Cucina Antica

Waited for over an hour last summer with our son.  They kept telling us - just five minutes, just five minutes - same thing half an hour later, and an hour later.  Just tell your customer it's an hour wait.  The food is over-sauced extremely basic Italian.  Not worth the long wait.

Cucina is the BEST. Anyone who knows great Italian food is sure to love this place. My boyfriend and I have gone quite a few times now and can't seem to get enough. The Lobster Alfredo is the best I've ever had. Bravo Cucina!

Maybe some of the menu is as good as Cucina Antica seems to think it is, but we tried a couple of basics and were disappointed. The bland pizza dough might have been recently defrosted. The pasta was fresh, but clumpy. The meatballs were large and boring. The sauce was based on uncooked tomatoes, but insufficiently spiced (and probably should have been stirred more frequently). One of the two parties of friends we saw there recommended the Nutella cake. It might have been yummy warm; fresh from the fridge left us cold, and didn't really taste like Nutella.

The cook stopped by to check in, and we gave him thumbs up. When he'd gone, my eight-year-old companion said, "It's good but not great."

That's all you need to know.