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| - I would really rate this two and a half, and I was tempting to leave it as just three. The three ish comes from the location, service, and ambiance.
1. It's a hidden away little gem from town and to walk the street and visit the arboretum not far away is worlds away from mayfield heights which is only 5-10 minutes away. 2. The people serving us and seating us were all friendly, knowledgable about the history of the restaurant and the menu. Service was prompt too. 3 ish. Everything feels very clean, the lights are dim and the decor is appealing with plenty of Windows to look at the sleepy little town.
The bad . . .
For what you get the prices are a bit obscene. I will not come here again. The bread before our meal was very hard and nugget like. For an Italian place that was very much a let down. The meals themselves were of decent size. My boyfriend ordered the southwest salad with grilled chicken. The presentation was great. But when you at it, it was just underwhelming. You know those little lunch salad bowls you can buy at giant eagle for 4 bucks? Yeah . . . Tasted exactly like their tortilla salad one. Exactly. My dish, as a woman who loves cooking, disappointed me the most. I order the stuffed cabbage which the waitress assured me was an original recipe from the original restaurant. The veggie of the night was asparagus, but who ever prepared it didn't know what they were doing. When you make asparagus, before cooking you bend the ends to take off the bitter tough ends of the stalks. They didn't do that. I had rough ends to chew on, some that even splintered when I bit down. It also was grilled absolutely plain. No seasoning what so ever. Bland. The potatoes it was served with? Whipped well, but you guessed it, bland. The stuffed cabbage it self was very simply prepared. But there was nothing impressive about the meat inside. It was neither tender nor particularly flavorful. I just . . . I hate writing bad reviews, and rarely give twos, but this was just a disappointment across the board with the food. We were going to get a dessert and opted out despite how nice some of the options sounded.
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