Francos Italian - Pensacola

I was hesitant to walk in, but starved. But never judge a book on his cover! The service, the atmosphere and the food was phenomenal I got the risotto that had a warning saying it took about 20 minutes to cook what was worth waiting! The place is also very clean! The only fall they were from the pizza and had to get a little pizza, which was $8 I think I really wished they would have charged us a children's price, because my little girl was only on 2 slices. We paid $77 for a family of 4 that was a little expensive. But... it was worth it because everything was fantastic. I recommend it! We're going back!

Very good Italian food. The 9 hours drive worth. Franco personally goes the dining room to make sure everything is good. 10/10.

Delicious dinner at an old school Italian restaurant. I had chicken marsala and my daughter had cheese ravioli with marinara. We had a server, but an older gentleman with an Italian accent took our order. Both of us had the House Italian dressing on our salad. We share some spumoni ice cream for dessert. Everything was soo good. My family had an Italian restaurant when I was young. I felt like the food was made with love and pride..

It was a good little spot. In my opinion the Italian food was average but the fried shrimp was good! They were plump and fried to a perfect texture and golden color. The service wasn't as good as I would've hoped for a party of 40-45. They should've brought in more staff to help. Overall, it was a mediocre experience.

First impression is the place is tired, functional but tired. Went on a Sunday, place was busy with the after church crowd. Second impression was the place kinda dirty, table was not cleaned very well, sticky to the touch. Wife was not impressed with the school cafeteria table ware and plastic glasses. The plastic table cloth made things worse as the plastic cup sweated and the oil from the dressing migrated around the table. We ordered the anti-pasta Italiano as the appetizer, seemed like a bunch of pre-cut deli meat from BJ’s. Tomato and capers we’re good, best part by far is the Italian dressing, not sure why they serve it in to-go sauce cups. I had the veal parmigiana and the wife had the Saltiboccoa alla romana. Breading on the parmigiana seemed absent like it was breaded a day ago. Veal was tender but the dish lacked any flavor beyond the red gravy which was extremely bland. The wine sauce on the wife’s veal sauce was very tasty but the meat also lacked breading, they use canned sliced mushrooms which does nothing for the flavor. The side pasta was cooked well but it was just doused with the same red gravy. I used the grated cheese, salt,pepper and red pepper to bring out some taste. A slice of lemon for the veal is fairly common and some fresh herbs would help. The one bright spot was the wait staff and the hustle,teamwork and great attitude they have. I don’t know if they are part of the Franco family, but they were doing their best to please everyone. I witnessed some people the managent should be very proud to have. Maybe if they had a front end manager to make sure the busser has the right tools to keep the tables clean and making sure the restroom is more presentable, just saying. For the price we paid for our meal I don’t think the food is worth it.