I read all the hype on this place and was hoping for some great food and instead left wishing we had just eaten fast food.
I tried the old staple of chicken parmesan as it seemed a popular choice and I will never go there again. It tasted like a frozen chicken patty with canned tomato sauce. It came with spaghetti on the side and that too was not only overcooked, but just gross.
My girlfriend had the gnocchi with pink sauce and again it underwhelmed. I know finding good gnocchi is difficult but to me, the sauce again fell flat. It all tasted store bought and out of cans or jars.
When I go out somewhere I want to eat something that I can't fix at home myself. Not only could I have made it but I could have made it MUCH better. The only redeeming thing I liked about the food was the bread at the start.
As for the ambience, it is small and had a quiet feel to it but looking around, all the artwork (most of) are pictures you buy from Target...And there wasnt much other decor around to give you that Italian feel to it other than the waiter's accent which to me seemed very over the top whether he is authentic or not. Sometimes I couldn't even understand him.
Either way, for the price I know you can get better Italian food. Try Cucina Tagliani. I felt Nick's was overpriced, underwhelming, and not worth me ever going back. It wasn't the worst food in the world but it wasn't anything memorable by any means.