The restaurant was beautiful and open and hit it's stride with plenty of people later in the night. Good to know is that you can bring your own wine here for no charge whatsoever! "Free" wine= happy people. Nice touch, Trattoria.
I went for the $10 extra to make an entrée include soup or salad, dessert with coffee or tea. The minestrone soup was decent and it was appreciated that they didn't put in soggy noodles like so many restaurants do. I heard the salad was very nice.
For the main I got the gnocchi with a spicy rose sauce and spinach. I felt kind of bad asking but I asked for an extra dash of whatever vegetables they had and it was no problem! The gnocchi were a good deal firmer that I would have liked and the sauce had some good spice at first bite. I don't know if I just got used to it very quickly or what but I stopped noticing shortly after. Maybe not so spicy after all?
The server was very diligent serving our table of ten at the beginning. I must mention, I have quite a boisterous family and as the night went on I saw the server's patience wane. She just didn't want to be there any more and it was written all over her face with every serving and request after the appetizers came.
Dessert was a bit disappointing too. I LOVE crème brulée. This one came in a wide and shallow dish that looked so inviting, I squealed. But underneath the delicious crackling, the custard was piecey and running in the wrong places. Not the creamy goodness I was expecting.
It's sad that a couple things make this a more negative review because we really did have a great time at the restaurant. They accommodated the assorted taste buds and we all walked out very full!