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| - In short, excellent for drinks. Disappointing for food.
Ambiance: 5/5. Beautiful venue. Contemporary, chic, yet comfortable.
Service: 3/5 Surprising for a new, high profile restaurant. ( my visit was in October 2014) we were seated about 30 minute after our reservation, which I found surprising. Perhaps it was to encourage us to use the photo booth in the lobby. The photo booth was a nice little touch. The delay in service was less nice.
Drinks: 5/5 I don't remember the names of any but we tried about 4 different signature drinks. every one of them were beautifully executed and delicious.
Food:
-Antipasti platter of Giada's favorites: 4/5 overall good. Well executed, though nothing was mind blowing
-Octopus: 5/5 Well executed. Perfectly grilled. Fennel salsa was a great accompaniment.
-Spaghetti(lemon/shrimp/basil): 1/5 This was one of "Giada's favorites". the pasta was limp and sticky. sauce was just cream with minimal flavor. sorely disappointed.
-Risotto: 2/5 yet another of "Giada's favorites". Creamy, yes, but in a heavy heavy sort of way. again, disappointed, though not as bad as the spaghetti.
-Tiramisu: 2/5. not terrible, but when is tiramisu ever terrible? It fell a bit flat for me. it was fine.
So the dinner started out great. The drinks were delicious, the venue was gorgeous, the antipasti was yummy....Then the food was one disappointment after another. I highly doubt I will return for food. Sorry Giada, I wanted to love you but I couldn't...
Oh, one hilarious moment was when their super fancy ipad drink menu froze and they had to reboot, struggle, then it froze again.
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