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| - Let mstart off by saying that this review would have scored much higher if the place didn't stink like a barnyard.
I brought some visiting family members to Il Fornello for dinner on their last night in the city. They were craving pasta and we happened to be walking by Il Fornello, so...
We stepped into the restaurant and the first thing we noticed was the almost overwhelming stench...it literally smelled like a cattle stall. We commented on the smell and the hostess explained that we were in an old building and they've kept the original wood flooring, and the flooring was responsible for the smell. We debated leaving because of the smell, but decided to stay regardless.
We ordered chicken parmesan (huge portion), spaghetti with bolognese (sauce was delicious) and a vegetable penne dish (quite tasty). All the meals tasted great and the portion sizes were more than ample. However, I was somewhat envious after having received my meal, as a server walked by with one of their wood oven fired pizzas! Should have had that instead.
Along with our meal, we had ordered some cocktails and beer. The prices for the drinks were advertised on the menu card they handed us at $5/each, which is why we ordered them - more on that later.
The service was great, however, our table was next to the servers' station, so we had the unfortunate experience of having to listen to the staff complain about their jobs to one another as well as discuss which other establishments were hiring and where they had dropped off their resumes...while I understand that not everybody likes their job, it's probably a good idea to edit your conversation if you happen to be standing RIGHT NEXT TO A CLIENT'S TABLE. Just sayin'.
When we received our bills, we noticed that the $5 drinks were actually $7 and $8 dollars instead of the price listed on the menu card. When we asked about that, the server indicated that the $5 drink promotion was only valid if you ordered off that particular menu card.
So, one star for food, one star for service
stars lost for stench, annoying gnattering of the wait staff, and $5 drink technicality...in my opinion, that price difference should have been pointed out when we ordered the drinks, since we made a comment to our server about the $5 price when we ordered...mind you we didn't ask the specific question "are these drinks $5?", we were looking at that menu card, made a comment then ordered them. At the very least, the restaurant should have given us the drinks at the $5 price...hmph!!!
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