For a chef so famous and well-talked about, I'd expect his restaurant foods to be high quality, not a batch of salt and sloppiness! I've been to Wolfgang's express restaurant in Walt Disneyworld, but I think even that food was more appetizing then what I had in Lupo!\n\nI don't mean to be rude, but this food was in no way what I expected. I came here with my sisters and cousin on a Saturday night, and the place was full of people, the lights were dim, the tables were white and fancy, and then... a waiter came and plopped two bread sticks in the middle of the table. Didn't even say a word. Not even a basket. Just two hard, long, and completely dry bread sticks wrapped in one napkin and placed in the middle of the table. So, my sisters and cousin and I were just wondering what to do with the sticks, and tried looking around the other tables to see if other people had eaten theirs. Many people still had their sticks.\n\nAfter several minutes of confusion and eating tiny pieces of the mystery bread sticks, we finally received a REAL basket of REAL bread that came with some garlic sauce and balsamic vinegar + olive oil. That was much better, but still not as good (I thought) as the bread I had in Maggiano's. Weird.\n\nSo, we ordered our food. Let's just say, it was hardly worth the price. Here's what we ordered (I'm condensing the names because those names on the menu were in Italian and ridiculously long):\n\n- Halibut ($31): Gah. Overcooked, or something. Definitely was more bland than I expected. The fish was placed on top of a bed of sloppily put-together tomatoes that were sauteed (I'm guessing) with onions and other things. Together, it tasted worst than something I could've done at home with the same ingredients. In fact, the sauce under the fish was watery, and way overcooked. Hardly in tact and the pesto sauce? Ah! Didn't even taste it! NOT worth $31! Look at my picture for how terrible the plating was.\n\n- Salmon ($30): Best thing I tried. The salmon was pretty good -- I liked the extra crunch it had, but I wasn't sure if that was on purpose or if it was a bit overcooked. Tthe side potatoes were just that: side potatoes. Very salty, no herbs -- just like french fries that weren't cut into fries yet. Eh.\n\n- Fettucini with truffles (Mushroom pasta) ($26): The fettucini was undercooked, lathered in oil and topped with salt. It was paired with truffles, but that didn't make up for the extremely unnecessary amount of oil it had. Had an odd mix of flavor that did not want me to eat any more than the few bites I had. My sisters agreed, only finishing the plate because of its expensive price.\n\n- Shrimp risotto ($29): Perhaps the item I disliked the most. The risotto was way too creamy and buttery, and did not pair well with the shrimp. I do admit, though, the shrimps were good. But, yeah, I couldn't even eat three bites of this. Just did not like it (except for the shrimp).\n\nI'll say this, though -- the service was pretty good. My sister blew out the candle on our table, and it was replaced instantly. We always got water refills, too. But, it was weird because a different person always came to our table. Different waiters. In fact, there were only waiters, no waitresses. Either way, I think service was decent, but the food just was not worth the $94 total plus $10 tip that we paid.\n\nThank God we had a 25% discount by showing them our tickets from The Lion King show! I would hate to pay full price for this!\n\nDo not come here if you're looking for good eats (unless you greatly enjoy oil and salt)!
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