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    La Cucina Cafe

    2.7 (61 reviews)
    ModerateItalian, Cafes, Pizza

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    What's the vibe?
    Classy
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups

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    Panini with a side warm spinach salad.
    Melanie M.

    I tried LaCucina very shortly after it opened and had an okay experience. It wasn't bad exactly. But it wasn't good enough to make me want to come back. Today, however, I was meeting a friend for lunch and a movie in Dartmouth Crossing, and she was footing the bill with a $50 gift certificate so why not? Gotta admit - I was pleasantly surprised. I ordered the Ravioli Fritti to start - 3 large lightly deep fried ravioli filled with spinach and cheese, with tomato sauce for dipping. Beautifully plated and very tasty - a great start! I quite enjoyed my strawberry Italian soda as well. Next up was my Panino Arrostito - roasted red peppers, zucchini, portobello, red onion, marinara sauce and goat cheese on multigrain baguette. It comes with "rustic Italian" soup, a side salad or Tuscan potatoes. I went with the side salad and was delighted to find I could choose any of the 6 options on the Insalate menu. I went with the warm spinach salad. Everything was delicious. We both decided to top off our meals with yummy vanilla bean gelato. Service was friendy and super attentive. I see a lot of comments about slow service. We were in no rush so I wasn't really paying attention to the time, but I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. This is definitely going on the list for pre/post movie bites.

    Previous Location 232 Robie St.
    Hugh M.

    La Cucina is what Truro thinks Italian food is. It used to be in that "you can have this building for $1.00" spay painted building out there in Hubtown. They moved to Dartmouth a few years back, then another location in Halifax. La Cucina's problem is they either salt the hell out of everything or your meal will be burnt or cardboard. Last time I ate here I ordered the chicken parm. It broke apart when I cut into it, talk about well done. The time before that I ordered the pasta Milano, and it was like running my tongue up the back of the highway salt truck. To their credit they didn't charge me for either. I've eaten here exactly 3 times because a friend liked it. All three times it was bad. The pizza was better than the entrees.

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    Quiznos

    Quiznos

    3.1
    (17 reviews)
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    The slider was good and so was the Italian. The extra cost for mayo was a bit much but overall it…read morewas a good stop.

    I have never left a review like this before, but what happened at Quiznos in Dartmouth Crossing…read moretoday was so outrageous that it deserves to be public. I ordered a sub and a drink. The owner rang it in as a combo, which I did not ask for. I didn't notice the mistake until after I tapped my card. I wasn't upset about it, so I said it was fine and that I would grab a cookie so the charge matched what I paid for. That reasonable solution apparently triggered the owner. While I was waiting for my food, he came storming over to me like I had just robbed the register. He started yelling and calling me "a fucking thief." Every time I tried to calmly explain that he rang my order in wrong and I was just matching what he charged me for, he cut me off and got louder. He even threatened to call the police. All of this over a cookie he essentially forced into the transaction because he rang the order in incorrectly. Everyone in the restaurant stared because he was completely out of control. There was no willingness to listen. No accountability. No professionalism. Just hostility and humiliation toward a paying customer who did absolutely nothing wrong. Let me be very clear. There is never a valid reason to scream profanity at a customer, especially when the situation was caused by your own mistake. There is never a valid reason to escalate a harmless interaction into threats of calling the police. Everything about his behaviour was aggressive, irrational, and deeply inappropriate. I went in to buy lunch and walked out shaking because the owner decided to publicly attack me instead of taking responsibility for his own error. If this is how the owner treats customers, by yelling at them, insulting them, and threatening them over something he caused, then this location does not deserve anyone's business. There are plenty of places to eat in Dartmouth Crossing where customers are treated with basic respect. Save yourself the stress and go anywhere else.

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    Via Condotti

    Via Condotti

    3.4
    (5 reviews)
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    New Italian restaurant from the Bertossi group (Bicycle Thief, Il Mercato etc) located at the…read morebottom of a newer upscale apartment complex - the Mills Residence. Two entrances to the place - one of Queen Street and one in an alley with cool shops and stores. Instagrammable interior - especially the lighting fixtures and bar. Standard Italian fare on menu. Service was excellent. The appetizers and dessert were the stars for me. Reasonable price considering it's a higher end restaurant in town. Definitely will need a reservation if you want to eat at a decent time! There is a patio - will be amazing when the weather is warmer. There are heaters above for cooler weather.

    Via Condotti, I fear, is another restaurant simply popular for its appeal to Instagram. The…read moreinterior is quite nice, with tasteful decor. Our group came for brunch, and perhaps that it why it was not the fine dining experience we hoped to have. I had the "Eggs Royale" which was a smoked salmon eggs benedict. The eggs were perfectly poached, and the salmon was quite nice. The hollandaise had a great flavour, but I wish there was more of it. The potatoes and salad, however, left much to be desired. The potatoes were fried to a crisp, but they were very tough to eat. It almost felt like eating rocks, especially the smaller pieces. The salad was just a bowl of greens. No dressing or vinaigrette. If there was ever an opportunity to use the term "rabbit food," this would be it. If the goal was to be authentic, Via Condotti missed the mark. Italians will often dress a salad with, at minimum, salt, pepper, and olive oil. The drip coffee was okay. The service was average, a little odd at times. When ordering drinks upon our arrival, a couple of us were excluded from the order, I'm not sure why. Our server just didn't look at two of the people in our group and moved on. Our side salads arrived 5-10 minutes after our brunch plates arrived. We were not offered a refill on our drinks. In fact, our empty coffee cups were whisked away without a word. I would consider coming back to try their dinner menu, seeing as this is what they seem to be championing. I would not return here for brunch, unfortunately.

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