Great Food & Prices, Busy Weekends. I was pleasantly surprised with their pasta, salads & especially the dessert!
1st, this place is super busy on the weekends, even some weeknights, no reservation on weekends, so make sure you are not in a rush or go on a weekday. Parking is scarce too.
2nd, the servers are pleasant, unless they are overwhelmed, then you have been pre-warned.
3rd, the food is excellent. We had a table of 6, everyone liked their different pasta dishes - from alfredo, asparagus cream sauce to pasta soul (seafood mild spicy), pasta seafood curry (really warming, fragrant & med spicy) to eggplant with bechamel sauce - all winners! And the special 2 for 1 price, welcome surprise!
The salads - caesar & forgot the name of the other, are good.
The most surprising is the homemade gourmet dessert, raspberry chocolate cake - it was mostly chocolate mousse with perfect tangy raspberry sauce & a thin cake base - beautiful, decadent, so delicious! Other places will charge double for it!
The only dish not too great is the risotto - texture a bit plastic like.
Overall, definitely a will-be-back experience. Love it!
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Been back since to try Chicken Marsala with Fusilli in cream ham, mushrooms and green peas sauce - absolutely delicious!!!
Salmon with sweet bell pepper, hollandaise and pesto sauce, with risotto in tomato sauce, ham, mushrooms and green peas - tasty, good portions for the price under $10.
Sirloin steak with demi-glace sauce and fusili in cream sauce, medium rare - they actually did medium rare just as requested, big piece of steak, tender, everything perfect.
Chicken Paella - to my surprise, it is more like a risotto because it is on the soggy side, cannot taste the saffron, however it is tasty, tomatoey and like a comfort food. I am used to paella that is drier but this moist version is pretty good too.
Penne alla Bombay in curry cream sauce with chicken and tomatoes - very warm curry flavor, not spicy which is a surprise but pleasant one, very little chicken and even less tomato. If you like pasta, this is perfectly fine & fragrant.
Linguine Soul - seafood with spicy tomato sauce, last time I tried this, it was tasty and mild, like a 1 out of 3 pepper heat. This time, the first bite kicked my b*tt, it is more like 2.5 out of 3 peppers! Tasty but wow. I had to dilute it with tomato sauce at home in order to eat the whole thing :) I guess they increased the heat for the large Korean clientele. If I order this again, I will ask for mild :)
Now, this restaurant is busy everyday, weekdays, weekends ... even take out order takes a long time to get if you go during busy dinner time (call head). If you have the time, definitely must try; in a rush, go else where.
The waitresses are ok, if you are pleasant to them, they are civil even when busy. If you are rude, well serves you right if they respond in kind.
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