Came here twice for $20 all you can eat promotion. Hurry, it'll end February 1, 2020.
The first Saturday, the hostesses were disheveled and disorganized, running around the premise instead of manning the reception. We were told to wait an hour for a table for two at 7pm. The wait lasted a bit longer than an hour. We passed the time at the stores nearby. I thought I'd start eating myself before we'd be seated. The restaurant is pretty small, so not many tables are available.
We had to keep inquiring about being seated as we watched an empty table for two standing idle and unoccupied for over 20 minutes. After insisting to check who's next in the waitlist, we were finally seated at that table that would've remained empty had we not kept following up over and over and over.
This restaurant is majorly understaffed, and the waiters and bartenders are working in difficult conditions for the amount of customers that come in on weekends.
The second time, we came in at 3:30pm on a Saturday and that was the best time. People were leaving from lunch so we grabbed an early dinner table and watched as the crowds poured in after 4:30pm.
The environment is super casual, with a bar taking up some space. TVs for watching sports. People eating at the bar, awaiting their tables. Family friendly space--a lot of big groups with kids.
The bathrooms were not well kept. Since they were unisex, many customers did not maintain good hygiene, not cleaning up after themselves. The lack of staff to clean did not help the situation during busy nights.
The waiter during our first visit was friendly and courteous. We were fortunate to be taken care of by professional staff who attended to our whims on our first visit. Our waiter even remembered us the second time we came in! Great guy.
The second time, we got bad luck with a waitress who was so dismally depressed about working here that her face expressed pain during every interaction. She barely visited us and hung around the bar, chatting with co-workers while we were stranded without utensils or water or whatnot. She definitely was having a bad day and wanted her shift to be over. We tried not take it personal and enjoy your experience nonetheless.
The food was delicious. Very glad we got to try almost all the menu items.
The Arcadian mix Salad with caramelized walnuts, Gorgonzola cheese, apricot vinaigrette and cured bacon was light and fresh. Enjoyed it!
Mozzarella and prosciutto were solid.
Oysters were a bit underwhelming. Very oily, not enough "special cheese blend sauce." And VERY spicy. A lot of red flakes strewn all over them, so you don't overindulge. I could've ate five dozen oysters but because of that spice, I could not.
Meatballs were superb--the best ones I've had at any restaurant. All three variations are worth a try! The vodka sauce was good, but the marina sauce blew me away even more, as it was hearty and juicy. The meat itself is great quality. These are not you bread and who knows what else stuffed meatballs. Very filling portions.
The wood oven pizzas beat the coal oven pizzas for me. Definitely try the Capicola Ham and Pesto Pistachio pie.
A really good coal oven pizza that we ordered both time was the meatlover's pizza which comes with three meats of choice. And tons of real chunks of juicy tomato!
The white clam coal oven pizza was delicious too, but again, too much of those artificial red flakes were added to clams and eating such fiery pizza was not pleasant.
Nutella pizza is included in the $20 all you can eat. Ask for cannoli cream on top (those balls that look like ice cream on the pics). They add a depth the sweetness of Nutella. Our second time, they ran out of Canolli cream (or maybe our surly waitress was just too tired and over it to bother bringing it).
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