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| - I expected more. Got less. Service was lackluster, from the manager who delivered a breadbasket that was empty but for crumbs and herb butter that was acrid with powdered garlic. We did get some bread eventually...once our server deigned to drop by the table. His lack of engagement has been forewarned in repeated Yelps, but we were willing to overlook it for good Italian...however...
We started with Roma Garden house salad with the house dressing. Crisp lettuce, a few crescents of red onion, two wedges of decent tomato and a sprinkling of canned, sliced black olives, all coated with a disgustingly sweet homemade dressing. I only ate a little of my 6.95 salad...DH, however, liked the dressing, comparing it to poppy seed without the poppy seeds.
For dinner DH ordered chicken parmesan and I ordered the veal piedmontese. Both were advertised as served with pasta. DH'S oval platter had a glob of rigatoni to one side, a pile of sloppy foodservice frozen veggies to the other, and in the middle, a bounty of tomato sauce concealing a chicken cutlet. DH said the quality of the chicken was good, but the breading was slimy and sauce acidic and unbalanced. He thought his entree had been microwaved, the heat was so intense. He was not pleased.
My veal came with a white wine-lemon-butter sauce with canned mushrooms and artichokes which was quite good, and the veal was tender, but flaccid and unseasoned. It also came with the unappealing rigatoni and frozen veggies. How much preferable to have some plain pasta, like angel hair or linguini to sop up unexpectedly tasty sauce.
DH ate about three bites of his chicken parm. I finished the veal and what sauce I could scoop up.
It's a very pretty restaurant with cloth tablecloths and napkins and sparkling glassware.
But mediocre food and service takes it off our list for a return visit. Too bad.
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