Bados Cucina — Restaurant in Peters Township

I called their phone number from the website to make a reservation. Left a message with all of my information, days ahead of when we planned on arriving, and I never got any confirmation. So, I called a few times to confirm myself. They never answered the phone. I called from noon through 7pm. Not one answer. In fact, one of my calls resulted in the voicemail saying "This Mailbox is Full. Sorry." We decided to chance it and still go. Despite a thin reservation book and a half empty dining room, we were refused service because they were "booked". When I told the hostess about my attempts to call, she assured me that they always answer and check their messages. When I insisted, she "realized" that their owner was on vacation and they have not checked in a few days. Oops. What do they offer as a sign of their apology? A 15% off coupon valid for the next 3 days. Yeah. Let me get around to...

Extremely underwhelming in consideration of the cost, portion size, and taste. Service was friendly and the atmosphere is nice (albeit a luxury fixer upper decor). There is a 4 dollar surcharge for bread (butter included), which felt like highway robbery. The portions are notably small, 3 items will leave most people wanting more. The menu is structured to encourage the ordering of at least 4 items (calling it "tapas" style - loosely). I think this place must only be afloat because of what appeared to be a strong demographic of affluent late aged white folks lacking taste, hunger, and budget restriction. I would only recommend this place to enemies, or satirists looking to burn cash at the expense of a comedic...

This was our 1st time here; or kids and friends have told us how good this place is. Really nice place. Really good food (some GREAT food), very friendly service, fair prices.

My wife and I shared the truffle flatbread() and ragu for 1st course, beef tenderloin and scallops for 2nd course, and then a pizza margherita(*).

Yes, I would definitely go back.

(*) = This dish was our favorite! My wife said she could have had 4 more of these.

(**) = This was our least favorite and I'm not sure how they messed this up. It was definitely (& appropriately) wood fired. But the tomatoes were somehow adulterated with some not welcomed flavor and the pizza was a...