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| - In all fairness, I expected to love this place...the menu looked great and I had heard good things so I'm disappointed by how disappointed I was.
My boyfriend and I went Saturday night with an 8:45pm reservation. The place was full and the decoration and vibe were very nice. Our hostess apologized for our small table and offered to have us wait to be seated at another - we assured her that it was fine.
As I said, the menu looked delicious and we had a hard time choosing what to eat.
We ordered Aperol Spritz to start - it was good and authentic so no complaints there,
We were then told they had run out of the wine we ordered - which was fine too, we chose another. I suppose this threw the waitress off because she came back to ask what our food order was again.
We started off with the charcuterie plate - and were disappointed. At 25$ it was a good size with quite a bit of cured meat BUT only 3 types: mortadella, pancetta and salami...the most basic varieties of Italian deli meat with some pickled vegetables. I would even be willing to let this go as "authentic Italian brasserie" if they were outstanding but they were slimy and not very fresh.
We then tried the papardelle bolognese - the meat and sauce were very good.
As a main dish, my boyfriend ordered the bistecca well done. It arrived bloody and he was forced to send it back. As she took it, the waitress asked if it would be ok if they just put the same piece of meat on the grill and brought it back to him...at a loss, he answered "yeah sure". It arrived medium-rare.
My main dish was the porchetta burger. I'm a BIG fan of porchetta and couldn't wait to try it. It tasted off and the rest of the "burger" toppings didn't seem to go well with it. I couldn't stomach it after forcing down half. (I later got violently sick...but that's another tangent)
We declined dessert and asked for our bill. Our waitress kindly told us that she hadn't charged us the bistecca and a manager came over to apologize for the mistake. He seemed quite upset about it and we assured him it was fine.
As my boyfriend went to pay the bill however, I noticed that we had been charged for our initial wine selection which they had run out of. Another small detail.
Overall, I was really let down by the food and the service. The waitresses were distracted and not very knowledgeable and while I can certainly forgive small oversights, there were quite a few of them. I was most let down by the food, which ultimately got me sick....
I had heard good things about the place which, after I mentioned my experience, were met with "oh but it was empty when I went and I just tried the pizza" - so I guess it's better when it's not busy and I should have ordered the pizza?
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