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My boyfriend and I each purchased a groupon to Lidias. The groupon (meal for 2) included a $32 bottle of wine; choice between salad or soup; an all you can eat pasta trio; and dessert (tiramisu). The first time we went, I would have rated Lidias with one star. The service was sub-par on a Friday night. We were seated at a table too close to a service station and my seat kept being bumped into. The bottle of wine we ordered never arrived until after we were mostly finished with our salads. As for the food, the Caesar salad was OK, but I was really disappointed by the pastas. The goat cheese ravioli was bland, and the other 2 pastas lacked in flavor as well (rigatoni with an olive oil based sauce and pasta in a meat sauce, which lacked in meat). The second trip was better, bumping Lidias up to 2.5 stars. We went midweek (Wednesday), and the service improved, although we still received our bottle of wine after the salads. The quality and taste of the pastas also improved. The pasta was fresh and had much more flavor (spaghetti noodles with red peppers, mushroom ravioli, and rigatoni with sweet sausage and onion). Both times we got the dessert to go. Our waitress also boxed up the remainder of our all you can eat pasta for us to take home with us (which was nice). If you have the groupon, I would recommend going on a week night when they aren't as busy for better service. I would also call ahead to see what pastas they are serving that day. I wouldn't want to pay full price for the meal, as there are better options for Italian food in the city.
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