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My in-laws suggested it as they'd been there before, we were in the area and needed to get dinner.
It was initially quite promising, as it is in a cute little building that is decorated in a quaint Italian style. The restaurant itself is HUGE, with a series of different rooms all stuffed to the gills with tables. There was a long wait (over 20 minutes), which was weird for a random Wednesday evening in the middle of Mesa, but I was hopeful that it meant the food was great!
The night was beautiful, so we sat out on the patio to enjoy the great weather. The bread served to start was negligible. The server seemed VERY new to serving and it showed. She seemed shy and had trouble talking to the table. I asked a question about the greens in one of the salads and she initially gave me the incorrect answer so I decided to have another item (she came back later to correct it, but we had already ordered so I just stuck with what I had decided on)
Their menu is really basic - pizzas, pasta... that's pretty much it. There are very few/almost no options that are protein centric - anything with a protein has pasta, sauce, etc. so if you are trying to eat healthy and don't want one of their (underwhelming) salads, you're really left without options. We ordered pastas and they were okay but not great - there wasn't a lot of flavor to what we got - Chicken Marsala, Penne Caprese.
The prices seemed pretty high for the quality/flavor of the food.
Oh, and at the end of the meal someone hanging out nearby on the patio lit up a cigarette, which I personally hate and also thought was pretty inconsiderate since our 1.5 year old son was with us.
All in all, I don't really want to ever return.
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