Monaco's Ristorante — Restaurant in Winchester

Tonight was our first time ordering from Monacos, after deciding to try somewhere new. My partner and I are winsted natives and thought, let's give Monacos a try! We haven't heard anything about them....well....now I know why no one's ever recommended.

I am surprised to report, that may have been the most bland, badly prepared dinner I've ever gotten as takeout before. I understand some food doesn't travel well, but that wasn't the issue at all. I ordered chicken piccata, which I'm used to grabbing and bringing home from other restaurants. Upon opening, I was met with the smell of an undercooked wine sauce. The thinnest, most bland sauce I have ever encountered. I was surprised not to find the pasta in the container. I opened a small container, and there was my pasta that I planned to put in the piccata sauce, covered with the most absolute worst red sauce I have ever encountered in my life. Tasted worse than jarred sauce, no spices, broke to liquid and some mush....it's a good thing the bread mentioned on the menu was not included, I had planned to dip it in the sauces. At least maybe the bread would've stood a chance tasting somewhat good?

My partner ordered fettuccine Alfredo. Very thin and lack there of sauce, not to mention, also the most bland either one of us has ever tasted. If you like buttered noodles trying to pass as fettuccine Alfredo, this is would be great.

Not a big one here, but added to the lack of bread, if you don't have a salad dressing, say so on the phone. Like you did with the other salad dressing we had asked for. I know it's easier to just throw another Italian. I get it. But also...who doesn't have ranch or oil and vinegar? Maybe I'm splitting hairs now. But I am massively salty after the $60 we just wasted. You should give some of that salt to your cook. Although I doubt just seasoning would...

The food here is decent. It's a bit pricey when compared to portion size. It honestly seems more like a tapas place to me. Expect to leave hungry. My nephews child sized portion of spaghetti and meatballs was actually larger than my entree. I ordered the seafood casserole. It came with a tiny house salad (emphasis on tiny), and a side of penne with sauce. The pasta was about 2 tablespoons of pasta and maybe a couple teaspoons of sauce. The seafood casserole although very good came in a 6 inch casserole pan and was less than 1/2" deep. About 6 bites and it was gone. Our server was very nice although she told my brother he could substitute an item that came with his meal then later another person came out and told him it would be an extra cost. Although when I say "told" what I mean is yelled it across the restaurant. Another gripe was the ridiculous amount of parmesan cheese they brought out for our table of 10. They brought out a single dish with a couple tablespoons of cheese for our entire table and then acted annoyed when we asked for more. Also there is no parking lot so expect to park either down the street or across 4 lanes of traffic. Not an unpleasant experience but not really a...

Will never go again. Went in for dinner on the weekend as I read on yelp that supposedly it has the finest Italian in Winsted. It was decently packed but not necessary busy. We waited to be seated for 30 min as no one welcomed or even acknowledge us as 3 workers passed right by us. Then an older lady came to us in a rude manner and told us to wait by the bar. We were then seated at the bar as they prepared our table, which was another 15min. Finally after sitting down, frustrated of the service and hungry, we looked through the menu as the waiter gave us our water, which was lukewarm. Out of frustration, I called over another waiter and asked for water and ice, which she brought out with bread as a starter. The bread was cold and stale. It was hard to chew and made me wonder how long the bread had been out for. I was really frustrated by this time, but since we had already ordered, we decided to stay. It can't' get anymore worse than this right? The food that we were so very anxious of, came out and of course mediocre. Overall I was disappointed in their so called fine taste and most of all,...