What's the point of making reservations several weeks in advance if you're still going to have to wait 20 minutes to be seated? Right from the start this place was a disappointment. Let's start with parking. There isn't any. Most of the parking in the front is marked by other companies and you WILL be towed. Il Villaggio parks their catering vehicles right up front too, so you get to compete for parking with the actual restaurant as well. ALL the parking in the rear of the restaurant is marked by other companies and you WILL be towed. So, I tried parking in the neighboring parking lot. A business owner came out of his ice cream shop (he was extremely nice and helpful) and told me that this parking lot is monitored by cameras and the parking lot owners WILL have my car towed because they think it's funny. So, now I parked a block away.

Then when I finally get inside, there is that 20 minute wait even though I had reservations made well in advance. There were also FOUR other groups that had the same reservation time. What the hell is going on in here?

Once seated, the main dining area is in an extremely high ceiling room. With little to no tapestries, the sound of other diners is just deafening. There is nothing to absorb sounds making it impossible to have an intimate dining experience. Not to mention, seating is literally on top of each other. My wife and I might as well have been having dinner with two other couples maybe a foot and a half on either side of us.

For being billed as such fine dining, I found the food to be less than flavorful. The house special of seafood trio in a lemon olive oil was flavorless covered in lemon juice.

My wife had the salmon which she said was very good. I had the Veal Villagio. Paper thin veal cutlets that were WAY over cooked and tough. Potatoes were hard and crunchy (like they sat under a heat lamp for a while.)

Apparently, the couple next us had their order completely missed. Like, the kitchen lost the ticket. Management fawned all over them once the mistake was realized (which they should), but the layers upon layers of incompetence seemed to be felt throughout the restaurant, not just with us.

I will say that on a positive note, our waiter was very attentive and friendly. Not entirely helpful when it came to final menu selections as according to him "everything was just amazing", but a very nice guy.

Over all, thumbs down. Not worth the aggravation, hassle and "meh" food for the price tag. At least my car wasn't towed. Happy Anniversary, Wife. Sorry.