I often tend to agree with Melissa H's reviews, some of which have led me to try some good places. But I gotta go the other way on this one. Babbo is one of those franchise places that I like to describe as eyetalian. Its way too safe and unauthentic to satisfy the urge for Italian food. Uninspired, to put it another way. The Creamy Garlic Chicken is a messy, drab confabulation. The Stuffed Manicotti is generic Costco stuff, the sausage Putanesca and Drunken Shrimp only slightly more exciting. Don't get me started on the awful pizza. Yechhhh.
The spaghetti specials are a good value, i guess, and the service has been good the three times I ate here. To be honest, many of our friends really like Babbo, so I tag along. But when its my choice, we go elsewhere.