Desiderio Italian-American Grill

I ate here once a few years ago and now I know why  we've never been back.  The service was just OK.  We had to request drink/water refills.  The server did not clear plates as other food was brought to the table.  The bread is served with a marinara sauce which was not very flavorful.  I asked for butter instead.  The stuffed mushroom appetizer was OK, it came to the table barely warm.  I ordered the fresh vegetable risotto and was very disappointed.  The dish was quite bland.  The risotto tasted like it came out of a box.  I thought the prices for the quality of food was very high.  Average dinner prices were $15-20.  Only a handful of entrees come with a salad.  This is not your typical mom and pop authentic Italian restaurant which I prefer.  Although our friends treated us to this dinner, we will not return.

It was just ok. The service was good but the food was mediocre. We had the ravioli, a veal special (veal cutlet with mozzarella, peppers, and fettucini alfredo), and meatballs. Ravioli was good thought the pasta was rather thick. The meatballs were ok but nothing special. The veal itself was tough and funky and the pasta and sauce was cooked perfectly and had a great flavor but was congealed into an extremely unappetizing glob. We sat outside and that was probably the best part. Definitely not going back.

We went to Desiderio for dinner a couple weeks ago. Service was great, but the food was just average. We had one of their specials, which was baked penne with tomato cream sauce, meatballs, Italian sausage, mozzarella and provolone, and the chicken marsala. The penne was good, but not particularly special, and didn't stand up to its $22 price tag. The chicken marsala was pretty bland, but edible. The house salads were quite good, however, and the coffee-almond-chip gelato was excellent. I'd rank this place higher than Olive Garden, for sure, but not as good as Maggiano's.