Roman Gardens St. Petersburg Downtown, anyone?

Well, I have to say that I was far from impressed from my experience at Roman Gardens restaurant, opened in Gulfport, Fl. The food was not what I expected in terms of home-made sauce. I ordered the Ziti entree that is baked with cheese and marinara sauce. The sauce tasted like it was a mixture of Hunt's can tomato sauce and basil or oregano. Plain and no flavor! My partner ordered the Lasagna which looked good but tasted like a Stouffer's frozen dinner. Each were edible but just not worth ordering out at a restaurant for the price. There wasn't anything remotely home-made about the food.
On a positive note, the ambiance is very nice and the service was good, however there were only 3 tables besides ours. I would recommend Pia's right up the street from this place and has the best "home-made" sauce and entrees to die for. Seriously, I am Italian and raised with by grandparents who were born in Northern Italy.

cjwink in Florida