Great restaurant. I've been to both locations and the food and service are always excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
common law
D grade Sadly disappointing. Meatball sandwich was hugely disappointing. Not a loaf of soft on the inside and flaky outside Italian bread. Nor was there a healthy dose of cosmic red marinara. Instead it was an oddly soggy yet at the same time, dry mess of an attempt at Italian fry bread, with a schmear of something like red sauce, which of course there is no such thing as Italian fry bread because it would suck and indeed it did suck. This is one of those instances where someone is trying too hard to be clever or creative and it fails. Utterly.Imagine an overly thick pita bread and top it with some watery ketchup. That's my opinion of the base of the sandwich, which of course means everything else can't survive. I make a point of asking if there's cheese and they say yes. So I crack the lid expecting to see some melted mozz or even better, some sharp provolone. What do I get? Well, to this day I'm still not sure. Somewhere amongst the soggy fry bread type base and ketchup like schmear of red sauce, I spy some melted white stuff but just barely. Not enough to actually tell what type of cheese or to impart enough flavor to tell what type of cheese. So I'm unsure if there actually was any cheese on it. Now I'm hungry and disappointed because you don't order a meatball sub unless you're hungry and hoping, ne expecting, copious quantities of both melted cheese and marinara. But alas, it was not meant to be. It did have meatballs, which were good. Hence a few stars for the food but let's be real here, the place is built on meatballs, it's their primary protein so the baseline I expect is a decent meatball. It was decent as it should or must be, but the complete lack of generosity of marinara is like walking outside to get the paper without any pants on. No one wants to see that so don't bother.And then the very thing that makes or breaks an Italian meal at it's core, the bread, doesn't even resemble bread at all in my opinion, at least in the Italian loaf sense. So what could have easily been average bread with lots of sauce and cheese and good meatballs, so good enough, was left to one's imagination. I get the sandwich home and literally take out some sourdough, a jar of store pasta sauce, some identifiable cheese from the fridge and Frankenstein a meatball sandwich out of an expensive meatball sandwich. Mind you, this meal was not cheap, with tax and tip well North of a tenner and I think it might have hit the 20 range just for the sandwhich component so having to perform food surgery to get it to baseline edible status for it's category left me displeased. Cannot recommend.Their other food can be decent, the pick your sauce, base and meatball is a decent meal, albeit in my experience always go way too light on the sauce. Some options are also very salty for my taste. The gnocchi is decent, again, they skimp on the sauce but the gnocchi itself are decent. However, an order of the gnocchi and meatball, a meatball sandwich and a couple of deserts set us back over $50 bucks with tip for take out, which was nowhere near worth the meal.The saving grace for this place isn't even the meatballs, those are fine and they absolutely should be, they really should be better than fine but fine is a passing grade. The thing here that is worth the trip and money in my opinion, is the deserts. They make good and perhaps a great dessert. Maybe skip this place for a meal and just swing by and get some take out desert. That will save you money and disappointment. If you do randomly crave a meatball than yes, this is a good place to get a meatball, by itself, take it home and sauce it up yourself.I'm disappointed I'm disappointed if you get what i mean. I wanted to love this sandwich and have a go to place for it but sadly it just ain't. Maybe if they switch to a traditional type bread and get allot more generous with their cheese and sauce it can get a passing grade but for now, it's a fail for me.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Shay
Lisa provided exceptional service during our visit! She was attentive, friendly, and made sure everything was perfect throughout our meal. Her recommendations were spot-on, and she went above and beyond to ensure we had a great dining experience. We'll definitely be back, thanks to Lisa's outstanding service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Seth Blockoff
Fantastic food! Busy busy, so service suffered a bit in wait times but not in politeness or helpfulness. Not willing to take rating down for it. Gotta hit that bakery up!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Bakery
M. K.
Was having a great time and enjoying the food until a fly ended up in my bowl. Thank goodness I saw the thing land on my food and go down into the sauce where it suffocated itself. It move so damn quick. I pulled it out and put it on another plate. I told the waiter, he said something along the lines of "well, ya, there's flies everywhere so that's what happens.." like that justifies it and i should be ok with it. he walks away with the food and bug plate looking for a manager. He comes back and says in kind of a smart way "I'm assuming you stopped eating because the fly was in your food?" I was kinda puzzled by the question. Duh!!! Why am I going to eat something a fly swam in and died??? He tried to find a manager, AGAIN! he comes back and says he can't find the manager. He already is handing us the bill and says I can't find the manager to figure out what to do but I can remake the food. At that point I just wanted to get out of that hot fly/gnat infested restaurant. The portion I got when he came back was 2 meatballs and a few bites of pasta. Really?? My food should have been comped so I could get the hell out of there the moment I pointed it out to him so we could leave. It was 91° yesterday, CLOSE THE FREAKING WINDOWS AND DOORS! THE BUGS ARE EVERYWHERE IN YOUR RESTAURANT!!!! This was my first and last time here.P.S. if a fly landed in my food imagine how many have made it into the dishes while being prepped. I sat next to the kitchen, it's open layout so you can see what they are doing. Nothing stopping the bugs from getting into the food in there?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 2
Lisa Roman
The meatball wheel was so fun and a great way to try out different meatballs and sauces
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Bread
Brian Barnum
These folks know how to handle a group. We were here to celebrate a very important birthday and the Sicilian Butcher did not disappoint. They were accurate and prompt throughout our visit. The food is where it was at though, we had spaghetti with meatballs, build your own pasta with fancy meatballs, chicken parm, chicken parm sandwich and pepperoni pizza. I didn’t get to try the chicken parm or chicken parm sandwich. I heard the sandwich was meh, the actual chicken parm was good.. the pastas and the pizza were also very good.
Abysmal service, mediocre food. After being ignored for 25 minutes after being seated, our server deigned to introduce herself and take our order. No apologies were offered. Then there's the food. As a general rule I find that when a restaurant serves food in a gimmicky display, they are compensating for its quality. Such was the case here. My Meatball ferris wheel was an actual ferris wheel-like contraption about 18 in tall. It was loaded with six meatballs, each in its own cup containing sauce and garnish. Two of the six were good. The other four were mealy, flavorless, oddly flavored, or some combination of the preceding. Recommend strongly against patronizing this establishment.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Craig H
This place was amazing on food, service and overall vibe. Everything for pasta is made fresh. Lot of food so be prepared to bring some home. Really an excellent experience top to bottom. Got the craft chicken parm meatballs and any of those you can’t go wrong with. Outstanding.
Always a great experience. I believe the kitchen was backed up tonight, but the service was still on par, all the staff were friendly, and the food was delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Patti & Jim
Had the meatball Ferris wheel. Veggie meat was terrible. Chicken meatball like a brick.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Jonathan H
We had a great meal. The Italian Saganaki, the steak bruschetta, and the meatball ferris wheel were all fantastic. The outdoor patio was very comfortable and a great setup. Our server, Conner and the manager Teagan took great care of us. Will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lamb Meatballs, Italian Saganaki, Cannoli, Chicken Parm Meatballs
Andrew
Great environment, great food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cannoli
Denise
Had an absolutely amazing time! The food was absolutely delicious! I went home with a to go bag and three different desserts. Our server Richard was awesome. Very informative, fun, patient and thorough. Can’t wait to come back!!
One of our favorite family spots
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great restaurant. I've been to both locations and the food and service are always excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
D grade Sadly disappointing. Meatball sandwich was hugely disappointing. Not a loaf of soft on the inside and flaky outside Italian bread. Nor was there a healthy dose of cosmic red marinara. Instead it was an oddly soggy yet at the same time, dry mess of an attempt at Italian fry bread, with a schmear of something like red sauce, which of course there is no such thing as Italian fry bread because it would suck and indeed it did suck. This is one of those instances where someone is trying too hard to be clever or creative and it fails. Utterly.Imagine an overly thick pita bread and top it with some watery ketchup. That's my opinion of the base of the sandwich, which of course means everything else can't survive. I make a point of asking if there's cheese and they say yes. So I crack the lid expecting to see some melted mozz or even better, some sharp provolone. What do I get? Well, to this day I'm still not sure. Somewhere amongst the soggy fry bread type base and ketchup like schmear of red sauce, I spy some melted white stuff but just barely. Not enough to actually tell what type of cheese or to impart enough flavor to tell what type of cheese. So I'm unsure if there actually was any cheese on it. Now I'm hungry and disappointed because you don't order a meatball sub unless you're hungry and hoping, ne expecting, copious quantities of both melted cheese and marinara. But alas, it was not meant to be. It did have meatballs, which were good. Hence a few stars for the food but let's be real here, the place is built on meatballs, it's their primary protein so the baseline I expect is a decent meatball. It was decent as it should or must be, but the complete lack of generosity of marinara is like walking outside to get the paper without any pants on. No one wants to see that so don't bother.And then the very thing that makes or breaks an Italian meal at it's core, the bread, doesn't even resemble bread at all in my opinion, at least in the Italian loaf sense. So what could have easily been average bread with lots of sauce and cheese and good meatballs, so good enough, was left to one's imagination. I get the sandwich home and literally take out some sourdough, a jar of store pasta sauce, some identifiable cheese from the fridge and Frankenstein a meatball sandwich out of an expensive meatball sandwich. Mind you, this meal was not cheap, with tax and tip well North of a tenner and I think it might have hit the 20 range just for the sandwhich component so having to perform food surgery to get it to baseline edible status for it's category left me displeased. Cannot recommend.Their other food can be decent, the pick your sauce, base and meatball is a decent meal, albeit in my experience always go way too light on the sauce. Some options are also very salty for my taste. The gnocchi is decent, again, they skimp on the sauce but the gnocchi itself are decent. However, an order of the gnocchi and meatball, a meatball sandwich and a couple of deserts set us back over $50 bucks with tip for take out, which was nowhere near worth the meal.The saving grace for this place isn't even the meatballs, those are fine and they absolutely should be, they really should be better than fine but fine is a passing grade. The thing here that is worth the trip and money in my opinion, is the deserts. They make good and perhaps a great dessert. Maybe skip this place for a meal and just swing by and get some take out desert. That will save you money and disappointment. If you do randomly crave a meatball than yes, this is a good place to get a meatball, by itself, take it home and sauce it up yourself.I'm disappointed I'm disappointed if you get what i mean. I wanted to love this sandwich and have a go to place for it but sadly it just ain't. Maybe if they switch to a traditional type bread and get allot more generous with their cheese and sauce it can get a passing grade but for now, it's a fail for me.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Lisa provided exceptional service during our visit! She was attentive, friendly, and made sure everything was perfect throughout our meal. Her recommendations were spot-on, and she went above and beyond to ensure we had a great dining experience. We'll definitely be back, thanks to Lisa's outstanding service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fantastic food! Busy busy, so service suffered a bit in wait times but not in politeness or helpfulness. Not willing to take rating down for it. Gotta hit that bakery up!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Bakery
Was having a great time and enjoying the food until a fly ended up in my bowl. Thank goodness I saw the thing land on my food and go down into the sauce where it suffocated itself. It move so damn quick. I pulled it out and put it on another plate. I told the waiter, he said something along the lines of "well, ya, there's flies everywhere so that's what happens.." like that justifies it and i should be ok with it. he walks away with the food and bug plate looking for a manager. He comes back and says in kind of a smart way "I'm assuming you stopped eating because the fly was in your food?" I was kinda puzzled by the question. Duh!!! Why am I going to eat something a fly swam in and died??? He tried to find a manager, AGAIN! he comes back and says he can't find the manager. He already is handing us the bill and says I can't find the manager to figure out what to do but I can remake the food. At that point I just wanted to get out of that hot fly/gnat infested restaurant. The portion I got when he came back was 2 meatballs and a few bites of pasta. Really?? My food should have been comped so I could get the hell out of there the moment I pointed it out to him so we could leave. It was 91° yesterday, CLOSE THE FREAKING WINDOWS AND DOORS! THE BUGS ARE EVERYWHERE IN YOUR RESTAURANT!!!! This was my first and last time here.P.S. if a fly landed in my food imagine how many have made it into the dishes while being prepped. I sat next to the kitchen, it's open layout so you can see what they are doing. Nothing stopping the bugs from getting into the food in there?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 2
The meatball wheel was so fun and a great way to try out different meatballs and sauces
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Bread
These folks know how to handle a group. We were here to celebrate a very important birthday and the Sicilian Butcher did not disappoint. They were accurate and prompt throughout our visit. The food is where it was at though, we had spaghetti with meatballs, build your own pasta with fancy meatballs, chicken parm, chicken parm sandwich and pepperoni pizza. I didn’t get to try the chicken parm or chicken parm sandwich. I heard the sandwich was meh, the actual chicken parm was good.. the pastas and the pizza were also very good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cured Meat & Cheese Board, Cannoli, Garlic Bread, BYO Craft Meatballs
Abysmal service, mediocre food. After being ignored for 25 minutes after being seated, our server deigned to introduce herself and take our order. No apologies were offered. Then there's the food. As a general rule I find that when a restaurant serves food in a gimmicky display, they are compensating for its quality. Such was the case here. My Meatball ferris wheel was an actual ferris wheel-like contraption about 18 in tall. It was loaded with six meatballs, each in its own cup containing sauce and garnish. Two of the six were good. The other four were mealy, flavorless, oddly flavored, or some combination of the preceding. Recommend strongly against patronizing this establishment.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
This place was amazing on food, service and overall vibe. Everything for pasta is made fresh. Lot of food so be prepared to bring some home. Really an excellent experience top to bottom. Got the craft chicken parm meatballs and any of those you can’t go wrong with. Outstanding.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Parm Meatballs, BYO Craft Meatballs
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Always a great experience. I believe the kitchen was backed up tonight, but the service was still on par, all the staff were friendly, and the food was delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had the meatball Ferris wheel. Veggie meat was terrible. Chicken meatball like a brick.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
We had a great meal. The Italian Saganaki, the steak bruschetta, and the meatball ferris wheel were all fantastic. The outdoor patio was very comfortable and a great setup. Our server, Conner and the manager Teagan took great care of us. Will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lamb Meatballs, Italian Saganaki, Cannoli, Chicken Parm Meatballs
Great environment, great food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cannoli
Had an absolutely amazing time! The food was absolutely delicious! I went home with a to go bag and three different desserts. Our server Richard was awesome. Very informative, fun, patient and thorough. Can’t wait to come back!!