Romilos

Well, I wish there were 10 stars! We have eaten here for years — starting with kids end-​of-​year baseball parties and now as empty nesters and we have NEVER had a bad meal. Consistently tasty, oversized portions (so we always have lunch for tomorrow) and friendly service. It is our GO TO place anytime we need dinner and don’t want to think about where to go. We know the meal will be wonderful and we will be treated as if we are at home. New décor on the bar side. Great for families, friends, small and large gatherings.

Dirty, cramped, and too expensive… especially for the low quality of food. Considering how fast my Gyro Platter came out, everything must have been frozen and pre-​made. The fries were flavorless grease. The salad — how can they call it Greek? Really? One olive, red onions, and two slices of cucumbers with huge chunks of pale iceberg lettuce = a Greek salad?
Never again.

My family was in Severna Park on ¹¹⁄₁₄ so we decided to give Romilo’s a try for the first time. We do not regularly eat Greek food, so I can’t say we are experts on the cuisine. We do know when we eat great food and have great service and this is not what we found at Romilo’s.
When you walk into the dinning room you will notice that there is construction going on, which seems strange. In my opinion, restaurants should close for a couple of days when they remodel. Before eating I had to stop in the restroom. I found that it was dirty, the toilet was leaking, and the trash can was broken. «Come on guys» was what I was thinking. On the way back to the table I had to evade the over abundance of tables and chairs. They need to reduce the dinning room by at least one table. I saw someone else mentioned that in their review too, so I am not sure if the owner/​management reads these posts or not.
So I finally sat down for dinner. Being a brand new customer I asked the nice waitress what she eats as that is typically a safe bet for a new customer. She replied, «oh if you come here a lot and try everything you will eventually find something that you like». Again, «come on guys»! The server should be well prepared to tell me what the specials are and what the local favorites are. I tried the «Famous Gyro Platter». I guess every Greek restaurant has a «famous Gyro platter». We ordered two Gyro platters and my son ordered a Shrimp Scampi dinner. The Gyro platters came with fries and a Greek side salad. The salad must have been Greek because it had lots of chopped up center parts of an iceberg lettuce head and one single olive (qualifies with one olive of course). The dressing was very oily. I don’t think the cook who made that dressing tried it before they served it, because it was pretty bad. The Gyro was unlike any other Gyro I have ever had. Typically Gyros have skinny shavings of lamb (no rotating lamb machine in sight by the way), some greek sauce, and a few veggies. The lamb was very thick and tasted ok. I swear the Pita bread they served it on was several days old and purchased from a grocery store or trucked in. It can’t be that hard for a Greek restaurant to make fresh Pita bread for the dinner service. Again, «come on Guys»! The fries seemed to be trucked in steak fries. They could have easily been freshly cut and seasoned, but that is not what they did. The lamb pieces where so big I could not even pick up the Gyro and fold it in half to eat it. I felt like a dork for having to cut it up with my fork and knife. They Pita bread was beginning to get stale so it was even hard to cut. The Gyro platter was $ 18. My son had the Shrimp Scampi and he said it was so bad after a couple of bites that he refused to eat it. That cost $ 22. I tried the shrimp and found that it did not taste fresh either. The butter sauce was not balanced very well. It is apparent that the Romilo’s chefs/​cooks are not tasting what they are making. This place needs one of the restaurant rescue shows to come in and show them how to make it right. Some more management effort and food tasting would probably make this place really good.
For the $ 65 dollars I spent on dinner I could have gone somewhere else and had a much better dinner and service. Read my other posts and I will show you where else you can go for some good food at the same price. I will not be back.

I have been coming here since my family and I first moved to Maryland, over 14 years ago. The staff here has been the same over the past years and they have remembered me and my family even after all these years.
I have been ordering the same thing, a cup of chicken noodle and spaghetti, every time and it still tastes amazing after all of these years. Now, the price is a little much but the taste of the food is honestly worth it.
I don’t see how I could stop coming here, honestly.

The service was very friendly but overwhelmed. They try to squeeze too many seats into one area and it is difficult to walk to your table without bumping into someone by accident.
We had pizza and a Greek salad. The kids seemed to like the pizza as it was loaded with cheese. The Greek salad was hardly Greek. It had onions and a few olives.
The price is very reasonable but you get what you pay for.

I imagine that Romilo’s once upon a time ago was this dingy billiards bar, only visible through a thick haze of cigarette smoke. Or maybe that’s only because the shades are always closed so it still has the lighting of a dive bar?
Either way, definitely not impressed, and sadly I’ve given this joint numerous (too many) tries.
I went the first time for a gyro — meh, salty and flavorless.
I’ve gone back many a time since as my boyfriend’s family loves this place, and still, every time is meh. Everything is edible, though salty and overpriced.
Food: 2
Drinks: 3
Value: 2
Service: 4

A miniature diner with a miniature diner menu and the addition of a pizza menu.
Ordered the special fettuccine with chicken which was considered a special because it was a dollar less. That was average probable won’t. Order it again. The pizza on the other jan was quite good. Crust thick and crunchy and the toppings plentiful. If I return it will be for t he pizza not for anything else.

Since my previous review, Romilos has been sold. The new owners remodeled a bit.