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| - I went to Aiello's for my birthday dinner, made a reservation on line, they knew it was me when I walked in, it was Thursday night and still early, so the restaurant was pretty quiet.
The atmosphere was really nice, I like the open set up of the sitting area and that you can catch a little glimpse of the kitchen. There's a bar set up right in the middle, with a huge flat screen TV over it, which kind of takes away from it being a classy atmosphere, but they didn't have the volume turned up and no one was sitting at the bar screaming at it.
As far as the food, it was...OK...I took a poll of the table and everyone was in agreement that their food wasn't bad. Just wasn't great. And for the price it might have had better presentation and maybe a salad to start. But the bread was good, and those of my party that will eat spicy food enjoyed the pepper's in oil. I had the chicken parmigiana which comes with a little spaghetti on the side, and wasn't impressed by the sauce. I ordered the canolli for desert that comes with one canolli, and a huge plate, sprinkled with powdered sugar and one strawberry....it was disappointing. The cream filling was gritty and the shell seemed a little stale.
As far as service goes, it was hard not to laugh at them. They were trying hard to be hospitable but would fill the water glasses right on the table with their arm in the face of one person or another. I ordered wine and they didn't offer to let me taste it first, just poured it into my glass and walked away, luckily for me it was good tasting! My friend joined us a little late and then for the rest of the evening was forgotten time and time again. We had to keep pointing her out to the server by asking if she wanted anything to eat, drink or for dessert.
Overall, I'm a little sad that I wasn't blown away by the experience. Probably not going to rush back or recommend to someone else that asks. Maybe it was just the night, the importance of it to me, and then the lackluster reception that seemed to occur, but I'm sorry to say it was just OK.
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