I really wanted this place to be good, especially after reading all the positive reviews on Yelp. But sadly, it was just mediocre.
I was expecting good crusty italian bread for starters.
What I got was a hand delivered small roll, neither crusty or warm. My wife commented how it was mealy. It was.
My Pasta E Fagioli had a slight vinegar taste and not balsamic vinegar, white vinegar. Yuk.
My wife ordered chicken parm with a side of meatballs. The meatballs were just ok. The chicken parm had a good flavor but the presentation looked bad. Sparsely melted cheese that looked like it had just barely melted in a microwave and not the lightly browned cheese evidencing time spent in a hot oven.
I had the four cheese rigitoni which was actually pretty good.
After the bread, the soup, and the yukky looking chicken parm, we chose not to spend any more $$ on desert.
Service and ambiance was above average, but the food wasn't quite what we were hoping for, not for the money anyway.
Our search goes on for good Italian in the Phoenix, Scottsdale area.
Overall, not a bad place, but for the $$, I'll get a bottle of Rao's sauce, some meatballs from Guidos, and save the grief.