Valentine's Day dinner turned out to be awful. The resto is small and tonight it was pretty much all reserved for Valentine's Day. The host was able to find a table for me and my 2 friends, right by the door. I sat closest to the door so unfortunately I got the draft of cold air every time it opened. Perhaps the wine I ordered would warm me up inside.
The waiter took our order and came back with a basket of bread. I'm not going to say it was fresh because I honestly didn't think it was. I've had better bread from the local grocery store. This stuff was some kind of white french bread that was flavorless, not fluffy or chewy, and ice cold. I took one bite and that was it.
Our meals came out after a bit of a wait. I had the lasagna. It was terrible. Dry pasta, overcooked, burnt cheese, and just icky tasting. Chef Boy R Dee makes better pasta than Thats Italian does. I tried to eat it but just couldn't. It was the worst lasagna I've had in years. My friends were enjoying their meals: chicken parmigiana and rigatoni with mushrooms and Italian sausage. The rigatoni looked pretty good but I thought the chicken parmigiana looked a bit bland and the past looked dry. I wonder if they actually prepare the pasta here fresh or if it sits around all day.
The waiter came by about to hand us the bill but we stopped him to ask for the dessert menu. We waited and waited. He finally came to the table with 3 little cards with pictures of desserts. This was the menu? Oh and they also have cheesecake and tiramisu. My friend decided on the chocolate ice cream shaped like a pear and dipped in chocolate. Sounded yummy. Too bad the waiter never came back to take her order. I think we waited for almost 1/2 hour. Some other waiter came by and we simply asked for the bill. We'd had enough of sitting around watching them serve everyone else dinner, drinks, coffee and dessert.
This was a complete disappointment especially after reading the reviews. The food was horrible and the service matched it. We weren't offered drink refills once. Basically we were ignored. I will not be returning. I went home and made myself a peanut butter sandwich. Yumm.