Louis S.
Yelp
I really wanted to love this place. I do appreciate the family feel that the staff and owners pride themselves on. Ultimately, based on my first visit (and possibly only), I'd say the details were overlooked.
As an Italian food connoisseur (haha), I would say it was average, which is being generous to an extent.
For starters, we got R&R Garlic Bread, which I thought was not even remotely garlic bread. It was more of a smoked cheese loaf. Out of the party of 6 we had, more than 3/4 of it went in the trash, sadly.
Another couple at our table got sausage & pepper toast. The toast was practically charred to a crisp.
For entrees, I got the Rigatoni alla Vodka. It was average. No pasta is bad pasta. It came out piping hot but lacked flavor. The sauce had no flavor. I'd expect something from the plain old red sauce. I was shocked that Vodka Sauce was practically tomato juice. It looked as if there were roasted tomatoes or cheese or herbs in the sauce, but it just was not there flavor-wise. I also got a side Caesar salad which was very good aside from the stale croutons. I know croutons are usually made with leftover bread but come on, you can't just throw stale bread in there and think it's okay to do so.
My partner ordered the chicken parm. She seemed to enjoy it somewhat. She did mention the sauce didn't have flavor (pre-us talking about our meal) and that her chicken and its coating seemed processed/wet or something to that extent.
My mom ordered simply grilled shrimp with piccata and a side of potatoes--$ 18. Aside from highway robbery, the shrimp came out cold, and the potatoes were delicious.
I believe one of the owners sensed some disappointment from our party and offered a complimentary dish of cookies which were KILLER! So so good. I feel that their cookies are their cash cow.
For what it's worth, I asked for red pepper flakes and cheese shakers for my meal, they ran out of shakers (unsure how that's possible), but they did bring us little cups of cheese and pepper flakes. Details details details.
These are all things that can be fixed in no time. Hopefully, these are all kinks that are being worked out.