An Unskilled Bartender

Wanted to return to this place again because it was one of our favorites last year.  It is an Italian restaurant in the Common Man group and was a great surprise when we first came.  Great drinks and wonderful atmosphere.  Our intention this time was a full meal and evening of drinks.  Starting with the drinks, we knew something was wrong.  I ordered a scotch and coke.  While I ordered a single, it came back a triple!!!  Maybe I’m not used to the portions here in America, but I don’t remember having a tumbler sized glass filled to the brim with scotch and ice. Some people might think this is value for money, but I wanted a nice tasting drink.  This was strong.  My girlfriend ordered her favorite, a cosmopolitan.  It was wrong.  Hard to pinpoint how it was wrong.  There are a lot of ways to get it wrong.  And they did.  Then came the food.  We order mussels that were tasty, but not special.  Then I had a chicken pasta that had no taste at all.  Bland bland bland.  Lastly, they served us bread with olive oil and SALT!  Now I’m open to new things so I tried it.  Didn’t work.  Is that an old, Italian tradition?  Not my thing.  I was disappointed.  Maybe it was a bad night.  It’s such a good location and feels so nice inside, I’m bound to give it another try…but just one more.

1 US Route 25, Meredith  (603) 279-2253