Mazzi Cucina - Italian Restaurant

It was our first time visiting and the expectations were set high. Unfortunately it didn’t start out too well. We were told to wait by both the server and the owner when we walked through the door, instead of hearing a nice warm “welcome,” only to find out that our reservations were lost. Luckily there was a table available. The owner, I presume, talked us through the menu which was quite helpful considering it was our first time and we were unsure what to order. The atmosphere is what makes this place, cozy and intimate; although I’d love to listen to Italian music as opposed to Spanish. After all it is an Italian restaurant. We started with the calamari, it was very tasty- soft, not chewy although I’d prefer a bit more crunch. Then we had the chicken parmigiana with rigatoni and four cheese gnocchi. The pomodoro sauce was the best part of the whole meal. Chicken was well prepared and had basil in between the cheese and sauce which was a great touch. The rigatoni was al dente, just how I like but some noddles were a bit too hard which tells me it wasn’t turned inside the pot and the noodles on top didn’t cook enough. Lastly, the four cheese gnocchi. I wish I would have read the reviews about it before ordering. It was like eating mashed potatoes- they are way too soft. I hardly ate any of it. The worst part is that nothing was done about it. We were told that the chef is well known for cooking Italian food and that’s it’s the recipe they use to make gnocchi. It wasn’t taken off out bill, we weren’t asked if we wanted something else, no free dessert and no apology. Sadly, I can’t see us going back.