i've dined in other lidia restaurants in the past and had wonderful meals and service. the pittsburg location wasn't even an honorable mention in my opinion. we spent $190 on dinner for three (2 appetizers , 2 cocktails, 3 entrees and 2 desserts )and were very diappponted. friday night fare not terribly busy but practically had to send up a rescue flare to get out water glasses refilled to mention only one part of the poor service. no bread on table -had to ask for it half way through our appetizer course , calamari appetizer had no kidding i think 4-5 small pieces of squid with the rest being breaded yams and turnips -wtf i ordered calamari and for 14 bucks should have some squid . my wife's seafood soup entree (fruita he mare) had barely enough broth to cover the bottom of the bowl and the seafood tasted like it may have been fresh 3 days ago. waiter never came over to ask if we needed anything -ever-had to ask other servers zipping by just for some fresh ground pepper. i don't mind dropping 200 bucks on a good meal but this place was ridiculous. steer clear. Lidia if you review these yelps please do something about it. i am full blooded second generation italian american and cook good italian meals myself so i know decent food. so disappointed in this place. wish i reviewed other fellow yelp reviews but probably wouldn't of believed them until going in for myself.