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| - Underwhelmed with the alright food and poor service.
At the recommendation by our waiter, we ordered the A Piedi Nudi (olive oil, roasted garlic, peppers, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, baby spinach, red onions, parmesean, mozzarella)- the crust of the pizza was decent and the ingredients fresh. Although it wasn't preferable to my palette, with the other toppings not standing out against the foundation and taste of cheese, this can certainly be a good option for cheese lovers.
We also had the Bordeaux braised beef short ribs, which were unfortunately dry and ruined the texture of the dish. Our side order of fries were just okay- they were near the soggy side, missing crisp, and did not have any particularly special taste. (Maybe people in Cleveland like soggy fries? I am still trying to find good fries in this city!)
The alcohol tasted somewhat weak, which isn't a bad thing for me since I'm a lightweight :) .. but others may not be happy about. The cider mimosa was delicious (I could barely taste the alcohol) and I loved the cinnamon sugar around my glass.
Overall, while the food was average to below average, the service unfortunately did not match the restaurant's attempt to create a restaurant of quality through its nice decor and menu options. We felt that we were waiting for a while to get attention since our table was at the very end of the restaurant, far from the bar area. Our server didn't ask us for water (someone bringing us our food did, but forgot to bring it to us) and we had asked for ketchup but only received it after a second request (our fries were nearly done by then).
We also had started our night off waiting at the bar and ordering drinks, which we needed to ask the waiter to add to our receipt at the end, else they would've forgotten. The bar itself felt somewhat disorganized, with servers coming in and out and the bartenders taking a bit to come take our order (a waitress passing by asked us for our order to help start us off). I would recommend management take a look at retraining employees to ensure quality service, and review the overall set up and workflow of the restaurant. The restaurant is notably long, making it difficult for waiters to tend to all their tables in a timely manner, particularly given the stretch between some customers and home base. I also noticed that our server was serving a table across the room.
While the atmosphere is certainly nice for a date night, my boyfriend and I likely will not be returning for a while provided the other options for good eats with higher quality service.
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