The wife and I found this place on Restaurant.com and decided to give it a try based on the reviews I found there.
The first thing I will say is that while it is a pizzeria/restaurant the restaurant dining room is completely separate from the pizzeria portion which gives it a nice feel.
We arrived at around 7:20 this evening (Saturday) and were seated within a couple of minutes. Just had to wait for the staff to clear and set a couple of recently vacated tables.
We started off with our beverage and appy order. A coffee for the Mrs and a Pepsi for me. and we decided on the Chicken Fingers appy.
The beverages were served quickly at which time we put in out entree orders, the Cavatelli Arrabiatta off the specials menu for the wife and the Veal Parm with Angel-hair for me along with a side of meatballs..
Things started down hill from there. As we watched the folks who were direct behind us on entering being served their entrees, our appy of simple chicken fingers was still nowhere to be seen.
Some minutes later our server brought out the Chicken Fingers and when asked, apologized for the delay.
Sometime later, again after watching yet another table of people who arrived and were seated well after us receive their entrees, we were still looking at an empty table.
When our entrees finally started to arrive, they did so piecemeal. First my wife's Cavatelli Arrabiatta arrives, But that was all that arrived. She was about a third done by the time my Veal arrived. And when I say veal, that's what I mean. I got a plate with 2 pieces of veal on it . No pasta. About 5 minutes later when the server's assistant comes over and asks how everything is, I say I don't know as I STILL don't have the pasta for my meal. A few minutes after that the owner (I think) shows up with the pasta and my meatball.
I think the issue here was more one of a problem in the kitchen than with the wait staff. Clearly there were issue of prep management and knowing how to have meals for a table ready to good at the same time.
As for the food itself. it was fine. The Chicken Fingers were actually quite good and my wife enjoyed the Cavatelli Arrabiatta. My veal was OK. Not the best I have ever had but hardly the worst. And it was actually veal, not that veal-like substance that some places try to pawn off on their customers. Unfortunately, it was mostly cold by the time I got to eating it after waiting for the pasta The pasta itself was pretty good, cooked perfectly.
And finally the Meatball. Now I will preface this by explaining that the Meatball Side dish is listed twice on the menu. It is listed first with the other separately available sides for $4.95 and again under the "Baked Dish" section where it advises that a Meatball or Sausage Side can be had for $2.50 with one of the baked dishes, of which the Veal Parm was one. So I ordered the Add-on to sample the meatballs. What I got was a (1) meatball, cut in half and placed on top of the pasta. The meatball itself was OK although I thought it could stand a bit more seasoning, and it was of a decent size, still, $2.50 a meatball seems a bit excessive to me.
The bottom lines here are this. The wait staff were friendly and attentive. The place was clean and well lit. The portion sizes for everything except the meatball we quite large. In fact half of both meals were wrapped up to take home.
The food was "OK" and I probably would have given the place 3 stars if it weren't for the terrible timing of the food service.
I am up in the air about returning. If we do, it will likely not be on a weekend night. We may go back and see how their kitchen handles things on a slower, week night. But at this point, I just do not know. read more