I don't understand. We saw the place on Check Please and heard other people rave about it. And honestly it wasn't anything amazing. Sorry.
From the start to the end it was bad.
If you are a wine drinker you probably will enjoy it. Their wine list was 20 pages long.
When we first walked in, it's a very narrow tight space. Whom is guessing was the wife of the owner greeted us asking us how we were. I said great, how about you!? She then just stared at me. Continued to stare. So I said, table for two? She says something like okay. Name? I'll call you when we are ready for you.
No direction as to how long it would be. Where to wait. We decided to check out the cute stuff they sell and we were just constantly in the way since the kitchen door was right there. so we saw a bench outside to sit at. It was weird to see people bringing food out the front door to bring to the tables on the patio. I was waiting for a crash.
We got sat maybe 15 mins later. Not bad. But got sat on the patio. Uncomfortable plastic chairs and wooden bench. Our server was in the weeds. I think he has the entire patio for himself. He never took the time to explain anything to us. And when we ordered he constantly was looking around. After he left I told my husband I hope he got our order right. He didn't repeat it back or confirm it.
One lady took our drink orders once we sat down and brought us our sodas. Very flat sodas. Our server then brought out two more. Saw ours on the table and placed them on the "bar" next to us. He later gave them to us.
Cream of mushroom soup came out. It was definitely cream with a couple bites of slices mushrooms in it.
I ordered the shrimp and salmon pasta special husband ordered a pizza.
My entree was decent. I enjoyed the sauce that was with the pasta. The description said jumbo shrimp. It was 3 pieces of small/medium at best over cooked shrimp. And probably one skinny piece of salmon that was sliced into four pieces. It was fishy and watery. I know we are in (AZ) and can't get fresh seafood but I've have plenty better salmon. The pasta was said to be homemade but I wasn't certain it was. But I'm not a pasta specialist.
My husbands pizza was ok. He described it as being wet. Not sure if it was the grease or overload of toppings.
In the end, while we waited for our check. We overheard the table next to us say their check was wrong. They got the table next to theirs check by that table already left and paid in cash. So Always check your check. Apparently they paid the wrong one.
Ours finally came out and to end it the server didn't give us a pen and never came back. Luckily I had one. Because who knows if they would have gotten paid.
Alright. So in the end. Too much decor going on made the space really small. We saw a group that got sat separately. Half the group inside and half outside. Service needs to improve. But I kind of get the feel they don't care about the bad service since the wife started it. So I don't expect that to change. We saw the husband running around. According to the menu, Mario was the pasta maker. How cool would it have been for him to walk around and great people. Tell them all about it?
Won't be back. Didn't see what the craze was.