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| - Because of all the stellar Yelp reviews, we chose to drive 45 minutes to have my husband's birthday dinner at Gina's Bistro. The atmosphere was charming, and the waitstaff superb.
However, the food was the worst I have ever eaten in an Italian restaurant. Bar none! The thin sliced read was stale, and my chicken marsala was inedible. The chicken was so gristly that there was only one square inch I could eat, and I could not cut through any of the other pieces. It was not overcooked nor undercooked, it was just poor cuts of chicken that were full of muscle.
There was no detectable marsala flavor, and the mushrooms were rubbery and CANNED! The overall flavor of the sauce was tinny, with no detectable flavor notes. There was no love in this dish, no layering of flavors, nothing worth eating.
My husband enjoyed his veal, but agreed the bread was too stale to eat, and noted that his red sauce was very salty. The staff could not have been better: they did everything in their power to make it right - offering me another dish, which I declined as I didn't want my husband to have to wait for me to get another meal. Though I did not ask, the server removed the horrible chicken marsala from our bill. I can't say enough about the integrity, professionalism and friendliness of the waitstaff. But I will never have the courage to try their food again. Thin sliced stale bread? Canned mushrooms? Nope.
I've never been so disappointed with a restaurant, and sincerely hope the regular chef wasn't cooking. If I never eat another canned mushroom, I will never miss it. I really wanted to love this place as much as other reviewers obviously did. I'm so sorry I can't recommend it.
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