The spicy oil with bread is life giving and life saving. Came here with my brother for dinner and…read morewe had a great meal. Like I said, that spicy oil is amazing, I am such a sucker for spicy oils like that. We got several refills. For our entrees I got the grilled chicken entree and my brother got the rigatoni bolognese. These were both very solid and we left very satisfied, especially with that oil and bread! The staff was helpful and attentive, and the locale was comfortable and moody in a great way. Would definitely recommend!

I like that this place has a special on Mondays. Parking is…read morenot easy. The place is cozy, which means small. It does have a cute fireplace but if you sit there it can get toasty- The food is good. Portion sizes depend on what you get. Some dishes looked a little light while The chicken parm is huge with lots of pasta. The bread and oil/cheese mix is great!!! Salad dressing is yummy. Overall it is a good spot to go. Try the Italian nachos

Three Words - MEATBALLS AND POLENTA…read more Great service and wait staff. Food was fresh and fast, and it was the first time I've had polenta. It is cash only and got very busy, very quickly - just a heads up.

If you have never been here before, it is an old school Italian place. I went tonight with and we…read morewere a group of 6. The hostess was very busy and the place was hopping. The ambiance is really nothing special but it is clean. The food took a while to get to is like about an hour mins. The calamari was so good and light. The eggplant parm was good as well. Not everything was a hit though but overall it was good. Wait staff is very nice but hostess seemed stressed. It is a bit strange that you have one person selling drinks and then another for food. So if you order drinks that is a seperate bill.

This place is the best ever for Italian food and the fish is wicked good too! One of my favorite…read morethings to eat there were actually their mashed potatoes! Whatever they put in their potatoes are the BEST EVER that I ever had in my life! The Calamari ala-mM style is also the very best I ever had too! It's delicious! you can't go wrong with anything you order here! I am not one that likes Spaghetti red sauce and it's one thing I would never order out at a restaurant, but I would here! I went to Antonio's several times and was never disappointed! In fact, I have been amazed at the excellent way everything was cooked! I look forward to going to Antonio's again very soon! It's worth the trip! I honestly can't say enough about it and loved it every time!

I've been going to Antonio's Trattoria for years now, and one thing I can say is the place is…read moreincredibly consistent. In a world where restaurants seem to either reinvent themselves every six months or completely fall apart after a few good years, Antonio's just keeps doing what it does well. Good food, solid portions, professional service, and that old-school Italian restaurant atmosphere that Rhode Island somehow still manages to preserve better than almost anywhere else. My wife and I went recently for dinner and had one of those meals where everything just flowed the way you want it to. We started with the fried calamari, which was excellent. Light, crispy, not drowning in grease, and actually seasoned properly. A lot of places phone calamari in because it's such a standard appetizer, but this tasted fresh and well executed. The hot peppers mixed in gave it a nice kick without taking over the plate. We also got a couple espresso martinis because it feels almost illegal to eat Italian food in Cranston without at least considering one. For dinner, I went with the chicken parmigiana after hearing people rave about it for years, and honestly, they weren't wrong. The chicken was tender, perfectly breaded, and the sauce had that slow-cooked flavor that tastes like somebody's grandmother has been guarding the recipe since the Reagan administration. My wife ordered the seafood fra diavolo, which came loaded with shrimp, clams, mussels, and enough garlic to keep vampires away for the rest of the week. Spicy without being ridiculous. The portions were generous too. Not "food challenge" oversized, just satisfying. Dessert was tiramisu for the table because at that point you're already committed to the experience. Really good balance of espresso flavor and mascarpone without feeling overly heavy. Sometimes tiramisu can feel like eating sweet drywall. This wasn't that. Service was also great all night. Attentive without hovering. Drinks stayed filled, plates disappeared quickly, and the pacing of the meal felt relaxed but organized. You never felt rushed, but you also weren't sitting there wondering if your waiter had moved to another state midway through dinner. The place itself has that classic Rhode Island Italian restaurant energy. Comfortable, a little lively, people talking loudly across tables, waiters who look like they've worked there forever, and the smell of garlic and red sauce hitting you the second you walk in. It's not trendy or trying to become some minimalist foodie experiment. Thank God for that.

The penne all' Arrabbiata was so good & the gelato was excellent!! Great food, great dessert, great…read moreservice, and the kind of meal that has you planning your next visit before you've even paid the bill. Il Fico definitely understood the assignment!

I visited Il Fico for the first time after seeing a post from a food critic. My daughter and I went…read morelast Saturday afternoon and they were almost sold out! The owner was a lovely man who helped us. He stated that his business was booming and he even doubled the orders of food he prepared himself. We tried everything and were not disappointed! The gelato was the best, lemon torte and pistachio cream cake, magnificent! The best was the sandwiches, obviously made with love. I will definitely return often

Delicious!! The sauces were so amazing and flavorful. We had fettuccine alfredo, haddock and…read moregnocchi pink vodka. Huge portions and a must try restaurant. It's small no wait during week 7ish, I'm sure weekends you would need a reservation.

Everything could improve. Been there twice should have learned the first time. Tasteless!read more

This was my first time coming to this Fresco location. The bar is very large and there are plenty…read moreof bartenders. The bartenders here are all great people and they have a following. We sat at the bar and were very happy with our seats. They have a decent selection of wines and an extensive martini list. I got the tenderloin tip special that came with a mushroom demi glaze, asparagus and mashed potatoes. The portion size was large and the tips came out cooked medium. I ordered them medium rare so next time I will order them medium rare +. The grilled feta salad was fantastic. It was made with 2 kinds of whole olives with the pits in them, 2 large pieces of feta, and the tomatoes, red onion, cucumbers and lettuce were very fresh and ripe. I really liked the salad dressing (vinaigrette type). The oversized stuffy was ok, but I wouldn't get it again. Maybe I got a dud out of the batch? The stuffing was good, but it was nothing more than celery and onion. Unfortunately, there were no clams or seafood in the stuffy. For $8, I wish I went to Dave's Market for 2 stuffies.

We had dinner, yesterday, at Fresco on Comstock Pkwy in Cranston. It was spectacular, in every way!…read more The ambiance is lovely - very classy and not noisy (thankfully)! The waitstaff is top-notch! I like that every race and ethnicity is represented in their waitstaff!!!!! Everyone was friendly, welcoming, polite and professional. We started with their delicious crispy yet soft bread and yummy dip. Then, we had an eggplant appetizer with delicious chunks of tomato. My dinner companion enjoyed the Bolognese pasta dish, and I loved every morsel of the short rib tagliatelle! For dessert we enjoyed the salted caramel gelato and the bomba spumoni. Everything we tasted was perfect! I have not enjoyed dining at the other two Fresco restaurants, in East Greenwich or, especially the lousy one in West Warwick (too noisy, cramped and lousy, unfriendly service). But, I am so glad I gave Fresco, in Cranston, a try! I will berating, with more friends!

Worst sandwich and stale bread, I have eaten here before and it was awesome, today I got a small…read moreroast beef sandwich and the bread was stale, the sandwich was $11 hardly any meat on it, should've kept going and went to Dee's, such a disappointment, two bites and in the garbage.

I was so unimpressed w this establishment, after the reviews I read. Coming from the southside and…read morea diehard grinder fan of Tony's,I had high standards. My hopes and dreams were shattered once I tasted the Italian sub. I found it bland. Maybe I should have added more to it. I just don't know.

This place is great ... you can tell not too much has changed since the 1970's and unintentional…read moreretro/vintage is my thing. This place could be so perfect with only a couple small changes! - There are white flourescent style lights on the ceiling. This really kills the vibe. It's almost like the top of the restaurant and the bottom don't match. You have cozy, 70's style wood paneling with dark wooden booths and stained glass lights hanging over the tables. Warm, cozy and intimate. Then, bright white lights above. I'd love to eat here with those bright lights turned off sometime. - Probably not economical but red checkered tablecloths, like vintage Italian restaurants used to have would make this place look like a movie set in a good way. That being said, everything else about this place is cool ... you know a good spot by how many regulars are there and everyone seemed to know everyone else by name on a Tuesday night. It wasn't crowded ... but it wasn't empty on an off-night. - The staff is exceptionally good. The waitress and hostess couldn't have been any sweeter and more helpful. Fast refills on the soft drinks and helpful without being intrusive. - The pizza is good. I have to admit, I am not sold on the cheddar cheese vs. mozzarella. I thought it would give the cheese an interesting, sharper taste but it seemed a bit bland. I will do the Italian-style next time with mozzarella. I liked my pizza but there was just something different about it. The crust is Greek-style ... kind of like the old Pizza Hut, when it was actually made fresh. Back in the 1980's and 90's there was nothing better than a golden, buttery light and crisp pizza crust from Pizza Hut, before the brand went to shit. This reminds me of that goodness of 1980's pizza crust. I'm not a thin crust guy ... but if you are, they have a thinner crust on the menu as well. Topping was good, maybe a bit spicier pepperoni would be a bit better ... toppings are a tad expensive for a few slices of pepperoni. A 3-topping pizza adds around $5. The small is good for two-people with light/moderate appetites. I wouldn't be able to eat a small and a salad by myself. Speaking of the salad ... one of the best regular house salads I've ever had. The dressing is amazing ... tangy, salty, perfectly done. I know it's hard to get all worked up over a standard Italian dressing but often the simplest things in cooking are the hardest to get right ... and they get the dressing right! Also, the lettuce was super fresh and the tomatoe slices were as well. The only issue I had was there was no 'side salad' version. There was a 'small' salad for around $8 ... but that could easily feed 2 - 4 people. Overall, this place gets just about everything right. It doesn't change or modernize. It's portions are great ... the food is very good ... prices maybe a bit high compared to other spots ... but you can tell they don't cut corners and everything is freshly made. The bar is where I'd want to sit normally ... but the seats are very close together and I didn't want to be elnow to elbow with strangers, so I snagged a small booth, which was also fine. The customers seemed nice ... but they all seemed very 'Cranston'. If they could deal with the lighting situation and make it less bright, I'd eat here 2 times per week. You can't beat a classic ... and this place is a classic.

WOW! I'm a native NYer who worked at a pizza place for a decade just outside the city. I am usually…read morenot impressed by pizza in New England but Big cheese & pub exceeded my expectations and I'll def be back to try more than just this pizza! I came in for RI food fights and got to pick three toppings for a small pizza. I went with eggplant, chicken and black olives. It was amazing! Honestly I have enough food for the rest of the week! I didn't get my servers name but she was subbing for a sick bartender and she was great! I enjoyed chatting with her. She got me in and out as quickly as she could before my dance class and I greatly appreciated that! Everyone that worked there was super friendly and attentive. I wish i was in less of a rush to have taken in even more. The spot has an old time feel but in the best way possible. It just felt like home. I can't wait to go back for more Italian goodies!