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| - Il Giardino (The Garden) is a real Italian restaurant. In any sense - from the owners' Ferrari parked in front, to the family photos and waiters that look and act in a perfectly Italian way.
Good food. Not mind-blowing, but definitely belly-filling. Good ambient, nice for a dinner with your best half. Or you can bring the kids or in-laws there, that would be all right.
Pricey... to the point. In Mercato I am paying for nothing special. In Giardino I am paying for a decent environment and an authentic, real food.
Now if you are more accustomed to the "american-Italian" way of things, that mural on the wall would probably not impress you, and you may miss many other cute and authentic details. That's ok, just keep in mind that Giardino is what Italian restaurants are in the real life, not in the movies or shopping malls. If you like the real stuff, you will enjoy the Giardino. If you don't, that's ok, too.
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