Actually, I would give this a 3+. Like another viewer, I had zero expectation. The restaurant sits in a cute-as-a-bug's-ear corner of Carefree. The interior is pretty bordering on elegant. The wait staff is good but there is something stand offish about them like that weird cousin in the family who says all the right things but you can't quite figure him out.
The food is more NY style Italian than Italian-Italian. Here is the reason for the 3 versus 4 stars. Its NY style is not as good as a NY-NJ Italian restaurant. Yes they have a good marinara sauce and they do a good job of Veal or chicken parmigian but it isn't something to rave about. Still, there is virtually no Italian choice this far north in Scottsdale so we find ourselves coming here 3-4 times a year and we never leave with complaints.