Key Features: $13.00 pasta options
Don't be fooled by the website. This is not an obnoxious, annoying, restaurant. Why they chose to have a looping dance beat play as their flash-based introduction plays is beyond me. This is what happens when you pay a first year design student to create your website, I guess? And the second page that makes it look more like an Asian massage parlour (I mean, what's going on with that image of the girl, with the slashed shadows across her body?)
Now that we've agreed to not focus on the website, but rather on the restaurant itself, it's important to understand that there are a number of daily deals - well, specials, deals is a word that would conjure up thoughts of affordable prices. For the most part, I've stayed away from anything not on the main menu.
And, even then, I'll look towards the 13.95 priced meals. There are some cheaper, and some more expensive, but at the end of the day, my math skills tell me that 13.95*1.28 = 17.85. Basically you're looking at $18.00 after tax and tip for a plate of pasta - and that's only if you limit your drinks to water.
The food, however, is good. And one bowl will have you filled (if you order noodle-type pasta.)
If you end up with the ravioli, or anything that isn't long and stringy, you'll walk away hungry. And after paying $25.00 for the food alone, that's an unfortunate way to feel at the end of a meal.
While the restaurant, itself, may seem a little cramped - they have a secret upstairs, through the mysterious door at the back right. What circumstances need to occur in order to find your way up there, I've never quite determined. But the restaurant is a lot bigger than it seems at first glance.
If you like quality pasta, and have deep pockets - why not check it out. I'll be back.