Brad M.
Yelp
Since I moved to the area, I've been wanting to try this location. In part because it reminds me of home where I have fond memories of seeing the Phantom of the Opera and grabbing dinner at their NYC location. Also, I love Italian.
I stopped in for lunch on Saturday, and was immediately impressed by the foyer's decor. It has some great pizzaz. The patio is beautiful and the green house looks amazing the color is very vibrant.
Once we were sat, we were immediately greeted by our waiter, he was very attentive, maybe a bit too attentive. He kept our drinks filled, and always seemed nearby. The restaurant wasn't busy, so I can understand why but it almost felt like he was rushing us.
We started with garlic bread, it was ok. They precut the roll, and top it with parmesan while inside has butter. Afterward, my wife had the seafood linguine and I have chicken parm with rigatoni. The menus headline is the pasta is housemade. You can taste the difference, with the rigatoni, it tasted thicker when compared to a box pasta bought in the store. But frankly, I was not a huge fan of it. The chicken parm was fine. The pomodoro sauce lacked any real flavor.
My wife enjoyed her meal, in fact, she enjoyed so much that when I finished mine, after the waiter took my plate, he instinctively assumed my wife was finished and grabbed hers too. She was a bit taken aback as she still had her fork in her hand and had just finished taking a bite.
She asked if she could continue and he abruptly put her plate back and handed me a dessert menu shortly thereafter. We both looked at one another in shock, and I tried making light of the situation. We both agreed on the raspberry sorbet. The best part of the entire meal. I would go back, if it was just to order the raspberry, it was delicious.
But again, before I could finish the sorbet, (sorbet came with two scoops I hadn't even finished the first) I had the bill placed into my hands. I'm not sure if it was the look my wife had, but I think the waiter finally realized he was rushing us because while she was in the bathroom he asked me multiple times if we felt rushed and my response was yes.