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| - I've been to Pomo in Gilbert twice now. The first time was when this location had only been open for a couple weeks. Everything in the restaurant was shiny and brand new. While the food was good, nothing blew me away.
My second visit was about two weeks ago (...a month ago. I really need to start posting my reviews sooner). We stopped in around 9:20pm after getting out from a performance at Hale Theater. Given the time of night, there was no wait to be sat and only a few other couples still dining in the whole restaurant. (Plus, that day there had been a heavy rainy storm so business was probably slow in general).
Besides the delicious food, what sets Pomo apart from the rest was how we were treated. Even though it was near closing time (10 o'clock on Thursdays), we never once felt rushed by our server or any of the other staff. When asked how we would like the food to come out from the kitchen, we offered to have the pizza (which only takes seconds to cook) to be brought out with the rest of the meal, but our waitress paced out each dish perfectly as if it we had been dining earlier in the evening.
Here's what we enjoyed for dinner:
Starter: Pollo Chopped Salad - A mix of spring greens, feta, avocado, almonds, red onions and cherry tomato with a lemon dressing. Hooray! Finally a salad that isn't embarrassing to eat in public! The lettuce is super bite-size (hence chopped salad) making it easy breezy to eat without having to fight against large chunks of lettuce.
Entree: Pizza Chef - A base of light cream topped with mozzarella, prosciutto, and mushrooms. The crust had a nice char on the bottom and combined with the creaminess of the sauce and the cheese made for one truly tasty the pizza.
Dessert: Cannoli - The plate comes with 3 crispy shells filled with a sweet cream and each finished a different way: pistachio, chocolate, or cherry. It was hard to choose a favorite but if i had to pick, the chocolate one would be my top choice of the bunch.
I would like to point out we received not 1, not 2, but 3 -- 3 water refills! A-MAY-ZING!
Also, there are a couple TVs above the bar area so we were able to watch and listen the news about the storm from earlier in the day.
With so many options in downtown Gilbert (even late on a rainy evening), I am really glad we decided to go to Pomo for our meal!
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