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| - Someday, half-stars will be invented and I will be able to give this place 4.5 stars. Until then, it will have 4 stars. Overall, this place is great. I really enjoyed everything about it aside from few minor nuances.
I learned of this place by word-of-mouth. Of course, this place has a lot of hype, due to obvious reasons, so I knew I needed to make a reservation. I made a two separate reservations for 7:45pm. One time, we had to wait 10 minutes. The other time, we were seated before our reservation time. Even at this later evening time, the restaurant was busy! It wasn't packed but there were more patrons than empty tables. The hostesses are always very nice and welcoming. When we had to wait, they offered us something to drink. When we were seated, the servers were prompt, friendly, knowledgeable, and attentive. Both times, the waiters had an answer to all our questions. The restaurant itself is super swank. It's definitely aesthetically pleasing. There is both indoor and outdoor seating. Minor complaint is that the music is a little too loud. The kitchen area is pretty open so customers are able to see directly into it. Be prepared to valet park your car unless you plan on walking and driving around in search of self-parking. I prefer to have self-parking availability. The valet guys are always nice and very quick so I have to give them a lot of credit.
They serve unique Italian food creations and a full bar is available as well. We ordered the bread cart both times. They literally bring over a cart of bread and prepare a platter for us. There are four bread options and four spread options. I love carbs...so of course I enjoyed the bread. I also love meat so when they serve bread AND meat together (it was the stromboli), I was in heaven! I've tried the chicken, short rib, gnudi, pork chop and one of the pizzas. Each dish was well constructed and delectable. The meat was always the right degree of moisture. I was particularly impressed with the gnudi, although the serving size is on the smaller side. I could probably eat 2 servings of the gnudi. During one of our visits, we didn't know which dessert to try. There was four of us so we ordered one of each dessert: mora sundae, salted carmel budina, cubana coconut cake, apple crostata. They were all appetizing. The budina is a little too rich and the cubana coconut cake has a strange texture, although it is humongous and could have fed all 4 of us. Thumbs up.
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