if you find yourself UNABLE to escape the inevitable fate of coming here, DEFINITELY get a pizza. we had the mushroom + caramelized onions white pizza and it was pretty good.
also, the mints at the hostess desk are pretty good.
here is where the goodness ends.
NOT GOOD: $60 for average pasta and chicken parmigiana
NOT GOOD: trying to PUSH extra random stuff under the guise that it was complimentary. i understand the need for waiters to SELL the menu with logical pairings but O RLY??
NOT GOOD: hostess sitting us by the door and ALLEGING that it was the only seat available despite the OBVIOUS lack of other similarly numbered parties and empty tables in the premises. we assumed it was because they were waiting for other 4-people parties with reservations but NO ONE CAME IN. our table by the door allowed us to verify our suspicious. IRONY... you taste like mediocre Italian cuisine.
NOT GOOD: perhaps i have been spoiled by the excesses of i dunno, REALITY but i thought it was rather sneaky that they charged one of us $5.00 for a soda. then i realized it was because they charged us for the refill. note that the glasses were those artsy oblong glasses filled to the brim with ice.
TWO STARS for the pizza. that is all.