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Emilia's

Emilia's

2331 Arthur Ave, BRONX, United States

Beer • Wine • Full • Italian


"I do not understand the good reviews for this restaurant. The food was not good. We ordered fried calamari and a stuffed artichoke. The fried calamari was edible but it was not very tender and the batter was tasteless. The sauce was also disappointing as marinara sauces go. It has no taste at all, no garlic or basil flavor it was very bland. The artichoke was a major disappointment. It was very undercooked so that there was hardly any part of the leaves that you could eat because they were not cooked. The stuffing could have been a consolation but there was very little of it and it was completely tasteless. Bread was finally brought to the table long after the appetizers were brought. The bread was Italian bread that was more like white bread. How can a restaurant on Arthur avenue not have delicious authentic Italian bread with all of the bakeries there?? I ordered eggplant parm for dinner. It was not terrible but I would not say it was delicious. It was very bland, and their sauce is very bland. There is no taste of any seasoning at all in their sauce. I also forgot to mention that I ordered the arugula salad which came with house dressing. It was a plate of arugula with a lot of shaved carrots on it and a few pieces of tomato. I cannot tell you what the house dressing is because there was virtually no dressing on the salad. I detected a small amount of oil but nothing else. I was imagining a good Italian style salad dressing as their house dressing. I used the oil and balsamic on the table to add to the salad. And why is the arugula covered in shaved carrots? Others at the table ordered the Caesar salad and there was almost no dressing on their salad either. The other entree was the braciola, which was tough and not cooked properly."