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| - I was pretty hyped up to try Mora Italian. I made reservations for 4 people about 6 weeks in advance. Finally the day came, and after all was said and done, Mora failed to live up to that hype. Here is why:
When our meals were delivered to the table.. mine was missing! The waitress said she completely forgot about my meal when giving the kitchen our table's ticket. So 3 people at my table got food, and I had to wait awkwardly for 20 minutes while they slowly ate theirs. At first, my friends politely insisted on waiting for my meal to arrive before digging in, but I had a feeling it would be awhile, and said heck no! Eat up! We had all been counting the days till MORA for 6 weeks! Why should they have to eat it cold? Anyway.. my pasta dish arrived as my wife, and 2 friends were finishing up.
The consensus around the table was that aside from the timing issues, the food was generally good. The bread cart was underwhelming. Burrata, and ricotta fritters were wonderful. The gnudi portion was tiny, but tasted delicious. My buddy said his steak was cooked perfectly, and my duck ragu pasta was almost worth the wait :)
We ordered every dessert, and nobody at the table was blown away by any of them. They all agreed the desserts were just ok.
It was kind of a hassle to eat here. I wanted to love it, but the whole experience simply made me more irritated than anything else. If I were rating the food alone, I would probably give 4 stars.. Hopefully by the time you make it there, they have all the kinks worked out with the front of the house staff.
BTW.. Scott Conant is still the shit to me even though his restaurant let me down, and my wife wants to jump his bones.
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