Fratelli's

This was my first time at Fratelli's and I was completely impressed!  The service is exemplary and the food is fantastic.  I got the chicken marsala with gluten-free penne pasta and I could not tell that it was gluten-free pasta....it's that good.  This is now my new favorite restaurant!!

I totally love the Oceanside location, and was excited to hear that another was opening up closer to my home.

I met up with a friend to have dinner at the San Marcos location, and it's where the old Bruno's used to be. I was a little bummed when I first walked in because I was hoping to see a crowd which would mean that the new location was doing well. I'm sure it is, they'll just have to get the word out a little so their clientele grows! By the time we had finished with the dinner and drinks the place had filled up so that made me happy. When I first walked in, I noticed the place was HUGE! Much more room than they know what to do with! I felt like the larger part of the restaurant had a bunch of empty space and it kind of made it look unfinished, but I don't really know what to recommend for them to put in.

We sat at the bar and started with a glass of water and a glass of their muscato wine. I'm not a total wino and really only like moscato, and it was really good. I was a little disappointed they didn't automatically bring out bread and dip because I was super starving and had to ask for it after we got our drinks, and even then, they only brought out one piece rather than a basket, like I was expecting. No big deal though, bread was delicious and the dip wasn't too oily.

I ordered the fettuccini alfredo but asked for it without broccoli (says it's in there on their menu) and my friend had the vegetable ziti. It couldn't have been more than a 10 minute wait to get our food which was awesome! I couldn't wait to dive into my plate of pasta, but had to ask for some cheese and crushed pepper. The crushed red pepper was in a shaker but the cheese came in a small condiment bowl thing which was cute, but a little wasteful since I only used about 1/3 of the cheese in there. I know it's more work, but it might save them money and keep them from being wasteful to have their servers grind the cheese at the table to the client's request instead of having it pre-done and then having to throw out whatever the client doesn't use. PASTA WAS SO GOOD! I'm not sure what kinds of adjective to use when describing pasta, but whatever good ones you could think of will most likely be appropriate. Serving size was perfect, texture was great, amount of alfredo sauce in proportion to pasta was on point, not swimming in it! My friend loved her meal too! I had a couple of bites of hers and it was yummy but I had to go back to my pasta ASAP.

We didn't order dessert because we were both too full, but I kind of wish we had.

My bill was $25 for the fettuccini and a glass of wine and included the tip, so it wasn't crazy expensive!

Overall, it was a good experience and I look forward to going back! Definitely recommending it to friends!

I do so want a good Italian restaurant and I had hoped we had one.  The 3 of us dinned there last night.  My angel hair pasta was great (4 stars) our grandson's Tortellini Pesto, also very good.  But my husbands Chicken Parmigina was awful. Burned, dried out, not tender.  He would not let me send it back, but he could not eat it.  They brought him a steak knife to start (did they know something???) I did mention this to the waiter on the way out and the guy at the door, so hopefully someone will check those meals ($16.95).  They had no contact info on their website or I would email them directly.  Hopefully they will monitor their meals, what a waste of money.