Restaurant, Banquet hall, Bar, Caterer, Italian restaurant
Early dinner with my significant other. By the looks of the crowd, this place is catered towards older adults, but not sure about other nights.Love the ambiance. Food wise, I ordered the Veal Picata.Serving is small for dinner price they charge.It came with two small pieces of meat. Same goes with my wife’s Chicken Marsala.Small portion and tasted bland. We weren’t satisfied. We had to stop by Gate on our way and bought myself a couple of hotdogs. She did love the Tiramisu Martini though.
Owner response
Hi Jimmy, thanks for your recent visit.The earlier crowd tends to be an older group, but as the night progresses and our cocktail lounge next door opens, a lot of young folks come out and have a good time.I am sorry you were not satisfied.We never want someone to leave hungry and have to resort to gas station food! That being said, veal is (especially now) very expensive and we cut and portion all our proteins, we have not reduced our weight at all.As far as the Marsala being bland not sure, one of the most popular dishes, never a complaint.Next time you come in, just ask for one of the owners.We'd be glad to make it up to you.The espresso martini is even better! Thanks and have a Blessed weekend! Thanks for the awesome photos!!!
I went to this place because of the reviews.Honestly I don’t understand the good reviews.Service was good but food unfortunately was not.The lasagna looked and tasted like it was a week old, not fresh and not tasty at all, totally bland.Minestrone was also bland, no flavor at all besides pepper.Portions a way too small for the prices.The kids pasta sauce was whatever, you could get in a grocery store way better sauce in a jar.Kids menu is crazy expensive and doesn’t even come with a drink.For the first time I regret not cooking myself.All that money spent and I feel I ate old, tasteless food.Not going again.I seriously think anyone can cook better in their homes. Updated review after owner’s response: The response from the owner is a masterpiece of lack of professionalism.Answering to your comments, I didn’t say anything in the restaurant because I didn’t want to make a fuss about it since this was our family time out.But when 4 adults say the same thing about the food, that is bland and not fresh, the problem is definitely not me like you are saying.If you want to blame your customer’s mouths instead of taking criticism to improve your food, then good luck with that.
Owner response
Hi Fabiola.Did you ever think because you don't understand the reviews that it might be you! We make our Lasagna every other day (because we are very busy) and our marinara takes 6 hours to cook.So you probably won't find that in a jar.Our kid's menu is typical of most restaurants might want to look towards inflation for that situation, not sure who you voted for.As far as tasteless, you might want to get checked out.Evidently your mouth isn't working right.We get very few complaints so once again might want to look in the mirror.In the end, you chose not to say anything while you were at the restaurant, we could have done something for you, maybe explain how to cook, so you have a better shot at it next time,bbut now you're hiding behind your phone like most cowards do, come by the restaurant and we'll discuss your issues.Thank you and have a blessed day. CIAO! Thank you, for the compliment I thought it was fairly good myself.I am inviting you into my kitchen to work next to me for a night and you can see how fresh our food is, if you're acceptable to that idea? We are a small family restaurant and nightclub and I always have our door open for any of your comments.I am very willing to listen to any kind of compliment or criticism, but to my face, not through this platform.I would prefer the fuss be at the restaurant instead of you fussing at home... Please call the restaurant to make arrangements. CIAO!
Someone said this restaurant had the best Pizza and food.Being that my s/o is from a pizza shop owning Jersey family we are picky about our pizza.We were originally going to do a carry out but it was a little further than the ideal carry out.So we decided to just go in.IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT!!!! The best pizza we have had down here so far. The atmosphere was amazing and reminded us of home.Our server Angela was attentive and really wanted us to enjoy our time there.Even though there was a bit of a wait for the pizza it was worth it.They had live music, delicious bread and the place was so welcoming it didn’t feel like we waited at all.We will definitely be back!
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