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| - We'd been watching them overhaul the new Tempe location for over a year now, and I was hoping that the time they were taking with the construction would be reflected in the quality of their food. Plus, we've been hoping for something different to choose from, as we're so burned out on all the other restaurants in the Warner Ranch/Casa Paloma area, and really had high expectations for babbO.
Alas...
Went here for Mother's Day. The hostesses tried to jam us into a tiny table against the window, next to a HUGE party (~16 ppl)... not you don't. Finally got the table that had just been sitting there, empty, for 20 minutes, while three of them debated whether to put us at the window table, pointing at us and at that tiny table as they talked. Oh boy.
Everything initially was fine, plus we had great service with our waitress - she really took care of us (I can't remember her name, but she was a tall girl with bleached blond hair, a dazzling smile, and a great sense of humor), hence the three stars. The breadsticks are to die for and so is their pistachio mozzarella appetizer. My blood orange margarita tasted more like really acidic grapefruit juice, which was a bummer; no more bar orders for me here other than beer.
The entrees were very disappointing, which is where I'm dinging them. My husband frowned after the food was delivered and muttered, "I sense Costco grade something." He got pasta primavera (I think with chicken added), I got the pasta limone with chicken, and our son got meatballs off the kids' menu. We liked our food in general, but it wasn't sensational. I think my husband was right in that the chicken was precooked and frozen, because the texture and taste was off. Not horrible, but definitely not fresh. I will say our son devoured the meatballs, but he's a hungry kid, so...
The food was definitely not worth the $50 bill.
I guess we'll give them another shot when they work the knots inherent in a busy opening weekend. However, the first impression food-wise isn't really great.
Oh, and by the way, don't make a big deal that a dish has fusilli pasta (bolded and in red on the menu like it's the coolest thing ever!) - served with FUSILLI!!omglolzers kinda crap - when it's just spiral pasta you can get in a mac and cheese box. That wasn't fusilli, guys. I know that's kinda nitpicky, but unneeded pretension is just dumb.
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