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| - The ambience is superb, the service is decent (will get more into that), but I'm not sure the food is worth its value.
Went to Nota Bene for a company lunch, and there were 10 of us all together. They took our coats and seated us at a large round table, which was very nice. The waitress we had was friendly and very keen on refilling our glasses with water, but she dropped the ball several times with the orders, and it ended up taking about 30 minutes for us to order.
We started with the cheese and olives, which we ordered alongside the bread and olive oil. However, the cheese and olives came and the bread did not. Hungry, my party waited as long as we could for the bread that was "cooling" and finally decided to just eat the cheese and olives. 30 minutes later, the bread finally came. Both were delicious, but would have been better if they could have been served together as requested.
For my entree I had the cavatelli, which was very rich but not as flavourful as I had hoped it would be. My colleagues who had the lobster salad noted that the bacon was a very odd addition to the salad. Those who had the cod filet were happy with their choice, so perhaps I will try that next time.
The three desserts we ordered, warm chocolate cake, sticky date pudding, and molten cheesecake, were out of this world delicious. If you visit Nota Bene, I would definitely recommend ordering dessert.
Overall, it was a nice dining experience, and I look forward to returning. Next time I will give other entrees a try, and of course, will be ordering more dessert.
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