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| - The four of us took in a pre-theater dinner here last week and found it a mixed bag.
First of all, we had no problems with the service, which was friendly, prompt and generally unobtrusive. The room has a nice atmosphere.
We started with a cheese plate, which was tasty and went well with our wine.
Two of us had a fagottini, which is a chipea flour crepe with apples, pears, leaks, three cheeses, hazelnuts, raddichio and truffle honey. Sounded great, but I could hardly taste the various ingredients. The dominant taste was of onion (I'm guessing it was likely caramized apple and pear). Could not taste cheese at all. A bit disappointing but not a disaster.
Unfortunately, my friend had it worse with the pheasant ravioli. Bones. And the pasta was not tender, which is a complaint I've read in other reviews. Maybe it's the house style?
For my main, I had a delicious, tender beef cheek on a root veg puree. This would have been great were it not for the mounds of peppercorns that killed the flavor and texture. I scraped off most of it, but I don't think any amount served the dish at all, tastewise.
The shortribs were succulent and our other diner had halibut, which he liked a lot.
So Tutti Matti fell short of our expectations for a $80-$100/person restaurant because too many plates that had promise fell short on execution, in our opinion.
But to their credit, the staff not only comped the ravioli but also the replacement meal, which was very smart and fell in line with our customer service experience there.
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