Really nice off-the-strip surprise. When my parents suggested this restaurant off-the-strip I wasn't sure. But, it was truly very good.
The ambiance is nice - must haves including nice quality water glasses, nice fresh flowers at strategic locations, good quality cloth napkins. Not too crowded and noisy. Enough cozy places inside the restaurant that you don't feel as though you are eating in one large room. Timely and courteous waitstaff also.
All 5 of our table's dishes were good. The sauces were well done, including raspberry sauce on the dessert. Congrats to the saucier!
Spaghetti had good quality noodles, good flavor and texture on the meatballs. Nice fresh bread with good consistency. Nice eggplant Parmesan with excellent texture (firm but not tough nor hard). Excellent al dente on the pasta. Very good sauce on the linguini alfredo - excellent consistency and flavor. Nice nutty flavor on the cheese.
Many varied choices for dessert. Chocolate cake for dessert was good but not great. However, raspberry gelato with chocolate shell was very good.
Plating and presentation was very good on everything.
So, even though this place may not look like the most glamorous thing from the outside, it is of a decent quality and the food is surprisingly very good.