Aldo's is an institution in Tucker. We and members of our family have dined there occasionally through the years... always finding it enjoyable. But it did not live up to its reputation when we dined there Saturday night. The restaurant was not crowded, and the reasons soon became evident. The inexperienced and poorly-trained server was sincere but inept. He told us Aldo's had advised him not to quit his day job (musician). Aldo's has a full bar, but the man was clueless about beverages and got the order wrong in spite of our meticulous instructions. When we ordered appetizers he said ""That will take a long time."" It did and was not worth it. The three little stuffed mushrooms and four little mozzarella sticks ($5.95 each) looked lonely on their plates. The server came to our table about 20 minutes later and said he could not remember whether he had served our salads. He had not and brought the salads with the entrees... telling us the food would get cold if he held it up. The spaghetti and meatballs ($10.95) was the best food of the evening. The veal picatta ($14.95) was also judged excellent. However, the veal romano ($15.95) described as ""veal cutlets wrapped with Italian ham and mozzarella cheese, baked then topped with our marsala wine sauce with fresh mushrooms"" was a disaster. It was a single blackened cutlet topped with a slice of mozzarella cheese. The whole thing was covered up with a mountain of sauteed mushrooms. The Italian ham and marsala wine sauce were not evident, and what was there was too salty and blackened to eat. But, the server did not remove the entree from our bill. Many restaurants would have comped the dessert at least, but that did not happen. When Atlanta has as many fine Italian restaurants as it does, there is no reason to subject yourself and your palate to the unpredictable service and food at Aldo's.
Pros: Parking
Cons: Unpredictable food and service
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