Rosebud Italian Specialties & Pizzeria

Bummer. Our waiter was not well trained. Rosebud in Naperville is a little like Wrigley Field. People line up and pack the place, but the experience is often a little disappointing. This is a great place to sit at the bar and eat appetizers on a snowy winter night. We'll be back when the snow flies.

Went on a Thursday night with a group for work. It was the first time I had been to the new location since the old one burned down. Its a nice space right in the heart of downtown Nashville.  If you have never been Rosebud its an old school red sauce kind of Italian Restaurant. They have all the classic Italian American dishes you expect to find Parm's, Classic Pastas, Vesuvio. all done well.  We started with calamari both Grilled and Fried...stick with the fried it was crisp and tender more than I can say for the well overcooked grilled version. My love of all sorts of Braised meats led me to the excellent Mama's Gravy, Braised Pork and beef with tomato and Rigatoni Giganti with dollops of Ricotta....no complains here everything I love in a bowl. Don't miss dessert the Cannoli and the Italian Doughnuts were top notch.

Great food! But we had a large party reservation, had to wait 25 minutes longer than expected.. asked for seperate checks and they dropped the ball on that, the server couldn't figure it out and it was a hot mess. Poor thing, but the food was great, I wouldn't recommend this place for large parties, but for a date night, it would be perfect, cute little Italian place.