I hate writing this review because I'm a firm believer in supporting local businesses versus large chains, but this place was am absolute let down. I am incredibly disappointed by my experience. In my opinion it is expensive for the lack of quality and very average at best Service..honestly everything about this place was mediocre at best..and if nearly 80$ is being spent I do expect more than that. It was honestly forgettable and to me it's the place that I will in future to refer to as "expensive for no reason". I have been to quite a few "competitive" places that are locally owned in the area and honestly, all of them are better than the brick. There are several I can think of at the top of my head that are in the similar price range with a more complex and diverse menu, better quality food, and amazing service
For starters, I do understand given the situation in todays world, there are places that are short staffed, people are over worked and underpaid and prices are going up. However, it seemed as though this place was nearly fully staffed as there was several waitresses, bartenders and people working behind the scenes. It took over an hour to get our food and many times our waitress was just standing around not really doing anything, despite there being a decent volume of guests(there were numerous empty tables and booths so i wouldn't call the place packed) We were sitting close to the kitchen, and rarely did she come over and refill our drinks. I do think the only reason she started checking in was because at nearly 45 minutes AFTER placing the order I started to get annoyed she was not checking in on us and I think maybe she heard me. None of us had water at this point. . It took over an hour to receive our dinners. Our orders were rather simple. My dinner was 20$ pasta, and it was very bland, minimal seasoning and I was disappointed there was no garlic bread..literally all competitive places offer at least one side of garlic bread..and for 20$ I find this rather unacceptable this is not included. . Or at least give the customers a side, or like a salad or something for 20$....my father got the egg Parmesan..it did not come with noodles or anything. Just some egg plant and spinach that looked rather wet and greasy. Way too expensive for what was given. He also said his dinner was mediocre and not worth the price. My mom got the boli and did enjoy hers. Also, I know some people do not care about this but I will also mention not one staff member was wearing a mask. Some people care, some people do not but I figured I should mention it just in case you don't feel comfortable in that type of environment.
Overall, I would skip this place. It's not the worse place ever, it wasn't dirty or anything, but it's just not worth it. I honestly hate feeling this way because I truly would much rather go here than somewhere like Olive Garden or another large chain, but honestly- there are just so many other better choices in the area that have amazing food and awesome service both locally owned and I hate to say this but better chains as well. Deff do some research and support another local business.
The reason why I am not giving 1 starts is because it was not the worst experience I have had at an establishment..nothing horrible occurred, but I just don't think this place is worth it..at all. read more