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| - Today I went to Vivoli for lunch with two co-workers in honor of our mutual April birthdays. The reason that I chose Vivoli is that I had recently found a deal via Fabfind (spend $25 for $55), and because the restaurant is only a 5 min walk from work.
We arrived at 1230, and to my surprise, the entire restaurant was empty, save for one server and one pizza chef. In general, when a restaurant is totally empty during the middle of lunch hour, my expectation is that it is not a good sign. That being said, we had already committed to lunch there via the coupon, so I put my game face on.
We were met fairly promptly by the waitress and were seated by the window. We were asked if we wanted to sit outside, but as the temp was still hovering in the low teens, we opted to sit indoors.
The waitress seemed a little bit unprepared as I had asked her what the soup of the day was, and she didn't know. She returned and quickly listed off the specials, and then asked us if we wanted something to drink. (On the whole, there were no complaints from the level of service). However, I did have to ask for pepper to be added to my soup. Normally, in a restaurant of this calibre, I would expect this to be offered by the waitress.
I must say that I'm surprised by some of the other comments (read Ritchie C and Attila T). I tried a slice of my co-worker'spizza (it had prosciutto and mozerella) and I did not find it to be a disappointment. It seemed quite fine. So, if I were you, I'd take their comments with a grain of salt.
I ordered the veal panini (it came with mozerella, pomadoro, and mushrooms), and the soup of the day (which was chicken noodle soup). On the whole the panini was ok. Not bad. Not outstanding. Just ok. I'd probably give a rating of 3 out of 5 on this alone. The soup was served quite hot and was in a medium sized bowl.
For dessert we went for the chocolate cake, which was absolutely superb. The cake alone moved my rating up from three to four stars.
As far as atmosphere is concerned, there isn't much to write about. I did like having the window view of College St. and I liked looking at the huge wood fired oven.
As far as noise level is concerned, it was quite quiet, though that was more of a factor of there only being a few other tables occupied while we were eating. A better assessment would be during a typical Friday or Saturday night.
As far as price is concerned, as a result of the coupon, we ended up paying $30 for 3 people (tax & tip incl.). Without the coupon, it would have been closer to $65, which for lunch in my opinion is a bit too expensive. They do have a deal, whereby if you order a pizza for lunch, they will give a 25% discount. However because we had already brought in the coupon, the 25% discount would not apply.
Would I return? With a coupon? Definitely. Without a coupon? Perhaps. However there are too many other places to try beforehand, so I likely won't be back so soon.
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