The staff was friendly and accommodating. The complimentary bread was cold (heating up bread goes a long way). The mozzarella di bufala and tomatoes were great. The frutti di mari squid ink linguine was very subpar. The linguine and shrimp was over cooked (I would have preferred al dente and flash boiled, respectively), the fish tasted very fishy (it must have been poorly prepared or not fresh), but the calms and cuttlefish/squid was cooked to perfection. We also had a pappardelle with a pork-based ragu style sauce. The pappardelle was dried and not fresh pasta. I had better dried pappardelle at Trader Joes. How does an Italian restaurant with an average of 4.5 stars on yelp not use fresh pasta? Even Safeway sells fresh pappardelle! The ragu was nothing special either; we did not bother to finish it. We moved onto the mascarpone cheesecake, which was awesome; it was light (for a cheesecake), sweet, and not too tart. I really wish I could give this place a higher rating, but based off the pastas, a three is as high as I can go.