After visiting this restaurant, I felt extremely angry with Mario Batali that he would have the gall to open a place like this.
I thought this was supposed to be his casual dining establishment, but the prices were so high I felt like my appendix burst after eating a light lunch here. I've had offensively high-priced food in this town but the food at this restaurant did not warrant the prices.
A light lunch for 3 people set us back for almost 100 dollars. My husband had the Quattro Formaggi pizza, and he hated it. He said the sauce was like bland tomato paste and he hated the riccota cheese on the pizza. All he could taste was riccota, and it overwhelmed the pizza. My father had the Romana pizza and also was not crazy about it. He nibbled on the anchovy and caper toppings and barely finished the rest. I had the spaghetti and spicey meatballs special, thinking that Mario's version of italian comfort food would be a good choice. I actually enjoyed it, except the portion size was so tiny I barely got a chance to taste it. I was completely offended by the small size of the portion and the $22 price tag to go along with it. I could have gone to Don Vito's at South Point for the seafood pasta for only $24 and it was far superior to this.
I will never go here again except to use a few restaurant.com certificates I have lying around that i want to get rid of that I still need to use. And if I ever meet Mario Batali in real life one day, I am going to shove his orange crocs up his ass and tell him what a failure he is for this restaurant and the gall he has for charging such outrageous prices.