Mezzanotte Italian Restaurant — Restaurant in Seattle

The cocktails were the best part of our meal, which isn’t to say the foods bad or even that these are the best cocktails I’ve ever had. Thats just the overall take away. The focaccia bread, which was our second favorite, eek, was paired with a really high-quality olive oil and vinegar accompaniment . We ordered the savory panna cotta appetizer because it sounded exciting and we had never seen anything like that on a menu. One out of five of us thoroughly enjoyed it and helped us finish it off. The rest of us passed on third and fourth bites. The burrata was a standard burrata, nothing special . It was the accompaniments that disappointed. The pesto was downright pasty, and the lemon tapenade was bitter . I’m not sure how these two standards could come out so uninspiringly. The reginette pasta was over al dente, just too hard to fully enjoy the Bolognese. The other pastas we had, the tajarin (simple enough to not offend or impress) and the tagliatelle were all right. Everything seem to be just a bit underdone with enough al denta to actually Shake it stick to the teeth, which wasn’t super pleasant. The peas in the tagliatelle were the most dominate flavor diminishing the morel mushrooms.

We sat on the patio, which was really nice and the improved from when we arrived as we started to build a large bill. We declined dessert in place of another round of delicious cocktails. The cocktail “flowers in the attic. Flowers in the attic”...

Two of us went for the $90 “piccolo nonnakase, a six-course family style tasting menu.” I requested in the reservation that I am pescatarian and allergic to mushrooms, and confirmed this with our waiter when we were greeted.

We were served a salad, an appetizer, two small pasta portions, a protein/secondi, and a dessert. The craziest thing is that with only one minor deviation, these were all on the menu and the dishes added up to $158, whereas we were charged $180 for the nonnakase!!!

I have never seen this so wanted to warn others. It’s not six courses, it’s six dishes, and it costs more for less than what you get ordering a la carte!!!

Unfortunately the chef was not skilled with dietary restrictions either because we were served a dish with mushrooms and a gelatin dessert, which is not pescatarian. A discount was given upon pointing these out, however so much of the menu would have worked for me if only the chef paid attention.

Our check with two cups of house wine was still $200 which felt like a lot — would have been much better not to trust the chef and order a la...

There is a 2% health and wellness charge on the check. I'm not sure if it's noted anyway, as I don't recall seeing it. I could have missed it. Bolognese was very salty, so much it made it difficult to eat. It could have been good with less. The shrimp pasta was a bit under flavored, and pasta seemed overdone. The glasses for wine are strange, and need to be revisited. The bottles of wine they pour from were sat outside on a table in the sun, so the reds were extra warm, on a hot day they would be cooked. We did a walk in, but we were told the table was only available until a certain time, which was fine, as the food came out quickly. The atmosphere was a bit strange, but I cannot point to exactly what it was. I wanted to like this place, as the wine selection seemed good and it has all the makings for a great place but it was overall not a very enjoyable visit, especially the salty food dragging it way down, and the wine being hot knocked...