My boyfriend and I got a Groupon for Miele's and decided to use it last Friday night on a whim. The restaurant is in a strip mall kinda place, but it actually happened to be convenient so I could go next door after dinner and get a couple of groceries. :)
The restaurant itself is quaint but nice. It's got a fancy feel to it, but you can walk in with jeans and not feel under dressed at all. When we got there, all of the tables inside were occupied, so we decided to sit out in front. I was hesitant at first because I thought we might be forgotten or maybe it would get cold, but neither of those things happened.
Our waiter was sooooooo nice and always very attentive. I don't remember his name, but on the bottom of the check it said Jareski. Anyway, he was very friendly and always made sure we had drinks and were okay. We ordered a side of garlic knots to try and then ordered our drinks and entrees.
About the garlic knots, they were okay. My favorite part of that was the marinara. I swear to you that marinara became my crack. I could have probably drank it from a mug for dinner, that's how good it was, hahha. I think the reason the garlic knots weren't my favorite was maybe because they weren't garlicy enough for me. They were a little bland.
The bread that comes to the table with the individual oil/vinegar plates was decent, but it would have been even better if it had been maybe a nice crusty loaf of bread. I used the marinara leftover from the knots instead of the oil/vinegar as I'm not so much of a fan (boyfriend is and said it was yummy.)
Not tooo long after we had finished the knots and some of the house bread, our entrees arrived. The waiter said each thing is hand made to order, so if people have a problem with waiting a few extra minutes for ultimate freshness, they need to work on patience. Yeah it took longer than maybe Olive Garden, but Olive Garden has all of their stuff ready to go and to be plated and sent out.
I wanted a side of artichokes on my pasta and he wasn't certain if there would be a charge or not, so he went and checked. I wasn't concerned because I had the Groupon, but he did go and check and when the meals arrived, there were my artichokes. A very generous serving at that.
My boyfriend really enjoyed the Rosemary chicken, which came with spaghetti and marinara. I got the penne Alfredo with chicken and had that side of artichokes- YUMMMMMMM. The Alfredo sauce here is quite mild, but is still very flavorful. The pasta wasn't drenched in a thick goopy white sauce which Alfredo usually seems to be. It was almost delicate. The chicken was very moist and there were not weird fatty/rubbery parts in it (which is my weird issue with ordering chicken or other meats in restaurants because I'm super picky about it).
He finished his entire entree and ate a few bites of mine and I decided to pack the rest of mine and the artichokes to go so we could enjoy a slice of the Spumoni cake.
AHHH MAHHH GAHHH!!!
We seriously scarfed it down before I even realized I should have taken a picture. It was basically a slice of "Spumoni" ice cream in cake form with an almost orange-ish whipped cream on top and a graham cracker crust. It was as delicious as appetizing looking.
Next time we come I think I want to get something with that yummmmy marinara and maybe try the garlic cheese bread as an appetizer instead. Of course we will be getting the Spumoni cake again, that's a sure thing.
To sum up my entire evening at Miele's would be:
Had a really great meal with a really great server and we most certainly will be back again!!!