D'oro Ristorante

I've passed this restaurant hundreds of times as it's situated on the main street of my neighboring town but I never ventured in until this past Wednesday night. I decided to get takeout from D'ORO as I had a serious craving for Italian food. I went with the special appetizer of burrata (an item I can never say no to if it's on the menu), and rigatoni with bolognese sauce. The food was AMAZING authentic Italian food and I will definitely be back.  The owner and maitre-d were also very nice and welcoming.

very average food and service. Much better options close by

D'Oro doesn't quite live up to its name (which means "golden" as they proudly state on their website). The food is very good though not excellent. The portions are small and certainly not worth the prices. I had the Petto di Pollo Farcito (described as "chicken breast filled with parma prosciutto, mushrooms, fontina cheese, spinach, fresh sage baked with Madeira wine sauce"). There was very little cheese and I neither saw nor tasted any mushrooms or prosciutto. In fact the only thing I tasted at all was the wine sauce which overpowered everything else. Suffice it to say, it could've been been better. For dessert I had the cannoli which was fantastic, but then again, when is a cannoli ever not fantastic?

The space D'Oro occupies is fairly small and, though they don't pack too many people in, it seems pretty cramped to sit there for any length of time, especially given that the chairs are rather uncomfortable. It's also extremely loud. I'm told the restaurants that occupied that space previously were even louder though I don't see how that's possible.

The staff was friendly and helpful however our waiter was very difficult to understand, partly because of his accent but mostly because of the noise level. He did go out of his way to try to annunciate each of the specials and desserts so he is certainly not to blame. They really ought to just print out the specials and desserts to avoid the confusion. It would also cut down on the noise as the waiters wouldn't have to speak over the din to be heard.

Overall it wasn't a bad dining experience but I wouldn't recommend it.