I must first say my review is not about the food, but about the service. The food is and always…read morehas been excellent.
We have been coming to this restaurant for 25 years. It has been under several ownerships with all of them being "par excellance".
However, new owners took over in 2017 as we found out on our recent visit.
Arrived at our specified reservation time and we were seated. Perused the menu and made our decision. Our party included a small child
(7 yrs). He ordered a cheese pizza while we adults had pasta dishes. We were served our food, while it took over an hour for the pizza. During this time of waiting we advised our waiter and he nodded, but the pizza never arrived. The owner kept glancing over and did nothing to speed things up. Meanwhile, we finished our salads and pasta. Finally, the owner came over, after another attempt on my husband's part to get her attention, and we explained the pizza still had not arrived. She did bring it to us, but by that time our little one was so hungry and tired he could barely eat his pizza.
I asked our waiter for the complimentary rolls which we received on previous visits, and he mumbled something about bread being expensive, which you don't say to a customer, but finally brought them.
The food was very good, served hot and flavorful, but service is inconsistent and poor.
Also, this is a busy time for restaurants in the village, yet we saw several empty tables. Customers kept coming in & were being turned away. We were there almost 2 hours & these tables were never occupied.