The Skinny: overcooked pasta, wilted iceberg are the result of watching too much TV (2) service was actually not bad considering (4) value: two never ending pasta bowls,$20... feeling like a sucker...priceless.
This is the problem when you watch late night TV. You're watching old reruns of Star Trek Next Gen and then a commercial comes on advertising the never ending pasta bowl. The next thing you know, we find ourselves in front of the local OG.
Curses. My susceptible mind is weak to the lure of salad and bread sticks.
We both order the pasta bowl special for $8.95. We remembered Misti Y's tale about $4 marinara dipping sauce and vehemently declined the offer. (Our waitress did not disclose the cost to us also...sketchy...). My hubby starts with the chicken/gnocchi soup and I start mowing down my first salad bowl. The soup lacked dumplings and seasoning. The salad was limp from being out in the Vegas climate too long.
My hubby ordered orrichete with Parmesan portabello sauce while I tried their Chianti meat sauce with whole wheat linguine. Subsequent order included a penne with the Chianti meat sauce. The parmesan sauce was bland albeit the portabello flavours did come through. The Chianti meat sauce has less acidity than their regular meat sauce but again bland.
The pasta was not al dente and overly soft. The whole wheat linguine was broken down into 2 inch strands that wouldn't twirl on a fork. I speared a penne pasta and just watched it droop on my utensil . Gives a whole new concept of limp noodles.
You know that you've been had when the best part the meal is the chocolate mint at the end.
Overall there's a reason we haven't been to the OG for a long time. A 2 starred review.