Cirella's Restaurant - Melville

The atmosphere was nice when we entered and were seated but there it stopped after we received our waters. I don’t know if it was because we didn’t order alcohol but it seemed like our waiter barely had time to listen to our replies. Most of the time he asked us a question then walked away as though that split second was our response. It happened the entire dinner. It was frustrating. I ordered the chicken bruschetta. I expected a moist chicken filet lightly breaded and received a fried over cooked and scrolling piece of dried chicken. It was covered in the rest of the items mentioned (too much stuff) and was dying for some kind of sauce to improve it. My colleagues one ordered chicken parm which seemed to be smothered in melted mozarella. He took most of it home to uncover later. My other colleague ordered fish and was surprised to see it still had its head. He didn’t say anything but I was a little bothered. Needless to say my one and only experience left me no choice but not to return. This reviewer is not normally so brutally honest but yikes… I can only tell you what happened in my experience.

Tasty food, very friendly service. Very tight/small parking lot with aggressive neighbors who will tow you fast!

Great food. 3 of us had Chicken Parmesean. So good!! Didn't think to take a photo.

Ok, we had a 30 minute wait, the place was packed, but I’m glad we stayed. Seafood and lasagna dishes tasted amazing, expertly attended to by Megan. Chocolate Canoli to round it off. Perfect food, thanks.

We enjoyed dinner very much. I wouldn’t sit by the road any more on the patio though. Way too noisy that time of day.