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| - Just OK. For the price, the food should be better.
We arrived around 7:15 for our dinner reservation at 7:30. Half of our party was already at the bar enjoying a glass of wine. Even though we we're still two people short of our full party of twelve we were promptly ushered into the formal dining room. Everyone was offered flat or sparkling water and handed a menu. We chatted while we waited for the last two guests to arrive and munched on the three bread baskets that were deposited at the table. Party intact and several bottles of wine on the way we were ready to order.
It was a large party so I can overlook the fact that the waiter had to be called back to the table to take the order of diner number twelve. After he spoke with the eleventh guest (me) he just disappeared. After the ordering was taken care of and we were all happily sipping wine, the antipasti platters arrived at the table. I'm not a fan of cured meats so I declined to try but the presentation was lovely and very prompt. I did sample the marinated artichokes romana style and enjoyed them. Our wine and first course was a success. Then came salads and the two black truffle risottos that we ordered for the table to share. My salad consisted of baby field greens, balsamic dressing, heirloom cherry tomato and cucumber. It was good, pretty standard. The risotto was met with a mixed reaction. A few people enjoyed it, but several of us including myself had one bite and decided not to have another. Not very good. It was like a sticky rice with some truffle shavings on top. Not a good consistency and definitely lacking any kind of flavor. It was bland and expensive. Not a good combination.
For my entree I chose black and white tagliolini pasta with prawns, sweet peas and vodka pink sauce. I don't know if it was $34 good but it was good never the less. I also sampled the sea bass, as our group tends to share everything, and the lobster ravioli. The sea bass was wonderful, I would order it again, and the ravioli was just average. Lots of things in this restaurant were just average. Maybe my expectations were too high to begin with but I just can't find enough reasons to grant this place more than a mediocre three star review.
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