I came on a Saturday night with my boyfriend We made reservations so we didn't have to wait since it was actually a pretty busy night. The weather was nice and the patio was pretty much completely full. Once we sat down, shortly after we were asked if we wanted drinks and the server was very knowledgeable and recommended something for my bf. She also let us know of the daily specials.
Once we decided to order, for some odd reason, we had another server that took our order.
We ordered the following items:
Daily special crostini with prosciutto, fig and goat cheese
Daily special- grilled calamari
Grilled Rack of lamb with rapini
Grilled New York strip loin
Side of their signature meatballs
I was quite disappointed with the grilled calamari as firstly I was not expecting the calamari to be sliced into small pieces; plus it was literally soaked in the tomato sauce. It was served in a bowl so it suppose to be a saucy dish- I have definitely had better grilled calamari at other Italian establishments.
I did not like the crostini combination as I guess I am not a fig-liker- I didn't think the flavours went well together and basically just took out the fig. The one part of the meal where I thought would be great was the meatballs, but they were dry and the mozzarella inside was not thoroughly melted and was chunky.
My lamb entree was okay but I though lamb was a bit small in comparison to my bf's steak. The rapini was also a little burnt so it wasn't the greatest dish.
At the end, when we wanted to pay, it took quite a long time for someone to come over as I guess it got super busy and they were all trying to bring the food out. Service at the beginning was great, but at the end, it wasn't so great.
I like Little Italy, so I will be trying a different restaurant next time.