Very overpriced for low North End food... for claiming to be related to Bricco and Mare (two places we love) we definitely had higher expectations for the quality of food at this casino location. Prices were pretty similar to Mare and how we would expect them to be as at a casino but the standards in taste for charging that much, fell short...
To start with, the appetizers were awful... we order the octopus, eggplant parm and calamari and despite their nice appearances they all tasted over done or were sitting in the window for too long. The tenderness that octopus prepared right normally has was ruined by large 5 well done legs... the eggplant parm had hard cheese that looked dried out and when you cut it, had that fridge pizza solidity vs a nice cheese pull (again brings to my point that it felt like it was sitting in the window). The calamari was probably the best of the three but still didn't warrant a $22 price.
Entrees were better and other than the spinach being a little too oily, the seared tuna was the highlight of the night.
Side note, we are also pretty sure that the Amarone that we ordered was not Amarone but a cab as it did not hold the acidic and brown sugar flavor profiles normally associated with one and instead tasted very dry and lighter bodied. To be charged $23 for that which both of us are sure was not an Amarone was disappointing.
In conclusion, the 4 of us paid roughly what we expected ~$100 a person after tip, but were very dissatisfied with the quality that came with it. We were at Mare Sunday and the experience were so polar it really makes me question the relation... read more