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| - I was going to go 3-stars instead of being an asshole and going 2-stars, but really this place is about a 2.5 no matter which way you go, and then I remembered I paid $12 for some of the shittiest bruschetta out there.
I realize downtown Chandler is trying to up its appeal as a chic place for 30-somethings to happy hour and hang out, so I understand that the prices are going to be higher than a dive bar. But the prices are out of line with what they're serving. $9 cocktails made by a standard bartender with not much expertise (our bartender and her manager or something got into a squabble over what should be in a drink) aren't exactly a value-add on a menu bereft of drinking options outside of happy hour.
This place is a beer and wine lounge primarily, with food that leans towards shareables and finger foods, though they do have entrees. But La Bocca doesn't do anything particularly well, just insanely, completely mediocre - it's the Star Trek: Into Darkness of downtown Chandler bars.
Their pizza is kind of weird, it's like a thicker and not-well-executed neopolitan pizza. Not a great value for the price, either. You'd think for $13-16 you'd expect either a big pizza or a great pizza, but instead you get neither - a small-ish pizza that's floppy, undercooked, and oversauced or wet for some reason. Just poor execution.
The bruschetta is outclassed in every way by Postino's, who also has a much better happy hour FYI (go to one of those instead if you want bruschetta). Even the bread - lacking a semblance of toasting, being cut waaaay too big, not stand out in any way - faltered. And it's bruschetta, there isn't much to it beyond the freaking bread. The toppings were haphazardly tossed on each bread monolith. That brie with marmalade was terrible, by the way- is that shitty jarred marmalade? Understand that usually when baked brie is topped with marmalade, there's a lot more brie to balance out how sweet that shit is, dear god I don't need the beetus! The Spanish, with the manchego and olives wasn't terrible, though I don't know if that's in comparison to how bad the other one was. The other two were so forgettable that I can't even remember what they were. But for $12 for 4 pieces of blah bread and some wack toppings, it's again just not worth it.
I don't know if we just had 2 bad experiences that happened to perfectly sync up to one another, or if this is just how La Bocca is, but really...it's just kind of not worth it unless everywhere else in downtown chandler is busy and you need a drink.
Maybe if the prices came down a tad and they fixed their food quality. If that happened, this could be a decent little joint, but for now, your money is better spent elsewhere.
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