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| - I wasn't impressed by my experience at Minneci's, but I left feeling satisfied. We arrived here for an early dinner at 4:30 PM over Dads Weekend at U of I and our party of eight was seated immediately. Service was a bit slow at times. We waited ~10 minutes before a server brought us our waters. However, this was almost made up for by the fact that the server brought us several baskets of warm garlic bread. Yum! We filled up on that, so we didn't have to bother with ordering appetizers. This was a definite plus.
I decided to order the white pizza flatbread. Our wait was a bit longer than it should have been, but I wasn't particularly hungry and the conversation was good, so it didn't bother me too much. My flatbread was good, not great. It wasn't particularly special or flavorful; I probably could have baked something similar in my own kitchen. Overall, I felt like the price point was too high for the quality of food we got. $17 for the chicken parmesan my brother ordered was much too high. This isn't Chicago, after all; it's Champaign.
At the end of our meal, we felt like we were kind of being pushed out of there. They kept taking different items off our table, like the napkins, silverware, baskets of bread, etc. They clearly were trying to get us out of there because we were still chatting after paying. Also, my brother's girlfriend told me the manager winked at me creepily as we were leaving. Overall, our experience was satisfactory and everyone else in our party was satisfied/a fan of the place. Maybe living in Chicago has just spoiled me for my food standards! My impression is that this place is perfect for people who don't like anything outside of the box. People who are impressed by Olive Garden will be blown away by Minneci's. To each his or her own!
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