Dominic's — Restaurant in Escondido

First of all, the only thing Italian about this place is the name. I had salmon over linguini...it was beyond dry, tasted like a 3rd grader made it. My wife had the chicken limone...she asked for vegetables instead of linguini. Melinda said no problem without mentioning that there is an extra $4.00 charge for it? Not a problem, but most restaurants that we have been to let you know about that. The chicken was overall dry, the wine sauce was tasty, but some of the vegetables were warm and some were cold? I ordered a side soup with my meal... which she never brought to me. Instead, she brings a large salad out with our entrees that we never ordered. I told her that I didn't order a salad, but the small side of minestrone. Then she brings the check...she never asks us if we'd like dessert, which we did. She tells us then that she didn't bring the soup because it was cold? Doesn't a restaurant know how to heat up food? Is that a joke? She tells us that she deducted $2.00 for not bringing the soup, but the $2.00 wasn't deducted from the bill? We then see that she charged us additional $4.00 for the veggie substitution. Not a problem, but is this another joke? Stay away from this place. It is far from authentic Italian food and mediocre at best! They never refilled my soft drink that I paid for, but did refill my wife's complimentary water. The place is very dated in the decor and the ambience is not...

Waitress was great and the food was decent and generous proportions. However, they have not updated their online website in at least 8 months as to food choices and prices. Specifically chose this restaurant to celebrate New Year’s Eve because we wanted veal. Upon making the reservation, my husband even asked if there were any special menus due to New Year’s Eve. This would have been a good time to at least let us know the website was in correct. By the time we discovered this, it was too late to go anywhere else. The owner or manager was going around to the other tables to say hello to the regulars and check on how things were. We had told our waitress this was our first visit and how disappointed we were. She apologized, but the manager never once came to say anything to us at all. This would have been an opportunity to welcome new patrons, apologize and try to make us repeat customers. We were not upset at the time-just disappointed. But after reading a review from eight months ago, that said their website was misleading and they don’t have veal…well, now I understand why he didn’t bother to come over. I guess they...

The ambiance of this place is nice. It feels very cozy and inviting. The staff, however, is not. The waitress took an extremely long time to take our orders , and did not check on us at all/refill our beverages. Which, was surprising since it was an almost empty restaurant. I ordered the chicken parmesan, which was not bad; however, my side of spaghetti tasted like plastic. When this meal had concluded, I asked for my check early, and gave her my card at once, so that I could leave immediately. (I explained to her that my infant would be getting tired) I literally waited 30 minutes for that check. Twenty minutes after asking for it, she said she still had not closed out my tab. Ten minutes later, she returns with the rest of the table's checks, but still has not run mine. When I ask for it again, she complains, " Well, you guys had me run like 10 checks." Overall, the food was decent, save for the side dish of BPA. However I did not appreciate the attitude, nor the pace of the waitstaff. Because of this I will not...