3 /5 Arielle Decker: Came here for an early birthday dinner (first time coming here). I do want to start off by saying the appetizer we got, which was the artichoke French was delicious. We also shared the Caesar salad and loved everything about it. For my dinner I got the 30 clove pasta. For starters- the menu at the restaurant says this comes with spaghetti, but I got rigatoni. Not a big deal I wasn’t going to complain about that, I wasn’t upset about it. I was pleasantly surprised with the pasta until I got mouthful after mouthful of fennel seeds. It became so overpowering that I just couldn’t finish it. The pasta itself and the sauce without the fennel seeds was great, but it became far too much. My mom ordered the truffle pasta which was honestly a let down. As you can see in the photo it was literally just pasta, evoo, and mushrooms. No cheese, no creaminess (which it was supposed to have Parmesan cream but we didn’t realize because we didn’t have our menus at that point). It tasted very dry and bland. I understand it’s supposed to be a simple dish, but it was really underwhelming. We didn’t want to make a big deal or cause a scene or anything because our waitress was truly so great, so no, we didn’t give a complaint at the restaurant. Not saying I won’t try it again, but definitely won’t be back for their pasta. We left unsatisfied.
