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| - I went here yesterday with my friends and it was really not that impressive at all. I think the taste is probably a 3 star; nothing special, the portion is a -2 star, pea sized, and combine this with the expensive pricing is a 1 star. I had a risotto, which was really more like rice with sauce,egg, and cheese with 3 slices of truffle, that just tasted like normal mushroom. The portions were more like an appetizer. My friend ordered swordfish, and lets just say we had a great laugh at the portion. It looked like the size of a large scallop. Aside from the food, the wine selection process was awful and painful.
Out of the wines we picked, 3 for 3 was unavailable. I find that extremely unacceptable for a restaurant their level. At the very least, please know which wines are unavailable so the "somelier" doesn't come back every 5-10 minutes telling me that the wine I selected is unavailable/out of stock. The somelier also had awful suggestions, kept on going off my price range and didn't bother to suggest wines from other countries to try to match what my friends and I were looking for (ie, I know you are looking at pinot grigio in Itay, this wine is from Germany but is very similar...etc etc). We were trying to get something around the $50 range and he suggested wines in the $100 range. Yea it is probably a good wine, but we aren't going to try it. It's just wasting my time. Also after the third time of "unavailable wine" the "sommelier" brought another Riesling and told us that this was a good and similar pick to the last wine I wanted to try, and told us it was "the same price" as the wine we had wanted, but when the bill came, surprise surprise, it was not the same price. To be honest, the price itself is not what angers me. If it is more expensive, as a customer, I have to right to know. Just tell us the price. It is close to your price range. It is $10 more expensive; it is $20 more expensive, etc etc.
All in all, I don't think I would ever come back. If I was looking for italian food, I can get so much better at Buca or Enoteca Sociale for a much cheaper price range and much better wine. I can get better at Terroni than here.
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