Oh Roma Deli. I saw a LV article recently claiming Roma Deli was one of the must try places for locals and was like "lol wut." I had been here before several times since my parents love it (which is usually a red flag), but maybe I was quick to judge the first few times.
I think I probably was because it's grown on me. The all Italian family staff is cute and gives the restaurant a nice feel. Is it one of the must try spots for locals? Lol no chance. But it's good and off the strip Italian is hard to come by.
-Antipasto: Pretty good. Meats nothing special. Vegetables include red peppers artichoke etc and are fairly good. Bruschetta above average. Decent platter.
-Veal Scaloppini: Above average definitely but still pretty standard offering.
-Baked Ziti thing: I don't remember the name of this item on the menu and the online menus are definitely incomplete but it was pretty good. Lots of cheese, lots of meat, lots of om nom.
I've tried other things before but honestly cannot remember much about them. The takeaway is that it's very traditional Italian. They won't have any items that are crazy delicious or highly innovative because it's an old school place. The pasta dishes taste as you would expect but what comes with that expectation is consistency which is hard to come by.
Worth the trip if you crave Italian and are too lazy or too poor to head to Giada.