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| - This place is beautiful on the inside!! ...And then there's the food. Lol. My friend and I went here for dinner. It was a Sunday night and pretty dead so we were seated right away. The bar area is nice but we opted for a table. It had nice views overlooking the lake BUT, anyone that knows Ocotillo knows that smell is NOT so nice! Even with the misters on, it's a hundred degrees outside. I'm not sure why they kept the large patio doors open. So anyway, the atmosphere was great. Candles lit and dim lighting. Could be very romantic and posh but, instead of Bocelli or Sinatra they were playing Smashmouth and Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was so "off" for this type of establishment. What made it even more awkward, was our waitress kept dancing and signing near us like we were in a club. Not very professional for such a nice place but again, whatevs. The wine list was not impressive at all. In fact, we both had a really hard time deciding because there was so little to pick from. I mean, I've seen a couple of these bottles at Target, come on. Since you can order by the glass, we did since buying a bottle of something they had was just not going to be an option.
I ordered the chicken vodka penne. My friend ordered the Godfather pizza and we had a Caesar salad. Right away when the food came out, we both kind of looked at each other surprised and he said to me, "Uh, that was fast. There's no way they cooked that pasta just now" I agreed. The pasta sauce was great but the chicken was dry and I kept thinking, it was like it was made for something else and they just cut up and tossed it in my penne. The salads were delish though! I had a couple bites of his pizza. It was pretty good too. I would probably go here again just to see if my experience would be different and to try something else, but it's definitely not living up to it's potential.
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