I'm not sure how I feel about my first experience at Stancato's. I've been wanting to visit for many years it's just a little out of the way. So I finally made it there with a friend for a late lunch. We were seated promptly and our server greeted us quickly. Our drinks were always filled and the food was good. But overall the whole experience was- for lack of a better word- weird. We felt rushed and unwelcome from the start. Almost like the attentive service was a bid to get us on our way even though we said we were in no hurry, just a couple of regular suburbanite women out to lunch on our day off. The salad was served quickly after ordering and it was beautiful and delicious but it wasn't 3 minutes later the server came and said our meals would be out in a moment. I was barely half finished with the salad at that point. As promised, the main dishes were served about 30 seconds later and I had to push my half eaten salad to the side. My ravioli dish was tasty but only lukewarm. It was edible so I didn't complain but it also should not have been served at that temperature. Again, it was only a very short time after being served our meal the server came back at regular intervals of 3 minutes to ask if we needed anything and if we were ready for our dishes to be taken... while we had barely set the fork down! It felt very rushed and unwelcoming. I made the mistake of asking for dessert and he read the list so quickly with no descriptions of the items that I honestly had to idea what the items were and had to ask him to repeat them, which he did in the same manner. I finally settled on something and asked if it was cake or ice cream (read as "chocolate mocha"). He said cake... I was disappointed upon it's arrival that it was not cake but cheesecake.
Anyway, I'm not sure what the issue was as it was not crowded nor did they inform us that they closed at a certain time after lunch hours. It certainly is not listed that way on the door or website. Eventually the manager came to ask us to leave because they needed to make way for the dinner crowd- It was 230pm! I'm not sure I'm willing to give it a second chance just because for the price you pay a customer should not only get good food but also a great experience.