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| - La Palma... I really wanted this to work out but unfortunately - it's not me, it's you. At first glance, you looked nice but it's all just an illusion.
Our table ordered all three of their pastas: the 100 layer lasagna (bolognese and mozzarella - $23), the potato gnocchi (chestnuts, taleggio fonduta, and rapini - $20), and the linguine aglio e burro (sausage, shrimp, basil - $24). We also ordered the arugula pesto pizza ($19). Safe to say, we were very excited to try all these flavorful, unique-sounding dishes. When the waiter brought our food out, however, our jaws DROPPED. Prepare yourself, the food is not served on plates - all the pastas come in these tiny little bowls that give the illusion of looking huge in pictures. Not wanting to write the food off immediately, we tried all the dishes. Unfortunately, there was just something missing in each of them - the lasagna was lacking substance, the gnocchi was too salty and lacked any hint of flavor, and the linguine was way too lemony (think Asian inspired linguine, rather than Italian). The only dish that was somewhat acceptable was the pizza, but I'd rather get more flavorful, filling pizza at Queen Margherita. If you're going to dine here, make sure you "pre" elsewhere, or you're going to need to go out for a second dinner/snack after like we did.
Thank god I didn't order their $15+ cocktails - those things are also just as tiny! Come on, La Palma, we're serving adults here, not children.
When we brought our complaints with the food to the attention of our waiter, he blamed the experience on our taste buds rather than apologizing, bringing the manager, or offering some sort of solution. Overall, we just left this place entirely unimpressed and starving. The best way I can describe this place is pretentious and hard to love.
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