At first glance this restaurant looks like it is no part of the strip mall and currently lives in. The design isn't done a terrific job of making it look like a completely separate establishment. They did have a front porch that they've done a good job of enclosing has a nice fire and comfy couches. Between then and were told the wait was going to be about 15 minutes which we were fine with we planned on going to the bar and waiting at the bar. I would consider this a mid-range Italian restaurant and the servers all had on a uniform of some sort. What I thought was really odd was that the bartenders were all wearing jeans and some sort of Ohio State Buckeyes top. Are particular bartender was wearing a hoodie and the entire bar staff seemed dressed rather unprofessional compared to the rest of the servers. They were attentive enough but it just struck me as odd like the busboy snuck behind the bar or something and decided to start pouring drinks. It's not a sports bar, I understand Ohio State was playing, but let's stick to our reason for being there in a serving and being professional about it. We elected to not have a full on dinner rather experimenting with some appetizers. I had the arancini which was my first experimentation with this and I thought it was actually really good! My friend had a caprese salad and it was very tasty fresh nothing to complain about. Our server was very attentive, we never really had to wait for a refill on a drink and overall I cannot give it 5 stars because I want to wait until I I am able to have a full meal. But easily it's one of the better Italian restaurants in Mentor and I will be back!