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| - Made reservations here for a Saturday dinner with hubby. The place looked beautiful in pictures and in person and offered GLUTEN FREE options, as well was near the. Ensue we were headed next.
We were greater at the door and seated right away, the service was good and the decor was beautiful as mentioned earlier.
The place got crowded very quickly and all tables were arranged. Dry close to one another. The place is open concept, very dark and got noisy very quickly.
I watched the owners as they were always on the main floor and were regulating staff and attending to the clientele, which was refreshing. The food was brought to us quickly and the boss boys cleared the table as soon as the plates were empty. The food tasted fairly good but not outstanding compared to our many experiences with Italian restaurants.
However there were A few flaws, that require attention, when our server came to take our order he refused to place our appetizer order inn first as he preferred to take the whole order upfront. I asked him to please put it inn as we need time to look over the menu and were restricted for time and would like to get the order going, he came back shortly after speaking to the kitchen and said, ok they would do it but prefer to take it all at once as the restaurant is about to get very busy and the kitchen would get slammed (not our problem really, and found that to be an odd pressured request) we ordered the grilled calami which was made and brought to us fairly quickly, it tasted very good and tender a bit on the sweet side and the portion could ha e been slightly more generous (as compared to other restaurants). We later ordered the mains, we both got the Veal, I got the lemon and my husband got the creamy mushroom version (don't remember the official names)
The food was good but a bit bland, mostly the potatoes and veggies that really needed some flavour as well as the veal seemed a bit over cooked and not as tender as expected.
We ended up getting the dessert as well, which we don't always do... I had the option of the gluten free chocolate cake which tasted ok and very much like the frozen cakes from longos, and my husband got the ice cream which they pour the espresso over which was actually very good.
We also got 1 order of penne a la vodka (gluten free) for take out, and have to say it tasted like a very basic pasta smothered in tomatoes sauce with a bit of green onion didn't taste any seasoning or the pancetta.... also the noodles were un-evenly cooked as some were very soft and some had a bit of a crunch..... did not taste like a professional cooked it!
As we requested for the bill we received a complimentary limoncello shot, which was a nice gesture. With our bill being over $200 it seemed like a decent and pleasant gesture.
Over all not a bad experience many plus and few minus, perhaps a more experienced chef could fix all the problems we've encountered.
Cheers!
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