Gallo Nero Italian Bistro

Consistently great casual Italian good and great and friendly service.A bit noisy at peak times but has a great vibe, and can see sports on the 2 TVs.Great salads, great dishes, very reasonable prices, good menu selections.The pizza isn't great - overly dry and tasteless crust.Dessert is a bit small for the price. Wine is very reasonable. Plus point: No tax in tip calculation.One big minus - a mixed up take-out order (miscommunication from the order taker and despite confirming with her) meant driving all the way back to get the right one, the other dinner got cold before getting back with the right one, plus we paid for both the wrong order and the fixed one. We're regulars but this has put us off returning anytime soon, we should not have been charged for this mistake.

Flavors are good but the pasta is so soggy and yuck. Spaghetti noodles in the Murphy and so mushy and the rigatoni can't even grab it with fork they just break up. 2 entres out of three going into the trash because this is just disrespectful.Like I'm eating food meant for an infant.The dinner bread they give it you way better than the garlic bread. The garlic bread is just a split French roll with barely any garlic. Don't waste your thoughts on it. The minestrone soup? Has soggy noodles in it too haha

We were craving some local, decadent Italian for our weekend in Frisco and I believe we achieved that in Gallo Nero. The reviews are correct, this is a local and neighborhood favorite, as evidenced by the steady stream of folks in and out of the restaurant all night. That said we only had a minimal wait time and the server was quick to ply us with some drinks in this very social and loud atmosphere. Looking at the menu, it was exactly what we were looking for - just the menu you would expect at the local Italian place in your town, with the items cooked to dang near perfection. For me, I opted for the Lobster Ravioli, which was smothered in a decadent and delicious vodka sauce, and The Wife loved her Chicken Piccata. Throw in some fresh-baked bread and we had a great dinner outing at Gallo Nero. So whether you just want to stop in for a drink at the lively bar or have some of your hometown Italian favorites, you can't go wrong at Gallo Nero.

Best. Italian. Food. Ever! The service is impeccable and the restaurant is always so clean! The bar is great too! Order some pasta and grab a cocktail-you will not be sorry you did! It's fantastic!

My son recommended this place. Came on a Friday e evening and it was busy. We sat down quickly though and server arrived to get our drink orders. Chicken alfredo pizza - not a pizza person but was delicious Chicken rigatoni - daughter said she enjoyed itLobster ravioli- great flavor, like I dipped the free bread in itChicken marsala- son ate it allChicken alfredo- son ate aCalamari- the best, so light

Just yesterday night I went to celebrate my early birthday with gallo Nero! We had the sweetest Serbian waitress who was very funny and helpful(I wish i remembered her name). My parents and brother joined me last night and we all got great dishes , some which I cannot pronounce . The place is clean, food comes out hot, drinks are great. Overall an easy Italian place , pretty casual not too fancy!

Food: 4/5Service: 3.75/5Ambiance: 3.75/5Good food overall with just the right portion sizes. For a Wednesday night around 8pm, it was a full house and very loud.Upon getting seated, we waited a noticeable amount of time before trying to flag down a server. We quickly found out no one was assigned to our table, which was disappointing.However, our identified server was friendly and provided quick service.The bruschetta, frutti de mare, and margherita pizza with pepperoni were good. I would consider exploring other dishes the next time I may visit.

Great Family run business, best host in Frisco. Always great service, generous portions served with a friendly smile. Highly recommended to anyone looking for great Italian dish

The food was outstanding, especially the lobster ravioli, and the service was great. We will definitely be back

Normally, this is our go-to Italian. The food is excellent, however, our service was awful. Server identified on receipt as AM Service A. Long hit, I think probably a hairpiece, saw her carrying a child thru the the kitchen, when we first got there. Then without washing her hands, and her fingers messing with her hair took our drink order. Again, without washing her hands brought out water, then went and visited the table with children and an adult, was awhile before she came to take our order as I was constantly looking over and caught her eye. She took our order entered it, went and sat with children again. I saw her go get my salad and put the dressing into the container, deliver it then go fix drinks in the bar, still messing with the hair and I never saw her wash or apply sanitizer to her hands. Fingers always messing with her hair. Put your hair up, leave it alone!!! Our food was delivered(by different person, thank goodness) we were not offered black pepper in our salad, nor Parmesan on our dinner item. After finishing our food we waited about 10 minutes (empty water glasses) and another waitress asked if she could remove our plates. Our waitress was serving another table. It's another 10 minutes before the other waitress told her she needed to check on us, she said, how's it going? I said we would like our tab. Husband had credit card ready but she just dropped it off. Finally the other waitress took it toward the register to process our card and our waitress said, I'll do it. Needless to say. I will be asking who is waiting on what areas before I seat myself. There were 5 tables with customers, 2 active waitresses, but oursy seemed to only have 2 of the tables. Very disappointed. Of course, this was the o my bad experience I've had here. I'll be back, food is great, drinks are great.