Ramando’s Italian Restaurant

Take a step back in time to this wonderful Italian restaurant in the heart of Myrtle Beach. Super friendly service, large portions and delicious food. We got it to go but if we had more time, would have enjoyed dining there. Family friendly atmosphere. Not stuffy.
I’ll be back next time in in town n

Excellent service! We tried Sole restaurant down the street but were turned away for not having a reservation. This place took us right in at peak time on a Saturday night. Great food, great waitress. Highly recommend.

Excellent food and service and a good value.
Excellent seafood both fried and with pasta.
The seafood is a very good value for Myrtle Beach where it tends to be overpriced.

Seeing all of the mainly positive reviews, my party of three of us ate here for dinner and I can safely recommend you avoid this place unless you are truly looking for a mediocre, at best, Italian place that is stuck in the 1980’s.The food is more expensive than most chain places, lower quality than almost every other Italian place I’ve been to, bland, and prepared/​served as if it was the mid 80’s. We also had the undue pleasure of having a waitress that just returned from a smoke break and she blew the smoke smell all over our table when she talked. The only plus I could really give this place would be portion size, which was reasonable.

It was hit or miss all around, especially food quality. A good rule is probably to always get the house specialty, in this case Italian something. I got the strip steak (& always order steak well done.) While it had a nice grill char flavor, it was rather tough, chewy & fatty. I know steaks can be cooked to well & still be tender, delicious & full of flavor. Baked potato was over-​cooked & old tasting. I tasted my sister-in-law’s lasagne & it was super delicious, with lots of cheese, sauce & ground beef flavors mixing together for a long-​cooked flavor. Wish I’d gotten that!
My mother-​in-​law got spaghetti & meatballs & noted after a couple bites that she could make better. She’s a good cook so that’s certainly true. My husband got a seafood plate & that was uneven — grouper, not good at all, but he liked the shrimp & crab cakes. Service was good & attentive, but overall a forgettable meal.

Service is slow depending who you get.
They charge you for bread.
Food is OK.
The owners are Greek.
Servers are from all places in Europe and are worked like slaves. They also need to pay the owners 10% of all their tips. So keep that in mind.

The lasagna was super. I had the grouper picatta which was excellent., Maria our waitress very friendly. I recommend to Come here when you are in
Myrtle
Beach.

Once again a wonderful dinner at Ramando’s. We have been going for years. Every trip to Myrtle Beach has to include a stop at Ramando’s. The seafood and pasta dinner is a family favorite. Junior our waiter was fantastic and cared for our table like a professional. Go you will not be disappointed!

Wow! This place is amazing!!! My family and I were staying close by, so we thought we would give it a try. It was fantastic!!! I had the Chicken Tuscana and my husband had the lasagna. We both ate every single bite! I will recommend this to everyone and definitely come back every time we come to Myrtle Beach!!!

Every dish made fresh! No wait, great food, great service, awesome price! Definite hidden gem!

Amazing food, amazing service. 14 people in our party and no one in our group had a complaint. I had the seafood Alfredo myself and it was so creamy, the shrimp, scallops and mussels so well cooked. The pasta was also very well done. Had tiramisu and a cappuccino for dessert, a perfect pairing. I would happily go back to this place for lunch or dinner.

Excellent restaurant! Food was delicious; recommend the Veal Romando. Service was fantastic. A great break from traditional ocean side food. Made reservations st 9 after a show and our table was waiting on us.

This place is delicious! Authentic Italian food, good selection. Everything was very high quality & made exactly how we asked. The place itself is not much to look at, but who cares? Amazing food & great prices. I had beer, salad, bread & baked ziti for under $ 20. Definitely give this place a chance.

Very good food and the young lady that recommended the chicken piccata good call. Son had the scampi, kid’s mother strip steak, and daughter chicken parm. We started with the Antipasto which was also quite good and all the greens very fresh. Our server was pleasant and attentive and made dinner very enjoyable. Did not have to ask once for refills. Jessica was her name and you would do well to ask for her.
Was a very nice meal and well priced. Enjoy. And any negative reviews here would have to have been the exception than the rule.

Don’t let the décor fool you. The food here was excellent and the staff was very friendly and courteous. Great sauce!

Was so excited to have dinner at this place while passing thru Myrtle. Unfortunately, had a terrible experience from the service to glass of Brioski needed to take away the pain. Any true Italians that have ever took part in Sunday Family dinner will understand the Brioski.
Anyways serving old, notta so fresha ingredients… is unacceptable. Especially when it comes with a side of «grumpy waitress» that seems to have owner issues. I will let the picture of our old, moldy eggplant explain. … I mean seriously, in the words of the immortal G. Ramsey, «have you lost u your xxxxxxx passion!!!»

Unbelievably perfecto! We enjoyed the shrimp & scallop mornay and chicken piccata. Both were prepared to perfection.
Our servers and all staff were attentive but not obtrusive with water always full, one request for more wine, and server always available.
The salads that came with the meal were fresh and fantastic. The wine list was nice but wish that it had included a Montalcino or perhaps any of the Le Palaie wines.
While the cheesecake was excellent, the brownie had a large section of crispy over baked chocolate right in the middle of the dessert.
We intended to return the next evening because overall, this restaurant seemed to be a gem in the rough of chains and typical Myrtle Beach fried seafood offerings. Freshness was the key! Alas, the torrential rains kept us away!

Place is nice, a décor is a little vintage. The people are nice! My waitress Magdalena seemed nice. Her tables were sprawled out all over the restaurant but she did her best and always greeted me with a smile! I ordered the special, pork osso bucco Milanese with fettuccine Alfredo! The meal came with garlic bread and salad. This was the garlic bread like you eat with spaghetti but it was hot and fresh out of the oven. The salad is a house salad with a tomato and a cucumber slice. My meal wasn’t as hot as I would like but it made up for that in taste. The osso bucco was fall off the bone tender. The presentation was pretty! The fettuccine Alfredo was less than spectacular so I mixed it with the osso bucco sauce… good choice! Lol! Great value at a great price, everyone was nice, patrons seemed pleased and smiling, and the deliciousness of the osso bucco gave this a four star experience for me!
Warning, this isn’t your grandmas Italian but it was tasty!

Decent Italian place considering it’s in a tourist town. If you like basic pasta and generic Italian food, it’s perfect. Every meal comes with a side salad and garlic bread. However, my «house salad» was a bed of lettuce with one sliced cucumber and one tomato. The garlic bread was essentially just sliced, toasted and buttered; no garlic taste at all (despite the restaurant’s garlicky aroma). I had the Penne Alla Vodka. Very basic but satisfied my craving. My friends had the Ravioli al Forno, Chicken Fettucine, and the Chicken Marsala and were all happy with it. Decent, but not great, Italian food.
The service was mediocre. The waitress was overly eager to refill our water glasses every chance she got, but took forever to bring out the salad and bread. After we got our food, she completely disappeared and took a while to clear our plates, get our check and return with it.

Fans of Italian food, including locally-​operated establishments in DC, western NC and the RDU area, a discount coupon in one of the local tourism books nudged us to give another local eatery a try.
In brief, varied menu offering ample portions, passable service, tattering décor, convenient location.
Relieved that unlike other venues open off-​season, the restaurant was neither busy nor dead. Someone possibly of the management family was hosting guests at a table near the kitchen, adding a bit to the «family» atmosphere. Festive, glasses clinking, I appreciated their presence to add to the atmosphere on a coolish, damp evening.
The atmosphere/​décor is dated – «fading grace,» seemingly common in locally-​owned Myrtle Beach and other coastal establishments (see my DelMarVa peninsula reviews of early 2104.). Aging furnishings probably are part of the cause of the sometimes-​noted peculiar aromas/​odors. The evening we were there, the aroma of tomatoes and garlic were most-​noted, and not unpleasant.
Our server, perhaps uncomfortable with a language barrier (We are native speakers of English.), wasn’t as warm/​welcoming as one might have expected at a «family owned/​operated» Italian restaurant. She was moderately attentive– beverage glasses went nearly empty, but empty plates did languish a bit at the table. More frequent check-​backs, especially given the restaurant wasn’t swamped, would have been nice.
The garlic-​laced bread arrived warm, and, with the long-​ish wait for our orders, welcome. There was no additional charge, unlike some other establishments.
Our complimentary salads were very simple: iceberg lettuce, a cucumber slice and a single cherry tomato, Served upon request with dressing on the side – a basic additional vegetable serving before the entrees.
We ordered Lasagna, Chicken Tuscana, and Chicken Ramando’s, a house specialty. All portions were generous – leftovers came home with us. The ground beef lasagna was ample, filling, very mildly seasoned, exactly what a more-​sensitive tummy wanted. The Chicken Tuscana highlights were the mushrooms and red peppers. I’d hoped for a more… long-​simmered, nuanced marinara sauce, but it wasn’t BAD either. Everyone’s favorite was the Chicken Ramando’s, with mushrooms, carrots, and feta cheese (Adriatic Sea cross-​pollenation?). Almost a pity the seeming creativity invested in this dish didn’t resonate in the other entrees as well.
I’ve read complaints over prices, but we found $ 9.95 — 17.95 to be comparable to local, regional and national Italian chain prices. Given the portions, we felt they were fair.
Note: This is an over-​due review from a visit off-​season in December, 2013.