I used to come here all the time but stopped when they took every single thing I ordered off the menu a few years ago. Last night we went back and it was incredible. We were seated immediately (we showed up around 8 so the crowd was just starting to leave) and I didn’t think we were sitting there that long but a server came up to us and seemed offended that nobody had come to our table yet. At that point our comically awful server for the night showed up and insisted he could handle the table. He could not. My husband ordered a soda and I asked for water. His soda came out promptly and we got salad from someone else (not sure about his name but he was the hero for the rest of the evening) and he was like whoa let me get you some more water. No, my friend. It was not ‘more’ water it was water for the first time and thank you. The salad was just as tasty as I remember. Our appetizers came out exactly as we finished our salads and were excellent. He had the fried mozzarella and ravioli and I had the artichoke hearts oreganata. Both were perfect. I foolishly drank my small glass of water thinking some more would show up at some point but that was a mistake. My husband was out of soda and unable to order more because our server never came back until we were done with our entrees and he graciously let me have his small glass of water. This time I paced myself.

He ordered the stuffed chicken parmigiana and I had the skirt steak with broccoli di rapa. Both were out of this world and we finished every last bite. Pedro finally stopped by and I asked for a pitcher of water which never came and we ordered 2 desserts and a cafe mocha, delivered promptly. We ordered the Nutella pizzetta and the chocolate cake with berries. That was way too much but spectacular. When it came my husband reminded him about the water and it finally came. We drank the entire thing and it might have been the best part of the night at that point lol both desserts were excellent and I can’t even decide which was better to make a recommendation but we finished the pizzetta and took the cake home. In fact I think I’m going to go snack on that right now. I would recommend sitting in Mario’s section :)