3.5
Went here for dinner on a sunday night with some friends. Sorento is one of those middle of the road type of places for me. Nothing done poorly, but nothing that will floor you either. It's also got curries and Persian food that you won't find at other Italian restaurants.
Pros:
Variety of dishes to choose from
Prices are very good for some items
Friendly staff
Cons:
No wow factor at all
I came with a group of 8 so I got to see a good variety of dishes Sorento makes. We had a couple of pastas, a steak sandwich and 2 pizzas ordered between us. The portions are pretty good here. The pasta dishes had bigger portions than I'm used to at other Italian restaurants. The pizzas were a good size, easily share-able for 2 people and the steak sandwich seemed big form what I saw.
I can only review the 2 pastas I and my girlfriend shared. We had the Linguini ai Fungi and the Fettuccine Pollo Pesto. The Linguini ai Fungi was the better of the two. The portion was great and the taste pretty good. They could of given us more sauce though, the noodles seemed barely coated in it. The pesto dish disappointed us. My gf and I love pesto too. There was barely any sauce as well. The chicken was a tad dry too. The dish wasn't bad, but there was so much potential for more.
When the waitress found out we were there the first time, I think she went and told the manager. He then came out to have a chat with us. I found that a nice touch. He came to welcome us and thank us for our patronage.
All in all, this is a nice place to have a good Italian dinner. I would go back if I'm in the area and craving pasta. The prices are good and the staff is friendly. I just won't expect to be wowed by anything.