This was a very mediocre experience for us, and I'm more than a little annoyed that I wasted a good Friday night dinner out here. \n\nThis place gets one star for the bread starter: that stuff was awesome and we plowed through two baskets. I could have sucked down that whole bowl of peppers in oil. \n\nAnother star for portion size...as opposed to stingy Giuseppe's, you actually get a full plate of food for your seventeen bucks. \n\nReasons we won't be back:\n1)We got seated right away, our waiter brought us water, menu, bread, and then we watched him say goodbye to Joe and WALK OUT THE DOOR. Shift over? Who knows. We waited for a good 15-20 minutes, with now-empty water glasses and bread basket, while NO ONE came to our table and Joe and his family were schmoozing around the room. We finally flagged down a busboy and he got a waitress for us. No apology, no nothing. We also overheard the table next to us complain about having to wait a long time for their appetizers (different waitress!).\n\n2)The food was really bland and nothing special at all. I got the raved-about spaghetti and meatballs, and all I could think was how I was spending all this money on pasta from a box topped with sauce from a can. Bland, Bland, Bland. And the meatballs: yes, they were huge, but my husband's comment when he tried a bite summed it up well: \"mmmmmm Liquid Meat.\" The meatballs have the texture (and almost the taste) of Grandma's fluffy matzoh balls, which is great if you're eating matzoh balls but just plain weird if you're eating meat. Meat is not supposed to be fluffy. \n\nToo many great restaurants to try for us to frequent this one again. Subpar food, bad service...no thanks.
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