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| - Summary: My friends and I waited about 45 minutes for somewhat pricey, sub par food that I could not finish eating despite being very hungry.
My friend already wrote a review, but I made a yelp account just to write this review, so please excuse the similarities. I came to this restaurant for dinner on Saturday because my friends and I were in the area and we all like Italian food. Stepping inside, the venue was nice enough, although I couldn't help notice that it wasn't quite as full as some other restaurants in the area. Not giving this much concern, we proceeded to make our order. I ordered the chicken Fettuccini, something that I like to order at any new Italian restaurants I visit as I expect it to be a fairly safe dish. It was about $20, which was more expensive than most other chain restaurants.
About 40 minutes later, all we had was water (my glass was empty for a good while now). It wasn't until I got really tired and started to lie down on the table before our waitress came over to apologize for the wait and explain that it was very busy in the kitchen. No offer of bread or anything though to help us with the wait.
The food arrived just as we stood up ready to leave. We decided to give it a chance as we were all very hungry. That and we had some positive expectations for a place that specializes in Italian food and which was charging as much as they did for even the simple dishes. Unfortunately, the food was disappointing. The pasta was dry and hard to chew and the chicken was bland and overcooked (also hard to chew). The only thing that tasted okay was the sun dried tomatoes. The serving size was as small as what you get at fine Italian restaurants (ie. Not enough to get full on alone for many people, need full course meal). While the food wasn't to the point I'd call disgusting, I could not stand to finish it despite how much I usually hate wasting food.
Ultimately, neither the food nor the service were the worst I've had, but the combined overall experience was close to it. Essentially I spent $20 and 1.5 hours for nothing but disappointment.
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