Venezia's Italian Grill

The complementary rolls were bland. I was hoping for more of a garlic flavor. The eggplant rollatini was good. I was not a big fan of the red sauce. We were not offered parm. The portions were perfect. Salad was iceberg lettuce. Ranch tasted like Hidden Valley ranch. The staff was friendly. Plenty of parking. Great atmosphere. Quick service.

My fiancé and I stopped by on our way through on a Sunday afternoon and were pleasantly surprised. Service was good and the atmosphere was nice for the time of day - I am sure it is just as nice if not nicer around dinner time.We started off with the Bruschetta, and while the flavor was there, we were displeased with having to construct it ourselves. It comes with four pieces of bread and a small bowl of toppings, and for the bowl being so small, we still didn't have enough bread to finish it. For almost $11, the toppings should already be on there and they should serve it with at least 5 pieces of bread.Table bread was okay, not great but not bad. It was rather dry and chewy, but good dipped in pasta sauce. My fiancé got the soup of the day which was Roasted Red Pepper Potato Cream soup. That was odd to me. Usually, you see a roasted red pepper soup OR a creamy potato, but this was both. She said it was decent but bland. I got a Caesar salad, which they charge an additional $2 for. I was okay with that until they brought it to the table and the dressing was in a plastic cup and not tossed. Charging $2 extra for a Caesar salad at an Italian Restaurant with practically no ingredients and dressing on the side is a ripoff. Both of our main dishes were good, and we had no complaints. The Shrimp Louisiana is not on the regular menu but was on special. Originally, I thought $24 for the plate was rather steep, but the shrimp were a good size and the sauce had lots of crawfish in it so I saw the value there.All in all, we enjoyed it, but the bad taste in my mouth from the Bruschetta not being a complete dish and the $2 up charge for a 'toss your own' Caesar salad overshadowed the good tastes we did have!

One of my few favorites in Searcy. Everything has always been really good and service is top notch. Don't know his name, but younger guy who looks like 20 is always super super friendly. Prices went up a little which is to be expected, but they started charging more when you ask for extra sauce, and you get a big bowl of it, which I don't like but guess I can tolerate

Truly appreciate the gluten-friendly options they have to offer, could benefit from a gluten-friendlier menu to help with choices, but at least they have some. Have been twice during lunch, and haven't been disappointed with the food, service, or ambiance. Always willing to set up for our group of 10+ on short notice.

Located within the old Pizza Hut, this place is phenomenal. The food, the service, the atmosphere was *chefs kiss*. I had the cheese manicotti and the cheese pull was crazy! I can not rave about this place enough. I did not have anything that was not absolutely delicious. So many options for whatever you may be craving-pasta, seafood, beef, chicken, soup, salad....OH OH OH and the desserts! If you are in the area please try this place out!

We come here after church on Sundays. The service is fast and attentive and the food is consistently delicious. The garlic knots go well with whatever their soup of the day is and there is a wide variety of main plates. My personal favorite is the chicken piccata, and they have most every type of pasta and protein to choose from. The reason I'm writing this review is that I've often thought the only thing missing to make the dining experience perfect is a wine selection. Recently, they have added wine and beer to the menu! Cheers!

A local restaurant that should have the market cornered in small town Searcy due to the fact that aside from chain restaurants it's the only Italian place. I ordered the Cheese Tortellini with Grilled Chicken in Alfredo Sauce, my wife chose the Chicken Parm, the little one had the Kids spaghetti with Meat Sauce. I'll start with mine, I tried it the pasta, chicken and sauce each without any added seasoning or cheese and found it to be pretty decent. Im a cheese and pepper guy with pasta so I did end up adding that but overall it was good. I struggled to tell if the tortellini was homemade or store bought but ended up somewhere in the middle. I could see it being store bought and frozen but if it was, it was a pretty good brand. My wife wasn't really a fan of the chicken side of the chicken parm. She said it tasted like a store bought frozen breaded chicken patty warmed up in meat sauce and covered in cheese. She did enjoy the spaghetti though. Our daughter throughly enjoyed dipping the half piece of garlic bread in her meat sauce but other than that I could gain no other review of the child's portion. We also ordered a appetizer of "fried cheese." Which I was disappointed to see 6 store bought frozen then microwaved cheese sticks and a cup of sauce. Though I will say the sauce was good, I'd prefer sonics cheese sticks as they taste better and do not cost 9.99 for 6 of them. The pre meal bread was just normal Italian restaurant bread. Not amazing, not horrible. Covered in butter or like my kid, dipped in the meat sauce, not bad.The side salad that came with our main course was a little lacking. Literally just a little bit of iceberg lettuce, three or four croutons and two tomato slices. And I don't want to hear anything about dumping ranch on it. I like ranch. Get over it. Over all not a bad meal. I do think it is a bit over priced. The total came out to $70.80 which I would have been ok with but the food just didn't taste like it was worth $70. We will most likely be back here, not soon, but at some point. Service was perfectly fine, no complaints there.

Absolutely the best Italian restaurant I've been to in Arkansas!!! Great food and wonderful service!!!!

Wonderful owner and staff! Food was delicious, and they accommodated our large party with no issues. We will definitely be back! Great place for a birthday/group dinner.

Our son attends Harding University and we came to Searcy to celebrate his birthday with him. We wanted to try a local restaurant and we are so glad we came here. The garlic bread and oil to dip it in were amazing. The menu had so many things to choose from which made it hard to make a choice. My husband got lasagna, our son got his favorite which is Chicken Alfredo and I got Chicken Piccata. We all agreed that it was the best Italian food we have had in a long time. We highly recommend coming here and will come again when we are in Searcy.