Anya
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Update (September 29th): Despite feeling a certain way, we believe in second chances and have yet to try a better Italian place than this one and we were really craving it..
I'll consider that time an exception. We returned to the bar. The service this time was much more personalized and egalitarian. Perhaps last time, we were seated next to one of the owners or someone very important 🤷
For appetizer, this time we tried the crab cake, which was very tasty. My husband went for another Parmesan with meatballs because he just loves them hehe I went for the sausage ravioli, which was absolutely divine, one of the best ravioli I've ever eaten 💖
We also had some great mocktails and an so so yummy yummy cheesecake, one of my favorite one now 🏆🤤
We were left feeling nice, satisfied, and with leftovers for later. What can I say? We'll keep going back 😅
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September 1st: We'd tried the original one in South Park a while back and were always satisfied, until one occasion when we ordered pasta it came out pretty overcooked and even when it was returned, the new pasta was overcooked as well 🫤. But oh well 🤷 Now that we have this other one closer to us, we decided to give it another chance because we usually really liked this place.
It was pretty busy, but we're not picky about seating, and we understand that we didn't make a reservation, so we ended up sitting at the bar which usually it’s cool.
The service was… Ummm… average? There seemed to be some preference for certain customers, but I know that happens sometimes in this industry…
Honestly, the drinks and food were just on point as how it used to when we used to visit the other one. We truly missed those meatballs, which we consider the best we've ever had, so in the end, I didn't feel like mentioning anything extra at that moment.
We also tried their bread pudding, which was super fantastic 🩷 but honestly, it took way too long to arrive even though the restaurant was pretty empty at that point and we had no approach or explanation of the dessert delay ☹️
I'm glad they opened another location near us to try out and I wish them much success, but I think that for the next time, or well from now on, if we get a little mama craving, it's better to order it to go and avoid having to go through some other kinda unpleasant experience that isn't very personalized or attentive 🤷♂️