***Beautiful inside, good service, questionable management, overpriced lackluster food***
We chose this place as I've been wanting to try it for classy Itallian food.
As walk-ins we were told they prefer reservations from the man in a suit at the hostess stand and was told by the seating hostess again that they prefer reservations because of something about wanting your name? And they took our name before seating.....uh why? We started with cocktails. My blood orange spritzer was incredibly bitter. My husbands drink was mostly frozen (we didn't realize it had homemade Italian ice in it which was slightly troubling later on when we were picking out pieces of lemon rind from our mouths) but was tastey and had a smoother kick. I switched to ordering this drink instead of the spritzer after the first round.
Appetizer was arancini with bolognese sauce. The rice was a large grain rice and was undercooked. Sauce was very greasy and meat wasn't very good. I didn't even finish one. Hubby ate most just because he was hungry. I ordered a filet mignon for my entree- I asked for it medium and butterflied. The waiter had to ask if they were able to butterfly my steak. Strange! My steak came out hideous and unevenly cooked. Flipped it over and it was obvious the filet was cooked whole til done, then cut not correctly in half and pressed down causing a weird sort of creased paper effect so the steak didn't lie flat and was very overcooked and was a different doneness almost every bite. Also, by far the fattiest filet mignon I've ever seen. Came with an arugula salad, cherry tomatoes, and balsamic glaze which was awful and overpowering on the steak and the salad was incredibly salty.
My husbands salmon was dried out and fishy in the middle- not fresh obviously. The risotto was also bland, dried out, and rice pastey/chewy he reported. **We ordered an extra side of crispy red potatoes- those were AMAZING**
As for staff: our waiter first came off very patronizing but he was in actuality very friendly and helpful. Table was cleared promptly, drink refills a plenty and lots of random staffers checking up on us. Thumbs up on service! They were also very kind to us when we accidentally signed the receipt without giving them the payment and walked out. They quickly caught up to us and we rectified the situation apologizing profusely which they insisted was no big deal.