Kanchan B.
Yelp
I came here for dinner as a party of 3 and for the most part was pretty happy about the food and service. Its obviously Italian food, but more Americanized than pure Italian, from what I recall eating during my travels to the Italian regions of Veneto, Firenze and Milano.
Pulling into the restaurant, was glad to see lots of parking available and then entering thru the door, luckily found a spare table (the place was packed) and our sweet waitress started us off with some lovely warm bread with oil, and we also asked for some balsamic, which was swiftly bought to our table.
I liked the ingredients which made up Pesto Roasted Chicken Pizza (Pesto sauce, roasted red peppers, caramelized onion, roasted chicken, ricotta and mozzarella cheese) and instead of Chicken got Artichoke as a substitute. The 14" pie was $16 and was massive enough that I had leftovers for lunch the next day. The other choice for our table was the Quattro (Mushrooms, artichokes, basil, pepperonata, tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese) and we again got the 14" pie for $15.50.
I really liked the dough in the pizza and the ricotta for my pizza was an especial highlight. But overall the pesto was really quite oily and I was a bit startled to find the pesto oil running down my fingers on my first bite. It got better when I combined the pesto with the Quattro, as it made for a less oily and more edible mashup.
The Quattro - was... interesting. I had discovered during my Italian travels that the traditional Quattro pizza, which is also know as the four seasons pizza, has a very strong visual look. This pizza is split into 4 quarters, with each section having a specific ingredient to represent one season of the year. So that's what I was expecting, and instead what we got served on the table was a pizza with all of the toppings in all of the quadrants. It wasn't bad at all, just different from my expectation.
For dessert, this being an Italian joint, we decided to end our meal with the Tiramisu, split 3 ways. So it didnt look or taste very traditional - we felt it had more creama than the ladyfingers layers, of which there was only one. It was too rich and dense this way. Not sure if would get this again.
Overall, I enjoyed the service and there were bright spots in the food. Its located close to my work and so I can definitely see myself coming back with my co-workers, if we were in the mood for some Americanized - Italian.
Yelp 126/2018