4 /5
Bewertung
★
★
★
★
Hurry! Run! Mount Vesuvius is erupting! Luckily, any red liquid you spot in this Pompei is probably pasta sauce. Last Saturday there was plenty of gravy to go around as I dined with ten other guests for my buddy 's birthday. Pompei (one i because we 're Italian in these parts is totally for taking the family out for a dinner of Italian eats, though a large portion of the place is made up of their catering hall. When you approach the neon lighted building you 'll spot the separate doorways. Enter accordingly. For this group of 11 total, it was dinner all the way. Due to the size of our party, we ended up with our own little alcove near the old school bar area. Two other rooms might be where a family of four would spend the evening with each room giving off a semi outdated, but still warm, Italian vibe. Beautiful bread baskets (triple alliteration! donned the table at both ends. I mean when there 's garlic knots in there you can 't go wrong. The menu is filled with plenty of your Italian favorites and a few originals mixed in. Orders ranged across the board with tender chicken parmesan, spaghetti bolgonese, chicken Pompei, and a prix fix dinner for a reasonable deal. I was craving the ocean in my pasta and went for the linguini with white clam sauce. Before diving into the main dish, most meals included salad to start, with choice of dressing (creamy garlic sounded like a winner . It was a simple tossed beginning, but a tasty way to get things rolling (after the bread baskets, naturally . On to my clammy course. The portion size was close to massive and had me with a doggy bag on my way out. It was filled with plenty of chopped pieces of the bivalve with large cloves of garlic throughout. Between that and the dressing you would hope I didn 't reek of the stinking rose! (No complaints were made the rest of the night, thankfully . The dish was heavy on the sauce with it being a bit oily, but it made way for great dipping (the bread basket strikes again! . By the time the meal was wrapping up I was as happy as a clam (I had to . The service was spot on from start to just about finish. Our final delivery of the check was a bit lengthy as the waiter may have gone to Pompeii, Italy to fetch it. Overall, you don 't need two eyes (or i 's, get it? Sorry to see that Pompei can deliver in giving you a quality Italian meal. This island runs rampant with great restaurants serving the boot-shaped country 's cuisine and this is just another one worthy of a visit. And just remember, you won 't be combatting an active volcano when you arrive!