. . "Excellent food. Great atmosphere. Came here for a birthday dinner on a Saturday night. It was extremely busy, so I recommend reservations. \n\nThis wouldn't be a place to take your first date. It's a group dining experience and it's loud. Loud enough that shouting becomes your main way of talking, and then you forget how to talk softly. I'm not even sure how the servers hear us. \n\nFood was really good. And well priced. Lots of small appetizers to choose from, and really, you could make a meal out of it by just choosing the small dishes and sharing with one or two other people. \n\nFor the two of us, we ordered 2 antipasti and one main course to share, and it was enough with still room for some dessert. \nThe Giant Meatball was excellent. I don't know what was in the sauce, or what's in the meatball but I wanted another one. \nThe grilled calarmari was also good (not spectacular) but flavourful and soft, yet still crunchy. ($8.95-$11)\n\nOur main was the slow cooked beef ribs with pan fried gnocchi. I did expect a bed of gnocchi but there were only 4. And they were undercooked and difficult to eat. BUT, the beef ribs was amazeballs. Falling off the bone, even had some tendon to suck on. The sauce was my favourite. \n\nThe service was interesting. Our server was not extra attentive, just enough. We were also sitting right in the middle of the restaurant and it's hard to miss us.\n\nAt some point in the meal, we for plates that we were told was pulled pork and something else. Then about 5 minutes later the busboy came and took it away: it was neither pulled pork or for our table. \n\nHowever, our server did play along when I was asking for a pretend dessert but really planning a birthday surprise. I guess that's twhere they loudness came into my advantage. \n\nOur bill couldn't be separate, even by groups. How disappointing. \n\nThe wines we got (reds, 2 different ones) were watery tasting. A coffee connoisseur at the table gave the espresso a 3 out of 5 as the flavour wasn't rich enough. \n\nYah, I'd come back . Just the loudness factor really takes away from a good meal."^^ . "2"^^ . "1"^^ . . "4"^^ . "2011-08-07T00:00:00"^^ . "4"^^ .