I was in Madison from out of a town for an old college roommate's bday. Him and his wife have lived in Madison for 5 years and were talking this place up for hours before our arrival. We had a rather large group of 10 and were seated promptly upon arrival. I really like the interior decor of the place with all the old pictures on the wall and the bar looked amazing. \n\nAfter seating, our waiter took our drink orders right away and everyone seemed to enjoy theirs, my dirty martini was particularly strong and delicious! \n\nWe decided to skip appetizers since we had more plans after dinner and went right to the entrees. I had the lasagna special and it was phenomenal. Cooked perfectly and every bite was great. It was a very busy Saturday night so at times our drink orders started to take a while to get back to the table but our waiter made sure to keep checking with the bartenders and communicate back to us the status of our drinks. I thought this was great training and a good to calm some thirsty customers! \n\nComing from Chicago, I have eaten at many great Italian restaurants and if I am ever in Madison again I would not hesitate to come back here.