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| - I can only rate on the bar experience. We went in for dinner and started at the bar for cocktails and appetizers. After this part we had seen enough and forwent the dinner. Instead we grabbed a Capriotti's sub from the food court and went home.
We started at the bar and I asked about the house wines. They were from a keg and the bartender suggested I order a glass if I was not used to keg wine, but I was welcome to try it. I declined. The ladies next to us asked if their house wine was Italian. No, it was not. One you are an Italian restaurant and supposedly "upscale", keg wine is not allowed. Two you are an Italian restaurant and supposedly "upscale", Italian house wine is a must. Three your house white is Reisling and when poured looked like it was full of effervescents (bubbles). That should have been strike 3 we are out of there, but we continued on. I ordered a Rose (I know not Italian at all, but their wine list was not very impressive and not very "Italian"), they were out. I settled on white that I had never heard of before. It was ok, but not for $10 a glass. Bonefish's $3 house white compared. The wine portion of our experience was a fail. On to the appetizers.
We ordered calamari and the salmon carpaccio for appetizers. The calamari was not over cooked, but a tad greasy. It was adequate for Olive Garden, but not your "upscale" dinning experience. The salmon carpaccio was good, but cut way too thin. Thin as in it broke into a billion little pieces as you tried to get it off the plate. The salad served on top was good, but a tad too bitter with all the radicchio. As far as the food, it too was a fail.
The whole experience was a fail. We were excited to try and in the end excited to leave. Thank you Capriotti's for dinner, the Italian sub was delish.
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