Romano's tries hard, and I give them credit for that. This wasn't a horrible dining experience. Probably closer to a 2.5 star. But it certainly wasn't fantastic. I ordered the carbonara and despite it being "hand made" and fresh and including an egg on it, it just didn't hit on all cylinders for me. It was rather light on flavor. Part of that is my fault for ordering carbonara: a dish I'm always more disappointed in than I remember.
Service was decent, though our waitress wasn't aware that they apparently served Orangina. "I think they're just decorative." Me: "They're in 24-packs stacked up in between those huge tables there. I think they're for sale." (They were.)
Overall, you get what you expect here, and I wasn't expecting much. Mission accomplished, though my mother enjoys some salad thing they do, and again, it wasn't *awful*. It just wasn't great.