We came here to celebrate our 4 year wedding anniversary on New Years Eve since we originally had plans to celebrate at the place we were married but due to a fire was cancelled on us last minute.
We were told ahead by Aldo's no reservations could be made so we arrived at about 5 and had to wait 30 minutes. The waiting area consists of a hallway but the gentleman was nice enough to bring wine when we asked if there was a bar ( we are first timers)
I kept accidentally knocking down someone's walker on the floor which was quite annoying and noticed someone was leaning on a wine rack and it kept swaying, (SCARY) the waiting area has halogen lights above so it's very hot and no sitting.
The bread was a bit burnt and it seemed to be the waitress's first night, she didn't introduce herself, she walked up and said "Do you want an appetizer?" My husbandsaid Hello, How are you... When I said it was our first time here and inquired more she just explained that it's too bad we were here on such a busy night and u can tell her immediate goal was to get us in and out asap, not how we wanted to enjoy our wedding anniversary but I understand busy. The waitress had a "tat" peeking out of her chest which is fine when I go to a bar or casual place but seemed odd in this setting... Our total was near 100 bucks so I expect a little better service. When I asked her how long she's been at the establishment she said a year and a half... She read us no specials and took no additional time then needed to make our dinner special so her tip reflected that. I liked the calamari but my husband did not, he said it was burnt tasting. He got Veal parm and I got the Aldo's seafood special which (I was referred to this restaurant by a special lady in Solon she said to ask for spicy red sauce ) I requested with "spicy" red sauce and the waitress told me to throw some red pepper flakes on it which she pointed to on the table... OK she said that's all the kitchen would do anyways. It was good, liked it all but my husband just wasn't feeling any of it. He said the veal was too buttery tasting and he asked for a side of rigatoni which she told us as she set the meal down that "they ran out of it" UMMM OK it was 6:00. We opted to not get dessert and get the heck out since we were feeling rushed and pushed anyway. We were some of the youngest clients in there and my husband is a huge fan of Nido Italia so it will be hard to get him to come back even though I enjoyed the food.
I think if they would have taken reservations and staffed accordingly the service would have made a more enjoyable experience overall. The service killed our experience here and would probably prevent us from coming back. We don't get out often having a 1 year old so we were really looking forward to this, the place is very small.