We went there ( a number of couples) on Friday night 7/20/07. We had not been there in about 4-5 years and at that time it was prrety good. WHAT A CHANGE! They ""americanized"" the joint in terms of food . We are born-in-Italy Italians that live outside of Boston in nice area. We generally go to ""Il Tartufo"" in Newton Centre for THE VERY BEST ULTIMATE ITALIAN FOOD. So, back to Saraceno's...............and what we did not like:. 1) Garlic..garlic..garlic..everything with garlic as if EVERY Italian is supposed to be a garlic lover. We like garlic, but not ""loaded"" with it.. 2) Bread: It sucked! DEFINETLY not Italian bread ..soft americanized slices and to add insult, they give you butter pads and not olive oil to dip it in . 3) We ordered the Italian Antipasto. It is 90% ""greens"" & about 3 slices of ""coldcuts, a partial artickoke,& sliced tomato. I have news : Italian Antipasto is supposed to be PROSCIUTTO, CHEESES, ARTICHOKE, PEPPERS, SALAMI, etc...not cheap greens. 4) Ordered a salad with oil/vinegar ( BASICS of any Italin restaurant). Got the oil but had to wait 15 min for them to find any vinegar. 5) Waiter - no Italian waiters.Albania and other from Honduras. Both had problems communicating well. 6) Wine: ""Luna di Luna"" in red bottle at big cost. I saw it at $7.99 in wine store the next day! 7) espresso: ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE! So bad that waiter suggested beforehand that we go out for espresso. Demitasse cups with HUGE normal spoons that barely fit in cups! What happened to espresso spoons? Too cheap to buy any? 8) Bathrooms 2nd floor: If a guy has to urinate..go in and stand and you ""just fit"". If you have to do more..you virtually have to ""back up"" into restroom from door as space is so tight you virtually can't turn......about 30% size of small closet... 9) Rush..rush..to take orders..finish us..and ""get us out""... SUMMARY: We give it a ""1"" out of ""10"" -----fully ""americanized"" for tourists..STAY OUT !!! A RIPOFF! \r
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Pros: still looking for one
Cons: food, espresso, bathrooms, antipasto, bread
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