Server Jessie G. was absolutely lovely. Friendly, sweet, helpful and attentive.
For an appetizer, I ordered the hot stuffed peppers.
Delectable, mildly spicy peppers stuffed with a savory sausage mix, smothered in fresh marinara and melted cheese. They were delicious and it was a huge portion. This could have been a main dish, it was so much food.
It came with a slice of Italian bread and butter packets. I think the slice of Italian bread is unnecessary. It's literally just a slice of bread from a bag you could pick up at the grocery store. This dish would be fine without it, but if you must serve it with some bread, add a chunk of toasted garlic bread made from an authentic Italian loaf.
My main dish came with a salad, which I received prior to my stuffed pepper appetizer.
I was asked if I wanted a Caesar style salad and that's what I received. The toasted croutons tasted fresh, like they were house made. I should have asked if they were, and I didn't. But they were delightful. The romaine salad was fresh and crisp, and I loved the thick cheese shavings in the salad. Combined with the tangy dressing, I really enjoyed it.
For the main dish I ordered the Seafood Alfredo. It was advertised as containing shrimp and langostinos. I didn't receive any warning that the langostinos were missing. The dish only contained shrimp. Nevertheless, the seafood was tender and not overcooked. I wasn't disappointed. The picture is deceiving, as there were more shrimp hidden under the pasta.
The sauce was sumptuous. I thoroughly enjoyed every creamy bite. Alfredo is my favorite dish. I took a good portion away to enjoy later, and it was just as delicious warmed up as leftovers.
The only thing that could improve the dish, would be if the pasta was made fresh by hand. If that happened here, it would be sublime.
For dessert I chose the caramel drizzled cheesecake. It had a lovely vanilla bean flavor that was enhanced by the caramel. I can't tell if the dessert was made in house and I neglected to ask. I suspect it was not. But it was a satisfying slice of cheesecake, no matter where...
Read moreThere are two restaurants with the same name. One in Bridgeville, and this one in Washington. And even though they are owned by the same people, the experiences we had are night and day. Avoid Bridgeville and come here! Staff and food are so much better there is no reason to go elsewhere.
The menu is quite comprehensive and full of traditional and well loved staples of the Italian American kitchen, but they must do a phenomenal job with the sandwiches as we saw many tables loaded down with those while we were there. We stuck to an appetizer of baked mushrooms, chicken marsala and a cod piccata. The two entrees come with a choice of soup or salad (we selected side salads) and a bread bowl (warm bread!) came as well.
By the time we finished the mushrooms and salad, we barely had any room left to pick at our main dishes. That explains why we saw every party leaving the place with takeout bags!
Flavors were rally good. About the only mistake was that the breadcrumb mixture that was used in both the mushooms and the cod was incredibly salty. I also would have preferred a thicker marsala sauce - it was tasty, but I wanted it to cling more to the chicken and pasta.
They have a fill bar with a wine list to boot and also desserts. We did not even look at the dessert list since we got nowhere close to finishing our dinners!
Our waitress was on the ball, checking on us frequently while keeping on top of her other tables as well. She was able to explain something to us: On their menu and several places on the restaurant are stickers that claim: "Beef tallow". What she told us is that they use beef tallow in their fryers. It is not used in their saute station or other places, just in the fryers, so if that is an issue for you, they are making you aware of it. I thought that was...
Read moreOrdered root beer, nothing but syrup so I changed and ordered a coke perfectly fine. Ordered my meal and a side Cesar salad, salad came and was mixed lightly took a couple bites to find a giant paper napkin thing in it bigger than my hand. I was offered a new one thought ok it can’t get worse. My meal came before getting the next salad no biggie until I saw a glob of uncooked egg batter flipped over and the whole underside of the egg battered chicken supposed to be cooked to a golden brown had the bottom maybe cooked for a few second so it didn’t fall apart and would go unnoticed being on the bed of mashed potatoes didn’t even get one bite and was repulsed.
I didn’t tell the waitress bc I was already embarrassed enough with said 1&2 above. She brought out the replacement salad sadly was still contemplating taking this one or saying something about my meal I took the salad ate that and didn’t say anything she did take both off of the bill. Looking over at my fiancé’s plate he hadn’t eaten 3/4 of the chicken with his meal bc it was bad and he shuttled it to a side napkin between bites and put it on the plate before it was taken away. Only one who kind of enjoyed their meal was my daughter she had Mac n cheese.
On a better note after not getting to eat yet today and wasted an hour of not eating or enjoying time out with the family, I got a Stromboli roll from grande jr and it...
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