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| - "One of Madison's favorites for Thin Crust Pizza..."
I disagree, or would at least like to know who they asked as the pizza was good but was far from "great" to make my favorite list. The price was also a bit expensive for a not so special pizza. We ordered the "Bella" and it was basically a sloppy joe in the shape of a pizza. If you order it, be ready to use a fork to eat the mess.
The bread was nothing special either...most Italian restaurants give you complimentary bread, and I've had better bread for free. The dressing for the salad was good. I think for what you get, the food is ok, but they're overcharging and you'll get a better deal and tastier pizza at a chain pizza restaurant.
"Paisan's also features one of Madison's finest outside dining areas."
Another statement on Paisan's website that I don't think lives up to what they state, or maybe I just have high standards, or maybe there just aren't any other "fine" outside dining areas in Madison. The photos of the patio on the website makes it look like you'll be right on the lake and it would be a peaceful dining experience next to the lake, but you're actually about 20 feet up on the buildings patio and the main street is below so there is a lot of traffic noise. The lake is across the streets. A decent view, but I would hope there is better. Maybe when they state "one" of Madison's finest they mean "one of a hundred". There also weren't any umbrellas on the tables, and for an 80 degree sunny day in the Midwest on a concrete patio, we were getting a little cooked.
The service was also "meh". The waiter was friendly, but we were out on a hot patio, got a tiny pitcher of water and never saw the waiter again until we were done eating and sat for about 15 minutes before I finally had to get up to find the waiter to get our check and a box for the remaining pizza. The little things matter too...if a guest is paying for overpriced pizza at what is supposed to be a "fine dining restaurant" and the customer needs a box to take leftovers home, it would be a nice gesture for the server to offer to pack the pizza up...but that's minor.
Maybe it wasn't a perfect day for the restaurant, maybe we didn't order the best thing on the menu, or maybe that's their standard meal, it wasn't horrible, but there is room for improvement, especially for the cost. I think I was just expecting more because of the way they present the place on their website. If you're going to claim one of the finest views and Madison's favorite thin crust pizzas, be sure to live up to it. There are a lot of options in Madison where people could go to a restaurant every day for a year or more without hitting the same one twice. So I doubt we'll go back. I'm not saying "don't go here", all I'm going to say is if you do go to Paisan's, don't have high expectations and you'll probably enjoy the food and atmosphere more.
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