Food: 3*
Atmosphere: 4*
Value: 4*
Service: 3*
12/28/2022
We were in town to treat our son for his birthday. Since he likes Italian and Johny Carino’s (one of his favorites) is now closed, I did a search and found this was a relatively new place in the former Tru Blu building (which we really enjoyed). It was lunch time on a weekday, so there was no problem getting a table as the restaurant was not that busy.
The interior was nice and welcoming, with the bar area and some of the dining area being pretty similar to what it looked like in the former Tru Blu business. We ordered from the lunch menu (see pictures), so the value seemed reasonable.
We were disappointed with the service. After dropping off our menus, our waitress didn’t show up for quite some time (actually, just after I had commented to the others that I was surprised they hadn’t come to take our orders yet). We would have liked some parmesan cheese after our food was delivered, but she was nowhere to be seen until our meals were consumed. Lastly, another lady that joined us for lunch asked that she pay separately for her meal, but the check was brought with everything on one anyway.
Relative to the food, we had mixed reviews from our group. I ordered the Sandwich Combo Lunch Special with Hot Italian sandwich & Italian Ham & Bean soup (see picture). It was very good and I would order it again. However, the others around the table were not as fortunate. The Angel Hair pasta was highly recommended by our waitress, so my wife ordered the lunch special (see picture) and was quite disappointed – finding it quite bland / lacking flavor. One of our sons ordered the Spaghetti and Meatballs and while he is usually a big eater, he didn’t eat much of it because he didn’t like it and my wife agreed after tasting it – so unless there was something wrong with it that day, I wouldn’t recommend ordering this. Another son ordered the Shrimp Fettuccine Alfredo (see picture) and thought it was ok (my wife thought it had much more flavor than her Angel Hair Pasta).
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