Violi's - Meriden

Ate a late lunch here in a rainy Saturday...the view was terrific and so was the meal. We all had sandwiches a super fresh BLT with shredded lettuce and loads of crispy bacon, and a couple of chix parms with house made cutlets. Will 100% return. Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Everything was fabulous, food, Eddie the waiter and the atmosphere. They serve decent portions. You can dress up or casual. I will definitely go back to Viola's. Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Chicken Soup Parking space: Plenty of parking Parking options: Free parking lot

Mediocre food quantity at best. My steak, was ordered medium rare and was served as a cool medium rare, so I can’t complain too much there, other than I was a very fatty cut. (It is what it is). Because of the almost properly cooked stew, they’ve earned their 2 stars from me. Violi’s does not earn any other because of the leather tough veal piccata, the BOILED chicken Marsala, and because of my empty iced tea. You can’t tell me it wasn’t boiledunless it was microwaved fully. My tea was empty for about 15/20 minutes, then when the waiter came by filling waters, the pointed and requested a refill. He said he couldn’t hear me because it was too loud, which I’ll agree with, but contextual hints of the environment and each of our respective roles would lead the reasonable person to think I wanted more tea. Give me a break, it wasn’t too loud for him to see me pointing towards my empty iced tea. After walking around the table I re-stated I would like some more tea upon his earliest convenience, which he then proceeded to take my glass to actually refill it somewhere else. Extremely poor waitstaff table side manner. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Parking space: Plenty of parking Parking options: Free parking lot

Most delicious baked stuffed shrimp lunch with fresh sauteed assortment of yellow and green squash spinach red and green peppers Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Baked Scrod

We attended an after funeral buffet lunch. The food was really tasty and accessible to all palates. The servers getting drinks were friendly and helpful. Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5