text: We came to Bratalian for Restaurant Week and were very excited given the excellent reviews Although some aspects of our experience were good overall it was weak enough that I do not think we will be back nnService We called at about to make a reservation but the line did that fax machine screechy sound Okay then We will take our chances On the ride there it is about minutes away from us we worried that the place would be packed because of Restaurant Week so we called The hostess was very accommodating and cordial promising us a table When we arrived however our luck with service changed We did not have a single server Our order was briskly taken by one waiter the food was dropped by another and our dessert order was taken and delivered by the manager The place was pretty busy but other tables seemed to have good service We felt overlooked and kind of like nuisances The biggest issue is that they added an gratuity and then taxed it This is not typical procedure for Restaurant Week and I resented not necessarily having the gratuity added I guess but being taxed on it I think is in bad form nnFood From the Restaurant Week menu we had the meatballs and fried calimari and zuchinni to start Then for our entrees we had the linguine clams and the salmon with a lemonbutter sauce For dessert we had the profiteroles and the ricotta cheesecake I thought the food was fine The fried calamari did not have much seasoning and was overly greasy the dipping sauce on the side was a simple plain marinara If the calimari is going to be so plain at least offer something a bit zestier for dipping The meatballs were below average They are VERY large but again there was not much flavor They were also a bit dense and dry we were hoping for plump juicy meatballs The entrees were much better The clams in the linguine were big and so flavorful My salmon was probably the best part The skin was crispy the fish was cooked perfectly the lemonbutter was succulent and the sauteed spinach was a lovely compliment If I come back I would get the same entree I was really looking forward to dessert because of other reviews but I got to say the ricotta cheesecake did not live up to the hype I thought it was too dense and bready The flavor was fine but I did not finish it because of the density It was like a having a mouthful of wet sand The profiteroles that my boyfriend ordered were good The pastry was flaky and what can go wrong with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauceWe had a half carafe of red wine along with our food which gave us about glasses total nnAtmosphere It is a small restaurant but it is very cute It is decorated perfectly and arranged so that it is size is not a problem It is lively lots of groups There were a few slipups that night a tray of dishes crashed the smoke alarm went off in the kitchen No major issues really Just added to the fun The biggest atmosphere problem for me is the broken lock on the womens room door I struggled to get out of that bathroom for like five minutes which does not seem like a long time until that is the amount of minutes you spend involuntarily in a bathroom I had almost resigned myself to my new life as a bathroomdweller about to start fashioning a bed out of toilet paper when I finally escaped Bratalian you have got to fix the door nnOverall it was just okay The service was unexceptional and simply got the job done The food was fine Unfortunately that is not really enough to have me come back