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| - I went to Oretta today for a quick solo working lunch, and it was a pleasant but not outstanding experience! 3.5 is what I rate it overall.
The decor is gorgeous, with high ceilings and beautiful soft colours everywhere in the room, from the furniture to the menus. The designer is really brilliant, kudos.
The food was pretty good, as was the service. I had the fritto misto to start, and while I loved that it wasn't over-salted, a little sauce or something more than a dry lemon wedge would have been nice. Then I had the Contadina, which was delicious except that the chef clearly forgot about the panini in the kitchen and burned the bread badly. No one came to do a quality check on me for about 10 minutes after dropping off the food, and I was so hungry, I just ripped the outside bread off and ate it. I had half the sandwich and salad when I saw my server finally, and told her to that although it was delicious, the bread was hard as a rock. I didn't want another one, but the kitchen made one to go for me anyway, which was kind of them. The salad was hearty and well dressed. The napa cabbage in it was a nice crunchy touch, and made me think of Korea!
I think I will come again with my husband sometime, as we live two minutes away from the restaurant, and hopefully we will be wowed further. Prices were very decent, which was nice!
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