Many choices - something for everyone. Old classics paired with innovative twists. Polite but uninspired service.

I was here on a long-standing reservation with a group of about 40 people this week. We asked in advance if a smaller selection from the menu would be offered, but they assured us that they would be just fine with having us order from their full menu. We ordered drinks to begin with and I was surprised at the reasonable drink prices - I ordered a flight of 5 for $7, on the lower end of what I have paid for similar tastings in the past.

Our group took a while to materialize, although the majority of us were there within 15 minutes of our reservation time. By the 30 minute mark I think we had all placed our orders. The appetizers started rolling in about an hour later. An hour! By this time, a goodly number of us were quite hungry and I'll admit that a few people in our party were behaving somewhat rambunctiously, excited from the event that preceded the restaurant. The restaurant staff handled drink spills and loud voices graciously. I was seated at a quieter table and had to ask for a drink both times that my glass was empty.

30 minutes after the appetizers arrived, everyone got their food. This was over two hours since we had arrived. In my opinion, two hours is far too long to wait for food to arrive. If it meant everyone getting fed earlier, I'm sure we would have been fine with a smaller menu selection, or our foods coming out staggered. Perhaps a suggestion of a small selection of appetizers could have been given so that everyone would have something to dine on sooner rather than later.

With all that said, my mushroom goat cheese pizza was delicious. The thin crust had the perfect ratio of toppings to crust ratio and it was the correct temperature. I happily noted they had a pizza of the day on their menu, something to keep things fresh for everyone. There was only a minor slip up with one of the cheques in our large group and that person went back the following day to try something else on the menu, so all was well. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone but with some changes for large groups.