Born and raised with authentic italian food in NYC, I know quality, value, and when I am getting ripped off...This is one of the most pretentious, over-priced restaurants in the valley......Can you imagine a miniscule bowl of pasta for $20? Another member of our party ordered the same dish and we thought they misunderstood that we had split an order! It looked like a half portion, at best. The bread was stale and even if it were fresh, it was not good quality. The salad ortolano was a tasteless wonder. Ironically, there were other pastas offered at$32, $36 and even a $42 pasta with 1/2 of a 1.5 pound lobster. Big deal! Oso Buco was offered at $46. My wife had ""chicken breast stuffed with proscuitto and cheese .In reality ,it was two small pieces of chicken breast stuffed with a little ham and maybe cheese and cooked so long that it was dry and tough. Adios Marcellino. We don't need another mediocre Italian restaurant in Phoenix.
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