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| - So, it has been years since I have been to Villa Antonio, however thought what a nice treat for Christmas Eve dinner. I called to make reservations and the individual whom answered the phone seemed a little distracted so I did call a few days later to confirm.
We arrived at 7:00 and stood at the door as no one was there to greet us. After almost 10 minutes I grabbed a waiter who informed the maƮtre de. He seated us in a booth and left, no menus?? After 10 minutes we were brought complimentary bruschetta, which was very nice. A waiter approached to take our drink order, still no menus. Finally our waiter brought menus and told us about the specials.
After receiving our drinks, we chose to start with the tapas sampler, a mixture of calamari, sausage, caper she, and an avocado with crab. The sausage was good, however had sat around so was a little cold for my liking. As for the calamari, cooked in a sweet chili sauce...a little disappointing, not a traditional Italian style with marinara. As for the avocado, a slice of avocado with crab meat on top??? Very strange.
We chose the lobster ravioli and the Mahimahi with puttanesca special. The ravioli was good, however, not warm. As for the fish, unfortunately I had to send it back. I noticed a strange smell when it arrived and upon tasting it I knew it was not right. I tried to flag my waiter, however, he was MIA. Finally I was able to grab another waiter and expressed my concern and chose another option, veal scaloppini, which came out piping hot and was good, not great.
Overall, the atmosphere is a little outdated, the service is a little slow, and the food not what I remembered it to be years ago.
A little disappointing for a night that I thought would be nice.
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