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| - Not impressed for so many reasons, perhaps just the name of this place should have given me a clue as to what to expect. Where do I start:
Service:
Service was average, the staff here are friendly but I would not say entirely knowledgeable. Maybe they need a bit of time to gel, but we were here early at 5:30pm on a Thursday and the place was not busy. Our server repeatedly came over to ask us for our order, despite the fact that we were chatting up a storm. We ordered apps and asked to be left a menu. I call it over-attentive where not required. Repeatedly asking whether we're ready to order our mains is not necessary unless you're trying to boot us out. I respect that if you're busy packed, but you weren't.
Bar:
No cocktail menu? I can live with that, but still would prefer you to tell me what the bartender is good at making. It is not of much value to tell to just order anything I like. At least make a recommendation or ask the bartender. The wine list was not great. I love italian wines, and the Chianti they have by the glass was weak. Weak in that it lacked the body and character of even a moderately good Chianti.
Food:
Pizza Eggrolls - Would have expected this to be a bit less average. The flavours of this just tasted like a pizza pocket. If you're going to call it an eggroll, I would also suggest using eggroll pastry and not dough. The dough I would say was too thick and uninteresting.
Grilled Calamari - This was served lukewarm and the calamari did not taste that fresh. I love calamari when it is done right. I don't feel like this was done right.
Crispy Polenta - My favourite of the apps, the polenta was true to word crispy and not oily. The "bomba italiana" though was not spicy at all, was like just some tomato sauce. I'm pretty sure that the "bomba" is supposed to mean that this is spicy!
Pizza Fritta Sopressata - Tomato sauce is not flavourful as I would expect. I'm not big on this "fritta" thing. I like a thin crisp crust, but I think the thicker nature of the crust and making it fried makes it too hard.
Penne Pasta - I know pasta. I make my own pasta. I've eaten and made pasta in Italy. Pasta was the most disappointing here. It was not al dente, it was just doughy and harder than it should be. I love oils, but also this was not just swimming in the drippings, it was drowning in it.
To Close:
My closing remark here is that I have a very high standard for Italian cuisine. I think the menu is well intended, and this could be improved significant with a bit of attention to detail.
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