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| - After wanting to try this restaurant for around a year or so, but never getting around to it, we finally ordered from Il Fornello and we were disappointed. This place is pretty bland for Italian food. We ordered the marinated olives and the bruschetta as starters and these were fine, but it would be pretty hard to mess them up even if you're not a chef.
For mains we ordered the gnocchi with asiago cream sauce, spinach and crispy shallots. This dish was swimming in sauce, and I'm a person who usually likes a bit of extra sauce on the side, but this was overboard. The shallots were not crispy. The taste of the dish was overall bland. No other way of putting it and I'm not sure if they're under-seasoning their dishes, but it sure tastes like it. Presentation of this dish was also poor. The "crispy shallots" looked like worms sitting on our gnocchi and made it unappetizing. Our other main was the pizza funghi, which looked great, but once again tasted bland. At first I thought the pizza was greasy, but after a few bites I realised the pizza was actually soggy from the undercooked mushrooms. Absolutely awful and tasted like wet cardboard. The ricotta was also NOT lemon and herb whipped like they claim on their menu, something I was highly looking forward to. It was just a scoop of unseasoned ricotta placed in the centre of the pizza.
Overall 2/5. Poor presentation and bland. I'm full, but this meal was so underwhelming I feel like I could go for another full course meal just to feel satisfied.
Will not order from this place again.
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