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We spent a lovely Mother's Day dinner at Fiamma last weekend. There were 11 of us so it was a "tall order" to handle our table but we were overall pleased with our experience.
The bread and pesto served prior to the main meal made me very happy. Although I prefer more "true" Italian bread (crispy crust for one thing), this certainly did the trick for the hungry hippos at our table. I think I actually saw my father in law licking the pesto bowl. The pesto was very good. Like I mentioned, the bread was a little "doughy" but it was ok.
They had a few specials in addition to the limited "mother's day menu" and the waitress, who wasn't very "expressive" did seem to light up a bit when sharing the Chillean Seabass dish. She described that it was pan-seared, cooked in olive oil and lemon, seasoned lightly and served with spaghetti squash, pesto and asparagus. If I'm honest, I think it was the word "pesto" that sold me. I was sitting there on a pesto high so I'm sure all I could think about was more pesto. However, I asked her about the seabass because I don't recall every trying it before. I asked if it was mild because that is the only way I can eat fish. She assured me it was mild, not flaky but more of a buttery texture and one of her favorite dishes on the menu. SOLD! Even my mom, sitting beside me was sold! I was so excited because I just KNEW my dish was going to be way better than everyone else's!!
Wellll.....Let's just put it this way....I SMELLED my dish coming before I saw it. It was placed in front of me and I thought I was going to gag. The smell of fish was so strong I could actually taste it in my mouth before ever taking a bite. The others at my table were disgusted and confused and of course making fun. Long story short, both my mom and I tried it and it tasted like old, rank, nasty, bottom of the sea, seabass. The owner was so lovely and quickly came and took our dishes and offered us something else to eat. I went with the gnocchi which was served in a creamy tomato sauce and with sausage. The sauce was skimp but the dish was overall delightful and pretty filling. Others at the table were pleased with their veil, linguini, salmon, etc.
The service was so-so and the food was decent. They offer a lot and the prices are reasonable I would say. It would be a great date spot on a "regular" evening. Although I have been personally scarred from ever eating seabass again, I am sure some of their other seafood dishes are good.
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