We went here on a recommendation of a friend. He told us he used to go here a lot but now frequents another Italian restaurant more often - he wasn't quite sure why. I know why, the other one is much better. I was a little taken aback by the lack of Saturday night crowd but figured it was because it was the night before Easter. We had our waitress explain the specials and I ordered the "alla Russia" which she said was calamari, mussels, clams and shrimp in a cream sauce over pasta. When the dish came, I didn't see any shrimp. I was then told that the shrimp was mashed into the sauce. Well, ok then. The dish had 4 small clams, 2 mussels and then the calamari. The sauce was good but the dish tasted very fishy. Just like you should never buy fish at a place where you can smell it, your food should not taste that "fishy". I had the minestrone soup and my husband had the spinach and egg drop. Both were lacking salt. I can understand that not everyone can take a lot of salt and neither can we but it needed something for flavor. Once I added a LOT of grated cheese, it finally got a good flavor. They served foccacio as the bread which was decent with the oil, balsamic and grated cheese mixture I made. They should just automatically make that and serve it with the bread. My husband had the chicken parmesean and he says that was just the opposite of the soup and was too salty. Pasta was served with olive oil and garlic and he says that was cooked perfectly. On the plus side, the atmosphere was nice and service was great.
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