VinciTorio's
1835 E. Elliot Road
Tempe, Arizona
We arrived at
VinciTorio's on a Saturday evening at 6:00 with reservations. We were seated in
about 5 minutes. Companion and I skipped the appetizers and started with salad.
I and companion had house salads; mine with a house Italian dressing, and companion's
with a Balsamic dressing that didn't appear to have any balsamic in it.. The
salads were fresh with some nice frisee, but lacked tomato.
Main courses were
ordered. I ordered Linguini with clam sauce with extra garlic. Flavor was
satisfactory, but it would have been much better with a less watery sauce. The
clams appeared to have been from a can rather than fresh. While my personal
preference would have been a slightly thickened sauce, it was properly prepared
and could be easily sopped up with lots of the excellent garlic bread.
Companion ordered
ravioli, which when brought out were sitting in pools of water in the sauce.
They obviously were not properly drained and/or leaked in the hot water bath.
Again, my personal preference would have been to have the sauce thicker so that
it adhered more to the pasta, but that is a matter for debate among chefs.
On to desserts, the
absolute high point of the meal. I ordered the Panna Cotta which came with
macerated raspberries on top and blueberries on the plate. It was smooth and
silky and just melted on your palate. It was just as good as the last time I
ate here. Companion had the same dessert and pronounced it wonderful.
Service was at a bit of
a rushed pace. The restaurant was reasonably clean. Compared to the last review
I did of this restaurant, this was not as good an experience. The food seemed
to be downgraded as compared to my last review, though the Panna Cotta was
every bit as good as I remembered it being.
Service could use some
polish as well as slowing down a bit. I felt like they just wanted to serve us
and get us out of the place. One less star than the last review. 3 stars
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