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| - We decided to check out Marcella's for their supposedly great happy hour, but obviously the Republic critics had a far different experience than we did. Service was hit or miss, literally...our first server went MIA, and 15 minutes later we finally had another server come help us. The manager later came to see how things were going, which was nice, but didn't offer to do anything to make up for the poor service (not that I ever expect it, but as a marketer, I know the immense power of small gestures to turn a negative experience into a more positive one). The bigger issue is that the food here is just mediocre bordering on bad. You'll be hard pressed to find too many big rings of calamari in the calamari appetizer - more like little balls of mostly breading - and the fried zucchini slices that come with are so thin that they crumble when you try to get them on your fork. Not only that, but I wasn't sure which of the two dipping sauces I disliked the least - the runny, bland aioli or the tastes-like-canned marinara. The veal meatball was just totally mushy and came with the same awful marinara. The apple salad was the only item that showed some promise, if it hadn't been terribly over-dressed, and at $7, it's certainly a great value. Even the decor here is bad - tacky, tacky Italian...like something you'd find at Epcot. I can't really see anything good this place has going for it. If you're in Fashion Square, your better happy hour options are Z'Tejas and Kona Grill, or even Yard House.
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