VinciTorio's\n1835 E. Elliot Road, Tempe, Arizona\n\nWe arrived at VinciTorio's on a Saturday evening at 6:00 with reservations. We were seated in about 5 minutes\n\nWe skipped the appetizers and started with salad. I and companion had house salads; mine with a house Italian dressing, and companion's with a Balsamic dressing that didn't appear to have any balsamic in it.. The salads were fresh with some nice frisee, but lacked tomato. \n\nMain courses were ordered. I ordered Linguini with clam sauce with extra garlic. Flavor was satisfactory, but it would have been much better with a less watery sauce. The clams appeared to have been from a can rather than fresh. While my personal preference would have been a slightly thickened sauce, it was properly prepared and could be easily sopped up with lots of the excellent garlic bread.\n\nCompanion ordered ravioli, which when brought out were sitting in pools of water in the sauce. They obviously were not properly drained and/or leaked in the hot water bath. Again, my personal preference would have been to have the sauce thicker so that it adhered more to the pasta, but that is a matter for debate among chefs.\n\nOn to desserts, the absolute high point of the meal. I ordered the Panna Cotta which came with macerated raspberries on top and blueberries on the plate. It was smooth and silky and just melted on your palate. It was just as good as the last time I ate here.\n\nCompanion had the same dessert and pronounced it wonderful.\n\nService was at a bit of a rushed pace. The restaurant was reasonably clean.\n\nCompared to the last review I did of this restaurant, this was not as good an experience. The food seemed to be downgraded as compared to my last review, though the Panna Cotta was every bit as good as I remembered it being. Service could use some polish as well as slowing down a bit. I felt like they just wanted to serve us and get us out of the place.\n\nOne less star than the last review.
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