Food 4/5
Service 4/5
Atmosphere 5/5
Food: came with four girlfriends, shared four dishes.
1. Thursday special: grilled lamb rack. Best dish of the night, lamb wasn't too gamey and went very well with the assorted julienned veggies.
2. Malfalde ai funghi (recommended by our server): pretty good, barely any mushrooms but a lot of truffle oil, so the aroma was great.
3. Rigatoni bolognese: average, nothing special. Pasta was made a little overcooked, which I preferred. So for people who like their pasta al dente, it may be too overcooked for you.
4. Polpette pizza (meatball, mozzarella, smoked provolone): a little difficult to eat because its thin crusted. It's the type of pizza you have to fold to eat, but it was hard because there were chunks of meatballs on it. The taste was good, but I probably wouldn't order again.
Service:
Went on a Thursday night, wait was 45 minutes when we went at 8. There's a bar upstairs where you can get drinks while waiting. Our server was nice, but she didn't tell us the specials right off the bat. There was a special for white wine. $1 an ounce of wine on Thursday, which is always nice for a girls night out. But we wouldn't have known if we didn't ask about it ourselves. They were very patient with us though when we asked for recommendations. Although, her recommendations weren't that helpful. She seemed to just have recommended everything we picked already, but we needed help picking an extra dish.
Atmosphere:
Loud but romantic. The venue opens up to the patio area. The space isn't big, even a little crowded but it's decorated with walls of wine. We sat on the patio, which was more quiet. However, it was really dim outside. A little extra lighting to look at our food would have been nice. Inside is more lit and appropriate for a romantic date.
Would definitely come back for drinks and to enjoy the atmosphere. Wouldn't necessarily come back for the food.