Maybe I just am used to the high standards kept at S&V up in Scottsdale, or maybe this place just doesn't care about keeping standards. My visit last week was subpar at best.
The service was slow. Not, the restaurant is packed and they needed extra time, but literally everything moved at a snails pace. The pace of the service wasn't the only issue we had. It was abrupt, not friendly and hopefully just an off night for the server (I hate to rat out a bad server unless I've experienced bad service from them on more than one occasion).
The food was just so disappointing compared to S&V up in Scottsdale. It feels like they just sloppily copied and pasted it. Calamari was chewy instead of tender. The sauce on my spaghetti was oily. How do you as an Italian restaurant screw up something so basic.
To top it all off I was talking to the server and saying I usually went to the Scottsdale location and she had the audacity to say it was closed. In a panic I drove by on my way home (thank god I live down the street, it's one of my fave restaurants)...and it was open (I could see guests on their uber cute outdoor patio).
All in all if you live halfway between Chandler & Scottsdale, don't risk it, go to the S&V in Scottsdale where the food is always as excellent as the service. Heck, I would even make the drive if I lived in Chandler. Why settle for second best when you can have the best??!!