Cafe Notte, I wanted to love you so much. You're absolutely charming and the service was perfect. The outside patio area was so homey looking as well as the indoor decor. I couldn't have been more happy with every thing. I drove by this restaurant for years and wondered why I never went in. Well... I should have kept driving.
The menu was so perfect and I wanted to try so many things. But I figured let's start with the lobster bisque because I read all of the reviews and they were amazing. So I had big expectations. Alas. A huge let down. I did get a bowl of soup which looked beautiful. When I went to eat it. It had a sort of spice that was similar to chicken tortilla. But had the consistency of a combination of quick sand, paper mache, and glue. Which would have been fabulous if I was going to do a school project , but not for consumption. It had barely any lobster in it. Fast forward to today , the morning after I ate there , I woke up ready to die. I had such stomach pains and felt like I had a stomach virus. So I called my friend who ate the same soup and she was feeling equally as wretched.
First strike Cafe Notte.
I ordered the salmon salad with the homemade balsamic. When I received my salad I was excited to eat it. Then I did eat it. One bite to be exact. It was absolutely tasteless, small, and was the blandest thing I have eaten in a while. The salad dressing was like liquified ketchup. It was supposed to be a balsamic. Key word is supposed to be.
Strike 2.
Finally last but not least my cocktail was the Neptune. It should have stayed there and not came to earth. What an excuse for a sugary mass of beverage. The highlight of my drink was my lemon wedge on the side. It didn't even taste like anything other than a melted popsicle without alcohol.
Strike 3.
I really wanted to love this place because of the charming Decor and nice staff.
But as they say in baseball. You're out!