Chianti Il - City of Saratoga Springs

Go to happy hour sit at the bar see Jess or Sara terrific atmosphere,great vibe,terrific food wonderful service

Food was excellent. Service was impeccable. Atmosphere left a lot to be desired. Much like Lydia's in the City. Not a place for a romantic dinner, people screaming to be heard. The published dress code has long been abandoned. Not a place I will return to.

We had a 5:30pm reservation for 2, but opted to sit at the bar and enjoyed some things off the happy hour menu. Food was fabulous and the bread was amazing!! I would highly recommend reservations as the restaurant filled up very quickly. It was very noisy in the main dining room but there are little alcoves and spaces that were a little better. Thumbs up!

Our party of 4 politely requested to move our table as the dining room was packed with large parties and the noise level was so high that we could barely concentrate on the menu much less converse. The Maitre D made a sarcastic remark at this request, at which point we should have known better than to stay. The gap between our appetizers and entrees was over an hour and we were blamed for the delay as the risotto takes 25 minutes according to our waitress who failed to tell us that PRIOR to our order. We might have chosen differently had we known then. My boyfriend 's pasta was so spicy it was inedible, the sea bass special was dry and a ragu pasta dish ordered by another member of the party was excessively oily and failed to include more than a few pieces of pasta. Some of this might have been rectified had anyone checked on our table after our main course came but that did not occur. Which also meant we were not offered dinner drinks, grated cheese, etc. We politely let our server know we were disappointed in our meals, at which point we were blamed again for ordering the meals we chose. We couldn 't wait to leave after being ignored, mocked, blamed for the selections we made and subjected to a noisy and inattentive atmosphere at what was expected to be a relaxing fine dining experience. Therefore I can 't comment on dessert. I do not recommend....

Would leave zero stars if I could. Had a reservation and they made us wait 45 minutes past our reservation time to sit down. We then waited three hours at our table and never actually received our food that bad been ordered. Our server never checked on us after taking our order to see if we even wanted more drinks. The waitstaff was incredibly rude when this was pointed out. I have never been so disappointed and so disrespected, the experience was completely unacceptable. Worst dinning experience of my life and should be avoided at all costs. I can’t speak to how the food is as I never received it. Zero stars.