My friends and I were there a few weeks ago because we were intrigued by the meatballs concept. The inside of Emporio(the first floor) was modern and fairly rustic at the same time. Not surprisingly, there were many people dining and drinking on Friday night which was awesome to see. When we got there, we had to wait 30 minutes just because there was so many people. We finally got our seats, and looked at the menu. There were some interesting things on the menu that we were not familiar with. This is where it got really ugly. The waitress with the tattoos came over and asked what we wanted. When we asked questions about the menu, she just kind of gave a one word answer, and did not seem that she liked us or wanted to be there. I understand that being a server sucks sometimes, but you have to be nice to your customers be somewhat passionate about the restaurant. It's meatballs; everyone should be passionate about in some capacity.
As far as the food goes, two of my friends did not like their chicken meatball dish because they said it lacked flavor. I ended up getting a pork meatball slider with pesto sauce, and tomato risotto. They were both fantastic and not too filling. The risotto was creamy without being mushy. The pork slider was meaty of course, and the pesto sauce, added nutty basil flavor to the meatball.
Overall I thought the food was fantastic, but the server needs to be more passionate and nicer overall. I will come back regardless to try the other kinds of meatballs.