This is my first post since returning from Disney, and I want to post while its all still pretty fresh in my mind.
We arrived at 5:28 on friday for our 5:30 reservations, 4 of us. We were seated at 5:50, though I have no idea why. There were at least 11 empty tables in the place, and I guess after looking into the dining room and announcing rather loudly that I couldn't understand why we were standing there we were finally seated. Half the room was practically empty, but we were seated in the far seating area where everyone else was in stead of spreading it out a bit. The waitress was very friendly and came to our table immediately and took our drink order. Now, I'm guessing most of you know what that was...ah, Sangria. Instead of ordering just a glass, we ordered a pitcher, well, ok, two before the dinner was over, but one pitcher gave us each two glasses, not huge, and a lot of ice, but worth the $18.00 a pitcher. It was fabulous. Definately the high point of the meal.
The menu I think is rather limited, especially for a non meat eater, but I opted on their Signature Rigatoni, hold the mushrooms. Sunshinejeff had the shrimp in garlic butter over linguine. Nothing comes with a side, its all separate, so 3 of us ordered side salads.
First came the bread, nice and hearty, a touch of cheese, very good, with a crushed olive mixture in olive oil for dipping, excellent. Next was the side salad. A small mix of greens, nothing else, with the most horrible lemon vinagrette dressing I have ever put in my mouth. It literally gagged me. At 5.95 for this horrible side salad, it definately is not worth it. BTW, its the same horrible dressing they put on their greek salads. Beware. I'm a lemon lover, and I could not even put another bite of it in my mouth. Next was the entree. All very nice in size. The shimp in garlic butter was decent, it could have used a little more garlic and spice. The shrimp were plentiful, almost too many. The linguine was done just right. The rigatoni signature dish was just ok. Since another person at the table got the one with mushrooms, we were able to see and taste the difference, and believe me, they are quite different, even the color. It has big chunks of sausage in it, and they served you more than what you could eat. My biggest complaint with it was not enough sauce, it was on the dry side, we all agreed, and the rigatoni was a little tough, but it wasn't too bad. We opted to skip dessert since the candy store is just a couple doors away.
The pizza seemed to be a big hit, as there were a lot of people inside and out eating it (theres a carryout pizza window on the outside of the restaurant). A large is $18.00 a little pricey for a pizza, but disney prices. I wish I would have just had the appetizers as they looked good, but I had a humus platter for lunch, so didn't order if for dinner, though a lot of tables had.
Our dinner with tip for 2 (she took the salad off) was $70.00.
The restaurant is loud with the hard wood floors and has a pizza place smell. If I had to rate it, I'd give it 2 stars.
All in all, I won't rush back there.
