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| - I've got to believe that my rating will improve over time, because my only reason for a 3 vs 4 star rating is the slow service. After soft openings, and 2 weeks of being open to the public, the servers and kitchen should have their issues ironed out by now. We had dinner reservations at 7:30, and by 8:45 we were still waiting on our dinner salads and drink refills; dinner entrees showed up around 9:15. When we arrived the main restaurant was not busy at all, nor was the bar (moderately) or outdoor patio area. I'd say during our entire evening there, on a Saturday night, the entire place never was more than 1/2 full. So being "too busy" couldn't have been the issue with the slow service. Our servers were all very nice although we had to remind them to bring us drink refills, and our food various times throughout the evening. It started off well, with drink orders and appetizers served right away, but then it just deteriorated.
The food however, wow! We ordered the burrata plate and the arancini as appetizers and both were very flavorful and fresh. The bolognese sauce that comes with the arancini reminded me so much of my mother's, very meaty, tangy, rich flavors. Yummo! My hubby and I both split a caesar salad, which was also quite good, but just your basic caesar salad. My hubs ordered the seafood risotto as his main entree, and he said it was just "ok". I had their Signature Pasta dish, with meatballs and I'm telling you it was amazing! It's creamy, and everything wonderful that pasta a la vodka should be. The only complaint is that, although it's supposed to be prepared table side, and provide you with a visual experience as the chef prepares the pasta and sauce inside a giant wheel of parmesan, my order was NOT prepared table side. Even though, after we reminded the waiter we were still waiting on our main entrees, I was told the chef would be out shortly to prepare my signature dish. No chef. No table side fun.
The atmosphere in here is inviting, and nice. There's niches where you don't feel like you're on top of your neighbors, and yet there's also areas where you're more out in the open. The bar provides a nice area to sit and have a drink, chat and/or watch a game or two. And the outdoor seating is adorable.
In all, we will definitely go back as the food and atmosphere redeemed the lack of faster service. Not sure what the issue was, and I see from previous reviews service has been its main issue thus far. Everyone was quite friendly, and apologized profusely for the slow service. Now let's just see if they can get it rectified. It's harder to fix bad food than slow service, and the food ain't the problem.
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