Trattoria Monaco

This restaurant has been closed for almost a year now.

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First off, judging on the food alone, it was incredible. I had the Halibut on a bed of spinach and sweet onion risotto. Fish was cooked perfectly. My wife had the mussels, in a (very) spicy broth. Probably a notch too spicy. We shared a caesar salad, on par, and calamari - way off the mark. Not sure what happened with that dish, but I'm doing you a favor - skip the calamari. Service was decent, but the wait for the food (over 30 min) was wrong. The manager/owner apologized for the wait to the table next to us but not us. WTF? Anyway, we would go back, but not rushing back. The atmosphere was bland and felt more like a "Jason's Deli" setting, but seriously, go for the food, not the atmosphere.

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Very disappointed. Went to restaurant with a group of out-of-town friends. We had very average dinners at a high end prices. My wife and her girl friends are crab cake and calamari aficionados. All had crab cakes and agreed they were the texture of canned tuna fish, no lump crab meat and would not order again. Calamari was at most average. When we gave feed back to owner, he kind of dismissed it as his crab cakes were "special" and not like the others and that many people liked them. He did comp what food was not eaten and also dessert. We were there to almost closing. They turned off the music and began prepping for shut down before we left. Not very professional. We had no agenda as we told him we did not want anything comped, but just providing feedback to him. We felt like it was not very well received nor appreciated. We do not plan to go back as there are MANY more nice restaurants in this area to visit.

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This restaurant had potential, but missed the boat. Their menu was indecipherable and you didn't get what you expected. Their sauces were unique, but totally bland.

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Delicious food, elegant service, a great place for date night. Sorry they don't serve lunch!

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