Our last night in the Phoenix area and this was our last stop! I had already eaten a trillion times that day and the whole week--needless to say I wasn't as hungry as I normally am. On tjhis certain Friday night after 7pm, the restaurant was very busy and there was a wait. What I did like about this restaurant is they take your phone number and they will notify you via text when you table is ready. We had a 40 minute wait so this gave us plenty of time to shop! The hostess was very nice! After about 35 minutes of waiting/shopping at the mall, a text was sent to let me know my table would be ready soon and to start heading back. My husband grabbed the table before I made it back but the hostess kindly directed me to our table. Once seated it took our waiter a moment to get there---hey were busy so I understand. He finally came and took our drink orders while we looked over the menu. I tried their pink lemonade (not sure what the lemonade was mixed with) which was delicious! One thing that I did not like was our waiter waited until we waited for a while, placed our drink order, had a our drinks refilled, and placed our food order before he brought bread to our table. For the most part he was very nice. Our food arrived and I ordered a Brio Chopped salad and added a side of grilled chicken to go with it (only three dollars or so to add chicken to a salad). My salad, the chicken, and the restaurant dressing was very good! My daughter got the kids pizza which was the size of an adult pizza that could feed two people--at least! Her pizza also had fresh ingredients and tasted good. My husband ordered a Strawberry Balsamic Chicken Salad--which was soooooo good! My mother in law ordered a Caesar salad and barely received any salad in her bowl. The waiter was nice enough to take the salad back and have them add more salad to her bowl. The original salad she received ordered was very skimpy on the portion--I am not even sure if it was a joke or not. Although we didn't order any of their major menu items, the items we did ordered were really good. I am not a major Italian restaurant eater, but when I return to the Phoenix area and have a larger appetite for Italian, I will be sure to give them another try.
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