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| - I visited Oggi on Friday, 10/3, as part of a large group. While the food was excellent, and clearly homemade, an otherwise lovely experience was marred by sub-par service. We were split into two tables. The table at which I was seated had been given only one menu to share. However, this wasn't a problem because we were seated approximately 30 minutes before our drink orders were taken. So we had plenty of time for the menu to make its rounds. Unfortunately, when everyone else was served their drink, my glass of wine was forgotten. It took me several minutes to get the attention of the server. I finally got my wine, however due to their earlier delay I only had one glass, when I otherwise would have had two.
I had the lasagna, preceded by the grilled romaine salad, and followed by the cassata cake. The lasagna was superb, although portioned much smaller than you'd get at most other restaurants in the area. The noodles would never have been mistaken for boxed, or the sauce jarred. Both were very, very good and fresh. The only other time I've had lasagna that compared was in Tuscany. The grilled romaine was a nice change from a standard caesar salad. The cassata cake was very good, but not the best that I've ever had. We were offered two types of bread - foccacia and italian. When the first round was brought out, the piece of foccacia that I took was cold in the center. That was disappointing. Also, they were beyond very skimpy with the butter. There was barely enough for one person, and yet it was supposed to serve four.
This is a lovely looking restaurant, with a superior lasanga. I wanted to give it two stars based on the service and the fact that we had no say over the automatic 18% gratuity, which was absolutely not deserved. However, the quality of the entree, even in such a small portion, swayed me to three stars. I can't imagine that I will ever visit there again as it's far from my home. However, if the opportunity arose to go with one or two other people, it wasn't so awful that I wouldn't give it another try.
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