Ivano's Catering — Local services in Ponderay

EDIT: I am changing my review to 4 stars because they have deserved it! We gave it another try, and it was absolutely amazing. The food was hot, fresh, and full of flavor. We will be going back again based on what we experienced.

There wasn’t any flavor in the food. The sautéed mushrooms appetizer had an acrid flavor, like the Marsala wine was either not cooked out or a cheap brand. The flour also wasn’t cooked enough, and the sauce was just too thick. Tasted like it was rushed, and it was a Friday night. The main dishes were bland and without any flavor. The tortellini dish sauce was a white sauce, with zero taste, like they started with a white sauce, but forgot to put anything else in it, again rushed. The basic spaghetti was bland and not what you’d expect from this level. The seafood dish had tiny bay scallops, probably from the freezer, and was rubbery. The prices ($20 a $40 a plate) were definitely not justified by the quality of the food for sure. Then to top it off a party of 6 people come in with a Poodle and they sat right next to us. Yes, a dog in the restaurant. Now I love dogs, but NOT in an expensive restaurant. Totally selfish and the restaurant obviously doesn’t care about their clients...

We came in at 4:30, when they open, for dinner. Four adults and two young children. The restaurant was completely empty. They asked us how many and then said they did "not have room" with reservations and such. Again, the restaurant was completely empty. My father and husband concluded they just did not want two young children in their restaurant as again, the restaurant was not kind of empty but completely empty. My children are extremely well behaved and gave no indication otherwise. I gave them the benefit of the doubt but we walked by after finding dinner elsewhere - Hydra Steakhouse- and sure enough they were maybe a third full. I can only conclude that they judged us with our kids and just didn't want to serve us as I'm left with no other alternative. I'm not one to even write reviews and we go out a lot with our children. My husband went in to ask them if they had a lot of cancellations and they just gave lip service about it being a "weird night" with yes, a lot of cancellations. I felt judged and thus,...

Terrible food that was terribly prepared. We had high hopes after a good app of steamed clams. The Caesar salad was just romaine from a bag, no anchovies, and vinegary peppers tossed in. White bread, bagged croutons with no flavor. The Alfredo pasta with chicken was a white congealed saucy mess with no flavor other than clove, no salt and no appeal. The sauce tasted like reconstituted powdered MRE food. The “sole” special was a greasy over cooked mess as well with no flavor, no seasoning. We joked that the fish had a taste reminiscent of Moses Lake. We had to laugh because we just couldn’t send everything back. The edges of the fish were so over cooked, it was chewy. We didn’t stay for dessert after this very disappointing meal. The...