text: FUGGEDABOUTIT If this is how food tastes in Italy then Arthur Avenue in the Bronx will be my Italian vacation destination Nothing was really very good except the potatoes I must admit that the Pellegrino water was perfectly chilled and we drank bottles So here is the laundry listnn Odd smell when we walked inn Bread OK but butter in little Coffee Shop plastic tubs I know butn Server was fast and attentive however his wine recommendation was not one I would have made if I wanted to increase my tipn Wine barely OKn Arancini not hot overcooked rice and not much flavorn Zuppa di Cozze e Vongole pretty good broth and clams mussels had a bad texture and were obviously frozenn Eggplant Parmigiana Not good at all hardly any eggplant or eggplant flavor Tasted mostly of soggy toasted breadcrumbsn Veal Saltimbocca barely OK veal was tough and I did not detect any fresh sage in the dish Sauce and overall preparation was barely OKn Roasted Potatoes this was by far the best dish we had pretty damn good but these are not on the menu and not always availablen Tiramisu Tasty but a little strange no espresso or rum flavor Seemed to have used Limoncello instead to dip the Ladyfingersn Mini Cannolis inedible so cute but flavored with banana extract and AmarettonTasted like Bubble gum and not very good Bubble gum Taken off the checkn Double Espresso quite acceptablennI had high hopes about Ginas Bistro the Yelp reviews were mostly positive and a coworker from Italy recommended it highly He has already been taken off my reliable list Bottom line I spent for a seriously flawed meal for Parma Deli would have been a much better choice even Mezzo which has dropped so much in quality is preferable to Ginas Way too many problems to have just been an off night I will never return and can only recommend to stay away