I've been to Rosa's a few times with a co worker who just adores this restaurant. I personally don't get it, I enjoyed the food but it wasn't anything spectacular. The service is just horrible. You can get away with that if your food makes up for it, it barely does. I thought I was the only one that thought Rosa was rude, but I'm not surprised to see that it's not just me. I feel that she saves all her excitement and good manners for wealthy people and local celebrities. I was there when someone that she preferred came in and her attitude was completely different, I've never seen her speak to anyone so lovingly or politely. Not all of her staff is that bad, some are friendly. But as long as Rosa is the way she is, it won't make much of a difference. My friend argued that these people are on their feet all day and you can't expect them to be cheery, A LOT of restaurants have staff that are on their feet all day and they still are friendly and inviting. I've had rude customers yell and curse at me , but you still have to treat every diner as if they were the first of the day.
This was just my experience though.. others, like my friend, just adore Rosa's.

Went there a little while ago with a friend who kept raving about this place. Yea its the smallest restaurant I've ever seen so we waited a bit. I was expecting some great food, but what I got only seemed so so. It also seemed like we got a little attitude from the head biatch.

I dont remeber it being great so i wouldnt recommend it.
Overally pretty disappointing. Maybe average. Didnt seem worth it.

I've read all of the reviews listed here for Rosa's, and I felt like I had to chime in. I'm not sure how many times I've been to Rosa's, but it's quite a few as it seems to be my family's favorite restaurant.

While I enjoy the food, it's not my favorite place to go. Yet every birthday, or family dinner out, we always go to Rosa's. I suppose my family would be regulars, Rosa knows them by name. I wouldn't say we get very much special attention though. Still can't make a reservation, still end up waiting outside for god knows how long if it's busy. Last time we went was a sunday, and we arrived very early to make sure we didn't have to wait. We were there for 4 hours! Service is TERRIBLY slow. Have to ask for drink refills. Waited forever for our food. We were lucky this time, and our waitress was actually pretty good. As for Rosa, I find her rude. It's exactly like the Seinfeld's soup nazi! Don't ask questions, and speak up! I've had her roll her eyes at me over my choices, and scoff at any questions I've asked. I think she saves all of her charm for her most favorite customers, or maybe when they're not busy at all!

The food itself is great! Huge portions, always have a lot of left overs. The restaurant is tiny, just a small room with celebrity photos on the walls, and a bunch of tables crammed together. Not my kind of atmosphere. The food is absolutely the only thing that makes this place bearable. No way would I drive all the way out there for crappy service if it wasn't my family's most favorite place. Nick's Spaghetti House is way better, go there!

Rosa's is like eating mama's home cooking - in her rec room. The food is delicious though the menu selections are limited. Service is soooo slow. Fake brick/stucco walls are decorated with photos of famous people and sports pics. Plastic-covered tables are small and very close together. There's a happy/loud atmosphere and you get a lot of food, but this certainly won't be the place for every occasion or group of guests.

9 of dined here on a Wednesday evening. Wait time was about 30 minutes. The food was incredible, the mussels were outstanding, probably the plumpest mussels I have ever had and so juicy. The veal was mouthwatering and the pasta was perfect. It was a little warm, they have a small air conditioner but the front door was always open. The restaurant was tiny and packed with people, all seemingly enjoying it. Service is very slow but also very attentive. Would definately return. Had enough leftovers for lunch the next day!

This place has awesome italian food. I mean, real Italian food. Not some trendy pasta dish at the local modern restaurant. The food did take a while to get to our table, however, it's a tiny restaurant, and I'm guessing there's not more than 2-3 cooks back there, so I let it slide. And Rosa served us! Not many places have the owner as a server! I thought that was cool. She was very nice. She reminded me of my mom or something - very warm and welcoming. Like I said before, it's tiny - so I was a little claustrophobic. It's cool because they have pictures of all the famous people that have been there on the walls. I think that's a cute touch. My boyfriend wanted to pack up his bread, and I wouldn't let him because I said it looked cheap - but when Rosa came over with our leftovers packed up, she packed up the bread for him, and he was happy. Kind of hard to find unless you know where it is because it's so small. I've driven past it many times and not even known it was there. Will definitely return soon!

We tried Rosa's in Port Moody last night on the recommendation of a friend. It is located on Clarke Street in Port Moody. If you are not a local, take note: apparently (to my chagrin) tinly little Port Moody has Clarke Drive, Clarke Road and Clarke Street. Once I found it though, it was all uphill. Delicious food. It was Italian home cooking at its finest. We arrived at 7:00 and waited in line outside for about 20 minutes. There is no awning, so I am glad it wasn't raining. There was a lineup all evening long but never appeared to be a horribly long wait, and it was a Saturday ninght.

Rosa herself works out front. Service was slow, as apparently the servers can only do one thing at a time.... They take a drink order at one table, go get the drinks, deliver them and then take the order of the next table. However, if you are not rushed, who cares?

I started with a glass of the house red wine. Very nice. I did not, uncharacteristically, ask what it was before I ordered and I did not look at the wine menu, but every table other than ours had a bottle of wine on it and every bottle appeared to have the same label. It must be the house red, but usually those come in carafes. Who knows??? It is popular whatever it is.

For dinner we started by sharing a large Caesar salad ($10.75). It was OK, but I prefer the non-creamy Caesar dressing. The table next to ours had an outstanding looking tomato and bocconcini salad with capers, red onions and balsamic vinegar that I will ask for next time. For the main course I had chicken piccata ($18.95) (Itr was hot, fresh and absolutely wonderful. I had pasta with tomato sauce on the side. Also lovely and perfectly al dente. Hubby had linguini carbonara ($14.25?). Mmmmm. Again, observing the neighbors he says he will try the Alfredo next time as it looked and smelled divine as well.

Rosa is a bit of a curmudgeon. She told me I couldn't have dessert because I did not finish my dinner. She had a stern face about it but softened instantly when I told her it was soooo delicious but that the reputation of her Tiramisu preceded itself and that I absolutely had to have it or the rest of my meal would be devoured (which was likely true, as I was ravenous).

The portions are large. I had two chicken breasts (I guess one whole breast includes the two halves but I always expect only one half and consider it a whole breast). I would normally characterize the amount of last night's dinner to be two meals, but that is great.

I splurged on sugar and had the Tiramisu, which was second to none compared to ones I have had in a restaurant.

I recommend it as a place to go to relax with a few people over a lovely, unpretentious but very delicious dinner with a bottle of red wine. Just don't go if you are in a hurry or want to be pampered by attentive wait staff. That ain't happenin! Enjoy.

I was told about it from a buddy I go to Nick's with on commercial, I heard Rosa use to work there.Food is comparable,BUT the service,not even close,watch seinfeld and the episode about the soup nazi and there you will know exactly what I mean.She [rosa] is downright mean,she wants to argue with you about what you ordered!.I ordered one thing and got another and she sits there and tells me what I ordered loud enough for other tables to hear,I was so embarassed I just took it and ate it.My parents are from italy ,and I read that is how they treat each other,B.S,if I treated family like that I would have a boot in my arse,that is a pile obviously submitted by a friend or one of the other miserable trolls that work there.Nick you have nothing to worry,about ,better food and better staff!

Rosa's is a little italian restaurant tucked away in Port Moody. The restaurant itself is small and there was a line up when we arrived at 7:30. We waited outside the restaurant for 30 minutes.

When we finally got inside and were seated, it took us a long time to get a hold of the waitress and order. Rosa came by with a basket of bread, but didn't bother to stop to take our order. 20 minutes later the only other waitress in the place finally took our order. She wasn't friendly and didn't even crack a smile.

The wine arrived very quickly and the food followed shortly after. The food was definitely worth the wait! My canneloni and my friend's linguine riviera were both delicious. The house wine was also fantastic!

The waitress came by later to package our food up (we had lots left over as the portions were HUGE) and was much friendlier. She actually smiled and even joked around with us. Maybe she was stressed out because the restaurant was so busy earlier? Who knows.

Don't expect great service here because you won't find it. I don't think they need to provide good service as the restaurant is packed despite all the negative feedback on here. I would definitely go back, but only because of the food.

Food is good altogether, big portions, but quite average italian dinning. The servers are not very friendly, a bunch of old ladies.
Not worth lining up for it! and they don't even take reservations, so you will end up lining up in the cold and rain!!