Some Italian restaurants are built around a big dining room, a famous chef or a destination-worthy location.

Romano Cucina is built around something much simpler: comfort.

Located in Laguna Hills, Romano Cucina is a family-run Italian restaurant centered on traditional pastas, pizza and the kind of familiar dishes that encourage repeat visits. Yelp currently shows a 4.5-star rating with more than 1,000 reviews.

THE FAMILY-STYLE ITALIAN TABLE

Romano Cucina describes its restaurants as casual, comfortable and family-run.

That philosophy is reflected in the food. Instead of chasing trends, the menu focuses on familiar Italian-American favorites prepared in the style of home cooking.

It is the sort of restaurant where guests can order pasta, pizza, chicken parmigiana or meatballs and immediately understand what kind of meal they are about to have.

THE PASTA

The pasta selection is extensive enough to make Romano Cucina a destination for a traditional Italian dinner.

The menu includes classics such as lasagna, pasta dishes with rich sauces, baked pasta and several familiar combinations. The restaurant also offers dishes such as Pasta Tombrello, a spicy pasta preparation that has become one of the dishes associated with the restaurant.

PIZZA BELONGS HERE TOO

Italian restaurants sometimes treat pizza as an afterthought.

Romano Cucina does not.

Pizza and calzones sit alongside the pasta and traditional entrées, making the menu flexible for families and groups where everyone may want something different.

THE HOUSE-MADE FEEL

One of the restaurant's strongest characteristics is its sense of familiarity.

The restaurant describes its food as reflecting the traditions of home-cooked Italian cuisine, while its cocktail and wine program gives the experience enough flexibility for a more leisurely dinner.

Recent Yelp-linked reviews also continue to highlight the restaurant's food, hospitality and repeat-customer following.

A NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT

Romano Cucina's Laguna Hills location is not trying to be a destination restaurant in the traditional sense.

And that may be exactly why it works.

It is the kind of neighborhood Italian restaurant that can become part of a weekly routine: dinner with the family, takeout after work, a casual date night or a meal with friends.

THE SOCALEAT TAKE

For anyone searching for Italian restaurants in Laguna Hills or South Orange County, Romano Cucina represents the classic neighborhood approach to Italian dining.

No complicated concept is required.

Just pasta, pizza, familiar Italian recipes, a comfortable room and a restaurant that gives people a reason to come back.

VISIT ROMANO CUCINA

Romano Cucina
25214 Cabot Road
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
(949) 380-4228

Tuesday–Sunday: 5 PM–9:30 PM.

Romano Cucina official website

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