Michael Carmine
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This review is two tiers. The first part is service. Part two is the food. This was also our first time eating here. You know what they say about first impressions.
We arrived at 6:20pm for a 6:30pm reservation. We were seated promptly, and then the night went downhill.
It took 10 minutes before we gave our drink order. The lady apologized for the delay. They were really busy. We also gave her our full order at this time.
Our drink came out 5 minutes later. It took another 10 minutes to get some bread. Our appetizers came out 15 minutes after they ordered.
Our soups came out 10 minutes after the appetizers. Then we waited. It took a full 15 to 20 minutes to get our entrees. At this point, I was ready to take them to go.
When we got the check, the waitress explained she was helping in a private party and thought someone else would have grabbed our table. This wasn't her fault. This was bad management.
If you know you having a large, private party coming in during the busiest time, you put more people on the clock.
The waitress did deduct the cost of the appetizers from the check . I only left a $10 tip on a $76 bill. The reason was the very slow service, and being told our main course would be up in a few minutes by two different people. From the time the first person said a few minutes, I clocked it to be almost 15 minutes.
Now for part two,
We just moved here to Henderson from New Jersey. Finding good Italian food that measures up to NJ italian is not easy.
The food here is amazing. It had great flavor, and the portions were nice sized.
My wife had the Shrimp Fra-Diavolo. She enjoyed it. She didn't think it was spicy enough. In all honesty, she was ready to leave by the time we got the food, and she never asked for red pepper seed.
I had the Shrimp Parmigian. It was very good. I was shocked the shrimp weren't breaded. Other than that, oh, so good.
So we will try this establishment one more time to see how it really is. Being a big baseball fan, I'll give a place up to three strikes. After that, they are out.
So far, the count is 1-1. One ball for the qualify of the food. One strike for the poor service.