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    Rafael's Italian Restaurant

    2.9 (36 reviews)
    InexpensiveItalian, Pizza, Burgers
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    RAFAEL'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

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    Loud
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Stella W.

    Pizza is pretty good, but we felt scammed... It says Buy One Get One Free inside their restaurant and on their marketing, but we were told when we got there to pick up our order that it's actually Buy Two, Get One Free. I don't know if this was a misunderstanding by the staff or just false advertising. We ordered 3 large pizzas and asked them to duplicate each one for the BOGO, and confirmed that we would be picking up 6 pizzas for our party. We got there and only three pizzas were ready. The waitress was helpful and rushed the order when we had to re-order everything, but we ended up paying twice as much as expected and showing up late to our own party. Please fix everything that says BOGO because it is just false. It also says "BOGO not optional online" which is vague - it should say BOGO not available online. We went through the trouble of canceling our Slice order and ordering over the phone because we were told we would get the BOGO (which we didn't).

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    Jan S.

    Chicken caesar salad was tasty and fresh. First time ever for tomatoes in a caesar salad, but easy enough to pick off and put aside. Clean. Friendly and helpful staff. Charming decor and layout, but older place with odd odor. Did not smell dirty or musty, but definitely not pleasing. Made it hard to eat inside. A turnoff. Self order at counter. Good variety and quick service.

    New menu board.  That is a lot of choices!
    Julie B.

    After some thought I am going to update my review. I don't like their pizza. That kept me from giving them 4 stars because I guess I feel with that rating they should do everything well. I ordered yet a different sandwich today and decided I am being harsh. I think their sandwiches are some of the best and they have really good fries. The Greek salad is also good, though a tad too much cheese and not enough olives and the carrot pieces are strange, I just remove those. Anyway, it was ridiculous to give them 3 stars and then stop by so much. Come get a sandwich and some fries soon!

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    Food here is good. I like the variety! Italian, Mediterranean, American! All made well.

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    3 years ago

    Food wasn't good and very pricey , and the topper is it is served in a to go plate and plastic silverware to eat with.. NO NO NO

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    6 years ago

    This was my first time eating here and it was the best. The wings are the best and the pizza was good too. Definitely worth the money

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    5 years ago

    The best pizza the people that run the restaurant are friendly and accommodating their pizza and Greek salad are the best ever so delicious

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    8 years ago

    I use to love this place. Seems like the quality has really gone downhill, as well as the prices seem higher on pizzas.

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    5 years ago

    The food is not good enough for how pricey the place is, what I got which was the chicken fettuccine, very bland!

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    Terrible cheap frozen packaged food. Heated up and put on a styrofoam plate. Then with a hefty price tag. Never coming back

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    We love the buy one get one pizza with 15-20 for 2 pizzas it is a steal.

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