A quick review after a birthday celebration dinner
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I'm giving this place 3 stars for mediocre food, but great service!
I ordered the Rib-Eye steak with zucchini sticks and calamari as appetizers, all of which I can only describe as nothing more than average. While the did cut like butter, the seasoning on it was rather bland. The zucchini sticks were one of the better things I tried as the servings sizes were big, but I do feel like they overcooked the food. One of my main problems with both the zucchini sticks and calamari was that it seemed to be smothered in oil. I can just taste it in my mouth, and halfway through the calamari, I had to stop feeling as I started to feel a gag reflex coming from within me. So yeah, that's the food.
However, I do have to admit that the ambience is great! Old school, Italian-themed with great music. I almost want to give 4 stars for them having my favorite song on their playlist (Unsteady - XAmbassadors)! The place is very spacious and roomy, and definitely does not seem like your average barstaurant.
One thing I did appreciate though was that our waiter managed to pick up on the fact that it was my birthday today. He gave us a free scoop of ice cream on the house with the words "Happy Birthday" in pretty calligraphy. It makes up for the fact that we got our water 10 minutes late.