped here for a late lunch. Ordered unsweetened ice tea and shrimp salad. I was welcomed when I entered and sat in the booth of my choice. Comfortable surroundings and nice clean bathrooms. When the salad came to my table the shrimp were a fairly good size and just grilled to perfection. Enjoyed it all.

    Tammy H.

    Food was fresh and good the lasagna was delicious. Service was great but our waitress had no personality

    G L.

    The food was good especially the broccoli!! Quick, friendly service was provided as well. I sat at the bar and the drinks were done well. The restaurant was clean and looked well maintained. Keep up the good work.

    Key lime pie
    Emery Stripling S.

    I came here on my way to see a concert and I thought it was going to be a normal experience. I WAS INCORRECT. The food is DEVINE and all the staff are VERY nice. I got a pineapple pizza and it came FAST. The crust is PERFECT and the cheese is AMAZING. We then ordered a keylime and it was DELICIOUS.In total please support this restaurant.

    Bourbon Burger
    José R.

    Review for my first time here: I came by yesterday ( April 30, 2021) but didn't have time to review the place or even take photos. In terms of wait time to be seated, it was instant. To add on, it was roughly lunch time so it was great to get a seat right away. The waitress was also very quick to bring my buddies and I drinks and kept checking on us for refills. The food wait time was great and the food came out nice and hot to the table. The food itself is not the tastiest food that I've had however it is not bad. I had the Chicken Cordon Bleu and it was good. The pasta was ok though. It is walking distance from the hotel that I'm staying in so I have no complaints about that. Overall, great place and great people working here. Day 2: May 1st, 2021 Waitresses were just as quick as yesterday. Today I ordered the Bourbon Burger which was really good. Reminded me of the burgers you eat at home and since I'm literally across the country from my home, it was even more good. The cheese fries were very good too. A tad bit too greasy but it's French fries with bacon so I can't really complain. Overall, it was a good day eating here. The COVID protocol is in full action here. Employees wear mask, clean after every pattern has left a table, groups cannot sit next to each other and mask must be worn off the table. I must emphasize the work that the ladies are doing because they check in on you so much so if you ever need anything just ask them. Even if you don't need anything, they'll ask you and keep tabs on you. They do a great job.

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    Great service!!! Reasonable prices!!! And the Philly Cheesesteak sub was awesome!!!!

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    Sal's Italian Restaurant - Garlic Knots (12)

    Sal's Italian Restaurant

    4.0(139 reviews)
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    One of the best Italian food restaurants in the area!!! If you are ever close by it's worth…read morechecking out.

    I can't find the words to begin to describe my dining experience at this Italian restaurant. It is…read moreone of those very unique restaurants that far exceeds the highest of your expectations. After having been selected as number 4 of Yelp's Top 50 most prolific Elites of 2025, a year when I was also awarded the Yelp Triad Squad Photographer of the Year Award at their Yelpies 2025 Award Ceremony, an event that honored the highest-performing Yelp Elites, and where last year I was awarded the Yelp Triad Squad Yelper of the Year Award, I decided that this year, as an All-Star Yelp Elite, I not only wanted to be the first to discover new restaurants and businesses, and bring them to the attention of the public, but also to uncover those found in hidden paths that for one reason or another have not reached the public in its totality. And Sal's Italian Restaurant in the Bonsack area of Roanoke, Virginia is a perfect example. Located at the Kroger Bonsack Shopping Center, it sits just off US-460/Orange Ave East, in the northeastern part of the Roanoke Valley. Locally-owned and operated by the Scotto family, who originally came from Italy, this unasuming yet award-winning restaurant serves authentic, homemade Italian food in a warm, family-friendly entertainment, offering dine-in, dine-out (in its beautiful outdoor patio), take-out, and catering services. After arriving and parking my pearl white Lexus in their very convenient parking lot, I walked over to the restaurant which had colorful balloons near the entrance with a sidewalk blackboard announcing its Sit Down Buffet (Mon - Fri), all you can eat from a group of items, brought to your table. All for $14.99. I've always dreamed of having a buffet where you wouldn't have to get up, and here they had it. Once inside, they had a small foyer/waiting room, with the walls filled with framed Award Certificates, together with magazine and newspaper articles about the restaurant, its genuine food, and its local family ownership. As I entered through another door to the restaurant itself, one of the sons of the founder of the restaurant (who passed away on July 3rd, nine years ago) gave me a warm greeting, took me to one of the booths, and placed copies of the menu on the table. The background music gave the place a festive ambiance together with the oak hardwood floor and well lit dining room. Soon after, my server Ashley arrived with a friendly smile, to take my order. To drink I ordered an Iced Rootbeer. And to dine, I started out with a Fried Calamari appetizer; followed by a house salad, Italian garlic bread, and as the main entrée their Homemade Meat Lasagna. The fried Calamari was lightly breaded and fried so you could actually taste the fresh Calamari after dipping it in the mild marinara sauce. One of the best I've ever had! The house salad was good but only had one cherry tomato and one slice of cucumber. The tomato based salad dressing was amazing. Their Italian Garlic Bread tasted wonderful. And their Homemade Lasagna was truly one of the best if not the best I've ever had. The pasta was freshly made. The ground beef was perfectly seasoned. The tomato sauce was just the right flavor. And the cheese which covered it helped make it amazingly delicious, like none that I ever had before! My server served all the items at the appropriate time and provided drink refills every time my drink was low. For dessert, the "Grand Finale" of my meal, my server brought a large round tray, with all the desserts so I could visually see them as she described them. I picked the Chocolate Bomba: a vanilla and chocolate premium ice cream ball with a cherry inside and surrounded by a chocolate shell. It was really something extraordinary and sweet. But what was greatest of all was the human touch by this family-owned restaurant. The wife of the late founder of the restaurant as well as her other son and chef made it a point to come to my table to say hi, introduce themselves, and have a short but meaningful conversation. I highly recommend this restaurant where I had an extraordinary dining experience and am already looking forward to returning to taste some other amazing items from their menu.

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