Girasole Trattoria

Started going on there monday date night service was hit or miss, The bread is not good, Dry nasty 4 day old tasting. the food is ok at best, we were stupid and went there for thanksgiving they seated us by the buffet that was right next to double doors that kept opening and letting freezing cold air in, the food was luke warm because of it, and we were freezing because of it, the ran out of desert before we could have any. Wife was pissed we will never be going there again.

(see explanation of ratings below)

Read their menu on-line and was intrigued by the app Shrimp Limoncello: shrimp, shallots, scallions, and limoncello liqueur. It lacked pop. Had to add cheese and salt to finish the dish.

In fact, three of the four dishes we had lacked flavor.

Pizza with shrimp, goat cheese, garlic oil, arugula and ricotta salata needed some lemon. Lemon segments, lemon pepper or even just a squirt of lemon would have done the trick.

Pizza crust is average. Reminded me of a cracker crust.

Good service. Great prices.

About my ratings:

Only fine dining establishments can garner five stars. Until menuism realizes that a fast food joint cannot possibly be ranked equally with a $100 per person place, I need to draw the line somewhere. If we were only talking about the quality and presentation of the food, it would be a different story. But, as we know, menuism’s rankings take into account the entire dining experience.

Therefore, I divide restaurants into three categories (and I wish menuism would do the same):

1) fast food (no table service)

2) casual dining (table service)

3) fine dining (linen napkins, no plastic cups, no TV’s in dining room, typically more expensive than casual dining)

Fine dining can earn a max of five stars. Casual dining can earn a max of four stars. Fast food can earn a max of three stars.