Motorino is one of the restaurants in my neighbourhood, so expectations at finding another great place to dine at were high. Needless to say, since my initial visit I have yet to go back.
The place has a youthful, high energy vibe about ........one would hope the food and the service would live up to the hype.
We arrived without a reservation so we had to wait for a table to become available. Certainly not the restaurants fault. We perused the menu while waiting and the wait was only approx. 10 minutes.
The smells in the restaurant were intoxicating.....so by the time our waiter came by for a drink order, we were ready to order our food. Waiters attitude was off-putting, as though he was doing us the favour by allowing himself to be our server. We ordered and off he went.......never came back to check on us. He did stop by a table near to us as he had friends in dining that night and actually sat with them for a few minutes chatting.....all while we had empty drink glasses in front of us. We had to flag him down on one of his many trips past us for a drink refill order.
Food arrived after a substantial wait (it was very busy so one must expect the kitchen to be overwhelmed) but it was unmemorable. Two of us had ordered pizza...and both agreed we've had much better elsewhere. The other members of our party were equally unimpressed with their food.
Obviously this restaurant is going for a younger crowd than us (lol) but the noise, combined with average food flavour, warrants this rating.
We have not gone back