Primavera — Restaurant in Town of North Salem

Walking up to the restaurant, it is definitely beautiful and the smells were very very appetizing. We sat at the bar, where we were told the kitchen would be closing soon (between lunch and dinner), and they’d rather us not order anything. We’ve been traveling and we’re hungry, and asked if we could order a simple appetizer. The bartender said that was fine.

We were promptly served some bread which was very good. The calamari came out fast (I’m sure they were in a rush), it smelled quite good. I really hate to say it but it was the worst calamari I’ve ever been served. It was so rubbery we couldn’t even chew it. I had to spit it out. The marinara it came with was a little spicy and absolutely delicious so I dipped my bread in it.

The bartender ignored the totally uneaten plate of calamari. It made us feel like we were totally an inconvenience. I did show him how stretchy and rubbery the calamari was before he came back with the check, no apologies but he did take it off the bill. The beer and wine were nicely chilled and the glassware was sparkling.

The bar and restaurant were very pretty and the bathroom was squeaky clean. The outside was nice and tidy, and there was plenty of parking. My main issue is that if the kitchen is open until 3, and we place an order before 3, then why serve us crap? Just say the kitchen closes at 2:30. It seemed almost...

We’ve heard so many good things, and left so disappointed we won’t be back.

Had reservation..showed up on time; table wasn’t ready…went to the bar. Bartender nice and attentive…so that was nice. Waited over 25 minutes and was finally ushered by a bus boy to our table and hands us mmaenus. room was about 1/2 full.

Waiter came over, dropped anti-pasta and bread.not a hello, how is your evening, can I get you another cocktail…just, “do you know what you want”.

We did..we ordered.

App- calamari…dipping sauce really yum. The calamari was literally the same frozen bag you pick up at the store and not even fried until crispy . Yuck

Dinner- Husband had veal- his was tasty I had chippino (so?)…basically a seafood pasta dish. The sauce had no flavor, the seafood was chewy. Ughhh so disappointing.

The waiter never came to check on us or again ask if we wanted anything and we saw him just standing by the kitchen talking with somebody. Bussers cleared table then waiter finally comes over with dessert menu…again most asking how anything was or how we were doing; so we just ask for check, paid and left.

What a disappointment from the food to the staff mehhhh I can get just as good from my local pizza place pay 1/2 and have better service.

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Such a beautiful restaurant, and that’s where it ends. To start with the service was lousy. A. Because they were understaffed and B. Because our waiter was in over his head. For appetizers, my wife and I ordered gnocchi and coconut shrimp. The shrimp was actually pretty good, but the gnocchi? Awful! It was more like Tater tot’s. For my entree I ordered what was suppose to be a dry age shell steak. It was tough and very bland. So much so that I left 2/3 of my steak on the plate because it wasn’t Edible. The waiter Never asked us if we wanted to refill or drinks, and When we managed to catch his attention, he was very late in bringing our drink orders. Getting him to bring cheese to the table was like pulling teeth.When The waiter asked me to wrap if I wanted to wrap it up, I explained to him that I was not happy with my steak. And made made no effort to have what I would describe as a pice of Kangaroo meat the check. The only thing positive was the prompt Valet service, who had more personality, and personality, which moved this restaurant from one star I had in mind to two stars.

Very disappointed to say the least, because this use to be a place for a fun...