Romios Pizza and Pasta

I’ve ordered twice from here, and I think it’s something of the best pizza around. It’s always done to perfection. I’ve had sandwiches and calzones from here too and I think it’s top notch and good value for the money.

When this restaurant took over the old Claire’s Pantry spot, I was really hopeful that it would be something good; a place where we could go for lunches and happy hours.
I’ve been a total of 3 times since they moved in, twice for lunch, and once for drinks and apps.
Lunch: Both times we came on our lunch break, service was SLOW. I wish I could say it was because our food was being carefully prepared during a busy lunch rush, but the restaurant was basically empty, and half of our entrees came out cold. I had the chicken parm sandwich, which was pretty good, but nothing remarkable. The second time around I had the cannoli, which was two cannoli, stuffed with cheese and doused in a watery tomato sauce. Not very impressive. Aside from the side salad, which was pleasantly crisp, nothing else seemed fresh made. Our group ordered the lunch specials and from start to finish our meal took nearly an hour and a half, so be prepared for that.
Tonight, we went for drinks and apps after work. We ordered mozzarella sticks, calamari, spanikopita and bruschetta. The mozarella sticks were of the previously frozen perauasion, and tasted like it, too. The calamari was described as «fishy onion rings» by my friend, and was also of the previously frozen variety. The spanikopita was bland and over-​cooked. The olive bruschetta was passable, and the tomato bruschetta was pretty good, with fresh tomatoes and basil.
3 in our party had wine, and 4 had cocktails. One of the drinks, a vodka and cranberry was very weak, and the first one had a lot of particles in the glass, as if it hadn’t been properly cleaned. The Jack and coke was on the weak side, but okay. The other two drinks, a gin & tonic and a bacardi & coke were also on the weak side.
Supposedly, they haven’t had their official grand opening yet, so maybe they will get it together before then, but I doubt I’ll be back to find out.