Walked into the restaurant and was greeted by a friendly host. Sat down and I can tell they really tried to put a lot of effort into the interior design to make it appear a bit more cozy and upscale. There was a section by the bar where it looked like they were hanging cured meat like a street market, which was pretty cool looking. Think it was fake though.
Started off with the appetizer of calamari for everyone to share. Nice and crispy, made well.
Here's the part where things start going down. After ordering for our main course, it took them about 35-40mins to serve 5 of us our food. We had all ordered pasta, steak and fish cakes but the time to prepare all that should not have taken so long. We arrived before rush hour and it still took that long.
I ordered the Jamie's Sausage Pappardelle and it was delicious. The pasta wasn't overly or undercooked, the sausage and sauce was a little sweet. What I found interesting was how the pasta was a extremely long ribbed piece of flat noodle, which I had never seen before.
For the price, it was what I expected for a Italian restaurant with a famous chef name slapped on it. Food was good, but the time it took for us to get served was a turn off. Won't be coming back here any time soon, but don't let that discourage you from at least trying out this place.