Milano — Restaurant in Town of Colonie

I placed a Doordash order for two salads last night and the driver left them outside instead of in my hall like the notes stated and they were stolen. That was no fault of Milano of course but since they were closed by the time my food was delivered, I had to take a refund last night instead of redelivery. Since I’m very pregnant and have been dreaming of a grilled chicken salad from here, I reordered today. Now they don’t have any salads on their menu with grilled chicken and Doordash didn’t give me the option to add it on so I asked for the anchovies on the Caesar salad to be subbed for chicken. Last night this was no problem and they delivered the salads I wasn’t able to eat with chicken. Today after my reorder and having the restaurant confirm the order, I got a phone call that they couldn’t put any chicken because Doordash wouldn’t let them charge extra. $5 extra per salad. I asked if a smaller portion of chicken could be used instead as a substitute for the anchovies but I could either receive the salads with no protein or they would cancel the order. I wasn’t paying $50 for two bowls of lettuce, cheese, croutons and dressing so it was canceled. It was an overall bad experience and I’m disappointed. I won’t bother attempting to eat...

I was extremely disappointed with my dinner tonight at Milanos from the minute I entered. I made reservations on line. The choices for seating were bar, high top, or standard. I chose standard. When we arrived I informed the hostess we had reservations. Where does she seat us? A high top at the bar -- specifically where I asked not to be seated. When I told her our reservation was for standard seating, she rolled her eyes and seated us in the requested area. Then we ordered our wine and food. Out came soft focaccia, resembling drenched white bread. I prefer a real Italian crusty bread. And our waitress forgot our drinks and needed to be reminded way after our salads came out. My dish, the scallop puttanesca was sub par. I've had puttanesca pasta in many restaurants and this was definitely the worse. Very heavy on the cheese or cream and no detectable anchovies. The scallops were over cooked. My husbands linguini clams were just okay. The best part of the meal was the garlic spinach (not on the menu, but I requested if I could get a veggie). Overall, a very...

I have been eating at Milano's since 2000 and considered it to be a top local restaurant until recently. I always used to order the risotto special if offered until it became a non-risotto that they continued to call risotto. The rice was firm and chewy; almost crunchy. I made the same mistake another time and resolved never to order the risotto again. I had dinner last night and ordered the seafood pasta special with dried tomatoes. The dish arrived smothered in a heavy intense red sauce that rendered it inedible. I was shocked a rejected it. I ordered the spaghetti with clams on the standard menu as a replacement. The clams were chewy, the pasta was overdone and the dish was waterlogged. I chose to eat it. It used to be very well prepared. My wife ordered a veal dish that she always used to enjoy. The recipe has been altered and she did not enjoy it as in the past. Also, I had the soft shell crab appetizer, which was delicious but far too rich. After 18 years, I won't be returning to Milano's and will no longer recommend it to others. It is a great...