Paisano’s Trattoria

We’ve eaten at this cute little shopping strip restaurant a handful of times, and the food has always been consistently tasty and a good value. We’ve had various pasta dishes including spaghetti with meatballs, seafood pasta, as well as pizza, bruschetta, salad. all excellent and flavorful. The pizza slices are huge, so I always over order. Not sure why it is less than 4 stars… Although service was not great on one of our visits. Definitely worth trying!

I’m from Chicago and pretty picky about Italian food. I wasn’t expecting much when we stopped in for lunch a few weeks ago but I was very impressed. Everything is fresh from the kitchen not from a can. Love this place and have been back three times.

I love the «Meat Lover’s» pizza and the lasagna is amazing! Their meatballs are to die for! And they have delicious Bruschetta– not sure how to spell that but if you love garlic then you’ll love the bruschetta! Paisanos always hits the spot when I’m craving Italian food! Would definitely recommend!!!

I would have given this a 1 star but at least the calamari was decent. Ordered the margarita pizza and it is a sad sad version that just tastes like old cheese and not even the good kind… Very disappointed.

Let me start by saying the food is really good! For someone with gluten and dairy intolerance I love the options they have! With that being said, if you are highly allergic or have celiac I would not suggest this place for you.
The first time we came here the waitress was amazing and I fell in love with this place. The second time we came here I was very disappointed in the staffing. A bunch of kids sitting at a table watching TV the whole time I finally realized was the staff. The girl was only taking care of our table and couldn’t remember the drinks we had the entire time because she wanted to get back to her buddies and watch TV.
I ordered off the Gluten Free menu and when my food came out it looked too good to be true so I made my husband taste both our meals. He couldn’t tell the difference which confirmed they messed up. The sad part is that when she originally brought the dish she looked at it as if she already knew it was wrong! Why would you not question it?! She brought the right meal eventually and normally with something so serious something gets taken off the bill, which I don’t mind paying for my meal but the other of condolences is a nice gesture.
My suggestion to the management. Clean out your staff and hire people are actually care about representing your company or you will go under.

Our first visit here and we fell in love with the ambience! We are so happy to have stumbled across this business. Great music to listen to as you indulge in quality food. We definitely will be back!

Everything here is on point! From the lunch menus on the weekends, romantic Italian music, great waiters, drinking glasses (not plastic), fresh mouth watering salads with shredded Mozzarella cheese, diced tomatoes & onions, crisply bacon, sliced black olives with their homemade Italian dressing, homemade lasagne with a meatball on top, fantastic pizzas, spaghetti & meatballs, frute di mare, and desserts!

We come here for the Gluten free AND Dairy-​free pizza for my girls. Actually, my wife and I go here for the meat pie. The ingredients are always fresh. The service is good. It does get a little crazy at times. It is not a big place, but they do a great job. We also have the occasional calamari. Appreciate you guys. Thank you.

My wife and I have seen this place many times, but never gave it a shot before. Today, we decided to try it out. I regret this decision.
We went on a Friday night, so we expected a bit of a wait. But when we walked in, half of the tables were empty. There were maybe five other parties there. At the time, there was no Friday rush. Yet.
We order drinks. And the waitress doesn’t know if they have milk for my daughter. Seems simple, but whatever. After some back and forth, we get the milk. All is good.
We order our food (slice of cheese pizza, alfredo and a calzoni). Nothing complicated. Right after ordering our food I respond to a text. This is important as I know precisely what time we gave our order to the waitress.
37 minutes later, the food hits our table. Thirty seven minutes. It should never take that long, ever. Especially when the place is half empty.
And after all that waiting, the food wasn’t even that good. I may as well gone to Fazoli’s and saved money.
We wont be going back.

This review is just for lunch and just about the Spaghetti Aglio e Olio.
Was shopping in the area and my 5 min stop ended up running me into lunchtime. I was going to be good and grab a burrito salad at chipotle next door. Something made me just sneak a peak into their neighbors.
Well it smelt delish, so walked in. So glad I did. I was served a perfectly cooked simple pasta dish with warm cheesy bread, for $ 7.99 that was a score.
Lets just say wrapping strings of pasta that is loaded in garlic made me soooo happy that I dragged my BF their the next day for lunch. This time with a couple of splits of prosecco ;)

Thankfully Chipotle was packed one day and not wanting to wait I decided to try this hole in the wall Italian place next door. I am glad I did. The food is amazing and it is only 2 miles from my house! The wife and I dine here once a month at least and have yet to be disappointed.
I tried a calzone that I assumed was stuffed with pepperoni (it was not) and that was totally my fault. They still were nice enough to give us our canoli for free. Stop by sometime and try the pizza.

Pizza is AMAZING. The guys that work the place also make a huge difference. They were all younger, but very respectful and they love their pizza. I had the margarita pizza and added pepperoni to it, which I do often. I ended up, guiltily eating the whole pizza!!! If I can eat a whole pizza (14″) by myself then I must say no more, give this place a shot!!!

Wa welcoming with great staff, thank you Salim for being a gracious waiter. Good was great and so was the desert. Enjoyed my Sunday dinner.

This should read as 2.5 stars.
This place is quiet, smaill and very nice looking. Like Macaroni Grill, they use white paper to cover the tables (the better to doodle on). The place doesnt hold a lot of folks, but atmospherically, it works.
The food however is a different story.
Ordered sweet tea (they are out). Ordered lemonade (they are almost out). Settled for another soft drink… and it worked! YAY! but not starting off well…
The missus ordered caprese salad, I ordered calamari. Both enjoyed. She ordered fettucine alfredo, I ordered margherita ‘za. I like my crust thinner, so I was not crazy about the ration of dough to sauce/​toppings (almost nonexistant) — Note: the sauce that came with my calamari was GREAT… shoulda asked for more to save my ‘za.
Although the missus enjoyed her meal (and I my calamari), we both decided the overall experience was Meh… and dont have to go back.
BUT — if you decide to go, ask about the Facebook deal…

We’ve tried almost everything on the menu and it has ALL been delicious, made from scratch, and fresh. We eat here or take out at least 3 times a week.
MENU FAVORITES: Veggie pizza, pepperoni pizza, beef ravioli, cheese tortellini, spaghetti, Insalata Mixta, caprese salad
BOARD SPECIALS FAVORITES: Mussels Trieste, Chicken Piccata
THE BEST SANGRIA EVER. Authentic Barcelona style.
The service here is fantastic. From the servers to the chefs, they have all been incredibly polite and helpful.

Went there last saturday and they have a great lunch special! Salad/​soup plus a bowl of pasta or large slice for less than $ 8 (if I remember correctly). Also YAY for having a lunch special every day (not just M-​F).
Salad is BIG and delicious (includes bacon!) and the pasta portion was good, too. all comes with yummy cheesy bread to share with the table.
When we were there, they were testing the espresso machine or the soup blender or something — it was very, very loud in the kitchen (which is attached/​open to the dining area). This was annoying but I think we got there just after they opened, so maybe they were still getting ready for the day. The food is delicious so we will be back for sure when in need of Italian.

Good, fresh food. Good portions on the pizza slice and the cheese tortellini but the lasagna was kinda small hidden in a pool of marinara sauce… almost like a soup. Im not a big fan of making something small look bigger by over saucing it.
Service was friendly. Slow and a little incompetent… But the intention to give good service is evident.

Pizza.
Nope. I just didn’t like anything about this place, except for the salad. Service was awkward, and, when I complained about my Pizza my waiter just chuckled. WTF? I ordered a slice of the works minus the bell pepper, olive, and, spinach. It normally comes with Mozzarella, pepperoni, Italian sausage, meatballs, bacon, artichoke hearts, roasted bell peppers, black olives, onions, mushrooms and spinach.
What I got was a slice of inedible heartburn disgust. My slice was so nasty. It was literally a slice of greasy pepperoni with added bacon, sausage, artichoke hearts, re-​heated. The additional toppings weren’t baked in to the slice and I was missing the onion and mozzarella. There was a very small amount of mozz on that slice but they didn’t leave it in the oven long enough to melt.
Pretty much what happened here is they took a pre-​made slice of pepperoni, threw on some lame toppings that were old, and tried to re-​bake it. Didn’t work for me. I would never do pizza from here again. Looking at the other pictures from Unilocalers, I can see the poor quality. No solid tomato sauce, and, definitely no solid mozz (esp on mine). Nope. I won’t be back.
Note: Since this review is for the pizza only, it gets two stars instead of one. They have other items on their menu. Pizza is not the way to go here and truly deserves a spot on my «Nasty List».

No fuss, home style cosy Italian restaurant. And — get this– its in cedar park!
I loved that they have 1 $ sangrias on Sunday. The bruschetta was pretty good– proportionate balance of tomatoes, herbs and oil. The margarita pizza was great too. The one down side is that a 14″ is about 16 $. I’m all for paying for quality, don’t get me wrong. But 16 $ seems a little much.
I didn’t get to try the antipasto or the pastas yet. Maybe next time. :) pizza slices are also available though Didn’t try them.
The service is excellent. No doubts there. Five stars.

I ordered Caprese, Fettucine Alfredo, and pizza from Paisano’s recently. The order went to Dine on Demand, then to the company.
When my order arrived, I had a house salad, fettucine alfredo, and a pizza. No caprese. This was the «caprese» that arrived:
I left a quick «problem with my order» note and went about eating, hoping that I’d eventually get the caprese. Unfortunately, things went further south from there.
I had a slice of pizza, then ate some of the fettucine alfredo. I was eating when I came across this:
Yes, that’s definitely a bug attached to pasta, covered in alfredo sauce. And yep, I had been eating that pasta. Cue the vomiting. Luckily, I made it to the bathroom, but that was definitely not what I was expecting. Had it been a fruit fly or something, fine. But that? NOPE.