Aurora Italiana

Overall, had an amazing experience. Genuinely. There were just a few...quirks that led me to leave a 2 star review. And honestly, I think my review is more of a 3 star, but I keep bouncing back and forth. Let 's start with the positives first though. (I put a list of negatives at the bottom for anyone who doesn 't want to read a novel of text. Don 't blame you The food was AMAZING. Some of the best food I 've had in a while. I tried two of their pasta dishes (the carbone and the seafood pasta, both were exceptionally tasty . I had the tiramisu for desert. It was easily the best tiramisu I 've had, and I 've tried quite a few of them. The atmosphere was also amazing. Lovely decor and the music wasn 't too loud. The only nitpick I had was that the lights got dimmed a bit too much for the evening hours. It was just a little too dark, but not terrible. The service, outside of the few quirks I 'll get to, was very good. Our server was very nice, polite, and he made genuine recommendations, instead of doing the classic waiter thing of saying everything is amazing, and you should just buy something. Onto the negatives. First off...we weren 't allowed to be seated until out whole party had arrived. That seemed really odd to me, and I 've never seen that anywhere else, or even heard of that. They didn 't even have a valid reason to give when we asked why that was. We had to wait about 10 minutes for our whole group to arrive, so we were just standing there awkwardly, 5 feet from the front desk. There 's only two chairs to sit, which we gave to our elderly family members who were with us. Our table was literally right around the corner as well, and it wasn 't like the restaurant was crazy busy or anything. I can 't think of any reason why we could be seated as we arrived, and apparently, neither could they. The other two negatives were about our server. Like I said, he was super nice and was genuinely a good server. But I think he had to be new or something. First thing is that he didn 't seem to know all of the options for drinks. We asked about a non alcoholic beer and a sparkling cocktail, to which he assured us they served neither of. But...they do. The other thing is that he completely forgot about one of our dishes. Now, to be fair, I don 't know exactly what happened, or who 's fault it was (the waiter 's, the kitchen 's or a mix of both . But when our food came, someone was missing their dish, and had to wait about 15 min for it to be made and served to them. Not a good look. It pains me to have to rate this restaurant so low, because the food is some of my favorite Italian food I 've had anywhere. We just had some unfortunate and unusual quirks while we were there that negatively impacted our experience. Just to recap the negatives: 1. We were refused to be sat down until our entire party was with us, for no apparent reason. I would love a reply from a manger or someone to explain why this is a thing. It 's a very confusing policy. 2. The server was a bit unfamiliar with the drinks list, and told us the restaurant did not serve options that it did, in fact, serve. 3. One of our party had to wait an extra 15 min for their food to be served, because it was someone completely forgotten about

I saw this restaurant on news at nine was very impressed they had only been opened 2 weeks so I made reservations for my 68th birthday and I was amazingly surprised the table side ceasar salad was awesome the server was very knowledgeable about making a perfect ceasar salad the appetizer was delicious the warm bread had plenty of that and my food was delicious I highly recommend them food and service was on point Service: Dine in

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $50–100 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommendation for vegetarians: Somewhat recommend Vegetarian offerings: Clearly labeled vegetarian dishes Parking space: Plenty of parking Parking options: Free parking lot, Valet

Great food, service, atmosphere, and people-watching. Caesar salad prepared table-side was a treat to watch and eat. Delicious veal dishes. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $100+ Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Parking space: Plenty of parking Parking options: Valet

Food was excellent, service good. Music too loud, would be better to have soft Italian music playing. Get rid of mandatory valet. Not necessary. Parking: Mandatory valet, but you can park elsewhere and walk. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50