I've been here a couple of times. The first time I ate here was in 2019 and the server just complained about wanting to go home and was exhausted I can completely understand since customer service can be a nightmare but made me feel like I was the issue. I only encountered her 2 other times still complaining about how tired she was and wanting to go home. Haven't seen her since and the waiters that I've had so far have been nothing but amazing. Food is really good! Place is clean and the bathroom is clean too which is always a plus. I have to say that their calzones are my fav! Can be greasy but that's just pepperoni lol. read more

Most of the food was ); the stuffed shells were wayy too garlicky & the ricotta tasted weird. Disgusting texture tbh. The shrimp mac n' cheese wasn't what I had expected, the soup had No broth!!! Was pretty much all meat looked like dog food. I did not feel this was cooked with love & honestly hurt my feelings opening the container. The pork dish so far so good. I will try again someday because I know we have had stellar meals from here compared to this. Sorry! read more

I'd give zero stars if I could. Went here with my family to celebrate two birthdays (party of 8). We called ahead and they said they could get us in right away, still waited 20 minutes to be sat even though our table was already put together and ready for us. (Not a big deal, we understand restaurants get busy). Our server did not acknowledge us or come to our table for 20 minutes to take our order. Upon ordering for my 10 year old, he wanted a grilled chicken breast. The waitress told us the side dishes had to be ordered with an entree (not stated on the menu). We asked to add it to one of our main dishes, but receive it on the side and she told us we could not do that and they would mix the chicken in with whatever dish we ordered it with. We then asked if we could order plain pasta and have the chicken breast placed on top and again we were told no, they were going to mix it in with the pasta. The waitress claimed this was a rule created by the owner of the establishment because he wants people to order full dishes and not side dishes. We came to the restaurant 7 months ago and ordered a single chicken breast with no problem, however we were refused this visit. The waitress would not accommodate our requests for how we wanted our food prepared. Which makes no sense because a meatball will not be cut up and put in my dish, so why does a chicken breast need to be cut up if we don't want it that way? We will not be coming back here again and will be sure to let family and friends know of the horrible experience we had. 0/0 recommend. read more

Pretty good, as well with good service.Portions so big I'm always having to take a box home.

Little place in a strip mall. Quiet. Not a fancy place by no means but a cool place to have a bite to eat for lunch or after work. I had the Chicken Lombardy. Very tasty. We got a lot of food for the price. The spicy meatball soup was awesome. Jerry was our server. Cool dude and provided great service. read more

Strings Italian Cafe - Chicken Lombardy with spaghetti and vegetables. - Italian Near Me - Visalia, California

Service was actually really good, too bad the food wasn't. Pizza comes on a premade crust with cheese they barely melt and clumps of pepperoni they didn't bother to spread out. Calzone was marginally better but super greasy from the clumps of pepperoni and again, barely melted cheese. Pastas are good, service is good just avoid the pizza and calzone. Also they will not take food off your bill, only remake it or replace with something else even though I literally took 2 bites of pizza. read more

First time here off the suggestions from a friend for date night. We loved the atmosphere! The waitress we had was very upbeat and attentive. The food was really taste. It will definitely be one of our gotos for future date nights. read more

Strings Italian Cafe - So yummy! - Italian Near Me - Visalia, California

The service was excellent everyone so pleasant. The food was excellent. I loved the house salad . I tell all my friends and family they need to go there read more

Always have the best service here. I'm a pasta fan & they now have my favorite carbonara in town. Very big portion sizes as well.

Nice clean establishment and the service was good as well. Ordered Chicken Parm it comes with Fettucini Alfredo also ordered stuffed cheese shells and Chicken Alfredo with angel hair pasta. Be aware portuons are large which is great to take to work the next day for lunch. They also bring out bread to the table and you can add a salad to share as well. Food artived and it did not disapoint. The Chicken Parm was amazing he sauce is so tasty! The alfredo was delicious as well. Great food better than Olive Garden. I know I tend to prefer the local eateries over corporate but again taste for yourself and you will see why. read more

Excellent food and service . We ate there Friday night with a few friends. Everyone had so much food served that we all had leftovers

If you're looking for one of the best calzones in town, come here! Don't mind the grease smothered all on the bottom of the box, that's just extra flavor coming off of that HUGE calzone! I'm like the Ben Wyatt when it comes to Calzone, "if you've watched Parks and Rec you'll know what I mean" lol. This particular calzone had pepperoni, sausage, onions, olives, bell peppers and so much melty delicious cheese! The side of marinara that comes with it is the icing on the cake. Now onto the combination plate; it wasn't that good. I would definitely get the lasagna again! It has a hearty flavor, meat was delicious, cheese was melty and worked well with the sauce and the meat. The problem or "problems" I should say were the stuffed shells and the spaghetti. The stuffed shells were waaaaaayyyy to salty, I don't what happened with whatever they used to stuff them but it was super salty and almost inedible, a two bite and you're done cause you couldn't bare the saltiness. The spaghetti was a darn shame as well! I love me a good hearty spaghetti, it's one of my go-tos when I order from an Italian restaurant, but this one. This reminded me of a certain chef on a can of spaghetti you would warm up in the microwave. From the texture of the noodles, to the flavor of the sauce, it tasted exactly how you would picture the canned stuff. Very disappointed on that. Would I come here again? Most definitely! But I will stick to the amazing calzone instead of going for another combination plate. read more

Strings Italian Cafe - Combination Plate; Spaghetti, stuffed shells and a piece of lasagna. - Italian Near Me - Visalia, California

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Great service, Great food, Great atmosphere, Great people, the owner (I didn't catch his name) came in and seated us, took our order, and served us while accompanied by Carolina (pronounced "Caroleena"(not sure how to spell it)). She was on top of our drinks and refills. Not once did our drinks reach the bottom of the cup without her asking us if we needed a refill. She always was running back and fourth making sure we were comfortable and taking plates out of our way when we were done. Some of the best and hardworking people in the restaurant industry!!! read more

Strings is literally the best Italian restaurant in Visalia. Our food is always amazing and the service is so great! I ordered the lasagna pastry and the flavor was indescribable! My husband ordered an Italian calzone and he couldn't stop talking about how good it was. We ordered the stuffed mushrooms for an appetizer and omg!! Sooo good!!!! The service was exceptional and we were attended to several times during our dinner. we highly recommend! read more

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Happened upon Strings while visiting from out of town. Some other reviews spoke poorly of the service, but we had no issues with service. We were seated, and our drink order was taken quickly. We had more than one visit to the table by staff checking if we needed anything. Food was fast, hot, and full of flavor. Their bread is was soft and fresh out of the oven with an excellent flavor and went well with their pasta, salad, as well as, sausage soup which was a meal in itself--hearty and flavorful. I took a leap of faith on their zoodles (zucchini noodles) which was served in a light pesto sauce and I was not disappointed. In fact, I'm looking forward to trying zucchini noodles again but with a cream sauce! read more

Strings Italian Cafe - Today's special: Zucchini noodles (zoodles) with pesto chicken & shrimp. Excellent! - Italian Near Me - Visalia, California

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If you don't mind getting yelled at or having to deal with extremely rude customer service then this is the place for you. You should also check out "Dicks Restaurant where you pay for rude people to get your food and serve it to you. This is just like that except they are called strings Cafe. Food is ok, but be also prepared to wait for it. If you make an order over the phone what ever they say is the pick up time add 30 min to it, extremely slow. Probably takes time to drive to Olive Garden to get your order. read more

Consistently amazing service, quality of food and price every time!! So friendly and welcoming!

Strings made changes recently, and not for the better. Their menu is hard to understand, and much of the food is mediocre and skimpy on the meat..My friend paid $7 extra to have chicken in her dish, and she couldn't even find the chicken, until the last three bites! However, their service has ALWAYS been top notch, and my friends and I enjoy the peaceful ambience. I love their house salad, calzones, soup, and bread. I would go for the salad, alone! read more

The food is so good and the owner is super accommodating! Had my sons graduation dinner there and everyone loved the ravioli.

Fantastic, especially the stuffed mushrooms and combo plate. Staff was friendly and efficient. Will go back.

Drove to this place bc it has outside seating, we always sit outside bc we have a doggie. Long story short they said they were not doing outside seating... The hostess did ask her manager if it was possible to get service but we got denied. Not a good way to keep a business, like a restaurant open, especially in this times. I'll never go back. read more

So my wife and I came to grab lunch here and there were two waitresses, the blonde waitress who greeted us was polite but responded rudely. The brunette server was very polite. We told the first girl that we already knew what we wanted to order and her reply was " I'm not your server, what would you like to drink?" To us it sounded a bit rude but we over looked it. When the drinks were brought back, I had ordered a Pepsi my wife a dr. Pepper, you could clearly see that the Dr. pepper was not right it was a clear color yet she brought it out and after we had set it aside she came and replaced it. Overall it is a great restaurant, but it could use a little work on the one employee. read more

Strings Italian Cafe - The Dr. Pepper we were served. - Italian Near Me - Visalia, California

Tonight was our first time eating here. I have no idea why we never ate here before probely because we live across town. The dinner was delicious I had the meatball sandwich and my hunny had award combo fantastic. The server and host and busser and I think owner all checked on us regularly and the service from all of them outstanding and that is so important to me when eating out. Thank you for a great experience!!! Oh ya and that raspberry doughnut cheesecake was a perfect treat to end our meal!! read more

The award winning combo was money dude definitely would recommend, the service was amazing and food did not take long ! Straight money!

Their food is... alright. Nothing noteworthy, but not awful by any means. I would definitely recommend them for takeout. Although, the majority of this 3 star review stems from presentation. When I went in, their front door was broken so we had to enter through a side door and it was easy to see the hardened dry food stuck to the tables. Kind of gross read more

Despite all the scattered reviews we stopped here for dinner after my daughter's State meet. We wanted Italian and unfortunately most places were closed on a Sunday, go figure. We pulled up around 5:30pm and there were only a few patrons inside. We were greeted and seated quickly. Our waitress was friendly and attentive (despite some reviews about service). I've had Strings before so it brought some nostalgia although it didn't look the same as others. I ordered the special which was a carbonara with chicken, mushrooms, bacon. I couldn't actually see any bacon pieces but swear I tasted some. It was piping hot and tasted pretty good. Side salad for .99, tons of food. On Sunday's kids eat free with each adult meal. My son had the spaghetti with meat sauce (free) and my daughter had the same but I paid for that hers. The fresh garlic bread, yum! We had seconds, it was bomb! The food overall was good, not fabulous but good if craving for pasta and hungry. The bread like I said was worth it. read more

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strings is always a great place to come and eat from the delicious Italian sodas with their garlic bread cut into wedges with a salad with all the fixings , had the egg plant sandwich with spaghetti and it was a huge plate and tasted amazing my fiancée had the fettuccine Alfredo with shrimp and chicken she loved it . a nice atmosphere friendly staff the owner is always helping and friendly read more

Strings Italian Cafe - a plate of spaghetti and a sandwich - Italian Near Me - Visalia, California

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Charged our bill with unnecessary split charges just because I was taking a couple bites off of everyone's plate. Two ladies next to me heard my complaints and stood up in agreement because their bill was also charged with a split charge for sharing a pizza. Disappointed. read more

I went today with my family, husband and three kids.. this had been my first time ever coming to this restaurant and let me tell you, the food was so bland we got the Alfredo pasta and the kids spaghetti... the pasta was so garlicky and bland the spaghetti for the girls were also bad. Our server was pretty great after we let them know how much we disliked our food they got the manager she basically ignored it.. said she can only remake the food (we were only asking to remove the kids food) they refused why remake something we didn't like and didn't eat.. we took the main courses home and left the kids foods at the table because what is the point. Very disappointing I will never be back here read more

I expected a lot better. The bread was great, but the "String's Carbonara" wasn't great. It was so bland and tasted like pasta water. The place was clean and tidy though. Lowkey mid place read more

Wonderful and tasty! I met a friend there for the first time for lunch, and I was pleasantly surprised. The food was amazing....loved the sauted veggies they served with my entree different and tasty. Service was prompt. The food is similar to olive garden in the way that you could have all you can eat salad and breadstick with your entree and similar setup...but that's the only way they are similar. Food is 10 times better and more authentic. Love the garlicky bread they serve, and the salad was tasty and different t with raisins in it. Definitely will visit again!!! read more

We had been to giant craft sho in Tulare and were starving. Decided Italian was what we wanted. Food was delicious and we were not rushed to leave after finishing. We both had heaping take home containers a mine was even better the next day. read more

Food was very delicious and tasted fresh. I had spaghetti and meatballs and it was the best I've ever had. Pasta dishes are $15-$20 on average. Serving plates are big, I was only able to eat 1/3 of my plate. read more

Their spicy sausage soup was so good I had two bowls! I also had the Cesar salad with shrimp that was very good. This place gives Olive Garden a run for the money. I will go here again. read more

Amazing Italian restaurant. Me and my husband got the baked ziti with meat sauce and wow did not disappoint. They serve large portions so we are able to share a plate with left overs to take! And the bread they serve ugh to die for! Great service, food and atmosphere. Highly recommend to anyone who wants good Italian food and a great experience with it. read more

I cannot stop thinking about my leftovers! There were a lot of tables and I think just one girl but she was on it. Everyone was taken care of promptly, she was calm polite and professional. You wouldn't have known that she was the only one. Then there was the food. I got the calzone and chefs kiss it was perfection. Everyone's portions were really great and I didn't hear one negative thing about any of the dishes. Definitely making that a regular spot read more

Everything tasted soo good, definitely recommended place for Italian pasta , the spinach artichoke dip was really good as well read more

Strings Italian Cafe - Salmon Nicottine - Italian Near Me - Visalia, California

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Our whole family seriously loves this place. The food is amazing! The waitress we had tonight was so friendly and helpful. Their food is much better then other chain restaurants. I definitely recommend this place. The spinach bacon linguine is to die for. read more

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The food has always been delicious. Ive been here before, always a great experience. The ladies and men are wonderful and the owners are *amazing*. 100% reccomend. I disregard the negative reviews because it's been such a great experience! read more

Strings Carbonara (Special menu) with chicken and shrimp but I asked for just chicken, also cherry Italian soda came with powdered "creamer" mixed in making it frothy but creamy, friendly server, soda shop feel covered in Italian colors and decor. Friendly staff but not very attentive and nothing I couldn't make at home. Not sure we'd go back. read more