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| - Food:
- Salad was reasonably fresh.
- Drink sizes were large.
- No beer/wine on the menu.
- Garlic bread was decent.
- We had spaghetti and lasagna. We've had fresh pasta before, and couldn't really tell a difference here. Also the style of the sauce is very, very sweet/sugary. Generally I'm not a fan of that style of sauce, but they seemed to have a lot of patrons there that loved it and were getting food to go after eating their meals. Portion size was more than reasonable - good value for the price.
- Didn't try the pizza. It looked good!
Service:
- Slow service. Even if there are only 5-6 other tables full, assume your meal will take 30+ minutes to come out.
- All dishes come out smothered in sauce, which appears to make it tough on servers to know which dish is which. For example, our food came out, there was confusion by the server about which dish was which and they had to run back to the kitchen.
- Separately, a different server presented food to another table, thought it was ours, picked it up and presented it to us, and then returned it to the first table. I understand confusion can occur, but don't run food between tables - it is unappetizing. If you're mixed up, go back to the kitchen before coming out again.
- We came later in the evening after the main dinner rush and were seated promptly. When a large group got up to leave, the server cleared the table and wiped it down. Then, while we were eating, he insisted we stop, stand and reconfigure our table, so he could add another table back to our table to get the floor's layout how he desired it. It was bad service to have guests stop eating, have to place their arms on a wet table and further more - it was late in the evening and we didn't even see any more patrons arrive to eat dinner. Could it have been that bad to let us eat our meal, and then set up the dining room for the next day?
Ambiance:
- Small, Italian restaurant.
- Appreciate that they're family-owned. Lots of articles and photos to show off their local roots.
- Nice and cozy during the winter time. Generous with the room heat level, which is appreciated as many restaurants can be drafty this time of year.
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