Very excited to come here, despite mixed reviews. Unfortunately we were disappointed. The rolls and pesto oil which were brought out first were the best part of the meal. Really good. For appetizers we had the meatballs which came as a set of 4, and labeled as veal, pork and beef, were dry and very tough, traditional mixture means fork tender. We also got the gnocchi trio which we picked with three different sauces. The gnocchi themselves were very good. The pomodoro sauce was ok, but very smokey, which we could not figure out, but surmised that it was infused with a smoked mozzarella rind. Very odd. The second sauce was a pesto cream with roasted peppers, pretty good. Third sauce was a sausage red sauce. Best of the three. For dinner, my partner got the lobster and asparagus risotto. He was very excited. Bummer that it did not live up to his expectations. The risotto was undercooked, the lobster was overcooked, asparagus was spot on, but heavy handed with lobster base made it almost inedible. My dish, great noodles with sausage in a blush sauce masquerading as bolognese was very ok. Super overly heavy, accompanied by a bay leaf, very untraditional and odd. Staff very sweet, atmosphere very cool, kitchen staff either lazy or not competent. I love supporting local businesses, but just not up to my...
Read moreUpdate 2/2/23 Still 1 of the best Italian Restaurants in South Jersey. Go... Eat... Enjoy!
Love this place. This is our 1st time at their Marlton location. We have been to their Collingwood location many times and have had many private parties there as well. I will be honest, there is NO DIFFERENCE between the 2 locations. Same menu, same food.... For me that's a huge win. They are only 5 minutes from my house so we will be back often. Mark the manager was very accommodating and welcoming. Megan our server was pleasant, warm and attentive while allowing us to have our own time together. Short story, the staff, food and atmosphere were amazing. We will be back many times. Good luck to the Marino family and thank you for opening a place so much...
Read moreWe had dinner there last night and it was busy. I had ordered the veal dish with crab and aspargus in a lemon sauce. One bite of the veal it was very tough so I moved on to the garlic mash potatoes which where lumpy hard. There were little slivers of aspargus in the sauce for the veal. We waited at least 45 mins. for our meal without anybody bringing us bread. We finally asked for some when we got it, it was four small pieces that were hard as a rock. The waitress finally brought us our bill without asking if we wanted desert. We told her we did, that's when she told us if we were using a credit card we will be charge 3% over our bill. That was the topper we will never...
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