Man I want to love this place but it just fell a little short. I've walked past Taverniti for the last 15 years and never went in. We finally checked it out the day after Hallmark day. I ordered the seafood linguine and my partner ordered the spaghetti carbonara. After about 5 mins the server informed me they had no seafood (Somewhat understandable I guess after V-day) so the options were fresh fish or mussels. I went with the fish....or did I? The food arrived about 20 mins later. Mussels.....so many damn mussels! My partner was served a ravioli and I asked the server if she had the right table since my plate was wrong as well. She said "You ordered the mussels not fish right" Well no, I ordered the fish but it's all good because I do like mussels and I was ready to eat the flower on the table at this point. She apologized and took the ravioli to another table. So now we have a standoff. We have two tables with two people at each yet only one dish per table. This is getting tense. Who will receive their dish first so eating can commence? Did they mess up the tables or the dish? Not wanting to be a rude ass, I patiently wait for my partner's plate to be delivered. It comes out about 4mins later piping hot...we won against table three! They obviously got the order wrong.
Anyways the pasta was cooked perfectly but I thought the portion was quite small (compared to the amount of mussels which were tasty) I looked back in the kitchen and saw the problem. The dude was on the phone...twice. No phones in the kitchen Anthony! It's a distraction and unhygienic. I will return here to try their pizza as it looked good. Hand made pasta in a cozy setting. I want to like this place.
P.S. Get rid of the damn t.v.! It's not a dentist office. I don't need to see the weather on CP24.