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| - After seeing Del's reviewed on Restaurant Impossible, we were curious to try it out thinking that it's got to be good. There were 6 of us and we ordered 5 different dishes between all of us. My wife and I started out with the Mussels and after eating them, we thought, this is going to be good. The mussels along with the bread they brought out was extremely good. Then it all went downhill from there.
We all ordered salads which were $3 apiece and they were the most bland iceberg lettuce salads we've had. They had these carrots on them that we think were pickled. Whatever they did to the carrots took all the flavor out of them. Since there was only a small grape tomato and a cucumber in the mound of iceberg lettuce, it was a waste of money.
For our entrees, I had pasta with crabmeat and it wasn't bad...not great, but just OK. My wife and one other person had the Chicken Cacciatore. Once again it was OK. The shrimp scampi was apparently pretty good. The Chicken Parmesan appeared to be microwaved again (Chef Irvine showed the owners how to cook good Chicken Parm...why did they resort to their old ways). I didn't hear any raves about the Eggplant Parm. The one thing that I noticed is that everyone and I mean everyone we saw leaving Del's was taking a doggie bag with them. The Chicken Cacciatore had 3 boneless chic breasts on a mound of pasta. We have enough left over for both of us to eat dinner tomorrow, but we'll have to add flavor to it first.
On to dessert. The almond tort was OK. I'd much rather pay $14 at Giant Eagle for one of their almond tort cakes than pay what we did for theirs. Once again, the serving size was enormous and much of it was left behind.
If this was my business, I'd start saving money by cutting the portions, which is what I think was the recommendation by the Robert Irvine. I would also add some flavor to their main dishes...try some fresh herbs. I must say that our service was very good. It's ashamed that the food wasn't on par with the service.
One other note that kind of upset me and I should have said something...my entree on the menu was listed for $16. When I got the bill, the entree was listed on the check for $17.95. I should have complained, but consider it my donation to your restaurant.
In closing, it appears that Restaurant Impossible came in and brought some new business to a struggling restaurant and gave them a nice makeover. However, after a short period of time, it seems that the owners have resorted to their old ways and I don't think it will be long before the hype dies down. It may already have died down as there were numerous open tables on a Saturday evening at 6:30pm. Good luck, but I can tell you we won't be coming back again for a mediocre meal.
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