A truly mediocre meal would have been an improvement on what they served.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
It's 6pm on a Thursday and we're in Appetito for an early dinner. The room is cramped and noisy. The table small and the server completely charm-free. If that wasn't enough, the server opens with a list of what they don't have that evening. Shrimp, veal, lamb, fruit, and several other basics. This sounds like a restaurant that is either managed incompetently or going out of business soon.
That said, I can only add that the food lived up to our diminished expectations. Cold pasta bolognese that had a sauce sweetened to the point of tasting like a dessert. Overcooked eggplant parmigiana and what I firmly believe were fake scallops in an appetizer. All this and perfunctory service was only $120.
Never again. I would personally be embarassed to serve food like this in my home. To sum up in Italian, "Infamitta! Banditi!"
Pros: Sorry, I found none.
Cons: Perfunctory service. Truly awful, overpriced food. Cramped and noisy.