The view was the only thing that made this worth the wait.
Recently myself and a group of friends visited Paisan's for a Friday night dinner. Great company, good view but I left feeling I could have gotten a better Italian meal at Olive Garden.
First, I had the Porta salad and ordered it with Italian dressing. One look at the dressing and I knew I should have made a different choice. The Italian dressing was straight olive oil with no flavor at all. Luckily before dumping it on my salad I tasted it and quickly asked for Cesar dressing instead.
For an entree, I ordered the homemade spinach pasta with pepper an onion sauce and Italian sausage. It was so-so and under seasoned. The sausage wasn't really anything to write home about either. It was a step above Johnsonville, but not by much.
The view over Lake Monona is great and the service was above average, but unfortunately when someone mentions going to Paisan's again I am going to head somewhere else.