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| - From the moment a family member made a dinner reservation here back when there was still frost on the ground, I expected a lot from Wild Rosemary. This is a popular, expensive establishment that only has around seven or eight tables in total. Because of this it books up months in advance - that sets a high expectation and standard for the staff to meet. However, while I certainly didn't think the place was bad by any means, they admittedly didn't quite hit the "awesome" mark when I dined here.
To be fair, my biggest problem with my night here was not the food or the service. It was actually the noise. It doesn't take much chatter to turn an itty bitty establishment like this into a noisy room. Unfortunately the staff made the noise levels worse by playing fairly loud music throughout the night, and the result was that I left the eatery with an extremely bad headache that stayed with me long after I got home. We also ended up sitting and waiting for our meal after ordering for quite a while. I think they make everything from scratch and suspect their kitchen is as tiny as the main dining area, which would explain the delay. I wouldn't consider that a dealbreaker given the size and nature of this establishment by any means.
When the food arrived we all happily dug in, but I personally ended up wishing I'd ordered another dish. I had ordered the corzetti, and while the pasta discs were cooked perfectly and complimented the spinach, tomatoes and mushrooms they came with well, the dish was overly salty. Not just the bites with capers, either - all of it tasted salty to me. My dinner buddies, on the other hand, received a tender rack of lamb and some reeeeeeally delicious scallops that I wish I'd ordered instead - though for the price that we paid, I would have expected to see more food on their plates than what they got. Price-to-portion wise, mine seemed to be the fairest meal. And of course, since it was a special occasion we had to stay for dessert. We all ordered a chocolate and caramel tower cake that was relatively light in texture but full of flavor!
So to be clear, I certainly don't think Wild Rosemary is terrible by any means. At the same time, after hearing such good things about it for months I was a bit disappointed when I left. Some things were great, some things weren't, and taking that into consideration they gave me an a-ok night and meal overall. I may stop in again for another special occasion one day, if I remember to call ahead and book a table months in advance!
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