Holy Smokes this place is a joke. Albeit an expensive one. First off the restaurant is half empty so we ask if we can sit on the patio to have a view since that’s the big draw here (and yes we had reservations and yes...we were plenty early). Female hostess gives us a fake smile and says no we have to limit how many can sit there… so we got stuck in one of the worst tables in the place. Sat there and for the next hour watched every other customer walk right by and out to the patio or the 1st row inside the door which was still okay. Sooooo guess we didn’t fit the correct demographic to get the choice tables that they claim are 1st come 1st served, not able to reserve? Demographic seems to be boomers and friends of the staff as many hugs going on with what I assume are ‘regulars’ so they must tip really really well that they can just have it wait for them. Guess gotta grease some palms or something. Now on to the food. Here’s an even bigger “are you kidding me?!” moment. Seriously the shrimp and crab appetizer for $26.99 with 2 shrimp and yes, the “tomato horseradish salsa” is just plain old American cocktail sauce you can find anywhere for 99 cents. And about 2 TBSP of it at that was the serving. The 2 TBSP of the mustard sauce was mayo with some mustard mixed in. 2 shrimp!!! Seriously.
Direct from the menu: GAMBERONI E POLPA DI GRANCHIO 26.99 Jumbo gulf shrimp and crabmeat, tomato horseradish salsa, mustard sauce
You will also get a small bowl of very cheap oil and some plain uninteresting bread, small portion. Big deal. No seasoning in the oil except what is supposed to be roasted garlic but had zero taste. No salt, no oregano, zilch.
Dinner was good. Very small portions, no salad or soup or anything included. Not sure who are those people who wrote reviews that they had leftovers but this wasn’t any where near a normal dinner portion. I feel no one running this place has any idea about Italian food. Only exception was the wine. House wine was absolutely delicious and at $11 a glass actually a good value.
There is no ambiance, no ‘dining experience’. No soft music playing, and if you aren’t special then your view is the wait station and the back of the seat bench in front of you. They seat you next to each other so you have to twist on the bench seating to talk to each other or else you sit there like at a drive in movie only the movie is the waiters and the wall.
I have never dropped $200 on a dinner and was done in 45 minutes. Might as well have been at a diner.
Seems like it caters to rich boomers who lost their taste buds 20 years ago but feel important paying $200 for a lousy dinner. I don’t like leaving a restaurant feeling like I was ripped off and treated like a 2nd class citizen, and that’s exactly how I felt. IMO, If you are under 70 and don’t know the staff, don’t bother with this overpriced nonsense.
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