Q: positive

A: It's good stuff and reminds you of the quintessential diner experience. With lots of stuffed bears. Having said that, I tasted the chicken fried steak and it was good but not remarkable. I feel like nothing was really fresh. Basically, it's a diner.

Q: negative

A: Short Story Two of the pastas we tried were very thick and heavy with a paste like texture and flavors were disappointing. Long story We were excited to try this place again after reading all the great new reviews. We were welcomed nicely by the hostess and our servers were very cordial and efficient and we were surprised by a tasty amushe bouche of olive oiled crustini with a light spreading of cheese. We had a hard time deciding on what to order because really only one traditional type dinner plate was on the menu so we ordered a cheese plate while we took some time to decide. We received delicious crusty bread with high quality olive oil and the cheese plate adorned with very good accompaniments. We had the pasta fagioli soup. This variation of soup was made with dark beans and seemed to not include the usual seasonings and vegetables such as tomato, celery and onion and the stock. The soup seemed extremely rustic and mostly was just cooked beans. The pasta in it looked like rolled by hand orecchiette, each one was very heavy and thick regular flour pasta that had a paste like texture. The peach and arugula salad was very good and large. We ordered the one dinner plate of the evening that included roasted chicken legs and thighs, Shriner's sausage, cold potato salad and pickles. The chicken was OK, The sausage was a little over grilled. The potato salad wasn't delicious. We also ordered the eggplant strozzapreti also know as priest choker pasta. Again just like the pasta from the soup this pasta was also a hand rolled regular flour pasta but the shape of strozzapreti is an elongated cavatelli shape. Each piece of pasta was approximately the size and heaviness and thickness as a solid green bean. After I ate one I really didn't feel up to any more. I did pick the vegetables out and ate them. I thought even with improvements this visit was a step down. If we made different selections we might have had a more positive experience.

Q: negative

A: We went here and it was very disappointing. My HUSBAND had the vegetarian skillet and the veggies were cold with a very sad melted cheese on top. I ordered pancakes and Bisquick makes better tasting pancakes!!! I will never go there again and the sad thing is we live down the street. Ugh never again!!!

Q: negative

A:
DO NOT EAT HERE! We will not be eating at this location every again! It is worth the drive to Mesa to get better service. They are not consistant and charge for chips and salsa which is a big no no when it comes to mexican restaurants. While the food is great, we cant go to this location anymore because we always leave in a pissed off mood. Save yourself the time and money and hit up one of their other locations!