Aura

I was very happy I my boyfriend made reservations. We had an amazing time! Our server was wonderful and very attentive. The food was very yummy! We had the duck skewers for an app and then shared the chop salad, very refreashing. Nest for my entree I had the chicken picatta, the chicken portion was huge! My boyfriend had the filet, with this coco/peppery sauce and nice and pink on the inside. Melted in my mouth and for dessert we split the tiramisu, just wonderful. We'll definently be back!!

Sorry to say, we were so disappointed. We have never been before and wanted to try it so we took advantage of one of the Fox40 Frugal Friday’s gift certificates ($25 for a $50 gift cert.) Glad we didn’t pay full price! Started out ordering two “house wines”, one Cab and one Merlot. The waiter informed us they were out of both! So he switched to something else, an up-sale of course. Next we ordered one of the 3 salad options, a spinach salad, only to be informed that they were out of Spinach! This is at 7:30 PM on a Tuesday night! After getting our salads, I requested some more dressing on the side, as there was barely a hint of Caesar on the romaine. I kid you not, I was brought a dab of dressing out from the kitchen ON A SPOON that was set on the table!

Next we were brought our Bruschetta, nearly inedible! It was diced tomatoes drenched and soggy in Balsamic Vinegar that so completely overpowered ANY of the other flavors that should have been there you couldn’t taste anything else… It also made the Baggett slices so soggy that they fell apart when picked up. Might as well just have ordered a shot of Balsamic and pounded it.

Also worth mentioning was the giant bowl that was brought with a few TINY pieces of hard bread in the bottom, followed 10 mins. later by a ramekin of…
…you guessed it, more Balsamic! And, as if all of this wasn’t bad enough, at least we were “entertained” all night by swatting the gnats away from our food! Close the damn door people!

The ONLY bright spot was the main course which was a pleasant surprise. We had the “mama mia’s chicken pastry”? and it was worth having again if we didn’t have to go there to get it.

Such a disappointment, we WON’T be going back.

I can't believe I'm acutually writing a review of a restaurant. I don't do this kind of thing but that is how bad our experience was on 11/15/08. I invited my friends to go out and celebrate an achievment of my wife's and made reservations for 8 at 7:00 PM. We showed on time but the food didn't. After an hour and 20 minutes I asked to see the manager. Never showed. They did bring our salads. After an hour and 50 minutes I told our waiter we were leaving. Wouldn't comp us anything, I paid for my friends drinks and salads because I felt so bad bringing them to this "restaurant".

PS Never in my life have I walked out on a restaurant. I mean come on, we never even got our entrees!

Our party of 8 made a reservation last night for 7:00 pm. After arriving promptly at 7:00, we waited until 8:15 pm before our salads arrived (which were less than standard quality for the fare charged). At 8:55 pm, we promptly asked for our check to include the drinks and salads consumed and stated we could wait no longer for our entrees to be delivered. We asked to speak to the manager to offer suggestions for better customer service (e.g., offer customers a free apetizer, a free drink, something to show your recognition the delay is unacceptable). The manager refused to come out of the back to speak to us. CONCLUSION: Unless you're feeling like being abused, I would not advise you visit this establishment.