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| - Tasty food, way overpriced.
Decor: 3.5 out of 5
Service: 3.5 out of 5 (spotty, sometimes great)
Food: 3.5 out of 5
Value: 2
Tip: Order the meatballs appetizer. Best thing on the menu by far.
I've eaten here 3 times, twice for dinner, once for lunch. It's family owned, and I feel for the family. The sons seem to be the waiters, but honestly, they are not as attentive/good as waiters should be. Empty water glasses are the norm.
The food is good. It's got reasonable presentation, nice flavors, good textures. But it's not up to par with their prices. It's mid-range.
Their appetizer prices are $1-2 higher than they should be. Their pasta is maybe on par. Their pizza prices seem relatively reasonable, maybe a $1 high.
But where they really are too expensive are their entrees. For the quality of the ingredients, and quantity, they are easily each $5-7 too expensive.
So you walk out of here feeling like you had a nice meal, but got gouged.
They complain about the location having too little traffic, and I really feel for this family owned/run business, but the real reason their restaurant is 3/4 empty all the time, if not completely empty, is that they are charging too much.
They are not on par with the restaurants 5 miles around them charging the same prices. So they rely upon groupons and coupons and other things to generate interest, but they won't get repeat customers at their full prices. It's sad, but I believe it's true.
Anyway, if you are having dinner at the theater, which is 5 stars all the way (Esplanade 14), then it's not a bad place to go. But otherwise I wouldn't go out of your way to dine here.
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