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| - This is my first yelp review, but my experience was so disappointing I decided it was time. My husband and I are not foodies. We are normal people, but normal people expect decent food as well.
I have been to Tagliani's in the past and have really enjoyed it, but it's been a couple of years, because I don't live on the west side anymore, but we were around so my husband and I decided to visit. I was very disappointed. The quality of the food has dramatically declined and the service was mediocre. Not bad, just, no real effort.
To begin, my husband and I ordered the Calamari Fritti. It was happy hour so $0.50 was knocked off the price. Unfortunately it was really bland. It was cooked well and wasn't chewy at all, which can happen, but we had to add salt to the calamari. It came out with cocktail sauce, which I don't care for, but that's a personal preference. It also came with the house marinara, which was overly sweet and also bland. You could not see or taste any herbs in the sauce. It needed some major doctoring.
We then ordered the Mama's Plate, which contains chicken parmasean, sausage lasagna and fettuccine Alfredo. The waitress asked if we'd like to add a salad so we decided to add on an antipasto salad for $2.50. Bad choice. It came out and the first thing I noticed was there was cantaloupe on top... Which is weird. It wasn't in the description that I saw, or I would have stayed away since I'm allergic. But, since it wasn't mixed in I had my husband pull it off the top and take the lettuce that was touching it. The second thing I noticed was the elbow macaroni in the salad. That was also abnormal for an antipasto. But I ignored the warning signs and dug in, which resulted in a mouthful of red wine vinegar. It was so strong I couldn't finish it. It was pooled at the bottom of the bowl and dripping from the lettuce. Even my husband, who got the lettuce on the top, said it was too much.
So, we pushed the salad aside and waited for our entree. The fire alarm went off during this time, but just as we were standing to exit, it turned off. The manager walked by and let us know that all was good and apologized. Things happen, I get it.
Shortly after our food arrived. It was a large platter which we intended to share, which the server was aware of, however she came with the platter, one steak knife and one plate.... We asked for and extra plate and knife and moved on. She asked if we would like parmesan, which we accepted, so she shoveled a bunch of shaved parm from a bowl, onto the food.
My husband got the fettuccine alfredo on his plate first and tried it. He immediately sighed and reached for the salt. I went for the chicken parm. The chicken was cooked perfectly in the middle but the coating was super soggy and it was covered in the same disappointing marinara that accompanied the calamari. The lasagna was also covered in this marinara. And it too was bland and less than appealing. I love a good sausage lasagna for its cheesey-sausagey heartiness. But there was little to no ricotta, so we were left with sweet Italian sausage and noodles. Blahhhhh. We had leftovers. We did not take it with us. We also decided to forego the dessert.
Is the restaurant clean? Yes. Does it have a decent set up? Yes. But the good was subpar and, in the end, that's what you go to a restaurant for. I don't think I will return to this old favorite any longer.
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