We had heard great things about this place, and decided to give it a try last night. I have mixed feelings. I would recommend this place to people looking for a nicer, going out kind of restaurant. It's not the casual Sunday Dinner place we were expecting from a strip mall restaurant.
Service - EXCELLENT!! Our server was attentive, The manager stopped by a few times to say hello and check on us. Our soda never went empty.
Food - Decent, but everything we ordered had WAY too much garlic. We ordered the pesto garlic bread, and it came out more like a pizza - delish (we expected this to have garlic obviously). We both got caesar salads - too much raw garlic in the dressing, so much that it burned a little. I got the Chicken Saltimboca - again too much garlic, and too much salt. Made me drink a lot more water. It wasn't horrible, but I would have liked a lighter hand. My man got the Chicken Parm, and he said the sauce had too much garlic as well. We left with AWFUL breath, and we both are the kind of people that normally LOVE garlic, so it was kinda weird.
Price - A tad overpriced. For an appetizer (the cheapest one they had), and 2 entrees, and 2 sodas (no alcohol) our final bill was $80 (with tip). WAY too much in my opinion for a strip mall restaurant. The food was good, but should have been closer to $14-16 instead of the $19-22 we paid. They also had lamb, and steak for $32+!! Was expecting to pay closer to $50, so it was a little bit of a let down.
We will probably be back, but maybe only when we feel like splurging. Southern Highlands really needs a good all american restaurant with decent pricing that can be a regular spot. Was hoping that this would be it, but it's definitely not.