Kristi Y.
Yelp
food: 4.5
service: 4.5
ambiance: 4
went here on a weekday night around 6:30pm and it was pretty busy! small tables, definitely more suitable for smaller groups of 2-4... there's a few bar seats and a few outdoor bar seats too. we ended up waiting 20-30 ish minutes for a table which was fine because the food was so good and reasonably priced for so much food!
you can order a la carte but i would recommend ordering their fixed 3 course (salad, pizza of choice, and pasta of choice, with either 2 aperol spritzes or wine), all for $60, which is a steal, especially in cap hill/downtown! the catch is it's for 2 people, so if you came with 4 people, you would probably have to order another set or more entrees.
we got the caesar salad, which was a nice starter. it was nice but i wish it was a but more heavily dressed. i'm sure the staff would've accomodated and gave us more dressing but at that point we had inhaled it because we were so hungry. we also ordered the funghi pizza. it isn't a red sauce pizza, but it was still delicious. the crust was thin and so crispy and came straight from their pizza oven. there was a generous amount of mushrooms and the truffle oil added a nice umami touch to the pizza. we also ordered the pepperonata pasta. the noodles were huge, the chunks of sausage were huge, and the pasta sauce was so flavorful and tasted so fresh and light. i do wish there was a more powerful roasted pepper presence in it but i still enjoyed the pasta a lot! we also ordered a side of foccaccia, which are made to order so it came out warm, crispy on the edges, soft in the middle. to my surprise it was kind of thin like a flat bread vibe, not like a thicker more doughy foccaccia.
staff was really friendly! and checked on us a lot! and were super accomodating. we asked if they could make our aperol spritzes sweeter, and they offered to bring us some simple to add to our drinks.
the restaurant itself is quite small and cozy. the open kitchen is cool, you can see the prep and the pizzas being fired. it does get quite loud when it's full/busy but around 8:30-9 the dinner crowd clears and it's a lot quieter.