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| - I really wanted to like this place, as it just would be so nice to find good Italian food in the Phoenix area, and it's close to home. But I was overall very disappointed in the food. The only thing I liked, honestly, was the bread and the wine.
We had the prosciutto fresh mozzarella dish and it was greasy, bland, salty and just bad. Our main dishes were the spaghetti carbonara, and it was such an Americanized "past with alfredo sauce" version of it. Very cheesey and creamy and way overpowering smoked pancetta. It was truly awful. And at $16 or $18 a plate, hardly worth it and far from what traditional pasta carbonara should be. I'm not sure why restaurants use a cheesy alfredo sauce for carbonara, when it should be egg used for the consistency, not gobs of cheesy sauce. Bleh!
The atmosphere, wine and bread were good, but I can get that at home. Was sorely disappointed and felt the regret of spending $80 on a totally mediocre to bad experience with the food.
I have yet to find good Italian food in the Phoenix area. The closest thing is the new Italian Restaurant by Chris Bianco. Meatballs to die for!
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