Zolo's Italian Restaurant

We loved the food and Raegan is a fabulous server and was so attentive! I would recommend the parmesan white fish and my husband loved the lasagne! We will be back!

Unfortunately Zolo's has gone down in my book. My parents and I had the worst experience lately. Maybe we hit on the wrong night but all of our meals were just terrible.Crab ravioli were good, if you wiped them clean with a napkin. Way too much sauce, made them heavy and bad. If you cleaned the pasta off, which we had to do, good! Caesar salad with salmon. 0/10. The salmon was so overcooked I wouldn't feed to my cat, if I had a cat. Took one bite and just sent back as so awful. Salad, like the ravioli, insanely overdressed. Managed to eat two bites before calling it a night.Tortellini with meatballs - again, overcooked and overdressed with sauce.Bruschetta. God I love bruschetta! Unfortunately after one bite I put mine back. It was like eating a salt bomb, mixed with a spoonful of olive oil. The tomatoes weren't fresh. No herbs to lift the dish. Bread good but overpowered.We decided before we'd left unfortunately we will not be back again. Too many negatives.... I wish I had something to redeem the visit. Server was kind! But food spoilt the night.

Food - OK; Service - Outstanding; Ambiance - Great. Read on for details.Angel Hair del Pescatore was featured under "House Specialties". Looking like the best option, I went for it. Meh. White wine and tomato sauce earned a "Bravo!" for its unique quality and balance. Granted, angel hair pasta is hard to cook al dente, but this was a little to soft for my preference. Most disappointing was the seafood. While I do not know for sure, the shrimp looked like they were precooked, or previously frozen and were a bit rubbery. And the scallops had a texture I had never encountered before. I don't know their previous life, but they were not "fresh, never frozen". A generous serving of three slices of great bread was brought out first. While it was really tasty, I had to ask for the olive oil and herb dipping dish. It should have been offered initially.Service could not have been better. I had come straight from another restaurant where the service was so poor, I walked out after 40 minutes having never seen a server or the food a manager promised. I told staff here that and they fell over backwards to make sure i was happy.Since the weather was so nice, I dined outdoors on the sidewalk. I have not done that in ages and it was wonderful. Having to use the restroom, I did walk through and the decor reminded me of a typical New York City Italian Cafe.Value was reasonable.I do not get to Franklin often, but when I do visit next, I think I'll opt to try another dining experience as there are many downtown.

My husband and I have a pact to visit one new restaurant a month for 2024. Zolo's is our second date. We were immediately greeted with a warm welcome and pulled in to the typical Italian restaurant feel with its red checkered tablecloths and red glass candles. My husband ordered the crab ravioli and I had the spicy tortellini Diablo. He said his was good. Mine was good too. I enjoyed the mix of chicken, Italian sausage, and pancetta with a rock cream sauce.In the end, would we come again? Absolutely. Will we recommend it to others? One hundred percent.

Our family has eaten at Zolo's a number of times and every member of the family walks away very happy. Good selection of simple Italian meals and wines, nothing fancy, just proper preparation, quality ingredients and served by professionals who know their stuff and know how to take care of their guests. So why isn't the Yelp rating higher? I took time to look at all the reviews and it seems that the less flattering are pretty old and it appears that the restaurant was sold and under the new ownership the ratings are more reflective of our experiences. Some of the older negative comments are pretty brutal especially from long time customers that saw a change not in a good way. Since we are relatively new we can only say good things because we have only experienced good times. p.s. Regan was our last server and she help make our visit truly memorable.

We were seated in the best table in the house, a table that sits between the kitchen and a view of the outside. We were greeted by a young waiter that was very knowledgeable about the wine and the food. Before I go on, I must share with you earlier this year I was in Italy and Switzerland and had some amazing Italian food. So the bar will be high. I ordered an Origo Tuscans wine, very good. The bread they brought was ok, a place to improve. I started with the Tuscan Salad which was so good I forgot to take a picture. My entire was the Baked Crab Ravioli, it was very rich but very good. My wife had the Chicken Parmigiana which she liked and my friend always gets the Lasagna. He loves it. For dessert I was looking for some Tiramisu, but there were out of it already, it was 6:00. We settled on the Red Velvet cake, it was heavy and the icing was just ok. It needs to be lighter with some good butter cream. In Italy they always offer a free round of homemade Limoncello, you might think about that. Be different. Cheers!

YUM, YUM, YUM!!! I usually get scared off by restaurants if they don't have a 4 star rating, but I just had a good feeling about this place. I've had a hankering for Italian and this hit the spot.Our server was so sweet and attentive, our food was outstanding, and the vino was just as good! It is so cozy in here and makes you feel like you're in a small town restaurant... which you are! If I could recommend anything, it would be the Spicy Diablo Tortellini... I was incredibly jealous of my husbands meal. But the shrimp Alfredo was great, too!

I knew I should have checked the reviews, but had eaten here several times a number of years ago and it was nice.1. Arrived early hoping there was a bar to grab a glass of wine or a cocktail when we learned that they "were not able to serve alcohol tonight". Uh Oh... someone lost their license. Hostess suggested we could bring our own, and we ran over to a local wine shop to grab a bottle.2. Returned right on time for our reservation, and waited some time to be greeted again... apparently the hostess has other assignments. Got seated, ordered what on paper looked to be delicious food. As per other reviews, really mediocre, Americanized italian food. Blah.3. Received the check and realized there was a $20 corkage fee for bringing our own wine. WTF???? We would have bought YOUR bottle, but you failed your duty of care, and now you want me to pay for the privilege??? Sorry, but no. Won't be back, and you shouldn't bother. Sorry Zolo.

Mamma Mia - Visiting the Franklin area and found this Italian gem. Top notch service, delicious food and a cozy atmosphere. Thank you for a lovely experience.

Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this place. This was our first time eating here and had wished we had read some reviews before trying this place out. It was a last minute decision to eat here while in downtown Franklin. Waitress was very nice but that was the only positive thing about this place. My husband and I and my daughter ordered three different meals and all were disgusting. My lasagna was so dry inside. It had very little meat sauce inside which made it taste like thick ricotta only then had a heavy layer of very sweet(extremely sweet) sauce on top. My daughter's Vodka sauce and husband's sauce had so much butter added to them it made their mouths oily. They sauces were awful. The restaurant is in very bad shape. The floor throughout the restaurant , kitchen area and bathrooms were filthy. Parts of the kitchen hood had blue tape inside and a Red rag was attached to the hood too. I'm surprised that the health department hasn't taken any action or shut them down. Paid around $90 with tax and tip for 3 meals we could not eat and no drinks.Will not return!