"Food was delicious, server was very knowledgeable and friendly."
"Excellent food."
"The food was wonderful."
"Me and my family went here and it was the best Italian food EVER!"
"The food and drinks were perfect."
"The homemade/freshmade mozzarella was out of this world."
"Some of the best Italian food I've ever had."
Cons:
"Service was excellent but the food was lacking."
"Bread was hard, some food was not as described."
"The calamari IL portico was little rubbery and small portions."
"There food was not good and more like they were microwaved."
"The steak was supposed to be medium and was rare."
"The chicken parmesan and another fried chicken meal was over done and hard."
"The seafood dish was terrible, they didn’t clean the clams and muscles they were sandy."
Service
Pros:
"A warm welcome from Micah set the tone for our wonderful experience."
"The service was great, they worked together as a team, took good care of us & very friendly."
"Thank you Al and all the staff for your hard work."
"Waitress was very accommodating."
"The service was impeccable and the employees are really friendly."
"With amazing friendly wonderful service."
"Service and attention to detail was great."
Cons:
"The tall goofy guy who sat us at our table we thought was drunk or on drugs."
"Wait staff seemed to be off their game."
"Our waiter was a manger and was honestly very rude and barely around."
"You will be verbally abused and berated by the woman that claims she owns the property."
"Now I rated it a 1 because overall the Owner was horrific. He was so rude... He was prejudice to new comers from out of town."
"Unfortunately the bar service was a little slow."
"Service was unprofessional, and we were the only ones there."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"And the entertainment and open mic was so lovely and romantic."
"Beautifully set atmosphere with 2 main rooms: the dining room with a fireplace and the lounge with live music."
"Absolutely cannot beat the live music and atmosphere!"
"The place is really beautiful inside."
"But the atmosphere inside was great."
"The atmosphere is elegant and the waterview from our table was an added pleasure."
"The atmosphere throughout this restaurant resembles a classy and I do mean classy, old Europe feel."
Cons:
"First time here. We almost walked out when we walked in as the smell that hit us was like an old moldy building."
"This place would.get 5 stars if the waitress at the bar would stop being racist and treat the African American customers with more respect."
"I felt it was overcrowded, not big enough for the event they were having."
"The show was in poor taste and presented an anti-police propaganda, which made my husband who is a police officer feel uncomfortable."
"After about ten minutes we noticed they were greeted, had menus and had a drink served to them from the bar. At the 15-minute mark still no one had approached our table, we had no menus, nothing."
"Nice and comfortable place but that's about it service is decent but nothing great they did have a 2 piece live band which was very good ..Food: Pasta way to salty ( note to chef less salt in water ) Prices are a little high for the quality and execution ...."
"I drive by this place all the time so me and my family checked it out. The menu was so expensive so we ordered starters. The bill was 79.00. I won’t be coming back."
Price
Pros:
"THE PRICES ARE GREAT!!!!"
"The price is fair for the food and looks of the place."
"The food is good and the drinks are reasonable."
"Comparable price for marvelous food, atmosphere and company."
"The servings were ample and the prices were reasonable for today’s restaurant prices."
"Great service, great prices."
"If this place was in New York you would spend hundreds of dollars for the absolutely amazing food."
Cons:
"It is also expensive, which if the food was worth the price I wouldn't have cared."
"Way overpriced. Good food, but I'd rather spend this money elsewhere."
"The food was decent but extremely overpriced."
"Overpriced, service was good, but owner asks everyone who orders an entree if they want soup or salad as if it's included with the entree it is NOT and it is wayyy over priced."
"Lobster special plate was expensive for the amount of food (1/2 small lobster)."
"The price is too high for what I received."
"Food was not worth what we paid for it, very over-priced. Liquor was way expensive as well."