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| - What a lovely evening. My bf, our friend and I, came in on a Tuesday evening, just after they opened for dinner service. There were already a few groups seated. The restaurant is lovely. It's intimate and romantic. My best friend actually thought of doing her wedding reception here and I can see why.
The friend we were with actually knows Romano and said all the food there is delicious. He had been there quite a few times.
We had bruschetta to start. The bruschetta was top notch, fresh ingredients. Very nice. The bread was a little too crunchy for my liking, but I still enjoyed it. I wanted to try everything but I ended up getting the rigatoni bolognese. My by got the chicken parm and my friend got the gnocchi with meat sauce. Servings were HUUUGE, just like all the other reviews have mentioned. I had enough for a full meal the next day AND I was left stuffed...again! Everything comes out piping hot. Fresh as hell. Their meat sauce is great and they do not skimp out on this. I feel that my rigatoni could have been cooked like a minute longer, but it wasn't that serious. It was still good. My bf's chicken parm was the size of Jupiter, I swear. Gigantic. I tried some of his chicken and it was so soft! The tenderest piece of chicken, overloaded with cheese. YUM. I did try a gnocchi and I'm not the biggest gnocchi fan in the first place, but my friend sure cleaned his plate!
Of course, since it was birthday dinner #5, I had to finish off with SOME dessert. I ended up getting the "best cherry cheesecake". I would have gotten the tiramisu, but they didn't have any. Cheesecake was okay. There was a tartness in the aftertaste of the cherry topping that wasn't the greatest. However; the taste would last like 1 second and I'd be over it. Seriously, almost any cheesecake is good to me.
I am defs going to return. Their food is high quality Italian and on the more affordable side!
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