Dominick's — Restaurant in Lawrenceville

It was the service for me or the lack there of. First time here and was seated immediately upon entry. Actually I was on a first date and the time quickly got away from us due to the all the conversation we were having. 15 minutes had passed and no one had visited our table yet. They were not that busy at all. A couple was being seated right behind us and I jokingly said I’m going to time how long it takes their waiter to get them. LITERALLY 15 seconds later the waiter appeared. The irony in it was that their party wasn’t even all there yet. He asking about drinks and appetizers and they are not even ready to order! I can’t explained why I laughed and was so mad at that same time. We asked him who our waiter was because we had been sitting here for more then 15 minutes. He said he would find out but instead just took our order. The best thing about our server was his nails. I mean I appreciate him taking our order, but there was no true “ service “ at all. Food took about 20 minutes. I ordered a salad and my date ordered chicken Parmesan and we had calamari as an appetizer. We had to ask for refills of water. Ask for bread???? Had not all the tables around us had bread we wouldn’t have even known to ask. While Waiting for our food a woman casually walked by asked if someone had taken our order . We explained a little Of our disappointment and said someone eventually got around to it. She said “ oh ok” and left.

Food: calamari fresh and hot. Needed a tad bit more of seasoning. Dates Chicken parm was good. My salad was great. That’s why I gave 1 star. The lack of customer service over shadowed the food so much that we will not be returning.

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Been wanting to try this place for years, why did I wait so long? All the good food I have missed! Don't let this happen to you. Wonderful menu, pasta, veal, chicken, seafood, wonderful salads, and appetizers and desserts! All the stabdard Italian fare plus so many specialty items. I had a wonderful spicy, meaty, cheesy dish called Spicy Chicken and Italian Sausage Casserole. Could not have been better, and way too much food. Even the half portion left me with leftovers for tomorrow, or, who am I kidding, later tonight when everyone else is asleep! My friend wanted something lighter, and ordered the White Bean and Italian Sausage Pasta. Absolutely wonderful in a completely other way. Light, flavorful, indulgent almost, but very subtle flavors. So many other dishes I wanted to try. What in the world is Scarperiello? I could go on and on. We started with the Garlic Cheese Bread, way beyond my expectations. I can't even begin to imagine how good the others appetizers must be. Please don't wait as long as I did to try this place. The atmosphere is also wonderful, dark, romantic, great addition to downtown Lawrenceville. If you haven't been lately, they have redone so much of the city and your town square. More parking, including several garages, red brick sidewalks, street lamps, bring a date, bring the kids, bring a crowd. You'll be glad you did. Please also take really good care of your servers and bartenders. Times are tough, and these folks go out of their way to ensure that you and I have a good night on the town. Won't...

Me and my wife went to dinner. My wife wanted Olive Garden I said we should check out this place.

I was a chef for 12 years and hate blasting restaurants but honestly the apathetic execution is forcing me to do this. I normally pay my bill, tip, and don’t come back.

It was Friday and service was not necessarily slow but more so clunky and focused on money rather than experience.

We ordered the cheese garlic bread. Timing was fine but they put garlic chips on a loaf of bread and covered it in oil and cheese and broiled it... the idea seemed great but the amount of garlic was offensive, I don’t think we have ever had left over garlic bread.

I ordered the chicken Alfredo the wife ordered the mushroom ravioli. I feel like it took 3 or 4 minutes to come out, which is not a good thing.

Sauce was runny, the texture of the chicken was precooked and flavorless, and I can get over the chopped up tomatoes (shouldn’t be there but don’t taste like much) but the huge amount of basil(shouldn’t be there and don’t taste good in Alfredo) in the Alfredo made me stop eating after a few bites. By the way the menu didn’t mention basil but did say there would be fried spinach to garnish which were not present.

The mushroom raviolis weren’t very good. It was really disheveled, and just forgetful.

We got the half portions, which were about the normal cost of a full portion at a normal restaurant and they were huge.

It took almost 20 minutes after we stopped eating to be...