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| - We found this restaurant by accident walking down Church St. I agree with the previous reviewer, the atmosphere is great, nice decor, and it was relatively cozy. The service was great, the server was friendly and attentive and made sure we had everything we needed. I really wanted to like it, and I had a hard time deciding what to have because everything on the menu looked good. We started with calamari, which was just ok, it was crispy, and the aioli was good, but the taste was bland and could have used more salt (or at least the herbs listed in its description on the menu).
I ordered the Pollo, Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino pizza, which had roast chicken, cherry tomatoes, roasted garlic peperoncino, basil, oregano & Parmigiano (according to the menu). Again, I really wanted to like it, but it was terrible. The server warned that it had a bit of spice to it, and was I ok with that. I love spice, so I said yes. The pizza came and it was terrible, absolutely flavourless. The chicken was dry and under-seasoned, and the only flavour it had was from the burnt grill marks (not roast like the menu indicates). The rest of the pizza was under-seasoned as well. There was no sauce, no spice whatsoever, the tomatoes were chopped into chunks, and I am pretty sure they were not cherry tomatoes (plus there were too many tomatoes). I looked for but could not find or taste the roast garlic and I don't believe there was any Parmigiano on the pizza. So overall, the pizza that arrived was nothing like indicated on the menu, and lacked all the ingredients that would have given it flavour..maybe they were there, but if they were I couldn't find or taste them. I didn't say anything, because I had actually forgotten what exactly was supposed to be on the pizza and I assumed it was correct. I know that many restaurants don't put salt on the table in principle, and I didn't want to ask for it but at least it may have made the pizza edible.
They were out of my husband's original choice of the seafood, so he chose the Calabri pizza. It had sausage and peppers, and the peppers gave it a lot more flavour. It was better than mine, although it was still a bit bland and the tomato sauce tasted like canned tomato paste.
We were hoping to find a hidden gem but we were quite disappointed. Service is great, decor and atmosphere are great, but the food needs work.
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