There are some places that you really wonder how they managed to stay around for so long and even how they manage to have people queueing at the door! And it's not like there are no other good italian places around...
This is definitely such a place...
As we entered, the arrogant young woman at the door asked us if we had a reservation. As we did not, she pointed us towards a tiny table at the entrance and threw down the menus. It took about 10 minutes for someone else to show... our waitress, which was surprisingly super nice. She gave us water and asked if we were ready to order. As I saw our next table neighbours eating something that wasn't on the menu, I enquired and she bubbly answered "oh yeah, there're the specials, do you want some?" Well, what I would have liked is for someone to mention the specials in the first place...
About half an hour later our starter arrived - a shared plate of fried calamari - not good, chewy, oily and way overpriced (16$). Another 45 minutes later, our pizzas arrived... The dough was not cooked properly (overcooked on the botton and raw on top) and lacked in salt. The cheese was probably the cheapest cheddar you could find and the whole thing just lacked any sort of seasoning and flavours... But they do boxes, in cases you can't eat it all and want to add your own goodness at home! And all that (1 starter and 2 pizzas, no drinks, no desserts) for a mere 71$!!
Oh and since it was friday evening... we had the immense pleasure of having a live singer blast out loud shrieks of all the worst songs you can think of louder than your ears can manage making you shout to speak to whoever is with you and making sure you will leave a little deafer.
The 1 star is really for the superfriendly waitress, if it wasn't for her, we would have left before we even started.