First of all, even though I read that this restaurant has been open for several years. It was…read moreexceptionally clean inside - tables, floors, walls, and especially the bathroom. That speaks volumes for restaurants. We ordered a pizza and manicotti. I wanted to add a salad, but passed; see why later.
Let's start with the pizza. My husband said it was the best pizza he had in the area and memories from his childhood from the best pizza joint that he ever ate at in Houston when he was a child. A+
I ordered manicotti. The pasta was tender and the filling inside was good; however, the marinara sauce was just more like a plain tomato sauce that had no flavor, so I was super disappointed. It came with a couple of pieces of garlic bread which were decent. I asked for a small side of Alfredo sauce and I visualized to her about how much I wanted which was like a small sample. She should've told me when I was ordering that they do not have a sample size, but she did not. What I got was a whole bowl of Alfredo sauce and of course I got charged 5.50 for it; and it wasn't even good. It was thick and coagulated. If she had verbalized that they didn't have a sample size I just wouldn't have ordered it. It seems like most of the issues besides the marinara, would have to be attributed to the waitress, as she could not stay focused. She was attentive coming to our table, but she just didn't open her ears to listen when we would speak. For example, when we asked her what size a small pizza was, she said OK a small pizza, which kind. We said, we were asking you the size of it. She didn't know the size but made a hand gesture of approximate size and said it was like a personal pan pizza. When I ordered a salad with thousand island dressing, with some things left off. She went through the trouble of marking everything on her iPad that I did not want, (relating they did not have carrots or tomatoes) and then again asked me what dressing I wanted. When I responded 1000 island again, she replied they didn't have the dressing either. I cancelled the salad. I believe if she had stayed a bit more focused and listened, (and told us upfront there wasn't a sample size of sauce), it would've been a better experience, (waitress wise, even though she was pleasant).
We will visit this restaurant again, but since I know the marinara sauce was lacking I will stick to a pizza like my husband had.
