The best carbonara I've ever had! The tiramisu is very good as well. I'm usually picky about tiramisu, but this was very thick and moist!
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Michael G
106 contributions
3/30/23
• DoorDash order
Given this place enough chances and I am fed up. The Chicken Parmigiana was a tiny cut for the money, and I've got better food for way less elsewhere. The Pomodoro was bland and the meatballs where tiny. The Insalata was way overdressed and tasted of nothing but vinegar. Honestly, I could make a better Italian dinner by opening up a jar of Classico and pouring over some seasoned ground beef.
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Jon S
Emerging Expert • 27 contributions
6/9/22
• DoorDash order
The chicken piccata portion size is slightly underwhelming but the chicken was thin and tender with a decent sauce.
The eggplant isn't prepared or cooked correctly. Always bitter and undercooked. Not good at all. The pasta we added sausage too and it was bitter and burned.
For these prices I expected more. Knowing the quality and recipes suffer, I'd go in person to the now significantly improved Italian restaurant offerings in Berkeley. Not enough quality or effort in the kitchen here...the recipes simply don't meet the standard of quality. If the rents in Berkeley were lower, this place would need to charge $10 per meal for the quality you get but at that price I could make all of these dishes myself and they would taste better.
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Angelina C
6 contributions
11/10/22
• DoorDash order
Carbonara had no white sauce, and the Butter & cheese came with 2 meatballs only, being almost $7 extra to have them. Quantities were definitely not good.
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Jean S
Local Expert • 95 contributions
7/2/24
• DoorDash order
Overpriced for the portion sizes. Lasagna was average and the best tasting out of 3 entrees. Chicken Marsala was subpar with very thinly sliced chicken and the sauce's consistency lacked thickness to be a cream sauce with an overpowering taste of marsala wine and very little cream. The Bolognese pasta was simply dry with just pasta noodles and very little sauce. The potatoes and greens were ok.
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Served with your choice of roasted potatoes and sautéed greens or side of pasta (pomodoro, alfredo, cardinale, butter and cheese, butter only, garlic and olive oil .
