A girl friend wanted to try the new Babbo in Surprise that recently opened up so I met her for an early dinner. Lovely decor friendly staff. I ordered Meat balls & Spaghetti which came without a small salad ($13.50) & was totally underwhelmed by it. It had a watery sauce (didn't drain the pasta enough?) as if the cook opened a can of marinara sauce and dumped it on the noodles - was tasteless. I asked for more cheese expecting the waitress to freshly grind it - instead she pointed to a shaker at the end of the table that already had ground cheese in it (like you get in a pizza parlor). The meat balls were large but than so are their competitors. The highlight of my meal was the bread they served with olive oil dipping sauce which was great. I asked for more but never got it and they weren't even busy (4:00 pm Friday). My dinner was very unsatisfying to say the least. Better stay home & have a jar of Ragu.
I feel that this restaurant doesn't know if it wants to be a high scale Italian Restaurant or a pizza joint. It needs some fine tuning.