"Looked forward to first visit, tonight, 9/16/23. Turns out it was both our first and our last! Atmosphere: only about 6 tables occupied when we arrived...place was mostly empty. Seating was okay; accoustics very noisy; room we were sat in had window opening to a tiny and very noisy kitchen with clanging dishes and pans, and ringing bell everytime an order was up. Service: horrible... Waiter didn 't introduce himself, so had no idea who to ask for when we needed him. Waiter was mostly out of our room, and only leaned in on occasion to take our order. Stood at a distance from our table, so could not clearly hear what he was saying/asking at times. He made it seem like he was busy with something else, and didn 't really have time to wait on us. Hardly checked on us. Selections: dissappointing...limited wine offering...no zinfandel or rose wine option. Ordered pinot grigio, which was barely chilled. Weird appetizer offerings on menu. Ordered the shrimp scampi dip with garlic bread. Not knowing what dip would be like, I asked waiter if it was an oil dip (which we wouldn 't have ordered) and he said no. Then turned out it was an oil dip, with about a tablespoon of tomato sauce mixed in with 4 pieces of shrimp at the bottom. Odd. We each ordered a cup of French onion soup, which was on tonight 's menu. I asked for cheese on top to be browned and extra crispy, and waiter said, okay . When we got them, it turns out that the crouton/bread that normally tops french onion soup was no more than a thin cracker, the size of a Wheat Thin, with about 2 3 pieces of shredded cheese on top of it. You could barely see it! Broth was very sweet without a usual robust beef flavor. We each ate only about 1/4 of our soup. Entrees: very dissapointing... husband ordered eggplant parm...he said the tomato sauce tasted like Chef Boyardee sauce yuck! Eggplant was topped with square of unmelted cheese yuck! I ordered chicken marsala. Plate looked good, but marsala sauce was awful. Neither of us ate our dinners, but paid a whopping $97.01. Bill came to $93?, but was charged the surcharge for paying with my debit card. We will never go back, and do NOT recommend. Too many other much better options out there!"
