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| - La Dolce Vita is nice Italian restaurant tucked away in the Little Italy district of Cleveland which touts it's Pizzas and Pastas. We went there on a Friday night to get taste of what was meant to be good Italian food, and came away both disappointed and satisfied at the same point!
First off, let's talk service:
The one and only thing that prevents this place from being a 4 star, maybe even a 5 star restaurant is it's service, or occasionally lack thereof. We were seated outside when we arrived, and after 10 minutes of being solidly ignored (i looked a waiter in the eye as I tried to flag him down, and he just continued to ignore me) we decided to move in where I hoped to get better service.
Inside the restaurant, the service was much better, although not great. It took a decent amount of time to get our servers to order our main course, and service was overall slow - not a bad thing unless it changes the temperature of your food!
The Food:
We started out with the soups - I ordered the lentil, and my girlfriend the Italian wedding soup. They were both delicous; however the lentil soup was lukewarm at the best! Undeterred, I carried on hoping that this was a one time incident. Sadly, that was not to be.
Calamari - great sauce! Cool calamari (like they had forgotten to heat it or cook it in the sauce properly).
Pizza - some of the best sauce I have had one a pizze! Get the meddeteraneo pizza here!
We also ordered a pasta off their daily specials, and it was the same story - amazing pasta but it was pretty cool/cold! We were already full by then, so decided to just get it wrapped.
Overall, I would go back to this place as long as they promised to actually heat my food properly prior to serving it!!
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