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| - I'd been meaning to go to Matteo's for a while. It has adorable decor and I've been told they really upgraded the space. It had a wonderfully modern and current feel to it, with colorful photos of italy and succulents abound.
The food was actually quite good, it just wasn't great.
We started off with bread and a quite nice but garlicy dipping sauce. They were a little light on the bread and we actually had to ask for it to be refilled at least two other times. We're not big bread people, but a tiny slice per person just looks skimpy.
We ordered the the Meatball starter, Mac-and-Cheese, Ravioli, Lasagna and Gnocchi. Specifically the Lasagna was huge, but though it was filled with everything in the book (including tiny formed meatballs - strange?), it just seemed to be lacking in flavor. The Gnocchi was good but chewy. I'm not sure if they'd been frozen or vacuum packed, but they weren't the light fluffy gnocchi that I look for.
Lastly we ordered a cannoli. Again, the stuffing was a bit dense and had less of a ricotta taste than I'd prefer (it was almost like an icing?)
I'm being picky, but I feel like with Italian restaurants, there are plenty of wonderful options out there where everything is handmade, flavorful and better than expected. Matteo's is still a nice local option for the area, but if it were me, I'd make a drive.
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