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| - Like many other reviewers, my wife and I came here with a coupon, ours being from Travelzoo. This afforded us a starter, a pasta dish and two entrees for $55. I have to say that it was well worth the money, as those dishes if ordered without the coupon would have been close to $100.
I note some reviewers commenting on poor service and a long wait time. Our experience could not have been more opposite. Our waiter was friendly and very attentive. And the coupon deal seems to be a common experience because he knew exactly how it worked, and there were also a number of other couples out the same time as us using one.
The food is wonderful. Portion sizes aren't huge, but they are more than adequate. You go to a restaurant like this to enjoy the flavours and quality of the food, not to stuff your face on average fare.
Our starter was buffalo mozzarella and tomato with crustini. All were delicious, and accompanied with baskets of freshly baked bread. I personally loved the balsamic vinegar and olive oil we were given to dip into.
For our pasta dish we shared a spinach-ricotta gnocchi. It was melt-in-the-mouth delicious. Possibly the nicest I've ever had. Certainly worth trying if you're ever hear on a similar coupon deal.
I had roasted chicken served with butternut squash and a gooseberry reduction. The chicken was so flavoursome, and the squash cooked to absolute perfection. It has the perfect balance of crunch and softness that I love in vegetables like this. My wife had the veal, which too was very tender served in a rich, creamy gravy.
As part of the coupon they ask you to tip on what the meal would have cost at full value, and not the coupon price. Which is certainly fair, and I would have been happy to have done so. However, the bill was presented in quite a convoluted manner that made it difficult to know exactly what the price would have been. And without a menu to later compare with, I didn't know what the full price would have been, and so feel like I probably undertipped our waiter. Which is a pity as he deserved a full tip based on his service and the quality of the food.
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