Al Piacere

Bland food without a strong Italian flare. Owners (not Italian) use fusion recipes from asian cuisine to produce their own.
Food:
No initial bread basket… we had to ask for it after food arrived.
No oil or vinagreta offered.
Italian cheese plater with 3 different types and arugula not impressive.
Lasagna with strange ground beef that they said it was beef but it resembles ground spam (nothing wrong with spam if you cook it right) and Cannelloni with a strong pumpkin flavored orange sauce. Both platters sprinkled with parmesan cheese… (any food sprinkled with anything is a sign of owners not having a culinary background)
Cleanliness: Good but the restroom did NOT have hot water to wash hands (the flow was completely shut off) dirty sink and no paper towels (dispenser was empty).
Service:
One waiter for about 15 tables. When tip was given it was placed in a tip jar at the register.
Woman sitting at register was dressed in black with soiled converse shoes.
Man (in street clothes staring at patrons drinking wine that he poured himself) that seemed to be married to the woman was sitting at a booth babysitting his 2 year old kid that was playing his video game at volume.
We have no reason to return to this establishment.

My husband and I split the spaghetti and gnocchi and both were delicious! The staff was extremely friendly and the food was brought out quickly. The gnocchi was drizzled with hot cheese and the spaghetti was hearty and well portioned. Not enough to put you in a coma but just there right amount to get you full. We also had two glasses of red wine and split their tiramisu. We will definitely be back. :)

This was a relatively quiet place away from all of the tourist restaurants on the main road. We shared the potato gnocchi, meat cannelloni and cheese and spinach ravioli. All of the platters were a good portion and tasted great! Lots of cheese to go around! The wait staff was helpful and spoke some English which was good form our first night in Italy. The Chardonnay had a nice sweet finish and it was authentic Italian.

Not good nice waiter laughed off the bad food politely. Oil was rancid pizza chewy pasta reheated. Scallopini was ok sauce drizzled on top House wine pass on it. Go elsewhere but not 19 crispy across street that smells like a bad NYC fish market sorry guys.