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| - Sometimes dining alone is annoying! Because I'm single... and dressed for air travel, the hostess automatically seated me in the bar area next to a giant TV. After about five minutes, I couldn't take it anymore and asked to be moved to a quieter less in ur face table in the restaurant. Despite the restaurant being empty, because it was so early, I was relocated in the hallway on patio chairs instead of the restaurant. Kind of bullshit. I just want a good meal in a nice, quiet restaurant. Is that too much to ask? Or is it too distracting to have a girl dining alone in a semi fancy restaurant?
Needless to say, because I was sitting in the hallway, I did not have a server. The manager or chef did not come over. My table was not comfortable. I was not offered fresh parm or pepper. I did not have waitstaff checking on me. I was basically ignored the entire meal. Meanwhile, the patrons seated in he restaurant were catered to. Offered water, coffee, a second beverage etc... if I am paying the same price for my meal as the people seated in the restaurant I deserve to be treated the same way! If you are seated in this no man's land. Ask to be moved. The chairs are the worst! I have better chairs on my deck. Hell. There are better chairs at the pool upstairs.
On to the food-
Chicken Piccata- or should I say chicken nada! First, I'm not sure if the chef understands what piccata is. Not only is this chicken on the bone... which is NOT how you make piccata. A piccata is a sliced lightly floured fillet which has been tenderized and sautéed in a lemon based stock. (Just a personal note: Having the bone sticking up like that, looks thoroughly unappetizing.) Piccata should be a light delicate and tender piece of meat, which should melt in your mouth. The chicken at Fresco was on the bone, tough, not floured, and had no note of lemon whatsoever. Hello... One of the main ingredients of any piccata is lemon chef! Instead, the chicken was lightly dressed with a flavorless stock rue, caramelized onions, three capers and four green olives.
The sauce on the chicken had zero flavor, but did manage to leave me with a heavy butter residue in my mouth. The dish was served with noodles which were also heavily soaked in butter (or perhaps that fake liquid butter byproduct). Although the pasta was probably freshly frozen, it had the look, taste, and mouth feel of cheap ramen. I don't know about you, but when I come to an Italian restaurant, the last thing I want to eat is reconstituted ramen.
At the end of the day, I'm not sure who prepared this dish, but who ever did, doesn't know what piccata is. I think this is probably one of the worst renditions of piccata I have ever eaten. (And I have eaten a lot of piccata). If you are going to charge $26 for a dish, you should at least prepare something that resembles an actual piccata instead of butter drenched ramen noodles.
While I was sitting here, I had to ask myself who is rating this place 4 stars? Although their wine list was good, and the bartenders were super nice, the food was subpar at best- especially for the price. The reviewers of this restaurant must not know much about fresh, good quality food.
One final note, as a woman who often travels (and eats) alone, I don't appreciate being seated in the bar next to a giant TV. I don't appreciate not being seated with the rest of the patrons in the dining room. I didn't appreciate that no one checked on me throughout the meal. And I certainly didn't appreciate being charged the same fine dining price for a subpar experience. The only reason I rated this location 2 stars instead of 1 is because the wine selection was good, the bartenders were very accommodating and nice and the restaurant had a decent ambiance. Otherwise I would say this was a thoroughly unenjoyable experience and I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone I know.
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