Hayden S.
Yelp
We visited Postino last night with some friends of ours for a couples dinner at the Montrose location. Upon parking across the street ($10 cash only), I recognized how cute of a restaurant Postino is with lots of outdoor seating on a covered patio and additional outdoor seating on stools along the side of the building, which have windows that open up to the bar (see picture). Inside, Postino has an elevated but laid back vibe and in the evening was dimly lit.
We started with a bottle of red (Francis) and our friends a couple glasses of white (Holly's Bay) and then moved on to the "snacky things" including meatballs & goat cheese, beef & chicken skewers, smoked salmon, and omg grilled cheese and tomato soup. All of these were friendly shareables for our table of four. I enjoyed the meatballs most out of these items - they were tender and the pomodoro sauce they were served in was solid and topped with crumbled chèvre. The skewers, served over a yogurt sauce, were just okay. To me they seemed to lack some seasoning. I didn't try the smoked salmon because I wasn't in the mood, but the hummus it came with was decent. I thought the grilled cheese were fine, but didn't love the tomato soup's flavor. Of all the starters, the only one I would reorder if I were to return are the meatballs.
We ended with one of the bruschetta boards. I have to say that I REALLY like the idea of the boards! You get to pick four "flavors" and the board comes with each piece cut into four, so it was super easy for our little foursome to try each one of the flavors. For our board, we got: 1) tomato, mozzarella, basil, 2) spicy pepper jam & goat cheese, 3) burrata, tomato & bacon, and 4) prosciutto, fig, and mascarpone. Of those, my favorite was the burrata, tomato & bacon followed by the spicy pepper jam & goat cheese. The tomato/mozzarella/basil was pretty basic and the prosciutto/fig/mascarpone either didn't have sufficient toppings or didn't space them well (as you can see in the picture only the center two pieces really have any prosciutto).
Overall, for me the food alone was probably 3 stars, but given the restaurant's environment and good service I am going with 4. Personally, I am not sure I'll return, but I am glad we gave it a try!