Pompilios Restaurant

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Pompilio's in Newport is a three star Italian restaurant. When you step inside the restaurant, you'll notice a family atmosphere. This restaurant is very affordable. This place is good for groups.

User Reviews of Pompilios Restaurant

Yelp.com Review - by N M.

3.0 of 5 stars. Overrated ... Ok Italian food. The rain man scene being filmed here makes it worth a visit.
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I'm surprised by some of the negative reviews. Really good, old school Italian, we sat outside by the bocce courts. Seems like it can get pretty noisy and crowded inside. We had no problems with the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jennifer R.

3.0 of 5 stars. Went here out of curiosity after reading about it's use in several films as a location.The food is good and the ambiance is nice. I'm super-patient and have low standards when it comes to servers, but...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2009
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Beware of service

My family and I love this place we have been coming here for years. This was the place we would come and have our last dinner before the family would part for school and thier jobs.I must say it looks great...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/23/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Caitlin G.

2.0 of 5 stars. I had looked forward to trying Pompilio's given the praise I'd heard and my love for true old family Italian joints. However, it was clear Pompilio's is resting on their laurels, and I was greatly...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Robert M.

5.0 of 5 stars. Was just here, what a great older style resturant. Good food, Classis bar and the old Bocce courts I know of in the city!
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2008
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Yes you can go home again!

We had our family celebrations here. From grade school parties to wedding dinners. We have moved to Tn. for the last 10yrs. We don't visit family without going to Pompilios. April our wonderful friend and server has greeted us for for the last 19yrs. Oh! and the food is to die for.
openlist - user review - 08/13/2008

Yelp.com Review - by Lauren F.

5.0 of 5 stars. Back in Newport's darker days my dad brought Mom to this great little restaurant. It's been a family favorite for too many years to count. It was my favorite date night and family night location for...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Rise G.

5.0 of 5 stars. I am always excited to eat at Pompilio's. The chicken and cheese tortellini San Luci is probably the best pasta dish I have ever had. The house red wine isn't too bad either. Make sure you take a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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Greater Cincinnati's Italian Oasis

Having come to Greater Cincinnati from New York, I had been continuously disappointed by the "Italian" restaurants in this town, until I had a dish with the meat sauce here (much better than their marinara). We had an appetizer with spinach and artichoke that was the best I ever had, and the lasagna was delicious and somewhat reminiscent of the lasagna at the Depot Cafe in Painsville (outside of Cleveland). Finally, the wait staff here has just as much on the ball as the kitchen crew - very efficient, polite and helpful. How does any other Italian restaurant in this area manage to stay in business?
openlist - user review - 08/02/2008

Yelp.com Review - by Heather W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Very traditional old school italian - it's the ambiance and kind of grumpy wait staff that you gotta love and the lasagna is great!
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike D.

4.0 of 5 stars. Pompilio's is the quintessential neighborhood italian joint. It's a neighborhood staple, where people come "every friday night" for years and years.Like many people, I have been coming here since I...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Cathy R.

4.0 of 5 stars. I have only been here once, but it is certainly a place to experience. On a weekend night, the place will be packed, with standing room only in the bar while you wait for a table. Fortunately we were...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2008
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Restaurant.com | Pompilios

Welcome to Pompilios! We specialize in delicious and reasonably priced cuisine, including our house specialties and other customer favorites. Our cuisine entrees are served in a relaxed and welcoming...
restaurant.com - user review - 05/22/2008
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Good food and good service

I travel a lot and usually try to eat at a "local" Italian restaurant during my travels. While the food was not the greatest Italian food I have ever eaten, it was extremely tasty and I highly recommend this...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/16/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kasey M.

4.0 of 5 stars. We usually go later in the evening when there aren't many people. The service is usually superb. The food has always been great.My favorite is the fried ravioli.I can't give it 5 stars because the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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Pompilio's sad

My uncle ate at Pompilio's every day till he died; grandma lived a few doors away. It wasn't great then and it isn't good now. But we've changed. Everyone cooks better, eats better and dines out in better...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/28/2008
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lively, welcoming, tasty food, enjoyable

you are in Newport Kentucky, not New York City where I am from. So this ain't haute cuisine. Having said that, it tastes good. It is a tad bland, but not too salty. The tomato sauce has some personality, the...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/15/2008
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Great Food, Great Ambiance by Michael T. at InsiderPages

Food is fantastic, service is average except at the bar where the service is top knotch!! Great old historic building where scenes from two different movies were filmed...I go there at least 3 times a month.
citysearch.com - user review - 02/19/2008
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Excellent food in a nostalgic atmosphere by Douglas M. at InsiderPages

Food is unbelievably good. Service at times is slow and not the greatest, but the food is worth it. The restaurant building is very old and rugged, but has a great Italian theme, and memorabilia from the movie...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Valerie G.

3.0 of 5 stars. Slow service and a bit overrated... The bread very well may be butternut brand sandwich bread and their chicken parm from a frozen kit. Apparently if you have your restaurant in a big film, you don't...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Adam M.

4.0 of 5 stars. Big black vinal booths, friendly and serious Italian cooking and the home to a scene from Rainman...what's not to enjoy?
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2007
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Extremely disappointed

While our requests to modify our orders were followed, actual service from the waiter was sub par. We never got asked if we needed more drinks until we finished finished with our meal. While poor service is...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/22/2007
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Wanted it to work, but a disappointment

My wife and I, my son, and our granddaughter went to Pompilio's on Fathers Day, and I really wanted this to work out, what with the "Rain Man" hype, and the fact that real "Italians'" have operated this...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Sean B.

3.0 of 5 stars. Pompilio's is practically an institution - this place has been around for some time and they know what they're doing - which is casual, Italian fare with no pretense. This is your standard Italian...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Chuckie G.

5.0 of 5 stars. What a fantastic place.I have been coming to Pompilio's since I was a baby. I remember being infatuated with the coin operated select-o-matic jukeboxes on the tables.What's to say. Eggplant...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Johnny B.

5.0 of 5 stars. I cant believe no one has reviewed this place yet. I've been going to Pompilios since I was born, so you have to take my review with a grain of nostalgic salt.That being said, as far as Italian...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2007
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Food was just average, expensive, small portions

I had not been to Pompillio's in many years, I had grown up in the area but had moved away, but when I had a chance to go back I thought it would be nice. We entered the restaurant and was seated the waitress...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/17/2007
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Italian Without Corporate Aftertaste

This is the Italian Restaurant featured in the movie "Rainman." It's in the scene where Dustin Hoffman counts the toothpicks. That being said, the restaurant certainly has some history to it. All o...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/19/2005
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Wonderfully Traditional

This is excellent authentic italian food for a wonderful price. I grew up in the area, and have moved away. EVERY time I come home, I go to Pompilios. The meal portions are huge for price, but quality is not...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/27/2005
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A Visitors Treat

The food was terrific, the portions large and the service was surly and real Italian. One of the highlights of my vacation.
citysearch.com - user review - 02/28/2005
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Too much Hype

While the ambience is interesting and the prices fairly reasonable, why bother with this restaurant. With so many excellent places to eat, particulalry Italian in the area, choose somewhere else. The food is...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/12/2004
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Bad Italian

Food was not good. Sauces bland and the bread was god-awful. Tasted super stale. We waited forever too. The atmosphere was okay though
citysearch.com - user review - 04/20/2003
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Overrated

If you like Ragu, this is your place. Food is mediocre at best. Atmosphere is not exactly the best. Looking for good Italian in a superb atmosphere at a good price ... try Karlos Italian Bistro in Florence....
citysearch.com - user review - 01/29/2003
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out of a can

Being new to the area, I searched high and low for authentic or close to authentic Italian food. I decided on Pompilio's and was pleased to see the number of people waiting to dine that night and took that as...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/04/2003
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Well Worth Your Trip

I first tried Pompilio's at Taste of Cincinnati and had to go there. The food is tremendous and the atmosphere makes you feel like you just stepped into the real Italy. They even have a large back yard and...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/30/2002
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DONT FORGET POMPILIOS

THE FOOD IS ALWAYS GREAT YOU CAN REALLY TELL THAT THEY HANDMAKE MUCH OF THEIR PRODUCTS. FORGET THE LONG WAITS AT NEWPORT ON THE LEVEE, GO TO POMPILIOS
citysearch.com - user review - 11/23/2002
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food not on par

while the atmosphere is fun, the food is pretty bad
citysearch.com - user review - 11/09/2002
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hate to say....

Although I give 2 thumbs up for service and atmosphere, I hate to admit that the food leaves alot to be desired. This is a nice restaurant in a cool building and everyone seems to have trouble admitting to the...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/11/2002
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Not a dining experiance

highlight, toasted ravioli. good, the red sauce served for dipping tasted like canned sauce with too much garlic salt lacking other flavors. my wife had manicoti/canneloni. the riccota was dry no richness, the...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/10/2002
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10

It just can't get any better than this. You think you died and went to heaven.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/08/2002
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Rainman Was Filmed Here!

Franchised Italian restaurants wish they were as good as Pompilio's.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/08/2002
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Very Mediocre

The food here leaves a lot to be desired. Sauces are bland, my experiences at lunch and dinner demonstrated slow service. Prices at lunch are out of line for what you get: over $9 for a plate of spaghetti and...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/24/2002
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Dine.com

with all of the canned excitement generated by the newport on...
dine.com - user review
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AOL CityGuide

newport's italian staple...
cityguide.aol.com - user review
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