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| - The best part about this restaurant is the ambiance. It is very cozy and quaint inside and the service was superb. Our server was very well versed on the myriad specials they were offering, a few too many in my opinion. She probably listed off 10 specials that weren't on the menu, so hard to keep track of, but still good to know about, I guess. Even though none of us ordered from the specials.
The food here was so-so. I ordered the seafood risotto. There wasn't much risotto at all, mostly mussels. I think they had just received a shipment of mussels they were trying to get rid of because my plate was crowded with them. There were a couple of shrimp, some calamari, but no scallops, which disappointed me because the menu advertised them as part of the dish. It tasted very "seafoody" which one would expect with a seafood risotto but I thought there should have been more flavor overall. It wasn't very heavy, which was nice, especially the night before a big race.
I tried my friend's gnocchi with a tomato sauce and it was super bland.
In general, this was a totally fine place for dinner. Would I come back? No. Would I necessarily recommend it? Not so much, especially as we were in the little italy district with many more italian places to choose from.
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