Nonno's Cellar — Restaurant in Lima

We made reservations for our anniversary dinner and were taken to our table immediately upon arrival. Our waitress was Kendall and she greeted us and asked about drinks. We each ordered a sweet tea and she said it would take a minute because she had to go upstairs to get it, which was no big deal and she brought us waters as we waited. We ordered "the feast." As we waited, Kendall brought out bread, which was nothing special and she came back a little later because she forgot to give us butter with our bread. I then had to ask for silverware because we still didn't have any, again, no huge issue. Our appetizer and salads both came out before we had gotten our teas. The bruschetta was really flavorful, but the bread wasn't toasted at all so it was a little disappointing. The salad was ok, but we each had to pick some of the food out because it wasn't the best quality. It definitely needed salt and pepper. Next came out the rigatoni, meatballs and sausage and peas and garlic. All of it needed some seasoning, but the meatballs were the best part. The sauce was definitely on the sweet end, but again, it was not bad overall. Lastly, our dessert came out which was mini cannoli and lemon cake. The cake was very light and flavorful. The atmosphere is beautiful, but there was a lot of traffic and many people asking where the restroom is. I'm not sure if this traffic was from the main restaurant or the pins place or what, but it was a bit distracting to be right in the line of traffic. We would try again as I expect with a new restaurant to have...

The stars are for the atmosphere, love the brick and tile on the floor. The people were nice, however, our waitress definitely needed more training. (Reaching her arm across us, instead of walking around, very slow to refill our glasses etc.). The presentation of the food is awful, we waited way too long to get get it and once it was finally brought to our table, 3 out of 4 of our meals were cold! Even the baked potato was cold!!! I got the Italian beef and noodles and it was not good at all, the food overall was average at best. We were excited to try your restaurant but left really disappointed to say the least. To their credit, they credited each of us $20….so we still paid over $35 for a subpar meal. Unfortunately I cannot recommend...

Kara Brinkley does not know how seating works in a restaurant and it shows. I used to be a hostess and yeah it happens when u have a huge party that needs multiple tables smashed together, u will have to wait longer. they can’t just refuse ppl coming in with smaller parties because ur large party is coming in later…. u couldn’t wait longer than 20 mins? I doubt her party was able to find anywhere else that could seat them asap LOL. For her to give a one star review over that is ridiculous, it’s a new business… she better have had gotten food poisoning to write a one star review. amazing food. amazing service. 10/10...