Reviews for Frank's Italian Restaurant in Van Buren, AK
Had two great meals: tortellini alfredo with chicken and salmon. Along with the salad and wonderful bread it was a super meal... and a fun waitress, too. We ordered dessert to go. Would go back again. Read more
This place used to be the best, however it isn't anymore. Idk what happened! The sauces were so bland and the bread is even... hard, flat and cold. The pasta is not good at all and nothing had any flavor in our dishes. The have changed ingredients orsomething. Everything was terrible. It used to be my favorite place. I will never go back. If you go bring your own garlicsalt to be able to stomach it. ???? Read more
It?s pretty good. Some of their food needs more flavor; such as their Fettuccine Alfredo. (More garlic) And, do not order... Garlic bread or Garlic Chrese bread. We never tasted any garlic, plus the bread wasn?t toasted well and looked blah. Also thecomplimentary dinner rolls they serve are much better anyway! We ordered the Stuffed Mushrooms; which were okay, but we lovedthe sauce on the stuffed mushrooms! My Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo was okay, but the sauce was too runny. Almost like soup. I?mnot certain we will return, but I?m glad we gave it a try. Read more
We were coming home from Texas and my wife asked for spaghetti for lunch. We stopped here and had lunch and were pleasantly... surprised with our meal. We both had the spaghetti with meat sauce and it was very good. The portion size was more than enoughand the bread with oil and balsamywas very good as well. The server was very attentive as well. Would eat again. Read more
I've been to Frank's multiple times over the past few months and everything I've ordered has been fresh and had perfect flavor.... Their marinara is fantastic and wonderfully compliments everything it comes with. Their bruschetta and calamari appetizers aremust haves! Read more
Chicken piccata was a white unseasoned chicken breast that wasn?t even lightly breaded or fried. Sauce was sweet and tasted... canned, butter wine sauce made my Nonna reach out from the afterlife and slap the fork out of my hand. Fazolis is a moredelicious alternative, and they don?t charge you $16 for dog food. Read more
I will start by saying Frank's appears to be in a remodeled fast food joint. When we pulled into the parking lot I actually... asked my wife if it was fast food based on the building shape and how it sat. Beyond that initial moment of question, the waythe building was remodeled looked very well done, inside and out. The interior wet an ambiance expected of an Italianrestaurant. Service was very good and we were given rolls and ordered mozzarella sticks. Both were outstanding, and themarinara sauce was very good. At this point we were heading for what we thought would be a 5 star review, and my wife evencommented on how slow business was, for such a great place. Then our main course came out. I will say that while fast foodservice is something I like, there are some places you want the food to take just a bit longer to be fresh. Authentic Italian isprobably one of them. This was not the case at Franks. Service was very fast, but no complaints, but goes with what we feltabout the entrée quality. I had the Chicken-parm cremera. The chicken was not breaded like I have had before, but that was nota negative or a positive of the dish. The chicken was nice and tender, and tasted really good. It was served with spaghettinoodles, and topped in cremera sauce and what I assume was supposed to be parmesan cheese. My only issues with the dish were thesauce and cheese. The sauce was good, but tasted like it was either not homemade or was not fresh.it had a resemblance of saucefrom a jar that had not been seasoned. The cheese on top seemed to be pre-shredded cheese froma bag. Over all the dish was good,but was either not authentic or possibly just not made fresh. My wife had the pasta sampler with ravioli (substituted meat forcheese), manicotti and lasagna. I tried the ravioli and it tasted just ok. The marinara sauce was again very good, but there wasnothing special about the ravioli. It seemed again like it was not homemade. My wife said the manicotti was decent, Read more
Not the best Italian food for the price. Got a trio... of very small piece of lasagna & 1 manicotti & 1 ravioli and I couldn't... tell what was what, it was drowning with sauce. Atmosphere needs attention!! Service thankfully was decent. Read more