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We went to Naples 15 to have a celebratory dinner as a change of pace from Lombardino's. My wife made the reservation and from the menu online I knew it wasn't going to be cheap. When we arrived, it took a good 15+ minutes after we were seated before our server noticed us. A different server had come to the table next to us several times, I tried and failed to get his attention, and eventually our server came over and asked if we had been helped. Nope!
We started out with a pizza, the exact name of which I forget. Had roasted red peppers, olives, etc. It was very good, but also cost $15.95 which is several dollars more than most of the other brick oven Neapolitan style places in town.
My wife had the pasta putanesca, which is basically spaghetti and tomato sauce with olives and capers, and it was like $17 or $18. I ordered one of the two ziti and meat sauce entrees which was *$29*. I got a generous portion but still. Both of these pasta dishes were good but not $29 good.
We did manage to get a bottle of pinot noir for $35ish but it was a twist top bottle so I can only assume the restaurant had a healthy markup on it. When it came time for the check, the server informed me that actually, I had been given a different ziti and meat sauce entree special that's not on the regular and costs another $5, which they didn't charge me for, but they wanted me to know in case I wanted to order it again.
The night ended with complimentary little shots of amaretto which was a nice touch.
Overall, I enjoyed the food in spite of the few misses with service. I just wish it were more reasonably priced. Basically any seafood or meat pasta dish is 30 bucks or more which I don't think this is quite at the level of.
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