Rustica Italian Restaurant And Bar

For spending $100 I was extremely disappointed in everything. 1. To have to pay $2.50 if you want botteled water. No glass of water like you would get at every single restaurant. 2. The ice tea was not fresh. It was like a cloudy milky white and when I saw that it was being poured out of a cooler that was stored in a mini fridge just made the price even worse. 3. Ordered the chicken parmesan. It was literally fried chicken, dry and crunchy like the serve at KFC, with some cheese melted on it. The spaghetti served tasted like chef boy r dee sau e poured over it. No flavor. No spices. Nothing fresh. Also had the pepperoni Flatbread. Very bland. No flavor. No zest. 4. The wine was not near the level of quality expected with the name attached to it. Did not taste like the itialian wine ordered. Overall, for the price we paid, this was worse then olive garden. It was super disappointing because we went based on these reviews and it was a fail.

I had the spaghetti pomodoro and the tomato sauce was thick and tasted burnt. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Food: 3 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes: Rustica Salad, Cheese Bread

The first time we came to Rustica, roughly a year and a half ago, it was a fantastic experience. The next time we went, last night, was awful. Arrived and had to wait a few minutes to be seated, which is absolutely fine; however, I noticed that there were 3 “servers” for ~15 tables. I say, “servers” because they were also the people acting as hosts, bussers, and bartenders. Once we were sat it took nearly 10 minutes for our server to acknowledge us, he came to get our drink order, but we called him back to order food as well since we were ready. We ordered a Pepsi, water, cheese bread and 2 chicken alfredo’s. The server then went to put in the order, and bus a table before disappearing. About 10 minutes later we got our cheese bread at the same time as our drinks. The cheese bread, admittedly, was pretty good, had a hint of smokiness which was interesting definitely the highlight of the night. 15 minutes later we got our chicken Alfredo’s, they were incredibly bland, I’m 90% sure the chef forgot to put Parmesan in the dish at all. The chicken was cooked well but had no flavor and there wasn’t that much of it. We asked for our check when we received our food and our server was quick to bring a check but not refill the Pepsi that had been empty since before our entrees arrived. $70 for some cheese bread, bland pasta, and what would amount to be roughly a can of Pepsi. I didn’t immediately sign because we were still eating, but a few minutes later he tried to come back to take the check book before I had signed. The only thing this server was concerned about was getting a tip, not actually making customers happy to get that tip. Super disappointing evening here.

The name aptly describes the atmosphere. The service is good and the food is great. They have an unusual take on lasagna shredded braised beef, which makes it taste very good. I highly recommend it. If you're in the area, take the time to visit. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $100+ Food: 1 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 2