The food was decent. Love the balsamic glazed veg app. Portions are appropriate for the price. My daughter had the ribeye and loved it. Great veg sides, mashed potatoes, plus a Caesar salad. It was really good. I ordered the frangelica, pasta, which was spaghetti, porcini mushrooms, chicken, cream sauce, and hazelnuts. It was just really disappointing bc it was bland. There was no chicken flavor or mushroom flavor. There wasn't even a cream sauce flavor. It was just half and half added to pasta. And this isn't even that important taste wise- but the dish did not contain hazelnuts. They were slivered almonds. Almonds and hazelnuts are different in taste, texture, and how they look when they are shelled. So not a great meal and also not what was on the menu. Just don't get the frangelica.
The tables all have these little table lamps that give a cozy and inviting ambiance but that atmosphere sort of ended there bc our server gave the impression that they wanted us to leave. Context: two top on a Friday night. Mother and daughter. We aren't staying late but we did order apps, a $40 entree, a glass of wine, and my $27 sloppasta dish (again- not the servers fault). But while the server talked for a long time to other tables and rushed off, we were trying to get a desert menu. Then at 9:20, we were able to get the attention of a bus person for a desert menu while the other workers started dragging chairs and prepping to close up for the night. The dining room was still half full of booths and tables. It was so uncomfortable. After ten minutes, our server saw that we had desert menus they came over to see if we wanted our check and we said yes even though we wanted to get desert. We were just so uncomfortable. And the server made a "joke" saying "how was everything besides the service?"
We had not complained or murmured any displeasure so I was taken aback by this comment. At that point I hadn't processed how inhospitable the whole experience was and it was really uncomfortable and awkward.
They gave me the check which was $125 which I could pay with a card and the tip suggestion prompt came up starting at 23% while the server stood there watching me choose. So food was okay but not for the price. The place is loud and the service made me feel so uncomfortable and unwelcome. Then on top of it, it wasn't easy to choose to tip anything other than 23, 27, or 30% tip while the server tapped their foot waiting after referencing that they gave bad service bc they didn't want to still be working at 9:30. We got there at 8:30 and left by 9:30. I've dined in twice before and felt myeh. I ate at the bar twice and was also like myeh. I ordered take out, and felt that the food wasn't worth the price. This time- the whole experience confirmed that for the price, the quality of food, and service- I just won't go back there. Oh well. Everyone has bad days and maybe our server really wanted to go home for whatever reason but it's no okay to actively make comments that will make diners feel like a burden and then suggest a 23- 30% tip. I hope the restaurant changes that suggestion as a starting point. I tip 20% for crap service and up to 40% for exceptional.
This left a bland taste in my mouth- much like the pasta. read more