Four Brothers Restaurant & Tavern

All things considered, I'd rather be in the Olive Garden.   I ordered lasagna, figuring that a traditional Italian restaurant couldn't muck it up too bad.  I got a plate with mushy, limp pasta shells and a tiny amount of pre-mixed meat and cheese. No chewy mozzarella, and no meat cooked separately to set off the texture of the cheese and pasta. The sauce had no garlic or herbs in it, no chunks of tomato.    My girlfriend ordered gnocchi, despite their claims otherwise, it was nothing special.  Better than going to the annoying chain restaurants that are everywhere in Niagara Falls, worse than nearly every Italian restaurant I've eaten at in my life.

I chose this place on a vacation in Niagara Falls, excited about possibly getting a reasonably priced meal that was tasty and authentic...we left SO disappointed! The bread that came out, while warmed up, was stale and not very good. The calamari appetizer was thick rings of calamari breaded like you would bread mozarella sticks and it came with cocktail sauce, which I have never been served before. When we asked the waitress for some marinara sauce, she mentioned that she had never tried it like that - what?! how is this a true Italian restaurant? We were hoping the main courses would be better.

The ravioli in their homemade sauce was just bland. There was absolutely nothing good about it; while not inedible, it was not tasty and I wasn't left wanting more. My girlfriend got the gniocchi, which was better, but not that great either. She also got a chicken parmesan side, and it was awful - overcooked and dry!

Guess we should stick to NY for Italian food. Stay away from this place!

Quaint little restaurant with friendly servers and real authentic Italian food!  A rather nice change from the chain restaurants out there.