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| - Went to the Or-eh-gahno land on Tuesday with my bud Goose for a somewhat quick dinner. In general, this location is always poppin' and you wait at least twenty minutes, since it is literally the only Oregano's in the West Valley. People complaining that other locations can deal with being the only one in its "part of town"...I don't think you fully understand what being the only one in the West Valley actually means. So...I mean...hey, is it sucky to potentially wait at least an hour for dinner? Sure. But in that hour, you could have stopped complaining and driven over to fave location in, well, every other part of the Phoenix metro area.
So, back to my night, we only had to wait for about 20 minutes for a table, which was plenty of time to build up our hunger pangs so we could truly appreciate dat pasta. Our server was very attentive and took out drink order almost immediately after we were seated. He took our order and repeated it back for accuracy, which is always comforting. I've had this guy as a server before and he is always a blasty blast. I wish I could remember his name. He's got a beard and a pretty cool way of feelin' the room to see if it's cool to make fun of you in a "Hey man we're buds now" kind of way that very few servers can successfully accomplish.
Food came out pretty quickly. We got some garlic bread with marinara which is literally half a loaf of french bread all buttery and garlicky in the best way. Usually I am all about that Julius Caesar Salad Jr with chicken vibe but today I was feeling like some pasta. My bud got the Penne Pesto Bake, which she dug. I got the Alfredo the Dark with chicken. For some reason, my dish seemed to be a bit oilier than usual, the way reheated Alfredo tends to be, which was kind of a bummer.
Obvi we had to get a pizza cookie. My only complaint is that I wish they wouldn't top the ice cream with mini chocolate chips bc they freeze up and are pretty much the worst to chew.
Beardy McBeard was cool about splitting the check and boxing up our food. Not a bad visit at all. I think that the reason this location gets somewhat negative reviews as a result of their size (yes somewhat small for such a popular restaurant) and the wait time (all Oregano's restaurants seem to have a pretty long wait). I've never had bad service here.
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