Francesca's Italian Kitchen

Customer service was great!Chicken lasagna was amazing!!Gluten free pasta and bread's fantastic! Very friendly environment, we will be back for sure!!!!

Christina was our waitress for the evening and was was great. She listed the specials based on the protein wanted. A few seafood pastas and lasagna as well as Alfredo, lasagna and black truffle pasta. We all had drinks which refilled as needed and martinis as needed The restaurant wasn't packed with waiting lines but full the whole time we were there with happy customers eating drinking and enjoying everything. Good food, good atmosphere and all around great experience.

Our server, Christina was professional and sensitive to our needs.The food was excellent, plentiful and delicious.The desserts were fabulous especially the pistachio gelato dessert.Nice, casual, low noise made for a lovely experience. We'll be back soon.

The food is always on point and the service friendly. Check out the add-on's to the desert menu!

The new owners have added a lot of specials that seem to change often. If you've eaten here before the new owners, don't worry. The old menu items are still available and still as delicious as before. My wife and I eat here about once every 4 or 5 weeks and highly recommend. Gail Marie waited on us last night and she is very attentive. We highly recommend whenever you're craving good Italian.

Went there on a Friday evening around 5. According to the rude waitress, they are under new management and are no longer honoring happy hour prices. The food wasn't bad, but came out at different times after very long waits. This was one of my favorite Italian restaurants in Temecula. And we have gone there many times, but will not go back. As I got a response... the biggest problem was not the happy hour change, it was the loooong wait for the food being served. If you are having chef or cooking issues, an update or apologies are in order. We almost walked out of this establishment for this reason.

I was craving craving pasta and a good glass of wine. We tried Rustico's but the wait was an hour long, so we opted for Francesca's since we hadn't been here in a while and we knew the food and wine would be good. We called ahead and learned there was no wait, which was a bit surprising, but we were excited to head over there. Our server came to take our order and recommended the shrimp tequila fettuccine (not on the menu), it did not seem very Italian, but she said it so popular she had sold about 18 of them today alone, so I went with it. We also ordered a bottle of City Lights Pinot Noir, which we have ordered here before. It was on the menu. When she brought out our wine, we noticed it was already open, not opened at the table like usual. She also turned the bottle around so the label was not facing us. She poured the wine and my husband tried it and said it was okay. When she walked away we turned the bottle around and saw that it was a bottle of Bogle Pinot. Bogle is a $10 bottle of wine. The wine we asked for was close to $40. When we called her over and pointed this out, she said that that's what their vendor sent them. She offered to swap the wine and we got a bottle of Fallbrook Winery Cab. Again, the bottle arrived already open, she just pulled out the loose cork when she poured the wine. Again, we found this odd. When she left, we realized that the cork was absolutely dry. We wondered if they refilled their bottles with a cheaper wine. About 30 minutes later, our food arrived. The place was not busy at all, I saw 3 other tables with customers, so it didn't justify such a long wait. The food wasn't bad though . I then noticed the owner of one of our favorite restaurants, Papa Feta, walk out from the kitchen. We later asked our server if they were the new owners and she confirmed this, but said the kitchen staff was exactly the same and that they had just taken ownership 3 months ago. Later in the evening, the table right behind us voiced their concerns to the same server regarding the service they received and their wait time. It turns out the server was also an owner. We heard her say that they took ownership last month. We noticed a few things she said to them didn't coincide with what she said to us regarding the ownership and kitchen staff. The whole experience was just off. Although the food wasn't bad, my problem was the issue with the wine. It is wrong to deceive customers by serving them something other than what they ordered without informing them first. It is wrong to bring a less expensive bottle out and pour it without showing the customer what you are pouring. We love eating at Papa Feta's and go there often. We will continue to go there because the food is very good, but based on our experience tonight, we will not be dining at Francesca's again.

We had reservations for 6:30 on a Saturday night, they were slammed but we were seated immediately. Our wait staff was great, totally on top of everything. The kitchen was backed up but the staff kept us informed and made sure we had plenty of cocktails. I had the veal Marsala and it was absolutely amazing with a side of angel hair pasta and steamed veggies.

Love this place. We have been a few times and have not been disappointed. We sat at the bar today and had a great conversation with Nathan who made great drinks. Yary also came over and she was so sweet. I will definitely be back with my whole family soon!

This is an old location with new ownership We had dinner there last night Amazing food and flavors Reminds me of our time in Italy with authentic home Made foccia bread and pastas Great service and pleasant atmosphere Will become our favorite neighborhood restaurant Ciao