Mezza Notte Tratoria

My boyfriend and I came in to have dinner. We’ve ordered 2 appetizers and 2 making dishes. The waiter was polite, friendly and utterly attentive. Unfortunately, I didn’t catch his name. However, the main thing that we’ve noticed is that all food that was served was frozen! We’ve ordered fried calamari that was soggy and not crispy and all. The second appetizer was grilled calamari that was rather pan-fried, bland, tasteless and cold. By the texture and its taste, you can tell that it’s frozen and not fresh. As for the main course, we thought that now maybe there’s some better experience coming. Therefore, the lamb chops for my boyfriend were so bad that he had a stomach ache as soon as we left the place. I ordered mushroom risotto and as soon as the waiter brought the dish, I could tell that it was all overcooked and soggy. Mushrooms were definitely frozen and the water came out all over the risotto. I look rather like a soup than a classic Italian dish. We left with a bitter feeling of regret that we spent $110 for the food I could cook at home from the fresh products and it’d have tasted so much better. Overall, I can tell that this was the last time I came in for the dinner at this place.

I really liked the Ceasar salad, thought it was bright and fresh tasting and the large portion was a generous size. The pizza and pastas were good, but I felt like the quality of the meat in for example the lamb in the Pappardelle pasta could have been more tender than it was. Pizza was very tasty and they have a current upsize promo going on where you pay for a certain size and get the next size up. Everything about it was good but the centre of it was a bit soft making it messy to eat which isn't the end of the world. It was hard to truly judge the calamari properly because we had it for take out and it was a bit soggy after the drive, but it was tasty even though it didn't taste as fresh as I'd liked. All in all it was a good meal, I think I'd give it another shot eating on the patio so the food is hot right out of the kitchen.

Wow everything here was prepared very well with nice portions for everyone. We were a party of 5 and it was perfect with only a little remaining for take home. Salmon cooked well Beef was nice Pizza was surprisingly very good as I’m not too adventurous with pizza (picture a four cheese pizza as my favorite) Muscle and squid all well cooked to perfection Thanks so much for a delicious evening

I decided to book our reservation online which worked out wonderfully. The service was excellent and the food was also spectacular. From mussels to escargot, pizza, inked pasta, followed by dessert and lattes. All was wonderful. Only reason for the 4 stars was the latte cups did have an odour to them, sort of like a wet sponge left out all night. We brought this to the attention of our server which happily exchanged our beverages for new ones which we really appreciated. I'd definitely return to eat at this restaurant. Overall it was a great.

The salad I ordered was really slimy and smelled bad. The chicken was overcooked. I'm pretty sure the salad I was served was spoiled. The server became confrontational when I didn't tip for the meal. The outdoor patio looked nice, but the Center St. construction causes a lot of dust. Regardless, I'm not going there again.