I truly wish there was a 3.5 option, as that reflects a more accurate rating of my experience.
For starters, the food was good. Some of the best italian I've had around the city. Our group ordered mussels to start with and they were absolutely delicious. For my entree I had the chicken piccata and it was 100% amazing. I finished every last bite and quite honestly could have gone for a second piece of it.
One of my friends ordered the bolognese and we were informed that the restaurant was out of it. Weird, because it was mid-service on a Saturday evening. We came to a compromise where the chef would simply make the sauce out of chopped up meatballs and my friend raved about it, saying it was delicious.
Another dining companion got the special, which was a pepper-encrusted pork loin sort of dish with veggies on the side. Though the pork was cooked well, the rub was comprised of WHOLE PEPPERCORNS. Sort of a dick move not to grind them up, as my friend was sweating bullets and didn't finish it (and it was his birthday!). I tasted a small piece and the pepper was 100% overwhelming and didnt really do much to enhance the flavor of the meat. Luckily the place had a creme brulee saved for him to make up for the gross meat dish.
As the previous reviewer reemed everyone out for complaining about the $7 corkage fee because we don't own restaurants and therefore couldn't POSSIBLY be able to understand how pricing works, I'll refrain from repeating other's sentiments.
Two major problems for me in this place was the ridiculously cramped atmosphere of the place. I was literally sitting chair to chair with a person behind me and had her conversation in my ear the entire evening. Also, though the food for the most part was good, the prices are still a bit high for Pittsburgh.
Would come back here on a very special occasion.